desalination

English

Etymology

de- +‎ salination

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌsælɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

desalination (countable and uncountable, plural desalinations)

1. The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.

Synonyms

• desalinization, desalinisation

Derived terms

• desalination plant

 

Related terms

• desalinate
• desalinator

 

Translations

process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water

• Arabic: تَقْطِير m (taqṭīr), إِعْذَاب (ʔiʕḏāb)
• Azerbaijani: duzsuzlaşdırma, duzsuzlaşdırılma
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫鹽／脱盐 (zh) (tuōyán), 海水淡化 (hǎishuǐ dànhuà)

• Danish: afsaltning c
• Dutch: ontzilting (nl) f
• Finnish: suolanpoisto
• French: dessalement (fr) m
• German: Meerwasserentsalzung f, Entsalzung (de) f
• Greek: αφαλάτωση (el) f (afalátosi)
• Hebrew: התפלה (he) f (hatpala)
• Indonesian: desalinasi (id)
• Italian: dissalazione (it) f
• Japanese: 脱塩 (ja) (だつえん, datsuen)
• Macedonian: отсолување n (otsoluvanje), десалинизација f (desalinizacija)
• Malay: penyahgaraman
• Norman: dêsalinnâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avsalting m or f

• Polish: odsalanie (pl) n
• Romanian: desărare (ro) f, desalinizare (ro) f
• Russian: опресне́ние (ru) n (opresnénije), десалиниза́ция f (desalinizácija)
• Swedish: avsaltning (sv)
• Ukrainian: опрі́снення n (oprísnennja) (води)

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