ibuprofen

See also: Ibuprofen and ibuprofén

English

Chemical structure of ibuprofen

Etymology

From i(so)bu(tyl) +‎ pro(pionic acid) +‎ phen(yl).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌɪ.bjuːˈpɹəʊ.fən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ.bjuˈpɹoʊ.fən/, /ˌaɪ.biˈpɹoʊfən/, /aɪˈbju.pɹəf.ən/

Noun

ibuprofen (countable and uncountable, plural ibuprofens)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

   Synonym: (brand name) Advil

Derived terms

• ibu
• ibu- (used mostly in brand names)
• -profen (“anti-inflammatory agent”)

 

Translations

anti-inflammatory drug

• Catalan: ibuprofèn m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布洛芬 (zh) (bùluòfēn)

• Czech: ibuprofen m
• Dutch: ibuprofen (nl)
• Finnish: ibuprofeeni (fi)
• French: ibuprofène (fr)
• German: Ibuprofen n
• Greek: ιβουπροφαίνη f (ivouprofaíni)
• Hebrew: איבופרופן
• Hungarian: ibuprofén (hu)
• Irish: iobúpróifein f
• Italian: ibuprofene m
• Japanese: イブプロフェン (ibupurofen)
• Korean: 이부프로펜 (ibupeuropen)
• Latin: acidus propionicus isobutylphenylus
• Lithuanian: Iboprofenas
• Malay: ibuprofen
• Polish: ibuprofen (pl)
• Portuguese: ibuprofeno m
• Romanian: ibuprofen
• Russian: ибупрофе́н (ru) m (ibuprofén)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ибупро̀фе̄н m

  Roman: ibupròfēn (sh) m

• Spanish: ibuprofeno m
• Swedish: ibuprofen (sv)
• Tamil: ஐப்யூபுரூஃபன் (aipyūpurūfaṉ)
• Thai: ไอบูโปรเฟน (aiboobporfayn)
• Turkish: ibuprofen
• Vietnamese: ibuprofen
• Welsh: ibuprofen m
• Yiddish: איבופּראָפֿען m (ibuprofen)

Verb

ibuprofen (third-person singular simple present ibuprofens, present participle ibuprofening, simple past and past participle ibuprofened)

1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To treat with ibuprofen; to administer ibuprofen to someone.
   • 2003 October 16, John Wilson, “Mt. Whitney in a day”, in Daily Pilot‎^[1]:

     By this time, Greg says, he was seeing triple and had a bad headache and Nate was seriously exhausted. Everyone was ibuprofened to the max. We reached the summit at 12:45 p.m., with Greg and Nate suffering the most.

   • 2019 [2018], Xhenet Aliu, Brass: A Novel, New York, NY: Random House, →ISBN, page 33:

     He remains behind in the nurse's office to bring down his blood pressure after you've been ice-packed, ibuprofened, and shuffled along to the assistant principal, where you sit alone for twenty minutes, […]

References

• “ibuprofen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “ibuprofen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪbuprofɛn]

Noun

ibuprofen m inan

1. (pharmacology) ibuprofen

Declension

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