"detergent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detergent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more detergent [comparative], most detergent [superlative]
Etymology: From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|détergent}} French détergent, {{der|en|la|dētergēns}} Latin dētergēns, {{m|la|dētergeō}} dētergeō, {{m|la|dē||off}} dē (“off”), {{m|la|tergeō||wipe, polish}} tergeō (“wipe, polish”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)
  1. Synonym of cleansing. Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms: cleansing [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-detergent-en-adj-U-wctYL3 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 62 38

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈtɜːdʒənt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detergent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: detergents [plural]
Etymology: From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|détergent}} French détergent, {{der|en|la|dētergēns}} Latin dētergēns, {{m|la|dētergeō}} dētergeō, {{m|la|dē||off}} dē (“off”), {{m|la|tergeō||wipe, polish}} tergeō (“wipe, polish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} detergent (countable and uncountable, plural detergents)
  1. Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: anionic detergent, cationic detergent, dish detergent Related terms: surfactant Translations (any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant): reinigingsmiddel (Afrikaans), مُطَهِّر (muṭahhir) [masculine] (Arabic), مُنَظِّف (munaẓẓif) [masculine] (Arabic), препара́т за почи́стване (preparát za počístvane) [masculine] (Bulgarian), detergent [masculine] (Catalan), 洗滌劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 洗涤剂 (xǐdíjì) (Chinese Mandarin), čisticí prostředek [masculine] (Czech), mycí prostředek [masculine] (Czech), prací prostředek [masculine] (Czech), saponát [masculine] (Czech), detergent [masculine] (Czech), vaskemiddel [neuter] (Danish), wasmiddel [neuter] (Dutch), reinigingsmiddel [neuter] (Dutch), deterganto (Esperanto), lavpulvoro (Esperanto), vaskievni [neuter] (Faroese), pesuaine (Finnish), puhdistusaine (Finnish), détergent [masculine] (French), deterxente [masculine] (Galician), Reinigungsmittel [neuter] (German), απορρυπαντικό (aporrypantikó) [neuter] (Greek), अपमार्जक (apmārjak) [masculine] (Hindi), mosópor (Hungarian), mosószer (Hungarian), þvottaefni [neuter] (Icelandic), detergen (Indonesian), glantach [masculine] (Irish), detergente (Italian), 洗剤 (senzai) (alt: せんざい) (Japanese), 세제 (seje) (alt: 洗劑) (Korean), детерге́нт (detergént) [masculine] (Macedonian), waihopi (Maori), vaskemiddel [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), oppvaskpulver (note: for dishwashers) [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tøyvaskemiddel (note: for washing machines) [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), detergent [masculine] (Polish), detergente [masculine] (Portuguese), detergent (Romanian), мо́ющее сре́дство (mójuščeje srédstvo) [neuter] (Russian), детерге́нт (detergént) [masculine] (Russian), detergente [masculine] (Spanish), tvättmedel [neuter] (Swedish), deterjan (Turkish), arıtıcı (Turkish), klinükamamed (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-detergent-en-noun-vO1UeDVc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "reinigingsmiddel"
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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "detergent"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "洗滌劑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐdíjì",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "洗涤剂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čisticí prostředek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prací prostředek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saponát"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detergent"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vaskemiddel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wasmiddel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "reinigingsmiddel"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "deterganto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "lavpulvoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vaskievni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "pesuaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "puhdistusaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "détergent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deterxente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Reinigungsmittel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aporrypantikó",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "απορρυπαντικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "apmārjak",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अपमार्जक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "mosópor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "mosószer"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "þvottaefni"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "detergen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glantach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "detergente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senzai",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "洗剤"
    },
    {
      "alt": "洗劑",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seje",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "세제"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "detergént",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детерге́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "waihopi"
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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vaskemiddel"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "note": "for dishwashers",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oppvaskpulver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "note": "for washing machines",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tøyvaskemiddel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detergent"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detergente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "detergent"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мо́ющее сре́дство"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "detergént",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детерге́нт"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detergente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tvättmedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "deterjan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "arıtıcı"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant",
      "word": "klinükamamed"
    }
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}

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      "name": "bor"
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        "3": "",
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