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desalt en · VERB

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- Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English desalt From de- + salt.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
desalting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desalted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desalted Tense=Past lexicographic
desalts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

salt · salinate

Deriveds

desalter

Synonyms

desalinize · desalinate · desalinise

Translations (10)

zza desolnaene (to remove salt from) · he התפיל (to remove salt from) · ro desăra (to remove salt from) · de entsalzen (to remove salt from) · fr dessaler (to remove salt from) · it dissalare (to remove salt from) · io dessalizar (to remove salt from) · pl odsalać (to remove salt from) · pt dessalgar (to remove salt from) · mk отсолува (to remove salt from)