antiperspirant

See also: anti-perspirant

English

Alternative forms

• anti-perspirant

Etymology

From anti- +‎ perspirant.

Noun

antiperspirant (countable and uncountable, plural antiperspirants)

1. (countable, uncountable) A substance used to minimize sweating or perspiration, and usually applied to the underarm area.

Coordinate terms

• armpit
• deodorant

Related terms

• antitranspirant

Translations

a substance used to minimize sweating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 止汗劑／止汗剂 (zh) (zhǐhànjì), 止汗藥／止汗药 (zhǐhànyào)

• Estonian: higistamisvastane vahend, higistusvastane vahend, antiperspirant (et)
• Finnish: antiperspirantti (fi)
• French: antisudorifique (fr) m
• German: Antitranspirant (de) n, Deodorant (de) n, Deo (de) n (coll.)
• Greek: αντιιδρωτικό (el) n (antiidrotikó)
• Hungarian: izzadtsággátló, izzadásgátló (hu)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
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• Macedonian: антиперспира́нт m (antiperspiránt), дезодора́нс m (dezodoráns)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: antyperspirant (pl) m
• Portuguese: antitranspirante m
• Romanian: antiperspirant n
• Spanish: antitranspirante m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• deodorant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia