English Explanatory Dictionary

deodorant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
  2. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.
adj
  1. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.

Pronunciation

/diˈəʊ.də.ɹənt/ /diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/ en-us-deodorant.ogg /ɖɪˈjoɖᵊ.rᵻnʈ/

Word forms

deodorant deodorants deodourant

Etymology

From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor. By surface analysis, de- + odor + -ant.

Related words

odor odorous antiperspirant

Derived words

nondeodorant stick deodorant success is a great deodorant winning is a great deodorant

Translations

Asturian: desodorante Bulgarian: дезодора́нт Finnish: hajunpoistoaine Finnish: hajunpoistaja Galician: desodorizante Greek: αποσμητικό Indonesian: deodoran Italian: deodorante Macedonian: дезодора́нс Norman: d'sodorant Polish: dezodorant Portuguese: desodorante Portuguese: desodorizante Russian: дезодора́нт
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