antioxidant

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ oxidant

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

Translations

substance that slows oxidation

• Bulgarian: а̀нтиокисли́тел m (àntiokislítel)
• Catalan: antioxidant m
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: antioxidant c
• Estonian: antioksüdant
• Finnish: antioksidantti (fi), hapettumisenestoaine
• French: antioxydant (fr) m
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• German: Antioxidans (de) n
• Italian: antiossidante (it) m
• Polish: przeciwutleniacz (pl), antyoksydant (pl)
• Portuguese: antioxidante 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: а̀нтиокисли́тел m (àntiokislítel)
• Chinese:

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

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

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• French: antioxydant (fr) m
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• 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), 抗氧化剂的 (zh) (kàngyǎnghuàjì de)

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