Meaning

3 senses

  1. A substance or solution used to repel insects, dangerous animals, or other pests.

    None of the mosquito repellents we've tried work.

    a chemical substance that repels animals

  2. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

    They applied dirt repellent to the sports car.

  3. (broadly, obsolete)Someone or something that repels.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. I need mosquito repellent.

    Мені потрібен засіб від комарів. — deniko

    ruМне нужно средство от комаров. — odexed

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  2. Don't forget to bring insect repellent.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Do you have insect repellent spray?

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Do you have any insect repellent spray?

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Is that insect repellent?

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: repellents

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the power to repel:repellant
  • a chemical substance that repels animals:repellant
  • a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water:repellant

Word family

10 related words
Relatedrepel
Derivedinsect repellentchemorepellentexcitorepellentinterrepellentnonrepellentrepellencyrepellentlyunrepellentwater repellent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
repeatA1repeatedlyB1repeaterrepelC1repentrepentancerepercussion

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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