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.

Concepten

zalf

smeersel

balsem

pommade

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

onguent

αλοιφή

Salbe

unguento

ungüento

ungüento

balsamo

pommade

baume

reboco

crème

bàlsam

pomada

ungüent

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Oudpruisisch: anctan

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: ancho

Verwant aan Duits: Anke

Verwant aan Welsh: 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”).