deodorant

• deodourant (rare)

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

• (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.
   • 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:

     The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.

   1. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.
      • 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

        Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, after-shave lotions and deodorants, all nonorganic or processed foods […] .

• odor
• odorous

deodorant (not comparable)

1. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
   • 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:

     The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.

• antiperspirant

• “deodorant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “deodorant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛodorant]

deodorant m inan

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

deodorant c (singular definite deodoranten, plural indefinite deodoranter)

1. deodorant

• “deodorant” in Den Danske Ordbog

• deodorans (dated)

Borrowed from English deodorant or French déodorant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdeː.oː.doːˈrɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: de‧odo‧rant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

deodorant m or n (plural deodoranten)

1. deodorant

• deo
• deodorantbus

déodorant

1. nonstandard form of deodoran

Borrowed from French déodorant.

deodorant n (plural deodorante)

1. deodorant

Borrowed from English deodorant.

deodorant c

1. deodorant

   Synonym: (colloquial) deo

• deodorantstift (“deodorant stick”)

• roll-on

• deodorant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• deodorant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)