hydrate

Etymology

Borrowed from French hydrate, coined by Joseph-Louis Proust, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīʹdrāt, IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

Noun

hydrate (plural hydrates)

1. (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
2. (inorganic chemistry, rare) Water.

Verb

hydrate (third-person singular simple present hydrates, present participle hydrating, simple past and past participle hydrated)

1. (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.

   A lotion can hydrate the skin.

2. (slang) To drink water.
3. (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables

Anagrams

• thready

Etymology

hydr- +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.dʁat/

Noun

hydrate m (plural hydrates)

1. (chemistry) hydrate

Verb

hydrate

1. first-person singular present indicative of hydrater
2. third-person singular present indicative of hydrater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of hydrater
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of hydrater
5. second-person singular imperative of hydrater

Further reading

• “hydrate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).