coagulate

English

WOTD – 9 July 2010

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin coāgulō, coāgulātus, from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
• IPA^(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

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.

   Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

Antonyms

• dissolve, melt

Derived terms

• coagulation
• coagulant

Related terms

• coagulum

Translations

become congealed

• Bulgarian: съсирвам се (sǎsirvam se), коагулирам (bg) (koaguliram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凝結／凝结 (zh) (níngjié), 凝结 (zh) (níngjié), 凝固 (zh) (nínggù)

• Danish: størkne, koagulere, stivne
• Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl)
• Finnish: hyytyä, saostua, koaguloitua
• French: se coaguler (fr), coaguler (fr)
• Galician: callar (gl), trallar (gl)
• German: koagulieren, gerinnen (de)
• Irish: téacht
• Italian: coagularsi
• Japanese: 凝固する (ja) (ぎょうこする, gyōko-suru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەیین (meyîn)

  Northern Kurdish: mehîn (ku)

• Manx: glubbey
• Maori: tepe, tetepe, whakatotoka
• Norwegian: koagulere
• Occitan: se coagular
• Russian: сгуща́ться (ru) (sguščátʹsja), свёртываться (ru) (svjórtyvatʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: plumaich, binndich
• Slovak: zraziť sa, zrážať sa, koagulovať
• Spanish: coagularse (es), cuajarse (es)
• Swedish: koagulera (sv), levras (sv) (of blood)
• Welsh: ceulo (cy)

cause to congeal

• Bulgarian: съсирвам (bg) (sǎsirvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使凝結／使凝结 (zh), 使凝结 (zh) (shǐ níngjié), 使凝固 (zh) (shǐ nínggù)

• Danish: koagulere (rare)
• Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl)
• Finnish: hyydyttää, saostaa, koaguloida (fi)
• French: coaguler (fr)
• German: zum Gerinnen bringen
• Greek: συμπηγνύω (el) (sympignýo)
• Irish: téacht
• Italian: coagulare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 凝固させる (ja) (ぎょうこさせる, gyōko-saseru)
• Kurdish:
• Manx: glubbey
• Maori: whakatoka
• Occitan: coagular (oc)
• Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) (sguščátʹ), свёртывать (ru) (svjórtyvatʹ), (special) коагули́ровать (ru) (koagulírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: plumaich, binndich
• Slovak: zraziť, zrážať, koagulovať
• Spanish: coagular (es), cuajar (es)
• Welsh: ceulo (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} coaguler (fr), ^{(please verify)} cailler (fr), ^{(please verify)} thromboser (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} coagulare (it), ^{(please verify)} cagliare (it)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 엉기다 (eonggida), (transitive) ^{(please verify)} 얼리다 (ko) (eollida)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} fidgi (Jersey)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} închega (ro)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} koagulera (sv), ^{(please verify)} levra (sv), ^{(please verify)} stelna (sv)

Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Coagulated.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, II. ii. 460:

     roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/
• IPA^(key): /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
• Finnish: hyytelö (fi), hyytymä (fi), saos, saostuma
• French: caillot (fr), coagulat, thrombus (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: coagulo (it), grumo (it)
• Russian: сгу́сток (ru) (sgústok), (special, chemistry) коагуля́т (ru) (koagulját)
• Slovak: zrazenina, koagulát
• Spanish: cuajarón (es), coágulo (es)

References

• “coagulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “coagulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “coagulate”, in 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

(deprecated template usage) coāgulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō