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saponify

saponify verb: to convert (a fat or oil) into soap.

Verb

saponify (third-person singular simple present saponifies, present participle saponifying, simple past and past participle saponified)

  1. (transitive) To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
  2. (intransitive) To be converted into soap.
  3. (transitive) To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali.

saponify meaning in Bengali

saponify in Bengali

কে সাবানে রূপান্তর করা, সাবানে রূপান্তরিত হওয়া

Forms of saponify

third-person singular presentsaponifies
present participlesaponifying
past participlesaponified
pastsaponified

Origin of saponify

From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”).

Words formed from saponify

Questions about saponify

What does saponify mean?
Saponify means to convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
What is saponify in Bengali?
Saponify in Bengali is কে সাবানে রূপান্তর করা, সাবানে রূপান্তরিত হওয়া. See Saponify meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is saponify?
Saponify is a verb.
What is the past tense of saponify?
The past tense of saponify is saponified.

Words near saponify in the dictionary

  1. saponifications
  2. saponified
  3. saponifier
  4. saponifiers
  5. saponifies
  6. saponify
  7. saponifying
  8. saponin
  9. saponine
  10. saponines
  11. saponins

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