"saponify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: saponifies [present, singular, third-person], saponifying [participle, present], saponified [participle, past], saponified [past]
Etymology: From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|saponifier}} French saponifier, {{uder|en|LL.|sāpō|sāpō, sāpōnem|soap}} Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} saponify (third-person singular simple present saponifies, present participle saponifying, simple past and past participle saponified)
  1. (transitive) To convert (a fat or oil) into soap. Tags: transitive Translations (to convert into soap): осапунвам (osapunvam) (Bulgarian), saponificar (Galician), saponifar (Ido), saponificare (Italian), saponificar (Spanish), seboneiddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-saponify-en-verb-umq7x7pV Disambiguation of 'to convert into soap': 64 34 2
  2. (intransitive) To be converted into soap. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-saponify-en-verb-gac9GIIj
  3. (transitive, chemistry) To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-saponify-en-verb-df52h5pD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 9 65 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 13 66 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: saponification

Inflected forms

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