ointment

English

Etymology

A later form (as if oint + -ment) of oinement, from Old French oignement (“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint”), from Latin unguere, ungere (“to anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ]

Noun

ointment (plural ointments)

1. (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

Synonyms

• salve
• unguent

Related terms

• anoint

Derived terms

• fly in the ointment

Translations

viscous preparation

• Afrikaans: salf (af)
• Albanian: pomadë (sq) f
• Arabic: مرهم (ar) (márham) m, دهون (ar) (dahuun) m
• Azeri: maz (az)
• Catalan: pomada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軟膏 (cmn), 软膏 (cmn) (ruǎngāo), 膏 (cmn) (gāo)

• Czech: mast (cs) f
• Danish: salve (da) n
• Dutch: zalf (nl) f, smeersel (nl) n
• Finnish: voide (fi)
• French: pommade (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Salbe (de) f
• Greek: αλοιφή (el) (aloifí) f
• Hungarian: kenőcs (hu)

• Italian: pomata (it) f
• Japanese: 軟膏 (ja) (なんこう, nankō)
• Korean: 연고 (ko) (yeongo)
• Latvian: ziede (lv) f
• Lithuanian: tepalas (lt) f
• Macedonian: маст (mk) (mást) f, помада (mk) (pomáda) f
• Polish: maść (pl) f
• Portuguese: pomada (pt) f
• Russian: мазь (ru) (maz') f
• Serbo-Croatian: melem (sh) m, mast (sh)
• Spanish: pomada (es) f
• Telugu: లేపనము (te) (lepanamu)
• Turkish: merhem (tr)
• Vietnamese: bom mát (vi)
• Volapük: nugvet (vo)
• Welsh: eli (cy) m

See also

• cream
• inunction
• liniment
• unction
• unctuous
• unguent

External links

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