"repellent" meaning in English

See repellent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹəˈpɛlənt/ [UK], /ɹɪˈpɛlənt/ [UK], /ɹəˈpɛlənt/ [US], /ɹiˈpɛlənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repellent.wav Forms: more repellent [comparative], most repellent [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|repellēns}} Latin repellēns, {{suffix|en|repel|ent}} repel + -ent Head templates: {{en-adj}} repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)
  1. Repulsive, inspiring aversion. Translations (repulsive, inspiring aversion): противен (protiven) (Bulgarian), repel·lent (Catalan), naŭza (Esperanto), forpuŝema (Esperanto), vastenmielinen (Finnish), kuvottava (Finnish), répulsif (French), ripugnante (Italian), disgustoso (Italian), frastøtende (Norwegian Bokmål), repugnante (Portuguese), repulsiv (Romanian), antipatic (Romanian), отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (Russian), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), repulsivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-repellent-en-adj-XZ4tVbJg Disambiguation of 'repulsive, inspiring aversion': 93 2 6
  2. Resistant or impervious to something. Hyponyms: moisture-repellent, water-repellent Translations (resistant or impervious to something): непропусклив (nepropuskliv) (Bulgarian), kestävä (Finnish), hylkivä (Finnish), pitävä (Finnish), ugjennomtrengelig (Norwegian Bokmål), непроницаемый (nepronicajemyj) (Russian), impermeable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-repellent-en-adj-My3EnSq0 Disambiguation of 'resistant or impervious to something': 2 97 1
  3. (physics, now rare) Tending or able to repel; driving back. Tags: archaic Translations (tending or able to repel): отблъскващ (otblǎskvašt) (Bulgarian), repel·lent (Catalan), vastenmielinen (Finnish), kuvottava (Finnish), répulsif [masculine] (French), repelente (Galician), repellente (Italian), avstøtende (Norwegian Bokmål), repelente [masculine] (Portuguese), respingător (Romanian), отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (Russian), repelente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-repellent-en-adj-eZQ9niID Categories (other): Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ent, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 41 20 5 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ent: 7 6 34 24 7 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 60 14 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 6 35 31 4 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 7 44 21 3 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 7 43 21 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 8 42 20 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 14 40 18 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 5 48 19 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 8 42 20 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 4 42 22 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 8 42 20 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 7 42 21 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 8 42 20 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 8 41 20 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 13 40 18 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 8 42 20 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 5 48 19 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 8 42 20 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 5 45 20 6 19 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'tending or able to repel': 7 2 91

Noun

IPA: /ɹəˈpɛlənt/ [UK], /ɹɪˈpɛlənt/ [UK], /ɹəˈpɛlənt/ [US], /ɹiˈpɛlənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repellent.wav Forms: repellents [plural]
Etymology: From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|repellēns}} Latin repellēns, {{suffix|en|repel|ent}} repel + -ent Head templates: {{en-noun}} repellent (plural repellents)
  1. A substance or solution used to repel insects, dangerous animals, or other pests. Translations (substance used to repel animals): репелент (repelent) [masculine] (Bulgarian), repelent [masculine] (Czech), hyönteiskarkote (Finnish), karkote (Finnish), insektmiddel [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), myggmiddel (english: mosquito repellent) [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ola ana-chuileag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), repelente para insectos [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-repellent-en-noun-t06p76Y7 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 6 35 31 4 20 Disambiguation of 'substance used to repel animals': 71 25 4
  2. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.
    Sense id: en-repellent-en-noun-nMlnklPf
  3. (obsolete, more generally) Someone or something that repels. Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: en-repellent-en-noun-9tGbCfD8 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 6 35 31 4 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pussy repellent, water repellent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (8b3c49c and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.