saponify
English edit
Etymology edit
From French saponifier, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”).
Verb edit
saponify (third-person singular simple present saponifies, present participle saponifying, simple past and past participle saponified)
- (transitive) To convert (a fat or oil) into soap.
- (intransitive) To be converted into soap.
- (transitive, chemistry) To hydrolyze (an ester) using an alkali.
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Translations edit
to convert into soap
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