hydrogenate

English

Etymology

From hydrogen +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɒdʒəneɪt/, /ˈhaɪdɹədʒəneɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɑd͡ʒəneɪt/, /ˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒəneɪt/

Verb

hydrogenate (third-person singular simple present hydrogenates, present participle hydrogenating, simple past and past participle hydrogenated)

1. (chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat

Derived terms

• biohydrogenate
• dehydrogenate

Related terms

• hydrogenated
• hydrogenation

Translations

treat or react with hydrogen

• Arabic: هَدْرَجَ (hadraja)
• Catalan: hidrogenar (ca)
• Finnish: hydrata, vedyttää; kovettaa (fi) (fat)
• French: hydrogéner (fr)
• German: hydrieren (de)
• Irish: hidriginigh
• Italian: idrogenare (it)
• Portuguese: hidrogenar (pt)
• Romanian: hidrogena (ro)
• Russian: гидри́ровать (ru) impf (gidrírovatʹ)
• Spanish: hidrogenar
• Swedish: hydrera
• Ukrainian: гідрува́ти impf (hidruváty), гідроґенізува́ти impf (hidrogenizuváty)
• Welsh: hydrogenu