coagulate

English edit

WOTD – 9 July 2010

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin coāgulō, coāgulātus, from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
(US) IPA^(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/
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Verb edit

coagulate (third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
(transitive) To cause to congeal.
Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

Antonyms edit

dissolve, melt

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

become congealed

Albanian: mpiks (sq),
Arabic: تَجَلَّطَ (tajallaṭa), تَخَثَّرَ (taḵaṯṯara)
Hijazi Arabic: اَتْجَلَّط (atjallaṭ), اَتْخَثَّر (atḵaṯṯar, atḵattar)
Bulgarian: съсирвам се (sǎsirvam se), коагулирам (bg) (koaguliram)
Catalan: quallar (ca), coagular-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 凝結／凝结 (zh) (níngjié), 凝固 (zh) (nínggù)
Danish: størkne, koagulere, stivne
Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl)
Finnish: hyytyä (fi), saostua, koaguloitua
French: se coaguler (fr), coaguler (fr)
Galician: callar (gl), trallar (gl)
German: koagulieren (de), gerinnen (de)
Hungarian: kicsapódik (hu)
Irish: téacht
Italian: coagularsi
Japanese: 凝固する (ja) (ぎょうこする, gyōko-suru)
Khmer: កក (km) (kɑɑk)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مەیین (meyîn)

Northern Kurdish: meyîn (ku), mehîn (ku)
Manx: çhiu (blood), glub (milk)
Maori: tepe, tetepe, whakatotoka
Norwegian: koagulere
Occitan: se coagular (oc)
Romanian: se coagula, se închega
Russian: сгуща́ться (ru) (sguščátʹsja), свёртываться (ru) (svjórtyvatʹsja)
Scottish Gaelic: plumaich, binndich
Slovak: zraziť sa, zrážať sa, koagulovať
Spanish: coagularse (es), cuajarse (es)
Swedish: koagulera (sv), levras (sv) (of blood)
Ukrainian: згортатися impf (zhortatysja), згорнутися pf (zhornutysja)
Welsh: ceulo (cy)

cause to congeal

Bulgarian: съсирвам (bg) (sǎsirvam)
Catalan: coagular (ca), quallar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使凝結／使凝结 (zh) (shǐ níngjié), 使凝固 (zh) (shǐ nínggù)
Danish: koagulere (rare)
Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl)
Finnish: hyydyttää, saostaa, koaguloida (fi)
French: coaguler (fr)
German: zum Gerinnen bringen
Greek: συμπηγνύω (el) (sympignýo)
Irish: téacht
Italian: coagulare (it)
Japanese: 凝固させる (ja) (ぎょうこさせる, gyōko-saseru)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: meyandin (ku)
Manx: çhiu (blood), glub (milk)
Maori: whakatoka
Occitan: coagular (oc)
Romanian: coagula (ro), închega (ro)
Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) (sguščátʹ), свёртывать (ru) (svjórtyvatʹ), (special) коагули́ровать (ru) (koagulírovatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: plumaich, binndich
Slovak: zraziť, zrážať, koagulovať
Spanish: coagular (es), cuajar (es)
Welsh: ceulo (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} coaguler (fr), ^{(please verify)} cailler (fr), ^{(please verify)} thromboser (fr)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} coagulare (it), ^{(please verify)} cagliare (it)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 엉기다 (eonggida), (transitive) ^{(please verify)} 얼리다 (ko) (eollida)
Norman: ^{(please verify)} fidgi (Jersey)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} koagulera (sv), ^{(please verify)} levra (sv), ^{(please verify)} stelna (sv)

Adjective edit

coagulate (not comparable)

(obsolete) Coagulated.
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  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 460:
  roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,