hydrate

== English == === Etymology === From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate. === Pronunciation === enPR: hīʹdrāt (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /haɪˈdɹeɪt/, /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /hɑɪˈdɹæɪt/, /ˈhɑɪdɹæɪt/ === Noun === hydrate (plural hydrates) (chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules. (inorganic chemistry, rare) Water. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hydrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia water of crystallization === 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. (slang) To drink water. (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables ==== Synonyms ==== (to add water to): bewater ==== Coordinate terms ==== caffeinate ==== Derived terms ==== dehydrate hydrate or diedrate hydration rehydrate ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === thready == French == === Etymology === From hydr- +‎ -ate. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /i.dʁat/ === Noun === hydrate m (plural hydrates) (chemistry) hydrate === Verb === hydrate inflection of hydrater: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “hydrate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012