deodorant

• deodourant (rare)

From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diˈəʊdəɹənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /diˈoʊdəɹənt/

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deodorant (plural deodorants)

1. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
2. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

• odor
• odorous

deodorant (not comparable)

1. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor

• antiperspirant

• deodorant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deodorant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

deodorant m

1. deodorant (odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm)

deodorant c (singular definite deodoranten, plural indefinite deodoranter)

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• “deodorant” in Den Danske Ordbog