"desalinate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈsælɪneɪt/ [UK] Forms: desalinates [present, singular, third-person], desalinating [participle, present], desalinated [participle, past], desalinated [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|salinate|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "de-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "saline", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "verb", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "verb-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "salinate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "desalinate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="desalinate"> From de- + salinate. Head templates: {{en-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 forms: desalinator Related terms: desalination Translations (remove the salt from something): duzsuzlaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), dessalar (Catalan), dessalinitzar (Catalan), afsalte (Danish), poistaa suola (Finnish), desalinoida (Finnish), dessaler (French), desalgar (Galician), entsalzen (German), αφαλατώνω (afalatóno) (Greek), ξαρμυρίζω (xarmyrízo) (Greek), dessalizar (Ido), desalinizzare (Italian), avsalte (Norwegian Bokmål), odsalać [imperfective] (Polish), odsolić [perfective] (Polish), desaliniza (Romanian), odsoliti (Serbo-Croatian), desalar (Spanish), desalinizar (Spanish), khử muối (Vietnamese), dissaler (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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        "Terms with German translations",
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        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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        "To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
      "word": "duzsuzlaşdırmaq"
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
      "word": "entsalzen"
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "word": "dessalizar"
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
      "word": "desalinizzare"
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
      "word": "avsalte"
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "word": "desalinizar"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "remove the salt from something",
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      "code": "wa",
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}

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