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abluent

/ˈæb.lu.ənt/

abluent adjective: washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.

Adjective

abluent (comparative more abluent, superlative most abluent)

  1. Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.

Noun

abluent (plural abluents)

  1. A detergent.

abluent meaning in Bengali and Kannada

abluent in Bengali

পরিষ্কারক, ধোয়ার কাজে ব্যবহৃত পদার্থ

abluent in Kannada

ಮಡಿಮಾಡುವ, ತೊಳೆಯುವ, ಚೊಕ್ಕಾರಕ, ಕೊಳೆತೊಳೆಕ

Forms of abluent

Adjective
comparativemore abluent
superlativemost abluent
Noun
pluralabluents

Origin of abluent

From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“to wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lavō (“to wash, cleanse”). See lave.

Questions about abluent

What does abluent mean?
Abluent means washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
What is abluent in Bengali?
Abluent in Bengali is পরিষ্কারক, ধোয়ার কাজে ব্যবহৃত পদার্থ. See Abluent meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is abluent?
Abluent can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce abluent?
Abluent is pronounced /ˈæb.lu.ənt/.

Words near abluent in the dictionary

  1. ablow
  2. ablude
  3. abluded
  4. abludes
  5. abluding
  6. abluent
  7. abluents
  8. ablukast
  9. ablumenal
  10. abluminal
  11. abluminally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abluent (page history and authors); abluent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abluent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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