Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈsɛdətɪv/
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- Rhymes: -ɪv
- Hyphenation: sed‧a‧tive
sedative (plural sedatives)
- (pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
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an agent or drug that sedates
- Arabic: مُهَدِّئ m (muhaddiʔ), مُسَكِّن (ar) m (musakkin)
- Moroccan Arabic: بنج (banj)
- Catalan: sedant (ca)
- Cebuano: igpahupay
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鎮靜藥/镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào), 鎮靜劑/镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì)
- Czech: sedativum n
- Dutch: kalmeringsmiddel (nl)
- Esperanto: sedativo, trankviligilo
- Finnish: unilääke (fi), rauhoituslääke (fi), sedatiivi (fi), rauhoite (fi)
- French: sédatif (fr) m
- German: Beruhigungsmittel (de) n
- Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n (katapraÿntikó)
- Hungarian: nyugtatószer (hu)
- Indonesian: obat penenang (id)
- Italian: sedativo (it) m
- Japanese: 鎮静剤 (ja) (ちんせいざい, chinsei-zai)
- Kazakh: тыныштандыратын дәрі-дәрмек (tynyştandyratyn därı-därmek)
- Korean: 진정제 (ko) (jinjeongje)
- Norman: sédatif m
- Portuguese: sedativo (pt) m
- Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje), седати́вное сре́дство n (sedatívnoje srédstvo)
- Slovak: sedatívum
- Spanish: sedante (es) m, sedativo (es) m
- Swedish: lugnande medel, sömnmedel (sv)
- Ukrainian: заспокійливий засіб (zaspokijlyvyj zasib), заспокійливе n (zaspokijlyve)
- Vietnamese: làm dịu (vi)
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Adjective
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sedative (comparative more sedative, superlative most sedative)
- (pharmacology) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
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calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing
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