ibuprofen

See also: Ibuprofen and ibuprofén

English

Chemical structure of ibuprofen

Etymology

From i(so)bu(tyl) +‎ pro(pionic acid) +‎ phen(yl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌɪ.bjuːˈpɹəʊ.fən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ.bjuˈpɹoʊ.fən/, /aɪˈbju.pɹəf.ən/

Noun

ibuprofen (countable and uncountable, plural ibuprofens)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

Synonyms

• Advil

Derived terms

• -profen (“anti-inflammatory agent”)

Translations

anti-inflammatory drug

• Catalan: ibuprofèn m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布洛芬 (zh) (bùluòfēn)

• Czech: ibuprofen m
• Dutch: ibuprofen (nl)
• Finnish: ibuprofeeni (fi)
• French: ibuprofène (fr)
• German: Ibuprofen n
• Greek: ιβουπροφαίνη f (ivouprofaíni)
• Hebrew: איבופרופן
• Hungarian: ibuprofén (hu)
• Irish: iobúpróifein f
• Italian: ibuprofene m
• Japanese: イブプロフェン (ibupurofen)
• Korean: 이부프로펜 (ibupeuropen)
• Latin: acidus propionicus isobutylphenylus
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• Lithuanian: Iboprofenas
• Malay: ibuprofen
• Polish: ibuprofen (pl)
• Portuguese: ibuprofeno m
• Romanian: ibuprofen
• Russian: ибупрофе́н (ru) m (ibuprofén)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ибупро̀фе̄н m

  Roman: ibupròfēn (sh) m

• Spanish: ibuprofeno m
• Swedish: ibuprofen (sv)
• Tamil: ஐப்யூபுரூஃபன் (aipyūpurūfaṉ)
• Thai: ไอบูโปรเฟน (aiboobporfayn)
• Vietnamese: ibuprofen
• Welsh: ibuprofen m

References

• “ibuprofen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “ibuprofen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Czech

Noun

1. (pharmacology) ibuprofen