chlorinate

English

Etymology

chlorine +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɒ.ɹɪ.neɪt/

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Verb

chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)

1. (transitive) (chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

Derived terms

• chlorinated
• chlorination
• chlorinator
• perchlorinate

 

Translations

to add chlorine to

• Arabic: كلور (kalwara)
• Belarusian: хларава́ць impf or pf (xlaravácʹ)
• Catalan: clorar (ca)
• Finnish: kloorata
• French: chlorer (fr)
• Galician: clorar (gl)
• German: chlorieren (de)
• Hungarian: klóroz (hu)
• Ido: klorizar (io)
• Italian: clorurare (it)
• Polish: chlorować (pl) impf
• Russian: хлори́ровать (ru) impf or pf (xlorírovatʹ)
• Spanish: clorinar
• Swedish: klorera (sv)
• Turkish: klorlamak (tr)
• Ukrainian: хлорува́ти impf (xloruváty)

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