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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: h??dr?t, IPA^(key): /?ha?d?e?t/

Noun

hydrate (plural hydrates)

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• hydrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• water of crystallization

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

Synonyms

• (to add water to): bewater

Coordinate terms

• caffeinate

Derived terms

• dehydrate
• hydrate or diedrate
• hydration
• rehydrate

Translations

Anagrams

• thready

French

Etymology

hydr- +? -ate

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.d?at/

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. third-person singular present subjunctive of hydrater
5. second-person singular imperative of hydrater

Further reading

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

English

Noun

hydrae

1. plural of hydra

Latin

Noun

hydrae

1. nominative plural of hydra
2. genitive singular of hydra
3. dative singular of hydra
4. vocative plural of hydra