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absorbent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
(US) audio
/æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
/əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
/əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
/əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin absorbēnsder. English absorbent From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). By surface analysis, absorb + -ent.

Meanings

Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
- Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more absorbent	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most absorbent	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

absorbent core · hydroabsorbent · absorbent ground · superabsorbent · absorbently · photoabsorbent · immunoabsorbent · absorbent paper · absorbent cotton · non-absorbent · nonabsorbent · unabsorbent

Translations (36)

eo sorba (absorbing) · cs pijavý (absorbing) · ia absorbente (absorbing) · ca absorbent (absorbing) · sh upijajući (absorbing) · bg поглъ́щащ (absorbing) · lt sugeriamasis (absorbing) · fa درآشامنده (absorbing) · kmr vemêjok (absorbing) · fa جذبکننده (absorbing) · nb absorberende (absorbing) · ar مُمْتَصّ (absorbing) · nl opzuigend (absorbing) · es absorbente (absorbing) · gl absorbente (absorbing) · nl wateropnemend (absorbing) · pl absorpcyjny (absorbing) · cs savý (absorbing) · pl wchłanający (absorbing) · it assorbente (absorbing) · fi imukykyinen (absorbing) · cs absorbční (absorbing) · pl chłonny (absorbing) · bg попи́ващ (absorbing) · pl pochłanający (absorbing) · nb absorptiv (absorbing) · de saugfähig (absorbing) · ru гигроскопи́чный (absorbing) · ast absorbente (absorbing) · ru абсорби́рующий (absorbing) · pt absorvente (absorbing) · nl absorberend (absorbing) · la absorbens (absorbing) · pl absorbujący (absorbing) · vo nüsugik (absorbing) · fr absorbant (absorbing)

absorbent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
(US) audio
/æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
/əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
/əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ (US)
/əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

Anything which absorbs.
- In the Southern Ocean the winter is not so excessively cold, but the summer is far less hot, for the clouded sky seldom allows the sun to warm the ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat: and hence the mean temperature of the year […] is low. 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, page 225, Forgotten Books:
(archaic) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physical) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
absorbents	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Descendants

absorbent · absorbent

Translations (19)

ru абсорбе́нт (anything which absorbs) · fr absorbant (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid) · fr absorbant (anything which absorbs) · fi absorbentti (anything which absorbs) · nb absorbent (anything which absorbs) · ro absorbant (anything which absorbs) · pt absorvente (anything which absorbs) · es absorbente (anything which absorbs) · bg поглъти́тел (anything which absorbs) · ru абсорбе́нт (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid) · ca absorbent (anything which absorbs) · fi absorbentti (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid) · nb absorbator (anything which absorbs) · pt antiácido (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid) · pl pochłaniacz (anything which absorbs) · pl absorbent (anything which absorbs) · pt absorvedor (anything which absorbs) · nl absorbens (anything which absorbs) · eo absorbilo (anything which absorbs)