unguent

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.

Adj

Taking the form of a cream or ointment.

Sinonieme

ointment

salve

unction

balm

liniment

oil

balsam

cream

grease

lotion

warpaint

lip salve

medicine

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eye-salve

greasing substance

slide oil

application

lubricating material

cerate

embrocation

emollient

lube

lubricating oil

pigment

plaster

rouge

vanishing cream

Vertalings

onguent

αλοιφή

Salbe

unguento

zalf

pommade

ungüento

balsamo

baume

ungüento

crème

smeersel

pomada

bàlsam

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Pruisies: anctan

Verwante met Old High German: ancho

Verwante met Duits: Anke

Verwante met Wallies: ymenyn

In summary

From Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“I smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).