coagulate

English

WOTD - 9 July 2010    

Etymology 1

From Latin coāgulō (“I curdle”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
• (US) IPA: /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/

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Verb

coagulate (third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

   In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.

2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.

Antonyms

• dissolve, melt

Derived terms

• coagulation
• coagulant

Related terms

• coagulum

Translations

become congealed

Chinese: Mandarin: 凝結 (cmn), 凝结 (cmn) (níngjié), 凝固 (cmn) (nínggù) Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl) Finnish: hyytyä (fi), saostua (fi), koaguloitua (fi) German: koagulieren (de), gerinnen (de)

Japanese: 凝固する (ja) (ぎょうこする, gyōko-suru) Kurdish: meyîn (ku) Norwegian: koagulere (no) Russian: сгущаться (ru) (sguščát'sja), свёртываться (ru) (svjórtyvat'sja) Spanish: coagularse (es)

cause to congeal

Chinese: Mandarin: 使凝結 (cmn), 使凝结 (cmn) (shǐ níngjié), 使凝固 (cmn) (shǐ nínggù) Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl) Finnish: hyydyttää (fi), saostaa (fi), koaguloida (fi) German: zum Gerinnen bringen (de)

Japanese: 凝固させる (ja) (ぎょうこさせる, gyōko-saseru) Kurdish: meyandin (ku) Russian: сгущать (ru) (sguščát'), свёртывать (ru) (svjórtyvat'), (special) коагулировать (ru) (koagulírovat') Spanish: coagular (es)

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Bulgarian: съсирвам се (bg), коагулирам (bg) Danish: koagulere (da), stivne (da), størkne (da) French: coaguler (fr), cailler (fr), thromboser (fr) Italian: coagulare (it), cagliare (it)

Korean: 엉기다 (eonggida); (transitive) 얼리다 (eollida) Romanian: închega (ro) Spanish: coagular (es), cuajar (es) Swedish: koagulera (sv), levra (sv), stelna (sv)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/
• (US) IPA: /koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.

Translations

mass formed by means of coagulation

Dutch: coagulaat (nl) Finnish: hyytelö (fi), hyytymä (fi), saos (fi), saostuma (fi) French: caillot (fr), coagulat (fr), thrombus (fr)

Italian: coagulo (it), grumo (it) Russian: сгусток (ru), (special, chemistry) коагулят (ru) Spanish: cuajarón (es), coágulo (es)

References

• coagulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• coagulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• coagulate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• catalogue

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Italian

Verb

coagulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
2. second-person plural imperative of coagulare
3. Feminine plural of coagulato

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Latin

Verb

coāgulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō