lénifiant

From Latin lenifiantem, present participle of lenifaciō (“make smooth”), from lenis (“smooth”) + faciō (“to do, to make”).

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lénifiant (feminine lénifiante, masculine plural lénifiants, feminine plural lénifiantes)

1. emollient, soothing

• lénifier
• lénitif

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