absorbent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/, /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/ (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/ === Adjective === absorbent (comparative more absorbent, superlative most absorbent) Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === absorbent (plural absorbents) Anything which absorbs. [First attested in the early 18th century.] (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. [First attested in the mid 18th century.] (medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. (physical chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining. ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: absorbent → Norwegian Bokmål: absorbent ==== Translations ==== === References === == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əp.surˈben] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əp.sorˈbent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ap.soɾˈbent] === Adjective === absorbent m or f (masculine and feminine plural absorbents) absorbent === Noun === absorbent m (plural absorbents) absorbent ==== Related terms ==== absorbir == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃/ === Verb === absorbent third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of absorber == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈsɔr.bɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈsɔr.bent] === Verb === absorbent third-person plural present active indicative of absorbeō == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English absorbent, from Latin absorbēns (“swallowing, absorbing”), present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“to suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /absɔrˈbɛnt/, /apsɔrˈbɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧bent === Noun === absorbent m (definite singular absorbenten, indefinite plural absorbenter, definite plural absorbentene) an absorbent or absorber (something which absorbs) ==== Synonyms ==== absorbator (“absorber, absorbent”) === References === “absorbent” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “absorbent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “absorbent” in Store norske leksikon == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English absorbent, from Latin absorbēns. First attested in 1925. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apˈsɔr.bɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɔrbɛnt Syllabification: ab‧sor‧bent === Noun === absorbent m inan (chemistry) absorbent, absorber (anything which absorbs) Synonyms: absorber, pochłaniacz ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== adsorbent === References === === Further reading === absorbent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN absorbent in Polish dictionaries at PWN absorbent in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego