astringent

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈstrɪn.dʒənt/

Noun

astringent (plural astringents)

1. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

Translations

a substance which draws tissue together

• Arabic: مقلص (ar) (muqaliṣ) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爽膚水 (cmn), 爽肤水 (cmn) (shuǎngfūshuǐ)

• Dutch: samentrekkend middel (nl) n
• French: astringence (fr) f

• German: Adstringens (de) n
• Hebrew: עפיצות (he) (afitzut) f
• Japanese: 収斂剤 (ja) (しゅうれんざい, shūrenzai)
• Russian: вяжущее средство (ru) (vjážuščeje srédstvo) n
• Spanish: astringente (es) m

Adjective

astringent (comparative more astringent, superlative most astringent)

1. Sharp, caustic, severe.
2. (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.

Translations

sharp, caustic, severe

• Dutch: scherp (nl), bijtend (nl), streng (nl)

• Spanish: astringente (es)

having the effect of drawing tissue together

• Dutch: samentrekkend (nl)
• Portuguese: adstringente (pt)

• Russian: кровоостанавливающий (ru) (krovoostanavlivajuščij), вяжущий (ru) (vjažuščij)
• Spanish: astriugente (es)

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Verb

astringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of astringō