ointment

English

Etymology

A later form (as if oint + -ment) of oinement, from Old French oignement ‎(“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier ‎(“to anoint”), from Latin ung(u)ō ‎(“I anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- ‎(“anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ]

Noun

ointment ‎(plural ointments)

1. (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

Synonyms

• salve
• unguent

Related terms

• anoint

Derived terms

• fly in the ointment

Translations

viscous preparation

• Afrikaans: salf
• Albanian: pomadë (sq) f
• Arabic: مَرْهَم m ‎(marham), دَهُون m ‎(dahūn)
• Armenian: քսուք (hy) ‎(kʿsukʿ)
• Azeri: maz (az)
• Catalan: pomada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 藥膏, 药膏 ‎(joek⁶ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 軟膏 (zh), 软膏 (zh) ‎(ruǎngāo), 膏 (zh) ‎(gāo), 藥膏, 药膏 (zh) ‎(yàogāo)

• Czech: mast (cs) f
• Danish: salve (da) n
• Dutch: zalf (nl) f, smeersel (nl) n
• Faroese: salva f, sálva f
• Finnish: voide (fi)
• French: pommade (fr) f, onguent (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Salbe (de) f
• Greek: αλοιφή (el) f ‎(aloifí)
• Hungarian: kenőcs (hu)
• Irish: ungadh m
• Italian: pomata (it) f, unguento (it) m, balsamo (it) m
• Japanese: 軟膏 ‎(なんこう, nankō)

• Korean: 연고 ‎(yeongo)
• Latin: unguentum n
• Latvian: ziede f
• Lithuanian: tepalas f
• Macedonian: маст f ‎(mást), помада f ‎(pomáda)
• Maori: rongoā pani, panipani
• Persian: پماد (fa) ‎(pomâd)
• Polish: maść (pl) f
• Portuguese: pomada (pt) f
• Russian: мазь (ru) f ‎(mazʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: melem (sh) m, mast (sh)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žałba f

• Spanish: pomada f, ungüento (es) m
• Swahili: marhamu
• Tagalog: hinas, banlos
• Telugu: లేపనము (te) ‎(lēpanamu)
• Turkish: merhem (tr)
• Urdu: مرہم m ‎(márham)
• Vietnamese: bom mát
• Volapük: nugvet (vo)
• Walloon: ôlmint (wa) m (liquid), poumåde f (solid)
• Welsh: eli (cy) m

See also

• cream
• inunction
• liniment
• unction
• unctuous
• unguent

External links

• ointment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ointment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• ointment at OneLook Dictionary Search