Deodorantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• deodourant (rare)

語源

From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor. By surface analysis, de- +‎ odor +‎ -ant.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /diˈəʊ.də.ɹənt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /diˈoʊ.də.ɹənt/

名詞

deodorant (plural deodorants)

1. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
   • 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:

     The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.

   1. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.
      • 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader‎:

        Banned are newspapers and books, noncotton clothing, after-shave lotions and deodorants, all nonorganic or processed foods […] .

派生語

関連する語

• odor
• odorous

形容詞

deodorant (not comparable)

1. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
   • 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:

     The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.

参考

• antiperspirant

参照

• “deodorant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “deodorant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.