disinfectant

English

English disinfect +‎ -ant. Borrowed from French désinfectant.

disinfectant (not comparable)

Serving to kill germs or viruses.
I washed repeatedly with a disinfectant soap but I still caught the flu.

of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses

disinfectant (plural disinfectants)

A substance that kills germs and/or viruses.
The scalpels were soaked in disinfectant before the operation so disease wouldn't be spread.

A substance which kills germs and/or viruses

Arabic: مُطَهِّر‎ m (muṭahhir)
Armenian: ախտահանիչ միջոց (axtahaničʿ miǰocʿ), մանրէասպան միջոց (manrēaspan miǰocʿ)
Belarusian: дэзінфекцыйны сродак m (dezinfjekcyjny sródak), дэзінфектант m (dezinfjektant)
Catalan: desinfectant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消毒劑／消毒剂 (zh) (xiāodújì)
Czech: dezinfekční prostředek m
Danish: desinfektionsmiddel n
Dutch: ontsmettingsmiddel (nl) n, antisepticum (nl) n, desinfectans (nl) n
French: désinfectant (fr) m
Galician: desinfectante m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Desinfektionsmittel (de) n
Greek: απολυμαντικό (el) n (apolymantikó)
Hindi: निस्संक्रामक f (nissaṅkrāmak)
Italian: disinfettante (it) m
Japanese: 消毒剤 (しょうどくざい, shōdokuzai)
Kazakh: зарарсыздандырғыш (zararsyzdandyrğyş)
Korean: 소독제(消毒劑) (ko) (sodokje)
Luxembourgish: Desinfektiounsmëttel n
Malay: penyahkuman, disinfektan (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: desinfeksjonsmiddel n
Nynorsk: desinfeksjonsmiddel n
Occitan: desinfectant m
Portuguese: desinfetante m
Romanian: dezinfectant (ro) n
Russian: дезинфици́рующее сре́дство n (dezinficírujuščeje srédstvo)
Spanish: desinfectante (es) m
Swedish: desinfektionsmedel (sv) n
Turkish: dezenfektan (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: thuốc tẩy uế