shaving cream

English

Noun

shaving cream (countable and uncountable, plural shaving creams)

1. A substance, usually a foam or gel, that is applied to the face or wherever else hair grows, to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving.
2. A type of cosmetic cream, combined with water and whipped into a lather using a shaving brush to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving.

Synonyms

• shave cream
• shave foam
• shaving foam
• shaving gel

Related terms

• shaving oil
• shaving soap
• shaving stick

Translations

a substance that is applied to the face to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剃須膏／剃须膏 (tìxūgāo), 修面膏 (xiūmiàngāo)

• Dutch: scheerschuim (nl) n
• Finnish: partavaahto (fi), partavaahdoke
• French: mousse à raser (fr) f
• German: Rasierschaum (de) m
• Hungarian: borotvakrém (hu), borotvahab (hu)
• Irish: sobal bearrtha m
• Japanese: シェービングクリーム (shēbingukurīmu)
• Maori: hinu heu
• Mongolian: сахлын хөөс (saxlyn xöös)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barberskum (no) n

  Nynorsk: barberskum n

• Polish: pianka do golenia (pl) f
• Romanian: cremă de ras f
• Russian: крем для бритья́ m (krem dlja britʹjá), пе́на для бритья́ f (péna dlja britʹjá)
• Turkish: tıraş köpüğü (tr)
• Yiddish: גאָלקרעם m (golkrem)

a cream whipped into a lather with a shaving brush to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving

• Finnish: parranajovoide, partavoide, partakreemi
• Polish: krem do golenia (pl) m

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