different between detergent vs abluent

English

Etymology

From French détergent, from Latin d?terg?ns the present participle of d?terge?, from d? (“off”) + terge? (“wipe, polish”), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??d??nt/

Noun

detergent (countable and uncountable, plural detergents)

1. Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.

Related terms

• surfactant

Translations

Adjective

detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)

1. Synonym of cleansing.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /d?.t????ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /d?.t?r??en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de.te??d??ent/

Noun

detergent m (plural detergents)

1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent)

Further reading

• “detergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Noun

detergent c (singular definite detergenten, plural indefinite detergenter)

detergent n (singular definite detergentet, plural indefinite detergenter)

1. detonation

Declension

Further reading

• “detergent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

d?tergent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of d?terge?

Romanian

Etymology

From French détergent

Noun

detergent m (plural detergen?i)

1. detergent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin ablu?ns, present active participle of ablu? (“I wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lav? (“I wash, cleanse”). See lave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æb.lu.n?t/

Adjective

abluent (comparative more abluent, superlative most abluent)

1. (pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.

Translations

Noun

abluent (plural abluents)

1. (pharmacology) A detergent.

Translations

Anagrams

• ant-blue, bleaunt, blue ant, butenal, tunable

French

Verb

abluent

1. third-person plural present indicative of abluer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of abluer

Latin

Verb

abluent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ablu?