sedative

See also: sédative

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling. By surface analysis, sedate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛdətɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪv
• Hyphenation: sed‧a‧tive

Noun

sedative (plural sedatives)

1. (pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
   • 2011 October 28, Alan Duke, “Michael Jackson gave himself fatal overdose, expert says”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 December 2016:

     Michael Jackson probably died after he rapidly injected himself with a dose of the surgical anesthetic propofol on top of a large dose of sedatives he swallowed when Dr. Conrad Murray was away, the defense’s propofol expert testified Friday. […] White also concluded that Jackson swallowed a large dose of lorazepam several hours earlier, which would have left "a very high concentration" of the sedative in his body.

Synonyms

• (agents that cause sleep): sleeping pill, soporific, tranquilizer
• (other agents that sedate): anxiolytic, depressant, downer

Translations

an agent or drug that sedates

• Arabic: مُهَدِّئ m (muhaddiʔ), مُسَكِّن (ar) m (musakkin)

  Moroccan Arabic: بنج (banj)

• Catalan: sedant (ca)
• Cebuano: igpahupay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎮靜藥 / 镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào), 鎮靜劑 / 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì)

• Czech: sedativum n
• Dutch: kalmeringsmiddel (nl)
• Esperanto: sedativo, trankviligilo
• Finnish: unilääke (fi), rauhoituslääke (fi), sedatiivi (fi), rauhoite (fi)
• French: sédatif (fr) m
• German: Beruhigungsmittel (de) n
• Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n (katapraÿntikó)
• Hungarian: nyugtatószer (hu)
• Indonesian: obat penenang (id)
• Italian: sedativo (it) m
• Japanese: 鎮静剤 (ja) (ちんせいざい, chinsei-zai)
• Kazakh: тыныштандыратын дәрі-дәрмек (tınıštandıratın däri-därmek)
• Korean: 진정제 (ko) (jinjeongje)
• Norman: sédatif m
• Plautdietsch: Schlopmeddel n
• Polish: środek uspokajający m
• Portuguese: sedativo (pt) m
• Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje), седати́вное сре́дство n (sedatívnoje srédstvo)
• Slovak: sedatívum
• Spanish: sedante (es) m, sedativo (es) m
• Swedish: lugnande medel, sömnmedel (sv)
• Ukrainian: заспокійливий засіб (zaspokijlyvyj zasib), заспокійливе n (zaspokijlyve)
• Vietnamese: làm dịu (vi)
• Welsh: tawelydd m

Adjective

sedative (comparative more sedative, superlative most sedative)

1. (pharmacology) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

Synonyms

• ataractic
• ataraxic

Translations

calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

• Bulgarian: успокоителен (bg) (uspokoitelen), сънотворен (sănotvoren)
• Catalan: sedant (ca)
• Czech: sedativní
• Dutch: kalmerend (nl)
• Finnish: rauhoittava (fi), unettava, nukuttava (fi)
• French: sédatif (fr)
• German: beruhigend (de), sedativ (de)
• Greek: ηρεμιστικός (el) (iremistikós)
• Italian: sedativo (it)
• Norman: sédatif
• Polish: uspokajający (pl) m
• Portuguese: sedativo (pt)
• Russian: успокои́тельный (ru) (uspokoítelʹnyj), седати́вный (ru) (sedatívnyj)
• Slovak: sedatívny
• Spanish: sedante (es), sedativo (es)
• Swedish: lugnande (sv), sövande (sv)
• Ukrainian: заспокі́йливий (zaspokíjlyvyj), седати́вний (uk) (sedatývnyj)

Derived terms

• analgosedative
• equisedative
• hypnosedative
• monosedative
• nonsedative
• salt sedative
• sedative salt
• subsedative

References

• “sedative”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “sedative”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• deviates

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.daˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: se‧da‧tì‧ve

Adjective

sedative

1. feminine plural of sedativo

Anagrams

• deviaste, evadesti