Retardant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any agent that retards or delays or hinders

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻtˈɑːɹdənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪtˈɑːdənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪtˈɑːdənt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻtˈɑːɹdənt/.

Examples

flame-retardant

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

retardent retardation

Parts of Speech

noun	any agent that retards or delays or hinders “flame-retardant”

Word Forms

retard

verb

cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verzögernd

jeder Agent, der verzögert, verzögert oder behindert

🇫🇷French

retardateur

tout agent qui retarde ou retarde ou gêne

🇪🇸Spanish

retardante

cualquier agente que retarde o retrase o dificulte

🇮🇹Italian

ritardante

qualsiasi agente che ritardi o ritardi o ostacoli

🇳🇱Dutch

vertragend

elke agent die vertraagt, vertraagt of hindert

🇵🇹Portuguese

retardador

qualquer agente que atrase, atrase ou dificulte

🇷🇺Russian

замедлитель

любой агент, который замедляет, задерживает или препятствует

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मंदक

कोई भी एजेंट जो विलंब करता है या विलंब करता है या बाधा डालता है

🇮🇳Tamil

மந்தமான

தாமதப்படுத்தும் அல்லது தாமதப்படுத்தும் அல்லது தடுக்கும் எந்த முகவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

రిటార్డెంట్

ఆలస్యం చేసే లేదా ఆలస్యం చేసే లేదా అడ్డుకునే ఏదైనా ఏజెంట్

🇮🇳Marathi

मंद

कोणताही एजंट जो मागे घेतो किंवा विलंब करतो किंवा अडथळा आणतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

અવરોધક

કોઈપણ એજન્ટ જે મંદ કરે છે અથવા વિલંબ કરે છે અથવા અવરોધે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿವಾರಕ

ಹಿಮ್ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಳಂಬ ಮಾಡುವ ಅಥವಾ ಅಡ್ಡಿಪಡಿಸುವ ಯಾವುದೇ ಏಜೆಂಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

റിട്ടാർഡൻ്റ്

തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുകയോ കാലതാമസം വരുത്തുകയോ തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്ന ഏതെങ്കിലും ഏജൻ്റ്

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

阻燃剂

任何阻碍、延迟或阻碍的代理人

🇯🇵Japanese

難燃性の

遅らせたり遅らせたり妨害したりするあらゆるエージェント

🇰🇷Korean

지연제

지체시키거나 지연시키거나 방해하는 모든 행위자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chất làm chậm lại

bất kỳ tác nhân nào làm chậm lại hoặc trì hoãn hoặc cản trở

🇹🇭Thai

หน่วง

ตัวแทนใด ๆ ที่ล่าช้าหรือล่าช้าหรือขัดขวาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penghambat

agen apa pun yang menghambat atau menunda atau merintangi

🇲🇾Malay

kalis

mana-mana ejen yang melambatkan atau melambatkan atau menghalang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مثبط

أي وكيل يؤخر أو يؤخر أو يعيق

🇮🇷Persian

بازدارنده

هر عاملی که به تعویق می اندازد یا به تأخیر می اندازد یا مانع می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

geciktirici

geciktiren veya geciktiren veya engelleyen herhangi bir ajan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מעכב

כל סוכן המעכב או מעכב או מעכב

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The primary meaning of 'retardant' is 'any agent that retards or delays or hinders'.

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