"depilatory" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/ [US], /dɪˈpɪlətəɹi/ [UK], /dɪˈpɪlətɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depilatory.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more depilatory [comparative], most depilatory [superlative]
Etymology: From French dépilatoire. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dépilatoire}} French dépilatoire Head templates: {{en-adj}} depilatory (comparative more depilatory, superlative most depilatory)
  1. That removes hair Translations (that removes hair): karvoja poistava (Finnish), háreyðingar- (note: of or pertaining to depilation) (Icelandic), depilatore (Italian), depilatorio (Italian)
    Sense id: en-depilatory-en-adj-ltUP94Y4

Noun

IPA: /dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/ [US], /dɪˈpɪlətəɹi/ [UK], /dɪˈpɪlətɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depilatory.wav [Southern-England] Forms: depilatories [plural]
Etymology: From French dépilatoire. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|dépilatoire}} French dépilatoire Head templates: {{en-noun}} depilatory (plural depilatories)
  1. A preparation that removes hair from the body. Categories (topical): Hair Derived forms: chemical depilatory Translations (preparation that removes hair from the body): karvanpoisto (Finnish), háreyðingarvara (english: depilatory product) [feminine] (Icelandic), depilatore (Italian), dropax [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-depilatory-en-noun-p0C9ddB~ Disambiguation of Hair: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 84

Inflected forms

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