🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

消毒剤

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shōdokuzai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disinfectant/ˌdɪsɪnˈfɛktənt/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15420 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"床を消毒剤で拭いてください。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A chemical liquid that destroys bacteria.

    "The hospital floor was scrubbed with a strong disinfectant."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From dis- (expressing removal or reversal) + infect + -ant (suffix forming adjectives and nouns), coined in the 19th century.

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