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lubricant

noun · 3 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

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  • Australian, New-Zealand, US: /ˈlubɹəkənt/
  • UK: /ˈluːbɹɪkənt/
  • UK: /ˈljuːbɹɪkənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L UW1 B R AH0 K AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A personal lubricant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lubricator, lubricating substance, lube

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: substance

Narrower terms: drilling mud, drilling fluid, motor oil

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English lubricate Proto-Indo-European *-onts 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 lubricant From lubricate + -ant.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akan: ngo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Arabic: مِزْلَق (mizlaq) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Armenian: քսանյութ (kʻsanyutʻ) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Armenian: քսուք (kʻsukʻ) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Basque: labaingarri — substance used to reduce friction
  • Belarusian: зма́зка (zmázka) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Belarusian: зма́зачны матэрыя́л (zmázačny materyjál) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Bulgarian: сма́зка (smázka) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 潤滑劑 /润滑剂 (rùnhuájì) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 潤滑油 /润滑油 (rùnhuáyóu) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Czech: mazivo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Czech: mazadlo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Czech: lubrikant — substance used to reduce friction
  • Danish: smøremiddel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Dutch: gel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Dutch: glijmiddel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Esperanto: lubrikaĵo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Estonian: määrdeaine — substance used to reduce friction
  • Finnish: voiteluaine — substance used to reduce friction
  • Finnish: liukastin — substance used to reduce friction
  • Finnish: liukaste — substance used to reduce friction
  • Finnish: liukastusaine — substance used to reduce friction
  • Finnish: liukuvoide — substance used to reduce friction
  • Finnish: liukkari — substance used to reduce friction
  • French: lubrifiant — substance used to reduce friction
  • Galician: lubricante — substance used to reduce friction
  • Georgian: საპოხი (saṗoxi) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Georgian: შესაზეთი (šesazeti) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Georgian: საცხი (sacxi) — substance used to reduce friction
  • German: Schmierstoff — substance used to reduce friction
  • German: Schmiermittel — substance used to reduce friction
  • German: Schmiere — substance used to reduce friction
  • German: Gleitmittel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Greek: λιπαντικό (lipantikó) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Hebrew: סִיכָה (sichá) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁחָה (mishẖá) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Hindi: स्नेहक (snehak) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Hungarian: kenőolaj — substance used to reduce friction
  • Icelandic: sleipiefni — substance used to reduce friction
  • Indonesian: pelumas — substance used to reduce friction
  • Irish: bealadh — substance used to reduce friction
  • Italian: lubrificante — substance used to reduce friction
  • Japanese: 潤滑剤 (junkatsuzai) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Japanese: 潤滑油 (junkatsuyu) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Khmer: ប្រេងរំអិល (preeng rumʼəl) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Korean: 윤활제 (yunhwalje) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Korean: 윤활유 (yunhwaryu) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Latvian: smērviela — substance used to reduce friction
  • Lithuanian: tepalas — substance used to reduce friction
  • Macedonian: мазиво (mazivo) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Malay: pelincir — substance used to reduce friction
  • Marathi: वंगण (vaṅgaṇ) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Navajo: bee nidiltoʼí — substance used to reduce friction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smøremiddel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smørjemiddel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Persian: روانساز (ravân-sâz) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Polish: smar — substance used to reduce friction
  • Portuguese: lubrificante — substance used to reduce friction
  • Romanian: lubrifiant — substance used to reduce friction
  • Russian: сма́зка (smázka) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Russian: сма́зочный материа́л (smázočnyj materiál) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̏зӣво — substance used to reduce friction
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȁzīvo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Slovak: mastivo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Slovak: mazadlo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Slovak: lubrikant — substance used to reduce friction
  • Slovene: mazivo — substance used to reduce friction
  • Spanish: lubrificante — substance used to reduce friction
  • Spanish: lubricante — substance used to reduce friction
  • Swedish: glidmedel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Swedish: smörjmedel — substance used to reduce friction
  • Swedish: glid — substance used to reduce friction
  • Tagalog: pampadulas — substance used to reduce friction
  • Tagalog: padanlog — substance used to reduce friction
  • Thai: สารหล่อลื่น (sǎan-lɔ̀ɔ-lʉ̂ʉn) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Turkish: kayganlaştırıcı — substance used to reduce friction
  • Ukrainian: масти́ло (mastýlo) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Ukrainian: масти́льний матеріа́л (mastýlʹnyj materiál) — substance used to reduce friction
  • Uzbek: smazka — substance used to reduce friction
  • Vietnamese: dầu nhờn — substance used to reduce friction