fabric softener

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfæbrɪk ˈsɒfənər/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfæbrɪk ˈsɔfənər/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfæbrɪk ˈsɑfənər/

Noun

fabric softener (countable and uncountable, plural fabric softeners)

1. A chemical agent used to prevent static cling and make fabric softer by coating the surface of the cloth fibers with a thin layer of chemicals; these chemicals have lubricant properties and are electrically conductive, thus making the fibers feel smoother and preventing buildup of static electricity; usually available as a liquid or as dryer sheets.

Synonyms

• fabric conditioner

Translations

a chemical agent used to prevent static cling and make fabric softer

• Afrikaans: versagmiddel
• Armenian: կոնդիցիոներ (kondicʻioner)
• Azerbaijani: yumuşatma
• Bulgarian: омекотител n (omekotitel)
• Catalan: suavitzant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 織物柔軟劑／织物柔软剂 (zhīwù róuruǎnjì), 柔順劑／柔顺剂 (róushùnjì)

• Czech: aviváž f
• Danish: skyllemiddel (da) n
• Dutch: wasverzachter (nl)
• Esperanto: supligaĵo
• Finnish: huuhteluaine (fi)
• French: adoucissant (fr) m
• German: Weichspüler (de)
• Greek: μαλακτικό (el) n (malaktikó)
• Hungarian: öblítő (hu), öblítőszer (hu), textilöblítő
• Indonesian: pelembut pakaian
• Italian: ammorbidente (it) m
• Japanese: 柔軟剤 (jūnan-zai)
• Korean: 유연제 (yuyeonje)
• Macedonian: омекнувач m (omeknuvač)
• Malay: pelembut
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tøymykner m

• Polish: płyn do zmiękczania tkanin m
• Portuguese: amaciante (pt) m
• Romanian: balsam de rufe n
• Russian: смягчитель (ru) n (smjaxčitelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: omekšivač (sh) n
• Spanish: suavizante m, suavizante textil m
• Swedish: sköljmedel n
• Thai: น้ำยาปรับผ้านุ่ม (náam-yaa-bpràp-pâa-nûm)
• Turkish: yumuşatıcı (tr)
• Ukrainian: пом'якшувач m (pomʺjakšuvač)
• Vietnamese: làm mềm
• Welsh: cyflyrydd ffabrig m