Standard Lemma guide

dispersant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S P ER1 S AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English disperse Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English dispersant From disperse + -ant.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: dispergointiaine — substance used to stabilize a dispersion
  • French: dispersant — substance used to stabilize a dispersion
  • German: Dispergiermittel — substance used to stabilize a dispersion
  • Greek: διασπορικός (diasporikós) — substance used to stabilize a dispersion
  • Korean: 분산제 (bunsanje) — substance used to stabilize a dispersion