fluorinate

English

Etymology

From fluorine +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

fluorinate (third-person singular simple present fluorinates, present participle fluorinating, simple past and past participle fluorinated)

1. (chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.

Derived terms

• defluorinate
• fluorination
• radiofluorinate

Related terms

• fluoridate
• fluoridation
• fluoridization
• fluoridize

Translations

to introduce fluorine

• Catalan: fluorar (ca)
• Finnish: fluorata
• German: fluorieren
• Portuguese: fluorar
• Spanish: fluorar (es)

Anagrams

• antifouler, uniflorate