different between shampoo vs conditioner

English

Alternative forms

• champoo (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (c??po), imperative form of ?????? (c??pn?, “to press, knead”), from the Sanskrit root ????? (capayati, “to pound, knead”), mid 18th c.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm?pu?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?am?pu?/
• Hyphenation: sham?poo

Noun

shampoo (countable and uncountable, plural shampoos)

1. (originally) A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.

   Synonym: massage

2. A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.

   Coordinate term: conditioner

3. An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

   Synonym: shampooing

4. (humorous, slang) Champagne.

   Synonyms: bubbly, champers, fizz

Descendants

Translations

Verb

shampoo (third-person singular simple present shampoos, present participle shampooing, simple past and past participle shampooed)

1. (intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.

2. (transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
3. (transitive) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

   Synonym: massage

Translations

Further reading

• shampoo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “shampoo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• oompahs

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sjampo/, /?sja?mpu(?)/, [???mp?o], [??æ?mp?u(?)]

Noun

shampoo c (singular definite shampooen, plural indefinite shampooer)

1. shampoo (soap for washing hair)

Noun

Derived terms

• hårshampoo
• skælshampoo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi ????? (c??po).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m.po?/
• Hyphenation: sham?poo

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos, diminutive shampootje n)

1. shampoo (product for washing hair)

Derived terms

• shampooën
• babyshampoo

Finnish

Alternative forms

• šampoo
• sampoo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???mp(?)o?/, [???mp(?)o??]
• IPA^(key): /?s?mp(?)o?/, [?s??mp(?)o??]
• IPA^(key): /?sh?mp(?)o?/, [?s?h?mp(?)o??]
• Rhymes: -?mpo?
• Syllabification: sham?poo

Noun

shampoo

1. shampoo (commercial liquid soap)

Declension

Italian

Alternative forms

• sciampo

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi ????? (c??po, “knead!”), from the Sanskrit root ????? (capayati, “to pound, to knead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??am.po/
• Hyphenation: shàm?poo
• Rhymes: -ampo

Noun

shampoo m (invariable)

1. shampoo (detergent, washing of hair with such detergent)

Derived terms

• dopo-shampoo
• shampista

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos)

1. Alternative spelling of xampu; Alternative spelling of champô

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shampoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?am?pu/, [?ãm?pu]

• IPA^(key): /t??am?pu/, [t??ãm?pu]

Noun

shampoo m (plural shampoos)

1. Alternative spelling of champú

English

Etymology

condition +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

conditioner (plural conditioners)

1. anything that improves the condition of something
2. hair conditioner
3. fabric conditioner, fabric softener
4. someone who trains athletes or racehorses
5. An agricultural machine that crimps and crushes newly cut hay to promote faster and more even drying.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• recondition