halogenate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English halogen

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English halogenate

From halogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

halogenate (third-person singular simple present halogenates, present participle halogenating, simple past and past participle halogenated)

1. (chemistry, transitive) To treat with, or react with, a halogen or a hydrohalic acid.

Derived terms

• dehalogenate
• halogenation

Translations

to treat with, or react with, a halogen or a hydrohalic acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 鹵化 / 卤化 (zh) (lǔhuà)

• Finnish: halogenoida
• French: halogéner (fr)
• German: halogenieren
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: alogenare (it)
• Polish: fluorowcować impf
• Portuguese: halogenar (pt)
• Romanian: halogena (ro)
• Russian: галогенизи́ровать impf (galogenizírovatʹ), галогени́ровать (ru) impf (galogenírovatʹ), галоиди́ровать impf (galoidírovatʹ)
• Spanish: halogenar

See also

• fluorinate
• chlorinate
• brominate
• iodinate

Spanish

Verb

halogenate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of halogenar combined with te