disinfectant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French désinfectant.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪnˈfɛktənt/

Adjective

disinfectant (not comparable)

Serving to kill germs or viruses.
I washed repeatedly with a disinfectant soap but I still caught the flu.

Translations

of a substance which kills germs and/or viruses

Catalan: desinfectant
Czech: dezinfekční (cs)

Finnish: desinfiointiaine (fi)
Greek: απολυμαντικός (el) (apolymantikós)

Noun

disinfectant (plural disinfectants)

A substance that kills germs and/or viruses.
The scalpels were soaked in disinfectant before the operation so disease wouldn't be spread.

Derived terms

sunlight is the best disinfectant

Translations

A substance which kills germs and/or viruses

Arabic: مُطَهِّر‎ m (muṭahhir)
Armenian: ախտահանիչ միջոց (axtahaničʿ miǰocʿ), մանրէասպան միջոց (manrēaspan miǰocʿ)
Catalan: desinfectant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消毒劑 (zh), 消毒剂 (zh) (xiāodújì)
Czech: dezinfekční prostředek m
Dutch: ontsmettingsmiddel (nl) n, antisepticum (nl) n, desinfectans (nl) n
French: désinfectant (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Desinfektionsmittel (de) n
Greek: απολυμαντικό (el) n (apolymantikó)

Hindi: निस्संक्रामक f (nis'saṅkrāmak)
Italian: disinfettante (it) m
Japanese: 消毒剤 (しょうどくざい, shōdokuzai)
Kazakh: дезинфекциялаушы (dezïnfekcïyalawşı)
Korean: 소독제 (ko) (sodokje) (消毒劑 (ko))
Norwegian:
Bokmål: desinfeksjonsmiddel n

Nynorsk: desinfeksjonsmiddel n
Portuguese: desinfetante m
Russian: дезинфици́рующее сре́дство n (dezinficírujuščeje srédstvo)
Spanish: desinfectante (es) m
Vietnamese: thuốc tẩy uế

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