unguent

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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

Adj

Taking the form of a cream or ointment.

Concetti

unguento

balsamo

pomata

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

onguent

αλοιφή

Salbe

baume

ungüento

pommade

zalf

ungüento

reboco

crème

bàlsam

ungüent

pomada

smeersel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine prussiano: anctan

Affine tedesco antico alto: ancho

Affine tedesco: Anke

Affine gallese: 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”).