unguent

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

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

Adj

Taking the form of a cream or ointment.

Conceitos

ungüento

pomada

reboco

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

onguent

αλοιφή

Salbe

unguento

ungüento

zalf

balsamo

pommade

baume

crème

smeersel

bàlsam

ungüent

merhem

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com prussiano: anctan

Cognato com alemão arcaico alto: ancho

Cognato com alemão: Anke

Cognato com galês: 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”).