desalinate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

English saline

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English salinate

English desalinate

From de- + salinate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈsælɪneɪt/

Verb

desalinate (third-person singular simple present desalinates, present participle desalinating, simple past and past participle desalinated)

1. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

Derived terms

• desalinator

Related terms

• desalination

Translations

remove the salt from something

• Azerbaijani: duzsuzlaşdırmaq
• Catalan: dessalar (ca), dessalinitzar (ca)
• Danish: afsalte
• Finnish: poistaa suola, desalinoida
• French: dessaler (fr)
• Galician: desalgar (gl)
• German: entsalzen (de)
• Greek: αφαλατώνω (el) (afalatóno), ξαρμυρίζω (el) (xarmyrízo)
• Ido: dessalizar (io)
• Italian: desalinizzare (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avsalte

• Polish: odsalać impf, odsolić pf
• Romanian: desaliniza (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: odsoliti
• Spanish: desalar (es), desalinizar (es)
• Vietnamese: khử muối
• Walloon: dissaler (wa)