different between absorbant vs absorptive

English

Adjective

absorbant (comparative more absorbant, superlative most absorbant)

1. Alternative spelling of absorbent

Noun

absorbant (plural absorbants)

1. Alternative spelling of absorbent

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??.b??/

Adjective

absorbant (feminine singular absorbante, masculine plural absorbants, feminine plural absorbantes)

1. absorbant

Noun

absorbant m (plural absorbants)

1. absorber, absorbant; something that absorbs.

Verb

absorbant

1. present participle of absorber

Further reading

• “absorbant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French absorbant

Noun

absorbant n (plural absorbante)

1. absorbent
2. sanitary napkin

Declension

English

Etymology

absorption +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s??p.t?v/, /?b?s??p.t?v/, /?b?z??p.t?v/, /æb?z??p.t?v/

Adjective

absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]

Derived terms

• postabsorptive

Translations

Noun

absorptive (plural absorptives)

1. Any substance that absorbs.

Translations

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abs?rp?ti???/, /aps?rp?ti???/
• Rhymes: -i???
• Hyphenation: ab?sorp?ti?ve

Adjective

absorptive

1. definite singular of absorptiv
2. plural of absorptiv