hydrophobic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪk/

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• Hyphenation: hy‧dro‧pho‧bic

Etymology 1

hydrophobia +‎ -ic

Adjective

hydrophobic (not comparable)

1. Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).

Related terms

• (hydrophobia): aquaphobic

Translations

of, or having, hydrophobia

• Catalan: hidròfob
• Finnish: raivotautinen (fi)
• French: hydrophobe (fr)
• Hungarian: hidrofób
• Irish: hidreafóbach
• Italian: idrofobo (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dijav (ku), dijavî

• Russian: гидрофо́бный (ru) (gidrofóbnyj)
• Spanish: hidrófobo

Etymology 2

hydrophobe +‎ -ic

Adjective

hydrophobic (comparative more hydrophobic, superlative most hydrophobic)

1. (physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.

Antonyms

• (lacking an affinity for water): hydrophilic

Derived terms

• superhydrophobic

Related terms

• oleophobic, hydrophobe

Translations

lacking an affinity for water

• Catalan: hidròfob
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疏水性 (shūshuǐxìng)

• Czech: hydrofobní
• Danish: hydrofob (da), vandskyende
• Finnish: vesipakoinen, hydrofobinen (fi)
• French: hydrophobe (fr)
• German: hydrophob (de)
• Hungarian: hidrofób
• Italian: idrofobo (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dijav (ku)

• Polish: hydrofobowy m
• Russian: гидрофобный (ru) (gidrofobnyj)
• Spanish: hidrófobo
• Tagalog: tubigsikwayin