abluent

English

Etymology

From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“I wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“I wash, cleanse”). See lave.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæb.lu.n̩t/

Adjective

abluent (comparative more abluent, superlative most abluent)

Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.

Translations

washing away

Dutch: reinigend (nl)

Portuguese: abluente

Noun

abluent (plural abluents)

(medicine) A detergent.

Translations

detergent

Dutch: reinigingsmiddel (nl) n

Anagrams

bleaunt, blue ant, butenal, tunable

French

Verb

abluent

third-person plural present indicative of abluer
third-person plural present subjunctive of abluer

Latin

Verb

abluent

third-person plural future active indicative of abluō