"antioxidant" meaning in English

See antioxidant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌæntiˈɒksɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antioxidant.wav
Etymology: From anti- + oxidant. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anti-|oxidant}} anti- + oxidant Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antioxidant (not comparable)
  1. Acting or having agents that act against oxidation. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: coantioxidant, nonantioxidant, superantioxidant Translations (acting against oxidation): antioxidant (Catalan), 抗氧化劑的 (Chinese Mandarin), 抗氧化剂的 (kàngyǎnghuàjì de) (Chinese Mandarin), antioxidační (Czech), antioxiderende (Dutch), antioksidanttinen (Finnish), antioxydant (French), antioksidan (Indonesian), antiossidante (Italian), antioxidante (Portuguese), antioxidante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-antioxidant-en-adj-Eb92va8u Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 38 32 31

Noun

IPA: /ˌæntiˈɒksɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antioxidant.wav Forms: antioxidants [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + oxidant. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anti-|oxidant}} anti- + oxidant Head templates: {{en-noun}} antioxidant (plural antioxidants)
  1. Any substance that slows or prevents the oxidation of another chemical. Translations (substance that slows oxidation): антиокисли́тел (antiokislítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), antioxidant [masculine] (Catalan), 抗氧化劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 抗氧化剂 (kàngyǎnghuàjì) (Chinese Mandarin), antioxidant [common-gender] (Danish), antioxidant [masculine] (Dutch), antioksüdant (Estonian), antioksidantti (Finnish), hapettumisenestoaine (Finnish), antioxydant [masculine] (French), Antioxidans [neuter] (German), antioksidan (Indonesian), antiossidante [masculine] (Italian), 항산화제 (hangsanhwaje) (alt: 抗酸化劑) (Korean), pare tauhohenga hāora (Maori), przeciwutleniacz [masculine] (Polish), antyoksydant [masculine] (Polish), antyutleniacz [masculine] (Polish), antioxidante [masculine] (Portuguese), антиоксида́нт (antioksidánt) [masculine] (Russian), антиокисли́тель (antiokislítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), antioxidante [masculine] (Spanish), antioxidant [common-gender] (Swedish), antioksidan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-antioxidant-en-noun-EeivRdj1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 38 32 31 Disambiguation of 'substance that slows oxidation': 98 2
  2. (nutrition) One of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals. Categories (topical): Nutrition Translations (vitamin that acts against free radicals): антиокисли́тел (antiokislítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 抗氧化劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 抗氧化剂 (kàngyǎnghuàjì) (Chinese Mandarin), antioksüdant (Estonian), antioksidantti (Finnish), antiossidante [masculine] (Italian), przeciwutleniacz [masculine] (Polish), antyoksydant [masculine] (Polish), antyutleniacz [masculine] (Polish), antioxidante [masculine] (Portuguese), antioxidante [masculine] (Spanish), antioksidan (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: antiozonant

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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