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Inherited from Middle English sedatif, from Anglo-Norman sedatif, from Medieval Latin sēdātīvus, which itself likely influenced the modern spelling.

sedative (plural sedatives)

(pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.

an agent or drug that sedates

Arabic: مُهَدِّئ m (muhaddiʔ), مُسَكِّن (ar) m (musakkin)
Moroccan Arabic: بنج (banj)
Catalan: sedant (ca)
Cebuano: igpahupay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎮靜藥 / 镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào), 鎮靜劑 / 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì)
Czech: sedativum n
Dutch: kalmeringsmiddel (nl)
Esperanto: sedativo, trankviligilo
Finnish: unilääke (fi), rauhoituslääke (fi), sedatiivi (fi), rauhoite (fi)
French: sédatif (fr) m
German: Beruhigungsmittel (de) n
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n (katapraÿntikó)
Hungarian: nyugtatószer (hu)
Indonesian: obat penenang (id)
Italian: sedativo (it) m
Japanese: 鎮静剤 (ja) (ちんせいざい, chinsei-zai)
Kazakh: тыныштандыратын дәрі-дәрмек (tynyştandyratyn därı-därmek)
Korean: 진정제 (ko) (jinjeongje)
Norman: sédatif m
Polish: środek uspokajający m
Portuguese: sedativo (pt) m
Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje), седати́вное сре́дство n (sedatívnoje srédstvo)
Slovak: sedatívum
Spanish: sedante (es) m, sedativo (es) m
Swedish: lugnande medel, sömnmedel (sv)
Ukrainian: заспокійливий засіб (zaspokijlyvyj zasib), заспокійливе n (zaspokijlyve)
Vietnamese: làm dịu (vi)

sedative (comparative more sedative, superlative most sedative)

calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

“sedative”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“sedative”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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