detergent

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt

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)

• surfactant

detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)

1. Synonym of cleansing.

Learned borrowing from Latin detergentem.

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

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.

• detergir

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

Learned borrowing from Latin detergens.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtɛrɡɛnt]

detergent m inan

1. detergent

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

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

detergent c (singular definite detergenten, plural indefinite detergenter)

detergent n (singular definite detergentet, plural indefinite detergenter)

1. detergent

• “detergent” in Den Danske Ordbog

dētergent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dētergeō

Borrowed from French détergent.

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈtɛr.ɡɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

detergent m inan (related adjective detergentowy)

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

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

Borrowed from French détergent.

detergent m (plural detergenți)

1. detergent