unguent

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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

Adj

Taking the form of a cream or ointment.

Concepts

onguent

baume

pommade

crème

onction

Synonymes

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

Traductions

αλοιφή

Salbe

unguento

ungüento

balsamo

zalf

ungüento

reboco

pomada

smeersel

ungüent

merhem

bàlsam

unto

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à prussien: anctan

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: ancho

Appartenant à allemand: Anke

Appartenant à gallois: 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”).