English
Etymology
From tranquilize + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
tranquilizer (plural tranquilizers)
- That which tranquillizes or soothes.
- (pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.
- Synonyms: ataractic, (slang) tranq, sedative
- (loosely) A gun that fires sedative darts.
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anything that tranquillizes or soothes
drug used to reduce anxiety or tension
- Bulgarian: лекарство за успокояване n (lekarstvo za uspokojavane)
- Cebuano: ighuhupay
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 / 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì), 鎮靜藥 / 镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào)
- Esperanto: trankviligilo
- 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 (ja) (seishin anteizai), 鎮静薬 (ja) (chinseiyaku)
- Malay: penenteram
- Maori: rongoā whakamahuru
- Norman: trantchilisant m
- Persian: آرامبخش (fa) (ârâm-baxš)
- Portuguese: tranquilizante (pt) m
- Russian: транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor), успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: транквилизатор m, анксиолѝтик m
- Roman: trankvilizator m, anksiolìtik (sh) m
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