antioxidant

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ oxidant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈɒksɪdənt/

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Noun

antioxidant (plural antioxidants)

1. Any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical.
2. (nutrition) One of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals.

Antonyms

• oxidant

Coordinate terms

• antiozonant

Translations

substance that slows oxidation

• Bulgarian: антиокисли́тел m (antiokislítel)
• Catalan: antioxidant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗氧化劑／抗氧化剂 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì)

• Danish: antioxidant c
• Estonian: antioksüdant
• Finnish: antioksidantti (fi), hapettumisenestoaine
• French: antioxydant (fr) m
• German: Antioxidans (de) n
• Italian: antiossidante (it) m
• Korean: 항산화제(抗酸化劑) (hangsanhwaje)
• Polish: przeciwutleniacz (pl), antyoksydant (pl), antyutleniacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: antioxidante (pt) m
• Russian: антиоксида́нт (ru) m (antioksidánt), антиокисли́тель (ru) m (antiokislítelʹ)
• Spanish: antioxidante (es) m
• Swedish: antioxidant (sv) c
• Turkish: antioksidan (tr)

vitamin that acts against free radicals

• Bulgarian: антиокисли́тел m (antiokislítel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗氧化劑／抗氧化剂 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì)

• Estonian: antioksüdant
• Finnish: antioksidantti (fi)
• Italian: antiossidante (it) m
• Portuguese: antioxidante (pt) m
• Spanish: antioxidante (es) m
• Turkish: antioksidan (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• French: antioxydant (fr) m
• Korean: 노화방지제 (nohwabangjije)

Adjective

antioxidant (not comparable)

1. Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.

Translations

acting against oxidation

• Catalan: antioxidant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗氧化劑的／抗氧化剂的 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì de)

• Czech: antioxidační
• Finnish: antioksidanttinen
• French: antioxydant (fr)
• Italian: antiossidante (it)
• Portuguese: antioxidante (pt)
• Spanish: antioxidante (es)

Derived terms

• coantioxidant
• nonantioxidant
• superantioxidant

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antioxydant. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ oxidant.

Noun

antioxidant m (plural antioxidanți)

1. antioxidant

Declension

Declension of antioxidant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) antioxidant	antioxidantul	(niște) antioxidanți	antioxidanții
genitive/dative	(unui) antioxidant	antioxidantului	(unor) antioxidanți	antioxidanților
vocative	antioxidantule		antioxidanților