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chlorinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈklɒ.ɹɪ.neɪt/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃rós Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chlorinate From chlorine + -ate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

Forms

Deriveds

perchlorinate · monochlorinate · chlorinator · overchlorinate · chlorinated · chlorination

Translations (16)

es clorinar (to add chlorine to) · fr chlorer (to add chlorine to) · ru хлори́ровать (to add chlorine to) · be хларава́ць (to add chlorine to) · pl chlorować (to add chlorine to) · io klorizar (to add chlorine to) · fi kloorata (to add chlorine to) · ar كلور (to add chlorine to) · tr klorlamak (to add chlorine to) · it clorurare (to add chlorine to) · gl clorar (to add chlorine to) · hu klóroz (to add chlorine to) · de chlorieren (to add chlorine to) · uk хлорува́ти (to add chlorine to) · sv klorera (to add chlorine to) · ca clorar (to add chlorine to)