fluorinate

English

Etymology

fluorine +‎ -ate

Verb

fluorinate (third-person singular simple present fluorinates, present participle fluorinating, simple past and past participle fluorinated)

1. (chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.

Derived terms

• defluorinate
• fluorination

Translations

to introduce fluorine

• Catalan: fluorar (ca)
• Finnish: fluorata
• Portuguese: fluorar
• Spanish: fluorar (es)

See also

• fluoridate

Anagrams

• antifouler