hydrate
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hydrate
- /haɪˈdɹeɪt/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ Canada, US, UK
- /hɑeˈdɹæɪt/ Australia
- /ˈhɑedɹæɪt/ Australia
- [hɑe̯ˈdɹæɪ̯t] New Zealand
- [ˈhɑe̯dɹæɪ̯t] New Zealand
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor.
French hydr-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
French -ate
French hydratebor.
English hydrate
From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.
noun hydrates
- A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
- Water.
verb hydrates · hydrating · hydrated
- To take up, consume or become linked to water. A lotion can hydrate the skin.
- To drink water.
- To load data from a database record into an object's variables
