tranquilizer

English

Alternative forms

tranquiliser, tranquilliser (chiefly UK)
tranquillizer (chiefly US)

Etymology

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English tranquilize

English -er

English tranquilizer

From tranquilize + -er.

Pronunciation

(non-rhotic)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/
  - Audio (Southern England): (file)
(rhotic)
- (General American)
  - (without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæ̝ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/
  - (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/
Hyphenation: tran‧quil‧i‧zer

Noun

tranquilizer (plural tranquilizers)

That which tranquillizes or soothes.
(pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.
Synonyms: ataractic, (slang) tranq, sedative
1. (loosely) A gun that fires sedative darts.

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Translations

anything that tranquillizes or soothes

Finnish: rauhoittaja
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n (katapraÿntikó)
Hungarian: nyugtató (hu)
Portuguese: tranquilizador (pt) m
Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje), транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: транквилизатор m

Latin: trankvilizator m

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension

Bulgarian: лекарство за успокояване n (lekarstvo za uspokojavane)
Cebuano: ighuhupay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 / 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì), 鎮靜藥 / 镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào)
Esperanto: trankviligilo
Finnish: rauhoittava (fi)
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), αγχολυτικό (el) n (ancholytikó)
Hebrew: תְּרוּפַת הַרְגָעָה f (trufàt hargaá), (colloquial) כָּדוּר הַרְגָעָה m (kadùr hargaá)
Hungarian: nyugtató (hu), nyugtatószer (hu)
Italian: ansiolitico (it) m
Japanese: 精神安定剤 (ja) (seishin anteizai), 鎮静薬 (ja) (chinseiyaku)
Malay: penenteram
Māori: rongoā whakamahuru
Norman: trantchilisant m
Persian: آرام‌بخش (fa) (ârâm-baxš)
Portuguese: tranquilizante (pt) m
Russian: транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor), успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: транквилизатор m, анксиолѝтик m

Latin: trankvilizator m, anksiolìtik (sh) m

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French: ^{(please verify)} tranquillisant (fr) m
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మత్తుమందు (te) (mattumandu)