preservative

See also: préservative

English

Etymology

From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus

Noun

preservative (plural preservatives)

(countable) Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.

Translations

any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve

Chinese:
Mandarin: 防腐劑 (zh), 防腐剂 (zh) (fángfǔjì)
Czech: konzervant m
Danish: konserveringsmiddel n
Dutch: conserveermiddel (nl) n
Estonian: säilitusaine
Finnish: säilöntäaine (fi)
French: conservateur (fr) m
Galician: conservante m
German: Konservierungmittel n
Greek: συντηρητικό (el) n (syntiritikó)
Hungarian: tartósítószer (hu)

Italian: conservante (it)
Japanese: 防腐剤 (bōfuzai)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: konserveringsmiddel n

Nynorsk: konserveringsmiddel n
Polish: (caution with prezerwatywa!) konserwant (pl) m, środek konserwujący m
Portuguese: preservante m, conservante (pt) m
Romanian: conservant (ro) m
Russian: (caution with презерватив!) консерва́нт (ru) (konservánt)
Spanish: conservante (es) m
Swedish: konserveringsmedel n
Vietnamese: chất bảo quản

Adjective

preservative

Tending to preserve.
The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.

Translations

tending to preserve

Chinese:
Mandarin: 防腐的 (fángfǔ de)
Finnish: säilyttävä (fi)
Galician: preservativo (gl) m, preservativa f
Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)

Irish: leasaitheach
Italian: preservativo (it)
Polish: zapobiegawczy (pl)
Portuguese: preservador
Spanish: preservativo (es) m, preservativa (es) f

Italian

Adjective

preservative f pl

feminine plural of preservativo

Anagrams

preservatevi

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