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Webster 1913 Edition

Lubricant

Lu′bri-cant

,

Adj.

[L.

lubricans

, p. pr. of

lubricare

, See

.]

Lubricating.

Lu′bri-cant

,

Noun.

That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, graphite, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lubricant

LU'BRICANT

,

Noun.

[See Lubricate.] That which lubricates.

Definition 2024

lubricant

lubricant

English

Noun

lubricant ‎(plural lubricants)

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

Synonyms

lube

Derived terms

Derived terms

loob
lube

Related terms

Translations

substance used to reduce friction

Basque: labaingarri
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潤滑劑 (zh), 润滑剂 (zh) ‎(rùnhuájì)
Czech: mazivo n
Dutch: gel (nl) m, glijmiddel n
Estonian: määrdeaine
Finnish: voiteluaine (fi), liukastin, liukaste, liukastusaine, liukuvoide, liukkari (fi)
French: lubrifiant (fr) m
German: Schmierstoff m, Schmiermittel n, Schmiere (de) f, Gleitmittel n
Greek: λιπαντικό (el) n ‎(lipantikó)
Hungarian: kenőolaj (hu)
Indonesian: pelumas (id)

Italian: lubrificante (it) m
Japanese: 潤滑剤 ‎(じゅんかつざい, junkatsuzai)
Macedonian: мазиво n ‎(mázivo)
Malay: pelincir
Navajo: bee nidiltoʼí
Polish: smar (pl) m
Portuguese: lubrificante (pt) m
Romanian: lubrifiant (ro) m
Russian: сма́зка (ru) f ‎(smázka), сма́зочный материа́л m ‎(smázočnyj materiál)
Spanish: lubrificante m, lubricante (es) m
Swedish: glidmedel n, smörjmedel (sv) n, glid (sv) n
Tagalog: pampadulas, padanlog
Turkish: kayganlaştırıcı

Anagrams

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Catalan

Verb

lubricant

present participle of lubricar

Latin

Verb

lūbricant

third-person plural present active indicative of lūbricō