tranquilizer

English

Alternative forms

• tranquilliser (mainly UK)
• tranquillizer (mainly US)

Noun

Wikipedia tranquilizer (plural tranquilizers)

1. Anything that tranquillizes or soothes.
2. (pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension; a sedative.

Translations

anything that tranquillizes or soothes

Finnish: rauhoittaja (fi) Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) (íremistikó) n., καταπραϋντικό (el) (kataprainikó) n.

Hungarian: nyugtató (hu) Russian: успокоительное (ru) (uspokoítel'noje) n.

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension

Chinese: Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 (zh), 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì) Finnish: rauhoittava (fi) Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) (íremistikó) n., αγχολυτικό (el) (anχolitikó) n. Hebrew: תְּרוּפַת הַרְגָעָה (he) (trufàt hargaá) f., (colloquial) כָּדוּר הַרְגָעָה (he) (kadùr hargaá) m.

Hungarian: nyugtató (hu), nyugtatószer (hu) Italian: ansiolitico (it) m. Japanese: 精神安定剤 (ja) (せいしんあんていざい, seishin anteizai) Russian: транквилизатор (ru) (trankvilizátor) m., успокоительное (ru) (uspokoítel'noje) n.

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French: tranquillisant (fr) m. Telugu: మత్తుమందు (te) (mattumandu)

See also

• horse tranquilizer
• sleeping pill