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desalinate

UK/diːˈsælɪneɪt/

desalinate verb: to remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply.

Verb

desalinate (third-person singular simple present desalinates, present participle desalinating, simple past and past participle desalinated)

  1. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

desalinate meaning in Kannada and Vietnamese

desalinate in Kannada

ಉಪ್ಪುಕಳೆ

desalinate in Vietnamese

remove the salt from something
khử muối

Forms of desalinate

third-person singular presentdesalinates
present participledesalinating
past participledesalinated
pastdesalinated

Origin of desalinate

From de- + salinate.

Words formed from desalinate

Questions about desalinate

What does desalinate mean?
Desalinate means to remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply.
What is desalinate in Kannada?
Desalinate in Kannada is ಉಪ್ಪುಕಳೆ. See Desalinate meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is desalinate?
Desalinate is a verb.
How do you pronounce desalinate?
Desalinate is pronounced /diːˈsælɪneɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of desalinate?
The past tense of desalinate is desalinated.

Words near desalinate in the dictionary

  1. desai
  2. desais
  3. desakota
  4. desakotas
  5. desal
  6. desalinate
  7. desalinated
  8. desalinates
  9. desalinating
  10. desalination
  11. desalination plant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desalinate (page history and authors); desalinate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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