chlorinate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-

Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós

Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusder.

Old French -inbor.

Middle English -in

English -ine

English chlorine

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English chlorinate

From chlorine + -ate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɒ.ɹɪ.neɪt/

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Verb

chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)

1. (transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

Derived terms

• chlorinated
• chlorination
• chlorinator
• perchlorinate

Translations

to add chlorine to

• Arabic: كلور (kalwara)
• Belarusian: хларава́ць impf or pf (xlaravácʹ)
• Catalan: clorar (ca)
• Finnish: kloorata
• French: chlorer (fr)
• Galician: clorar (gl)
• German: chlorieren (de)
• Hungarian: klóroz (hu)
• Ido: klorizar (io)
• Italian: clorurare (it)
• Polish: chlorować (pl) impf
• Russian: хлори́ровать (ru) impf or pf (xlorírovatʹ)
• Spanish: clorinar (es)
• Swedish: klorera (sv)
• Turkish: klorlamak (tr)
• Ukrainian: хлорува́ти impf (xloruváty)

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