astringent

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• General-American: /əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S T R IH1 N JH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) + stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: কেঁহা (kẽha) — sharp, caustic, severe
• Dutch: scherp — sharp, caustic, severe
• Dutch: bijtend — sharp, caustic, severe
• Dutch: streng — sharp, caustic, severe
• Esperanto: acerba — sharp, caustic, severe
• Finnish: kärkevä — sharp, caustic, severe
• Finnish: pistävä — sharp, caustic, severe
• Galician: adstrinxente — sharp, caustic, severe
• Indonesian: sepat — sharp, caustic, severe
• Indonesian: kelat — sharp, caustic, severe
• Japanese: 渋い (shibui) — sharp, caustic, severe
• Japanese: 辛辣 (shinratsu) — sharp, caustic, severe
• Korean: 떫다 (tteolda) — sharp, caustic, severe
• Korean: 신랄한 (sillalhan) — sharp, caustic, severe
• Polish: surowy — sharp, caustic, severe
• Portuguese: adstringente — sharp, caustic, severe
• Spanish: astringente — sharp, caustic, severe
• Thai: ฝาด (fàat) — sharp, caustic, severe
• Vietnamese: chát — sharp, caustic, severe
• Catalan: astringent — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Czech: adstringentní — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Czech: svíravý — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Dutch: samentrekkend — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Finnish: adstringoiva — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Finnish: jumoava — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Galician: adstrinxente — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• German: adstringierend — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Ancient Greek: στυπτικός (stuptikós) — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Japanese: 収斂性の (shūrensei no) — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Korean: 수렴성의 (suryeomseong'ui) — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Portuguese: adstringente — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Russian: кровоостана́вливающий (krovoostanávlivajuščij) — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Russian: вя́жущий (vjážuščij) — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Spanish: astringente — having the effect of drawing tissue together
• Arabic: مُقَلِص (muqaliṣ) — substance which draws tissue together
• Catalan: astringent — substance which draws tissue together
• Chinese Mandarin: 爽膚水 /爽肤水 (shuǎngfūshuǐ) — substance which draws tissue together
• Dutch: samentrekkend middel — substance which draws tissue together
• Finnish: adstringentti — substance which draws tissue together
• French: astringence — substance which draws tissue together
• Galician: adstrinxente — substance which draws tissue together
• German: Adstringens — substance which draws tissue together
• Ancient Greek: στῦμμα (stûmma) — substance which draws tissue together
• Hebrew: עפיצות (afitzut) — substance which draws tissue together
• Japanese: 収斂剤 (shūrenzai) — substance which draws tissue together
• Korean: 수렴제 (suryeomje) — substance which draws tissue together
• Portuguese: adstringente — substance which draws tissue together
• Russian: вя́жущее сре́дство (vjážuščeje srédstvo) — substance which draws tissue together
• Spanish: astringente — substance which draws tissue together