ibuprofen

See also: Ibuprofen and ibuprofén

English

Chemical structure of ibuprofen

Etymology

Etymology tree

English isobut(anol)

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English i(so)bu(tyl)

English pro(pionic acid)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō

Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der.

French phéno-

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Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

French -yle

French phénylebor.

English phen(yl)

English ibuprofen

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌɪ.bjuːˈpɹəʊ.fən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ.bjuˈpɹoʊ.fən/, /ˌaɪ.biˈpɹoʊfən/, /aɪˈbju.pɹəf.ən/

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Noun

ibuprofen (countable and uncountable, plural ibuprofens)

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

   Synonyms: (brand name) Advil, (brand name) Nuprin, (brand name) Motrin

   • 1979, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, “Ibuprofen”, in The Pill Book […] , 1st edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 164:

     Ibuprofen is one of several new drugs used for the treatment of various types of arthritis. All these drugs reduce inflammation, and share the same side effects, the most common of which is possible formation of ulcers and upset stomach.

Derived terms

• cuprofen
• dexibuprofen
• fenoprofen
• ibu
• ibu- (used mostly in brand names)
• -profen (“anti-inflammatory agent”)

Translations

anti-inflammatory drug

• Bulgarian: ибупрофе́н m (ibuprofén)
• Catalan: ibuprofèn m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布洛芬 (zh) (bùluòfēn)

• Czech: ibuprofen m
• Dutch: ibuprofen (nl)
• Finnish: ibuprofeeni (fi)
• French: ibuprofène (fr)
• Galician: ibuprofeno
• German: Ibuprofen (de) 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
• Lithuanian: Iboprofenas
• Malay: ibuprofen
• Polish: ibuprofen (pl) m
• Portuguese: ibuprofeno m
• Romanian: ibuprofen
• Russian: ибупрофе́н (ru) m (ibuprofén)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ибупро̀фе̄н m

  Latin: ibupròfēn (sh) m

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

Verb

ibuprofen (third-person singular simple present ibuprofens, present participle ibuprofening, simple past and past participle ibuprofened)

1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To treat with ibuprofen; to administer ibuprofen to someone.
   • 2003 October 16, John Wilson, “Mt. Whitney in a day”, in Daily Pilot‎^[1]:

     By this time, Greg says, he was seeing triple and had a bad headache and Nate was seriously exhausted. Everyone was ibuprofened to the max. We reached the summit at 12:45 p.m., with Greg and Nate suffering the most.

   • 2019 [2018], Xhenet Aliu, Brass: A Novel, New York, NY: Random House, →ISBN, page 33:

     He remains behind in the nurse's office to bring down his blood pressure after you've been ice-packed, ibuprofened, and shuffled along to the assistant principal, where you sit alone for twenty minutes, […]

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪbuprofɛn]

Noun

ibuprofen m inan

1. (pharmacology) ibuprofen

Declension

Declension of ibuprofen (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	ibuprofen	ibuprofeny
genitive	ibuprofenu	ibuprofenů
dative	ibuprofenu	ibuprofenům
accusative	ibuprofen	ibuprofeny
vocative	ibuprofene	ibuprofeny
locative	ibuprofenu	ibuprofenech
instrumental	ibuprofenem	ibuprofeny