laxative

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• /ˈlæk.sə.tɪv/
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From Middle French laxatif, from Latin laxātīvus (literally “relaxing, loosening”).

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُلَيّن — causing movement of the bowels
• Armenian: լուծողական (lucoġakan) — causing movement of the bowels
• Bulgarian: разхлабителен (razhlabitelen) — causing movement of the bowels
• Chinese Mandarin: 致泄的 — causing movement of the bowels
• Dutch: laxerend — causing movement of the bowels
• Dutch: laxerende — causing movement of the bowels
• Dutch: purgerend — causing movement of the bowels
• Estonian: lahtistav — causing movement of the bowels
• Finnish: laksatiivinen — causing movement of the bowels
• French: laxatif — causing movement of the bowels
• Greek: καθαρτικός (kathartikós) — causing movement of the bowels
• Greek: υπακτικός (ypaktikós) — causing movement of the bowels
• Ancient Greek: καθαρτικός (kathartikós) — causing movement of the bowels
• Hindi: विरेचक (virecak) — causing movement of the bowels
• Hungarian: hashajtó — causing movement of the bowels
• Irish: scaoilteach — causing movement of the bowels
• Latin: laxātīvus — causing movement of the bowels
• Malay: julap — causing movement of the bowels
• Malay: pelawas — causing movement of the bowels
• Māori: whakatiko — causing movement of the bowels
• Polish: przeczyszczający — causing movement of the bowels
• Portuguese: laxante — causing movement of the bowels
• Russian: слаби́тельнoe (slabítelʹnoe) — causing movement of the bowels
• Serbo-Croatian: лаксативaн — causing movement of the bowels
• Serbo-Croatian: laksativan — causing movement of the bowels
• Spanish: laxante — causing movement of the bowels
• Swedish: laxerande — causing movement of the bowels
• Tagalog: palambut-dumi — causing movement of the bowels
• Turkish: müshil — causing movement of the bowels
• Turkish: laksatif — causing movement of the bowels
• Armenian: լուծողական (lucoġakan) — substance with a laxative effect
• Catalan: laxant — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese Cantonese: 瀉藥 /泻药 (se3 joek6) — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese: 瀉藥 /泻药 (zh-min-nan) — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese: 瀉藥仔 /泻药仔 (zh-min-nan) — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕瀉劑 /轻泻剂 (qīngxièjì) — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 瀉藥 /泻药 (xièyào) — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 通泄藥 (tōngxièyào) — substance with a laxative effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 瀉劑 /泻剂 (xièjì) — substance with a laxative effect
• Czech: projímadlo — substance with a laxative effect
• Danish: afføringsmiddel — substance with a laxative effect
• Dutch: laxeermiddel — substance with a laxative effect
• Erzya: пскиньменге (pskińmenge) — substance with a laxative effect
• Esperanto: laksigilo — substance with a laxative effect
• Estonian: lahtisti — substance with a laxative effect
• Finnish: laksatiivi — substance with a laxative effect
• French: laxatif — substance with a laxative effect
• French: purgatif — substance with a laxative effect
• Middle French: minorative — substance with a laxative effect
• German: Abführmittel — substance with a laxative effect
• German: Laxativum — substance with a laxative effect
• German: Laxans — substance with a laxative effect
• Greek: καθαρτικό (kathartikó) — substance with a laxative effect
• Greek: υπακτικό (ypaktikó) — substance with a laxative effect
• Hindi: रेचक (recak) — substance with a laxative effect
• Hindi: विरेचक (virecak) — substance with a laxative effect
• Hungarian: hashajtó — substance with a laxative effect
• Icelandic: hægðalyf — substance with a laxative effect
• Irish: purgóid — substance with a laxative effect
• Italian: lassativo — substance with a laxative effect
• Japanese: 瀉下薬 (shageyaku) — substance with a laxative effect
• Japanese: 下剤 (gezai) — substance with a laxative effect
• Japanese: 下薬 (geyaku) — substance with a laxative effect
• Japanese: 下し薬 (kudashi-gusuri) — substance with a laxative effect
• Kazakh: іш өткізгіш дәрі (ış ötkızgış därı) — substance with a laxative effect
• Korean: 완하제 (wanhaje) — substance with a laxative effect
• Korean: 하제 (haje) — substance with a laxative effect
• Māori: rongoā whakatiko — substance with a laxative effect
• Norwegian Bokmål: avføringsmiddel — substance with a laxative effect
• Norwegian Bokmål: laksativ — substance with a laxative effect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avføringsmiddel — substance with a laxative effect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laksativ — substance with a laxative effect
• Polish: środek przeczyszczający — substance with a laxative effect
• Portuguese: laxante — substance with a laxative effect
• Romansh: purgiativ — substance with a laxative effect
• Russian: слаби́тельное (slabítelʹnoje) — substance with a laxative effect
• Serbo-Croatian: лаксатив — substance with a laxative effect
• Spanish: laxante — substance with a laxative effect
• Swedish: laxermedel — substance with a laxative effect
• Swedish: laxativ — substance with a laxative effect
• Thai: ยาถ่าย (yaa-tàai) — substance with a laxative effect
• Tibetan: བཤལ་སྨན (bshal sman) — substance with a laxative effect
• Turkish: müshil — substance with a laxative effect
• Vietnamese: thuốc xổ — substance with a laxative effect
• Vietnamese: thuốc nhuận tràng — substance with a laxative effect
• Volapük: jiedamedin — substance with a laxative effect
• Welsh: moddion gweithio — substance with a laxative effect
• Welsh: ffisig gweithio — substance with a laxative effect