Dictionary

desalinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /diːˈsælɪneɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English saline Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English salinate English desalinate From de- + salinate.

Meanings

1. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

Forms

Deriveds

desalinator

Relateds

desalination

Translations (22)

sh odsoliti (remove the salt from something) · fr dessaler (remove the salt from something) · wa dissaler (remove the salt from something) · pl odsolić (remove the salt from something) · io dessalizar (remove the salt from something) · es desalar (remove the salt from something) · pl odsalać (remove the salt from something) · vi khử muối (remove the salt from something) · az duzsuzlaşdırmaq (remove the salt from something) · ro desaliniza (remove the salt from something) · el αφαλατώνω (remove the salt from something) · it desalinizzare (remove the salt from something) · fi desalinoida (remove the salt from something) · es desalinizar (remove the salt from something) · ca dessalar (remove the salt from something) · el ξαρμυρίζω (remove the salt from something) · nb avsalte (remove the salt from something) · fi poistaa suola (remove the salt from something) · ca dessalinitzar (remove the salt from something) · de entsalzen (remove the salt from something) · da afsalte (remove the salt from something) · gl desalgar (remove the salt from something)