inhibitor

See also: Inhibitor

English

Etymology

inhibit +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

inhibitor (plural inhibitors)

1. One who, or that which, inhibits.

   I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.

2. (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
3. (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process

Derived terms

• inhibitory

 

Compound words

• neuroinhibitor
• noninhibitor
• ovoinhibitor
• sympathoinhibitor
• vasoinhibitor

 

Expressions

• ACE inhibitor
• Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor
• enzyme inhibitor
• protease inhibitor
• proton-pump inhibitor
• proton pump inhibitor
• puberty inhibitor
• selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
• serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor
• TNF inhibitor

 

Translations

substance slowing a reaction

• Afrikaans: inhibeerder
• Azerbaijani: ingibitor
• Basque: inhibitzaile
• Bulgarian: инхибитор (bg) (inhibitor)
• Catalan: inhibidor m
• Chichewa: woletsa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 抑制劑／抑制剂 (jik¹ zai³ zai¹)

• Czech: inhibitor (cs) m zpomalovač m
• Danish: hæmmer
• Dutch: inhibitor m, remmer (nl) m
• Estonian: inhibiitor
• Finnish: estoaine, inhibiittori (fi)
• French: inhibiteur (fr) m
• Georgian: ინჰიბიტორი (inhibiṭori)
• German: Inhibitor (de) m
• Greek: αναστολέας (el) m (anastoléas)
• Gujarati: બાધક (bādhak)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: hemill (is) m
• Indonesian: inhibitor (id), penghambat (id)
• Italian: inibitore (it)
• Kazakh: ингибиторы m pl (iñibitory)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rêgir (ku)

• Lithuanian: inhibitorius
• Malay: perencat (ms)
• Mongolian: дарангуйлагч (mn) (darangujlagč)
• Polish: inhibitor (pl) m
• Portuguese: inibidor
• Romanian: inhibitor (ro)
• Russian: ингиби́тор (ru) m (ingibítor)
• Sotho: sesitisa
• Spanish: inhibidor (es)
• Swahili: kiviza
• Tagalog: panansala
• Telugu: నిరోధకము (nirōdhakamu)
• Yiddish: אינהיביטאָר (inhibitor)

See also

• catalyst

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnɦɪbɪtor]

Noun

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry, biology, pharmacology) inhibitor

   inhibitor koroze. ― rust inhibitor.

Declension

Declension of inhibitor (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	inhibitor	inhibitory
genitive	inhibitoru	inhibitorů
dative	inhibitoru	inhibitorům
accusative	inhibitor	inhibitory
vocative	inhibitore	inhibitory
locative	inhibitoru	inhibitorech
instrumental	inhibitorem	inhibitory

Related terms

• inhibice
• inhibiční

 

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English inhibitor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.hi.ˈbi.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: in‧hi‧bi‧tor

Noun

inhibitor (plural inhibitor-inhibitor, first-person possessive inhibitorku, second-person possessive inhibitormu, third-person possessive inhibitornya)

1. (biology, chemistry) inhibitor: any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction or biological process.

   Synonym: penghambat

   Synonym: perencat (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “inhibitor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English inhibitor, French inhibiteur, German Inhibitor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.xiˈbi.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itɔr
• Syllabification: in‧hi‧bi‧tor

Noun

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry) inhibitor

Declension

Declension of inhibitor

	singular	plural
nominative	inhibitor	inhibitory
genitive	inhibitora	inhibitorów
dative	inhibitorowi	inhibitorom
accusative	inhibitor	inhibitory
instrumental	inhibitorem	inhibitorami
locative	inhibitorze	inhibitorach
vocative	inhibitorze	inhibitory

Derived terms

adjective

• inhibitorowy

 

Further reading

• inhibitor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inhibiteur.

Noun

inhibitor m (plural inhibitori)

1. inhibitor

Declension

Declension of inhibitor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) inhibitor	inhibitorul	(niște) inhibitori	inhibitorii
genitive/dative	(unui) inhibitor	inhibitorului	(unor) inhibitori	inhibitorilor
vocative	inhibitorule		inhibitorilor