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English
Etymology
From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.
Pronunciation
Noun
hydrate (plural hydrates)
- (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.
- (inorganic chemistry, rare) Water.
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Translations
solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
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Verb
hydrate (third-person singular simple present hydrates, present participle hydrating, simple past and past participle hydrated)
- (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.
A lotion can hydrate the skin.
- (slang) To drink water.
- (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables
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French
Etymology
From hydr- + -ate.
Pronunciation
Noun
hydrate m (plural hydrates)
- (chemistry) hydrate
Verb
hydrate
- inflection of hydrater:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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