See also: détergent

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Etymology

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From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from (off) + tergeō (wipe, polish).

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Noun

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detergent (countable and uncountable, plural detergents)

  1. Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
    Coordinate term: soap (sometimes loosely synonymous)
    Near-synonym: cleaner (sometimes coordinate)

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Adjective

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detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)

  1. Synonym of cleansing.

Catalan

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Learned borrowing from Latin detergentem.

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detergent m (plural detergents)

  1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent)
    • 2016 November 9, “Amazon llança l'entrega de productes d'ús diari tocant un botó”, in El Periódico[1]:
      L'empresa també ha anunciat el llançament d'Amazon Dash Replenishment a Europa, un servei basat en el núvol que permet configurar els electrodomèstics per fer comandes automatitzades de productes com detergent per a la roba o tinta per a la impressora.
      The company has also announced the launch of Amazon Dash Replenishment in Europe, a service based in the cloud that allows appliances to be configured with automated ordering for products like clothing detergent or ink for printers.
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Czech

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin detergens.

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detergent m inan

  1. detergent
    Synonyms: čisticí prostředek, mycí prostředek, prací prostředek, saponát

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Further reading

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  • detergent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • detergent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Noun

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detergent c (singular definite detergenten, plural indefinite detergenter)

detergent n (singular definite detergentet, plural indefinite detergenter)

  1. detergent

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Latin

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Verb

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dētergent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dētergeō

Polish

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detergenty

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Borrowed from French détergent.

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detergent m inan (related adjective detergentowy)

  1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant)

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Further reading

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  • detergent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • detergent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French détergent.

Noun

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detergent m (plural detergenți)

  1. detergent

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative detergent detergentul detergenți detergenții
genitive-dative detergent detergentului detergenți detergenților
vocative detergentule detergenților