ointment

English[edit]

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”).

ointment (plural ointments)

(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

viscous preparation, usually containing medication

Afrikaans: salf
Albanian: pomadë (sq) f
Arabic: مَرْهَم‎ m (marham), دَهُون‎ m (dahūn)
Armenian: քսուք (hy) (kʿsukʿ)
Azerbaijani: maz (az), məlhəm
Belarusian: мазь f (mazʹ), бальза́м m (balʹzám) (balm)
Bengali: মলম (môlôm)
Bulgarian: мехле́м (bg) m (mehlém), мас (bg) f (mas), мазило (bg) n (mazilo)
Burmese: လိမ်းဆေး (my) (lim:hce:)
Catalan: pomada (ca) f, ungüent m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 藥膏, 药膏 (joek⁶ gou¹)

Mandarin: 軟膏 (zh), 软膏 (zh) (ruǎngāo), 膏 (zh) (gāo), 藥膏 (zh), 药膏 (zh) (yàogāo)
Czech: mast (cs) f
Danish: salve (da) n
Dutch: zalf (nl) m, f, smeersel (nl) n
Esperanto: ungvento
Estonian: salv
Faroese: salva f, sálva f
Finnish: voide (fi)
French: pommade (fr) f, onguent (fr) m
Friulian: ongint m
Georgian: მალამო (malamo)
German: Salbe (de) f, Balsam (de) m
Greek: αλοιφή (el) f (aloifí)
Ancient: ἀλοιφή f (aloiphḗ)
Hebrew: מִשְׁחָה‎ (mishkha)
Hindi: मरहम (hi) m (marham)
Hungarian: kenőcs (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: salap (id)
Irish: ungadh m
Italian: pomata (it) f, unguento (it) m, balsamo (it) m
Japanese: 軟膏 (なんこう, nankō)
Kazakh: май (may)
Khmer: ថ្នាំលាប (thnam liəp)
Korean: 연고 (yeongo)
Kyrgyz: май (ky) (may), мазь (mazʹ)
Lao: ຢານວດ (yā nūat), ຢາຂີ້ເຜີ້ງ (yā khī phœ̄ng)
Latin: unguentum n