emollient

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/
• (America) IPA: /ɪˈmɑl.jənt/

Noun

emollient (plural emollients)

1. Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.
   • 2008, Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505,

     [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation, […]

2. Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas ↗,

     Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.

Translations

• French: émollient
• German: Hautpflegemittel, Linderungsmittel, Emolliens, Pflegemittel, Pflegecreme
• Italian: emolliente, demulcente
• Spanish: emoliente

Translations

• German: Linderung
• Italian: emolliente, demulcente

Adjective

emollient

1. Moisturizing.
2. Soothing or mollifying.

Translations

• German: befeuchtend
• Italian: emolliente

Translations

• French: lénifiant
• German: weichmachend, erweichend, lindernd
• Italian: emolliente

Related terms

• mollify

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