It's a good paying job, but the fly in the ointment is that I'll have to spend a lot of time traveling.
Source: tatoeba (47657)
Ointment
//ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "ointment" (85 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
150 translations across 89 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- salf noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Albanian
1 entries- pomadë noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀλοιφή noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ἄλειφαρ noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Arabic
2 entries- دَهُون noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- مَرْهَم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Armenian
1 entries- քսուք noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- maz noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- məlhəm noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Belarusian
2 entries- бальза́м noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мазь noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Bengali
1 entries- মলম noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мази́ло noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мас noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мехле́м noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Burmese
1 entries- လိမ်းဆေး noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Catalan
2 entries- pomada noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ungüent noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 藥膏 /药膏 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 膏 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- 藥膏 /药膏 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- 軟膏 /软膏 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Czech
1 entries- mast noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Danish
1 entries- salve noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Dutch
2 entries- smeersel noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- zalf noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Egyptian
2 entries- m-D:t-W1 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- wr:r-H noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Esperanto
1 entries- ungvento noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Estonian
1 entries- salv noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Faroese
2 entries- salva noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- sálva noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Finnish
1 entries- voide noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
French
2 entries- onguent noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- pommade noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Friulian
1 entries- ongint noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Galician
3 entries- bálsamo noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- pomada noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ungüento noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Georgian
1 entries- მალამო noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
German
2 entries- Balsam noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- Salbe noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Greek
1 entries- αλοιφή noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ponmad noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִשְׁחָה noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Hindi
4 entries- औषधि noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- बाम noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- मरहम noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- मलहम noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Hungarian
1 entries- kenőcs noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Icelandic
1 entries- smyrsl noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Indonesian
1 entries- salep noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Ingrian
2 entries- maazi noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- voije noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- مَرْهَم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- پُماد noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Irish
1 entries- ungadh noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Italian
3 entries- balsamo noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- pomata noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- unguento noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Japanese
1 entries- 軟膏 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Kazakh
1 entries- май noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Khmer
1 entries- ថ្នាំលាប noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Korean
1 entries- 연고 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- мазь noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- май noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Lao
3 entries- ຂີ້ເຜີ້ງ noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ຢາຂີ້ເຜີ້ງ noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ຢານວດ noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Latin
1 entries- unguentum noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Latvian
1 entries- ziede noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tepalas noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- žałba noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Macedonian
3 entries- маст noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мелем noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- пома́да noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Malay
1 entries- salap noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Marathi
1 entries- मलम noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Middle English
2 entries- oynement noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- salve noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Mongolian
1 entries- тос noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Mycenaean Greek
2 entries- 𐀀𐀩𐀞 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- 𐂘 noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Māori
3 entries- (rongoā) panikiri noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- pūreke noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- rongoā pani noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- merhem noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- salve noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- salve noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Old English
1 entries- sealf noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مرهم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Pashto
2 entries- ملم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ملهم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Saulw noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Polish
1 entries- maść noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Portuguese
1 entries- pomada noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Romanian
3 entries- alifie noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- pomadă noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- unguent noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Russian
2 entries- бальза́м noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мазь noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अञ्जस् noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- लेप noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mèlem noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- mȃst noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ма̑ст noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мѐлем noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Slovak
1 entries- masť noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Slovene
1 entries- mazilo noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Spanish
4 entries- mentisán noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- mentolato noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- mentolina noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- pomada noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Swahili
1 entries- marhamu class IX noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Swedish
1 entries- salva noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Tagalog
2 entries- banlos noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- hinas noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Tajik
3 entries- маз noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- марҳам noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- тило noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Tatar
1 entries- май noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Telugu
1 entries- లేపనము noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Thai
3 entries- ขี้ผึ้ง noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ครีม noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ยาขี้ผึ้ง noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Tocharian B
2 entries- laupe noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ṣalype noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Turkish
1 entries- merhem noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Turkmen
1 entries- melhem noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бальза́м noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- мазь noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Urdu
3 entries- لیپ noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- مَرْہَم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- مَلْہَم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Uyghur
2 entries- ماي noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- مەلھەم noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Uzbek
4 entries- balzam noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- malham noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- malham dori noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- maz noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Vietnamese
3 entries- pom-mát noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- thuốc cao noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- thuốc mỡ noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Volapük
1 entries- nugvet noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Walloon
2 entries- poumåde noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- ôlmint noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Welsh
1 entries- eli noun (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
That place's food is great, and their prices are good, but the fly in the ointment is their terrible location.
Source: tatoeba (71763)
I need a rash ointment.
Source: tatoeba (436831)
I need anti-itch ointment.
Source: tatoeba (436837)
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