tranquilizer

English

Alternative forms

tranquiliser, tranquilliser (mainly UK)
tranquillizer (mainly US)

Etymology

tranquilize +‎ -er

Noun

tranquilizer (plural tranquilizers)

That which tranquillizes or soothes.
(pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension; a sedative.

Synonyms

(drug): tranq, trank (slang); tranx (slang, plural)

Translations

anything that tranquillizes or soothes

Finnish: rauhoittaja
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n (katapraÿntikó)
Hungarian: nyugtató (hu)

Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje), транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor)
Serbo-Croatian: trankvilizator m

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension

Cebuano: ighuhupay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 (zh), 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì), 鎮靜藥 (zh), 镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào)
Finnish: rauhoittava (fi)
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), αγχολυτικό (el) n (ancholytikó)
Hebrew: תְּרוּפַת הַרְגָעָה‎ f (trufàt hargaá), (colloquial) כָּדוּר הַרְגָעָה‎ m (kadùr hargaá)
Hungarian: nyugtató (hu), nyugtatószer (hu)

Italian: ansiolitico (it) m
Japanese: 精神安定剤 (seishin anteizai), 鎮静薬 (chinseiyaku)
Maori: rongoā whakamahuru
Norman: trantchilisant m
Portuguese: tranquilizante (pt) m
Russian: транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor), успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje)
Serbo-Croatian: trankvilizator m, anksiolitik (sh) m

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French: ^{(please verify)} tranquillisant (fr) m

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మత్తుమందు (te) (mattumandu)