detergent

See also: détergent

English

Etymology

From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/

Noun

detergent (countable and uncountable, plural detergents)

1. Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.

Related terms

• surfactant

Translations

any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant

• Afrikaans: reinigingsmiddel
• Bulgarian: препарат за почистване m (preparat za počistvane)
• Catalan: detergent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗滌劑／洗涤剂 (zh) (xǐdíjì), 洗涤剂 (zh) (xǐdíjì)

• Czech: saponát (cs) m, detergent m
• Danish: vaskemiddel (da) n
• Dutch: wasmiddel (nl), reinigingsmiddel (nl)
• Finnish: pesuaine (fi), puhdistusaine
• French: détergent (fr) m
• Galician: deterxente m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reinigungsmittel (de) n
• Greek: απορρυπαντικό (el) n (aporrypantikó)
• Hungarian: mosópor (hu), mosószer (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: glantach m
• Italian: detergente (it)
• Japanese: 洗剤 (ja) (せんざい, senzai)
• Maori: waihopi
• Norwegian: vaskemiddel n

  Bokmål: oppvaskpulver (no) n (for dishwashing mashines), tøyvaskemiddel n (for laundry mashines)

• Portuguese: detergente (pt) m
• Romanian: detergent (ro)
• Russian: мо́ющее сре́дство n (mójuščeje srédstvo), детерге́нт (ru) m (detergént)
• Spanish: detergente (es) m
• Swedish: tvättmedel (sv) n
• Turkish: deterjan (tr), arıtıcı (tr)
• Volapük: klinükamamed

Adjective

detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)

1. Synonym of cleansing.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.tərˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.tərˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.teɾˈd͡ʒent]

Noun

detergent m (plural detergents)

1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent)
   • 2016 November 9, “Amazon llança l'entrega de productes d'ús diari tocant un botó”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     L'empresa també ha anunciat el llançament d'Amazon Dash Replenishment a Europa, un servei basat en el núvol que permet configurar els electrodomèstics per fer comandes automatitzades de productes com detergent per a la roba o tinta per a la impressora.

     The company has also announced the launch of Amazon Dash Replenishment in Europe, a service based in the cloud that allows appliances to be configured with automated ordering for products like clothing detergent or ink for printers.

Further reading

• “detergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Noun

detergent c (singular definite detergenten, plural indefinite detergenter)

detergent n (singular definite detergentet, plural indefinite detergenter)

1. detonation

Declension

Declension of detergent

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detergent	detergenten	detergenter	detergenterne
genitive	detergents	detergentens	detergenters	detergenternes

Declension of detergent

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detergent	detergentet	detergenter	detergenterne
genitive	detergents	detergentets	detergenters	detergenternes

Further reading

• “detergent” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dētergent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dētergeō