hydrophilic

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor.

English hydro-

English -philic

English hydrophilic

From hydro- + -philic.

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Adjective

hydrophilic (comparative more hydrophilic, superlative most hydrophilic)

1. (physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.

   Antonym: hydrophobic

   Near-synonym: hygroscopic

Derived terms

• -filcon
• hydrophilicity
• superhydrophilic

Related terms

• hydrophile
• hydrophilia
• hygroscopic

Translations

having an affinity for water

• Bulgarian: хидрофи́лен (hidrofílen)
• Catalan: higròfil
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親水性 / 亲水性 (zh) (qīnshuǐxìng)

• Danish: hydrofil (da), vandelskende
• Finnish: hydrofiilinen (fi)
• French: hydrophile (fr)
• German: hydrophil (de)
• Greek: υδρόφιλος (el) (ydrófilos)
• Hungarian: hidrofil (hu)
• Icelandic: vatnssækinn m, vatnsfíkinn m
• Italian: idrofilo (it)
• Korean: 친수성 (chinsuseong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: avxwaz (ku)

• Polish: hydrofilowy
• Portuguese: hidrofílico m
• Russian: гидрофи́льный (ru) (gidrofílʹnyj)
• Spanish: hidrofílico
• Tagalog: tubighigumin
• Ukrainian: гідрофільний (hidrofilʹnyj)