preservative

See also: préservative

English

Etymology

From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: pre‧ser‧va‧tive

Noun

preservative (plural preservatives)

1. Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

   Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.

Translations

any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve

Arabic: مَادَّة حَافِظَة (mādda(t) ḥāfiẓa) Chinese: Mandarin: 防腐劑 / 防腐剂 (zh) (fángfǔjì) Czech: konzervant m Danish: konserveringsmiddel n Dutch: conserveermiddel (nl) n, bewaarmiddel (nl) n Estonian: säilitusaine Finnish: säilöntäaine (fi) French: conservateur (fr) m Galician: conservante m Georgian: კონსერვანტი (ḳonservanṭi) German: Konservierungmittel n Greek: συντηρητικό (el) n (syntiritikó) Hungarian: tartósítószer (hu) Indonesian: bahan pengawet (id) Italian: conservante (it) Japanese: 防腐剤 (ja) (bōfuzai) Norwegian: Bokmål: konserveringsmiddel n Nynorsk: konserveringsmiddel n Polish: (caution with prezerwatywa!) konserwant (pl) m, środek konserwujący m Portuguese: preservante m, conservante (pt) m Romanian: conservant (ro) m Russian: (caution with презерватив!) консерва́нт (ru) (konservánt) Spanish: conservante (es) m, preservante m, preservativo (es) m (United States) Swedish: konserveringsmedel (sv) n Turkish: koruyucu (tr) Ukrainian: консерва́нт m (konservánt) Vietnamese: chất bảo quản Welsh: cadwolyn m

Adjective

preservative

1. Tending to preserve.

   The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.

Derived terms

• self-preservative

Translations

tending to preserve

Bulgarian: предпазващ (bg) (predpazvašt) Chinese: Mandarin: 防腐的 (fángfǔ de) Finnish: säilyttävä (fi) Galician: preservativo (gl) m, preservativa f Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós) Irish: leasaitheach Italian: preservativo (it) Polish: zapobiegawczy (pl) Portuguese: preservador Slovak: konzervačný Spanish: preservativo (es)

Italian

Adjective

preservative f pl

1. feminine plural of preservativo

Anagrams

• preservatevi