saponify en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”).
Meanings
- (transitive) To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- (intransitive) To be converted into soap.
- (transitive) To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| saponifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saponifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| saponified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saponified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
bg осапунвам (to convert into soap) · pt saponificar (to convert into soap) · it saponificare (to convert into soap) · io saponifar (to convert into soap) · gl saponificar (to convert into soap) · cy seboneiddio (to convert into soap) · es saponificar (to convert into soap)