product

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English

Etymology

From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒd.əkt/, /ˈpɹɒd.ʌkt/
• (General American) enPR: prŏ′dəkt, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.dəkt/, /ˈpɹɑ.dʌkt/
• Hyphenation: prod‧uct

Noun

product (countable and uncountable, plural products)

1. Anything that is produced; a result.
   1. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

      Synonyms: endwork, production, output, creation, yield

   2. A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

   3. (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

   5. (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

   6. (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
   7. Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
2. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.

   Synonyms: merchandise, wares, goods

   1. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

3. (cosmetics, uncountable) Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.

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Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Verb

product (third-person singular simple present products, present participle producting, simple past and past participle producted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To produce.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• produkt (before 1996)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōductum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proːˈdʏkt/
• Hyphenation: pro‧duct
• Rhymes: -ʏkt

Noun

product n (plural producten, diminutive productje n)

1. product

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• Afrikaans: produk
• → Indonesian: produk