retardant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) +‎ -ant.

Adjective

retardant (comparative more retardant, superlative most retardant)

1. (often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something

Derived terms

• fire-retardant
• flame-retardant
• retardancy
• unretardant

Noun

retardant (plural retardants)

1. (often in combination) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something.
   • 2020 February 26, George Monbiot, “Toxic sofas are a secret scandal – and an ‘EU red tape’ bonfire will make it worse”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It took until last year for mattresses and furniture containing the highly toxic retardant deca-BDE to be banned, under European law, from sale. […] To make matters worse, far from saving us from fires, flame retardants appear to increase the risk.

Derived terms

• fire retardant
• flame retardant

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: забавящ (bg) (zabavjašt), спъващ (bg) (spǎvašt)
• Swedish: hämmare (sv) c, skyddsmedel (sv) n

Catalan

Verb

retardant

1. gerund of retardar

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

retardant

1. present participle of retarder

Latin

Verb

retardant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of retardō