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Definition 2024

tranquilizer

tranquilizer

English

Alternative forms

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

Noun

tranquilizer ‎(plural tranquilizers)

That which tranquillizes or soothes.
(pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension; a sedative.

Translations

anything that tranquillizes or soothes

Finnish: rauhoittaja
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n ‎(iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n ‎(katapraÿntikó)
Hungarian: nyugtató (hu)

Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n ‎(uspokoítelʹnoje), транквилиза́тор (ru) m ‎(trankvilizátor)
Serbo-Croatian: trankvilizator m

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension

Cebuano: ighuhupay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 (zh), 镇静剂 (zh) ‎(zhènjìngjì), 鎮靜藥 (zh), 镇静药 (zh) ‎(zhènjìngyào)
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 ‎(seishin anteizai), 鎮静薬 ‎(chinseiyaku)
Norman: trantchilisant m
Portuguese: tranquilizante (pt) m
Russian: транквилиза́тор (ru) m ‎(trankvilizátor), успокои́тельное (ru) n ‎(uspokoítelʹnoje)
Serbo-Croatian: trankvilizator m, anksiolitik (sh) m

See also

horse tranquilizer
sleeping pill