lubricant

lubricant

English

Etymology

lubricate +‎ -ant

Pronunciation

• (US, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈlubɹəkənt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluːbɹɪkənt/, /ˈljuːbɹɪkənt/

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Noun

lubricant (plural lubricants)

1. A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.
2. A personal lubricant.

Synonyms

• lube

Derived terms

Derived terms

• loob
• lube
• personal lubricant
• social lubricant

Related terms

• lubricate
• lubrication
• lubricious
• lubricity
• lubricous

Translations

substance used to reduce friction

Basque: labaingarri Bulgarian: смазка (bg) f (smazka) Chinese: Mandarin: 潤滑劑／润滑剂 (zh) (rùnhuájì) Czech: mazivo n Dutch: gel (nl) m, glijmiddel (nl) n Estonian: määrdeaine Finnish: voiteluaine (fi), liukastin, liukaste, liukastusaine, liukuvoide (fi), liukkari (fi) French: lubrifiant (fr) m Galician: lubricante m Georgian: საპოხი (saṗoxi), შესაზეთი (šesazeti), საცხი (sacxi) German: Schmierstoff m, Schmiermittel n, Schmiere (de) f, Gleitmittel n Greek: λιπαντικό (el) n (lipantikó) Hungarian: kenőolaj (hu) Indonesian: pelumas (id) Irish: bealadh m Italian: lubrificante (it) m Japanese: 潤滑剤 (じゅんかつざい, junkatsuzai) Khmer: ប្រេងរំអិល (preengrumʼəl) Macedonian: мазиво n (mazivo) Malay: pelincir (ms) Navajo: bee nidiltoʼí Norwegian: glidemiddel Bokmål: smøremiddel n Nynorsk: smørjemiddel n Polish: smar (pl) m Portuguese: lubrificante (pt) m Romanian: lubrifiant (ro) m Russian: сма́зка (ru) f (smázka), сма́зочный материа́л m (smázočnyj materiál) Spanish: lubrificante m, lubricante (es) m Swedish: glidmedel (sv) n, smörjmedel (sv) n, glid (sv) n Tagalog: pampadulas, padanlog Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kayganlaştırıcı Vietnamese: dầu nhờn

personal lubricant — see personal lubricant

Anagrams

• intraclub

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾiˈkant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾiˈkan/

Adjective

lubricant (masculine and feminine plural lubricants)

1. lubricant, lubricating

   Synonym: lubrificant

Noun

lubricant m (plural lubricants)

1. lubricant

   Synonym: lubrificant

Verb

lubricant

1. present participle of lubricar

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Latin

Verb

lūbricant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of lūbricō