astringent

English

Alternative forms

• adstringent

Etymology

From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) +‎ stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: as‧trin‧gent

Noun

astringent (plural astringents)

1. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

Derived terms

• astringency
• astringently
• deastringent
• nonastringent
• subastringent

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *streyg- (0 c, 17 e)

Translations

substance which draws tissue together

• Arabic: مُقَلِص m (muqaliṣ)
• Catalan: astringent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爽膚水／爽肤水 (zh) (shuǎngfūshuǐ)

• Dutch: samentrekkend middel n
• Finnish: adstringentti (fi)
• French: astringence (fr) f
• German: Adstringens (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: στῦμμα n (stûmma)

• Hebrew: עפיצות (he) f (afitzut)
• Japanese: 収斂剤 (しゅうれんざい, shūrenzai)
• Korean: 수렴제 (suryeomje)
• Portuguese: adstringente (pt) m
• Russian: вя́жущее сре́дство n (vjážuščeje srédstvo)
• Spanish: astringente (es) m

Adjective

astringent (comparative more astringent, superlative most astringent)

1. Extremely sour, bitter.
2. Sharp, caustic, severe.
   • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Philip, who was made Duke of Edinburgh on the couple’s wedding, introduced a new, less stuffy, though as the years went on occasionally astringent, tone to the royal family.

3. Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
4. (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.

Synonyms

• (caustic): smectic (rare)

Translations

sharp, caustic, severe

• Assamese: কেঁহা (kẽha)
• Dutch: scherp (nl), bijtend (nl), streng (nl)
• Esperanto: acerba (eo)
• Finnish: kärkevä, pistävä (fi)
• Indonesian: sepat (id), kelat (id)
• Japanese: 渋い (ja) (shibui), 辛辣な (shinratsuna)
• Korean: 떫다 (ko) (tteolda), 신랄한 (sillalhan)
• Polish: surowy (pl)
• Portuguese: adstringente (pt)
• Spanish: astringente (es)
• Thai: ฝาด (th) (fàat)
• Vietnamese: chát (vi)

having the effect of drawing tissue together

• Catalan: astringent
• Czech: adstringentní, svíravý
• Dutch: samentrekkend (nl)
• Finnish: adstringoiva, jumoava
• German: adstringierend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: στυπτικός (stuptikós)

• Japanese: 収斂性の (syūrenseino)
• Korean: 수렴성의 (suryeomseong'ui)
• Portuguese: adstringente (pt)
• Russian: кровоостана́вливающий (ru) (krovoostanávlivajuščij), вя́жущий (ru) (vjážuščij)
• Spanish: astringente (es)

Anagrams

• integrants, natterings, transigent

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.tʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

astringent (feminine astringente, masculine plural astringents, feminine plural astringentes)

1. astringent

Noun

astringent m (plural astringents)

1. astringent

Related terms

• astringence

Further reading

• “astringent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

astringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of astringō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French astringent, from Latin astringens.

Adjective

astringent m or n (feminine singular astringentă, masculine plural astringenți, feminine and neuter plural astringente)

1. astringent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	astringent		astringentă		astringenți	astringente
	definite	astringentul		astringenta		astringenții	astringentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	astringent		astringente		astringenți	astringente
	definite	astringentului		astringentei		astringenților	astringentelor