hydrophobic

English

Adjective

hydrophobic (not comparable)

1. (physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb, or be wetted by water.
2. Of, or having hydrophobia (rabies).

Related terms

• hydrophobe

Antonyms

• (lacking an affinity for water): hydrophilic

Translations

lacking an affinity for water

• Finnish: hydrofobinen (fi)
• French: hydrophobe (fr)
• German: hydrophob (de)
• Italian: idrofobo (it) m

• Polish: hydrofobowy (pl) m
• Russian: гидрофобный (ru) (gidrofobnyj)
• Spanish: hidrófobo (es)

of, or having, hydrophobia

• Finnish: raivotautinen (fi)
• French: hydrophobe (fr)

• Irish: hidreafóbach (ga)
• Italian: idrofobo (it) m