"emollient" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈmɑl.jənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-emollient.ogg [US] Forms: more emollient [comparative], most emollient [superlative]
Etymology: From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mel-}}, {{bor|en|fr|émollient}} French émollient, {{der|en|la|emolliēns}} Latin emolliēns, {{m|la|ēmolliō||make soft}} ēmolliō (“make soft”), {{m|la|ex-}} ex-, {{m|la|molliō}} molliō, {{m|la|mollis||soft}} mollis (“soft”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} emollient (comparative more emollient, superlative most emollient)
  1. Moisturizing. Translations (Moisturizing): овлажняващ (ovlažnjavašt) (Bulgarian), emol·lient (Catalan), kosteuttava (Finnish), befeuchtend (German), emolliente [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-emollient-en-adj-S~-GvMfa Disambiguation of 'Moisturizing': 96 4
  2. (figurative) Soothing or mollifying. Tags: figuratively Translations (Soothing; mollifying): успокояващ (uspokojavašt) (Bulgarian), verzachtend (Dutch), pehmentävä (Finnish), lénifiant (French), weichmachend (German), erweichend (German), lindernd (German), emolliente [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-emollient-en-adj-Sadb4-PS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 56 32 3 Disambiguation of 'Soothing; mollifying': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mollify

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈmɑl.jənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-emollient.ogg [US] Forms: emollients [plural]
Etymology: From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mel-}}, {{bor|en|fr|émollient}} French émollient, {{der|en|la|emolliēns}} Latin emolliēns, {{m|la|ēmolliō||make soft}} ēmolliō (“make soft”), {{m|la|ex-}} ex-, {{m|la|molliō}} molliō, {{m|la|mollis||soft}} mollis (“soft”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} emollient (plural emollients)
  1. Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer. Translations (something which softens or lubricates the skin): μάλαγμα (málagma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مُرَطِّب (muraṭṭib) (Arabic), emol·lient [masculine] (Catalan), pehmentäjä (Finnish), émollient [masculine] (French), Hautpflegemittel [neuter] (German), Linderungsmittel [neuter] (German), Emolliens [neuter] (German), Pflegemittel [neuter] (German), Pflegecreme [feminine] (German), bőrápoló krém (Hungarian), emolliente [masculine] (Italian), demulcente [masculine] (Italian), emoliente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-emollient-en-noun-zlmv59~w Disambiguation of 'something which softens or lubricates the skin': 99 1
  2. (figurative) Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable. Tags: figuratively Translations (anything soothing): rauhoittaja (Finnish), pehmentäjä (Finnish), Linderung [feminine] (German), emolliente [masculine] (Italian), demulcente [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-emollient-en-noun--vF05xGr Disambiguation of 'anything soothing': 4 96

Verb [Latin]

Forms: ēmollient [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=ēmollient}} ēmollient
  1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēmolliō Tags: active, form-of, future, indicative, plural, third-person Form of: ēmolliō
    Sense id: en-emollient-la-verb-rN~PfHj4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "befeuchtend"
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