repellent

English

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Etymology

From Latin repellens.

Adjective

repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)

1. tending or able to repel; driving back
2. repulsive, inspiring aversion
3. resistant or impervious to something

Translations

tending or able to repel

• Finnish: vastenmielinen (fi), kuvottava (fi)
• Russian: отталкивающий (ru) (ottalkivajuščij)

• Spanish: repelente (es)

repulsive, inspiring aversion

• Finnish: vastenmielinen (fi), kuvottava (fi)
• French: répulsif (fr)
• Portuguese: repugnante (pt)

• Romanian: repulsiv (ro)
• Russian: отталкивающий, отвратительный
• Spanish: repulsivo (es)

resistant or impervious to something

• Finnish: kestävä (fi)
• Russian: непроницаемый

• Spanish: impermeable (es)

Noun

repellent (plural repellents)

1. someone who repels
2. a substance used to repel insects
3. a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something

Translations

substance used to repel insects

• Czech: repelent (cs) m
• Finnish: hyönteiskarkote (fi)

• Scottish Gaelic: ola ana-chuileag (gd) f
• Spanish: repelente para insectos (es) m

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• French: répulsif

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Latin

Verb

repellent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of repellō