hydrogenate

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹədʒəneɪt/

Verb

hydrogenate (third-person singular simple present hydrogenates, present participle hydrogenating, simple past and past participle hydrogenated)

(chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat

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Translations

treat or react with hydrogen

Arabic: هَدْرَجَ‎ (hadraja)
Catalan: hidrogenar (ca)
Finnish: hydrata, vedyttää
French: hydrogéner (fr)
German: hydrieren
Irish: hidriginigh

Italian: idrogenare (it)
Portuguese: hidrogenar (pt)
Romanian: hidrogena (ro)
Russian: гидри́ровать (ru) impf (gidrírovatʹ)
Spanish: hidrogenar
Welsh: hydrogenu

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