detergent

See also: détergent

English

Etymology

From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt

Noun

detergent (countable and uncountable, plural detergents)

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

   Coordinate term: soap (sometimes loosely synonymous)

   Near-synonym: cleaner (sometimes coordinate)

Derived terms

• anionic detergent
• cationic detergent
• detergentless
• dish detergent
• nondetergent
• zwittergent

 

Related terms

• surfactant

Translations

any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant

• Afrikaans: reinigingsmiddel
• Arabic: مُطَهِّر m (muṭahhir), مُنَظِّف m (munaẓẓif)
• Azerbaijani: qabyuyan maye
• Bulgarian: препара́т за почи́стване m (preparát za počístvane)
• Catalan: detergent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洗滌劑／洗涤剂 (zh) (xǐdíjì)

• Czech: čisticí prostředek m, mycí prostředek m, prací prostředek m, saponát (cs) m, detergent m
• Danish: vaskemiddel (da) n
• Dutch: wasmiddel (nl) n, reinigingsmiddel (nl) n
• Esperanto: deterganto, lavpulvoro
• Estonian: pesuvahend
• Faroese: vaskievni n
• Finnish: pesuaine (fi), puhdistusaine
• French: détergent (fr) m
• Galician: deterxente (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reinigungsmittel (de) n
• Greek: απορρυπαντικό (el) n (aporrypantikó)
• Hindi: अपमार्जक m (apmārjak)
• Hungarian: mosópor (hu), mosószer (hu)
• Icelandic: þvottaefni (is) n
• Indonesian: detergen (id)
• Irish: glantach m
• Italian: detergente (it)
• Japanese: 洗剤 (ja) (せんざい, senzai)
• Korean: 세제(洗劑) (ko) (seje)
• Macedonian: детерге́нт m (detergént)
• Maori: waihopi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vaskemiddel n, oppvaskpulver (no) n (for dishwashers), tøyvaskemiddel n (for washing machines)

• Polish: detergent (pl) m
• Portuguese: detergente (pt) m
• Romanian: detergent (ro)
• Russian: мо́ющее сре́дство n (mójuščeje srédstvo), детерге́нт (ru) m (detergént)
• Spanish: detergente (es) m
• Swedish: tvättmedel (sv) n
• Thai: สารชะล้าง, สารซักฟอก
• Turkish: deterjan (tr), arıtıcı (tr)
• Volapük: klinükamamed

Adjective

detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)

1. Synonym of cleansing.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin detergentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.tərˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.tərˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.teɾˈd͡ʒent]

Noun

detergent m (plural detergents)

1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent)
   • 2016 November 9, “Amazon llança l'entrega de productes d'ús diari tocant un botó”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     L'empresa també ha anunciat el llançament d'Amazon Dash Replenishment a Europa, un servei basat en el núvol que permet configurar els electrodomèstics per fer comandes automatitzades de productes com detergent per a la roba o tinta per a la impressora.

     The company has also announced the launch of Amazon Dash Replenishment in Europe, a service based in the cloud that allows appliances to be configured with automated ordering for products like clothing detergent or ink for printers.

Related terms

• detergir

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin detergens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛrɡɛnt]

Noun

detergent m inan

1. detergent

   Synonyms: čisticí prostředek, mycí prostředek, prací prostředek, saponát

Declension

Declension of detergent (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	detergent	detergenty
genitive	detergentu	detergentů
dative	detergentu	detergentům
accusative	detergent	detergenty
vocative	detergente	detergenty
locative	detergentu	detergentech
instrumental	detergentem	detergenty

Further reading

• “detergent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “detergent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

detergent c (singular definite detergenten, plural indefinite detergenter)

detergent n (singular definite detergentet, plural indefinite detergenter)

1. detergent

Declension

Declension of detergent

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detergent	detergenten	detergenter	detergenterne
genitive	detergents	detergentens	detergenters	detergenternes

Declension of detergent

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detergent	detergentet	detergenter	detergenterne
genitive	detergents	detergentets	detergenters	detergenternes

Further reading

• “detergent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

dētergent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dētergeō

Polish

detergenty

Etymology

Borrowed from French détergent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈtɛr.ɡɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrɡɛnt
• Syllabification: de‧ter‧gent

Noun

detergent m inan (related adjective detergentowy)

1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant)

Declension

Declension of detergent

	singular	plural
nominative	detergent	detergenty
genitive	detergentu	detergentów
dative	detergentowi	detergentom
accusative	detergent	detergenty
instrumental	detergentem	detergentami
locative	detergencie	detergentach
vocative	detergencie	detergenty

Further reading

• detergent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• detergent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French détergent.

Noun

detergent m (plural detergenți)

1. detergent

Declension

Declension of detergent

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) detergent	detergentul	(niște) detergenți	detergenții
genitive/dative	(unui) detergent	detergentului	(unor) detergenți	detergenților
vocative	detergentule		detergenților