lubricant

English

Etymology

lubricate +‎ -ant

Pronunciation

• (US, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈlubɹəkənt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluːbɹɪkənt/, /ˈljuːbɹɪkənt/

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Noun

lubricant (plural lubricants)

1. A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.
2. A personal lubricant.

Synonyms

• lube

Derived terms

Derived terms

• loob
• lube
• personal lubricant
• social lubricant

Related terms

• lubricate
• lubrication
• lubricious
• lubricity
• lubricous

Translations

substance used to reduce friction

• Basque: labaingarri
• Bulgarian: смазка (bg) f (smazka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潤滑劑／润滑剂 (zh) (rùnhuájì)

• Czech: mazivo n
• Dutch: gel (nl) m, glijmiddel (nl) n
• Estonian: määrdeaine
• Finnish: voiteluaine (fi), liukastin, liukaste, liukastusaine, liukuvoide (fi), liukkari (fi)
• French: lubrifiant (fr) m
• Galician: lubricante m
• Georgian: საპოხი (saṗoxi), შესაზეთი (šesazeti), საცხი (sacxi)
• German: Schmierstoff m, Schmiermittel n, Schmiere (de) f, Gleitmittel n
• Greek: λιπαντικό (el) n (lipantikó)
• Hungarian: kenőolaj (hu)
• Indonesian: pelumas (id)
• Irish: bealadh m
• Italian: lubrificante (it) m
• Japanese: 潤滑剤 (じゅんかつざい, junkatsuzai)
• Khmer: ប្រេងរំអិល (preengrumʼəl)
• Macedonian: мазиво n (mazivo)
• Malay: pelincir (ms)
• Navajo: bee nidiltoʼí
• Norwegian: glidemiddel

  Bokmål: smøremiddel n

  Nynorsk: smørjemiddel n

• Polish: smar (pl) m
• Portuguese: lubrificante (pt) m
• Romanian: lubrifiant (ro) m
• Russian: сма́зка (ru) f (smázka), сма́зочный материа́л m (smázočnyj materiál)
• Spanish: lubrificante m, lubricante (es) m
• Swedish: glidmedel (sv) n, smörjmedel (sv) n, glid (sv) n
• Tagalog: pampadulas, padanlog
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kayganlaştırıcı
• Vietnamese: dầu nhờn

personal lubricant — see personal lubricant

Anagrams

• intraclub

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾiˈkant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾiˈkan/

Adjective

lubricant (masculine and feminine plural lubricants)

1. lubricant, lubricating

   Synonym: lubrificant

Noun

lubricant m (plural lubricants)

1. lubricant

   Synonym: lubrificant

Verb

lubricant

1. present participle of lubricar

Latin

Verb

lūbricant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of lūbricō