lotion

English

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Etymology

From Latin lotio (“a washing”), from lavo (“to wash”); see lave.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃən

Noun

lotion (usually uncountable; plural lotions)

1. A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
2. (archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.

Translations

ointment that one rubs on the skin

• Arabic: غسول (ar) (ḡaswl) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗劑 (cmn), 洗剂 (cmn) (xǐjì)

• Finnish: voide (fi)
• French: lotion (fr) m
• German: Lotion (de) f

• Greek: λοσιόν (el) (losión) n
• Japanese: ローション (ja) (rōshon), 化粧水 (ja) (kesōsui)
• Malay: losen (ms)
• Romanian: loțiune (ro) f
• Russian: лосьон (ru) (los'jón) m
• Turkish: losyon (tr)

See also

• cream (generally a bit thicker than a lotion)

Verb

lotion (third-person singular simple present lotions, present participle lotioning, simple past and past participle lotioned)

1. (transitive) To cover or treat with a lotion.
   • 2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace (page 52)

     Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him in the large walk-in closet where they change out of their clothes and into their pajamas—loose-fitting cotton bottoms for Mike and a lace-trimmed baby doll nightie for Grace.

   • 2011, Jeanne Starr Gater, Bring Back Summertime (page 89)

     I would finish my daily ranging session by lotioning his legs, and lotioning and rubbing his feet.

External links

• lotion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lotion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911