"retardant" meaning in English

See retardant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more retardant [comparative], most retardant [superlative]
Etymology: From French retardant. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|retardant}} French retardant Head templates: {{en-adj}} retardant (comparative more retardant, superlative most retardant)
  1. (often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something Tags: in-compounds, often Derived forms: fire-retardant, flame-retardant
    Sense id: en-retardant-en-adj-hkTDFuNm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 69 31

Noun

Forms: retardants [plural]
Etymology: From French retardant. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|retardant}} French retardant Head templates: {{en-noun}} retardant (plural retardants)
  1. (often in combination) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something Tags: in-compounds, often Derived forms: fire retardant, flame retardant Translations (Translations): забавящ (zabavjašt) (Bulgarian), спъващ (spǎvašt) (Bulgarian), hämmare [common-gender] (Swedish), skyddsmedel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-retardant-en-noun-2HBkfhfX

Inflected forms

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