"spermicidal" meaning in English

See spermicidal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spermicidal.wav
Etymology: From spermicide + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|spermicide|-al}} spermicide + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} spermicidal (not comparable)
  1. Having the ability to kill sperm. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: spermaticidal, spermatocidal Hypernyms: contraceptive Coordinate_terms: ovicidal, ovicide
    Sense id: en-spermicidal-en-adj-~88fyL9A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 40

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spermicidal.wav Forms: spermicidals [plural]
Etymology: From spermicide + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|spermicide|-al}} spermicide + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} spermicidal (plural spermicidals)
  1. A spermicide. Synonyms: spermaticide Hypernyms: contraceptive, birth control Coordinate_terms: ovicidal, ovicide Translations (having the ability to kill sperm): zaaddodend (Dutch), spermisidinen (Finnish), plemnikobójczy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-spermicidal-en-noun-pHal5fo3 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Birth control, Death Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Birth control: 7 93 Disambiguation of Death: 0 100

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