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dehydration

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D IY2 HH AY0 D R EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of removing water from something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drying, desiccation

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the process of extracting moisture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: desiccation, drying up, evaporation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: extraction

Narrower terms: freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation, inspissation

4

noun

Meaning 4

depletion of bodily fluids

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thirst, thirstiness

5

noun

Meaning 5

dryness resulting from the removal of water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: desiccation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydration English dehydration From de- + hydration.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: deshidratació — act or process of freeing from water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫水 /脱水 (tuōshuǐ) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Czech: dehydratace — act or process of freeing from water
  • Dutch: uitdroging — act or process of freeing from water
  • Esperanto: dehidratiĝo — act or process of freeing from water
  • Finnish: kuivuminen — act or process of freeing from water
  • French: déshydratation — act or process of freeing from water
  • Galician: deshidratación — act or process of freeing from water
  • German: Austrocknung — act or process of freeing from water
  • German: Entwässerung — act or process of freeing from water
  • German: Dehydration — act or process of freeing from water
  • Greek: αφυδάτωση (afydátosi) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Indonesian: dehidrasi — act or process of freeing from water
  • Irish: díhiodráitiú — act or process of freeing from water
  • Italian: disidratazione — act or process of freeing from water
  • Japanese: 脱水 (dassui) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Kazakh: сусыздандыру (susyzdandyru) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Korean: 탈수 (talsu) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Malay: dehidrasi — act or process of freeing from water
  • Manx: jee-ushtaghey — act or process of freeing from water
  • Māori: whakamaroketanga — act or process of freeing from water
  • Polish: odwodnienie — act or process of freeing from water
  • Portuguese: desidratação — act or process of freeing from water
  • Romanian: deshidratare — act or process of freeing from water
  • Russian: обезво́живание (obezvóživanije) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Russian: дегидрата́ция (dɛgidratácija) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Spanish: deshidratación — act or process of freeing from water
  • Swedish: uttorkning — act or process of freeing from water
  • Swedish: dehydrering — act or process of freeing from water
  • Tagalog: pagpapatuyo — act or process of freeing from water
  • Telugu: నిర్జలీకరణము (nirjalīkaraṇamu) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Ukrainian: знево́днення (znevódnennja) — act or process of freeing from water
  • Welsh: dysychiad — act or process of freeing from water
  • Afrikaans: dehidrasie — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Arabic: جَفاف (jafāf) — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Arabic: تَجْفاف (tajfāf) — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫水 /脱水 (tuōshuǐ) — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Dutch: uitdroging — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Dutch: dehydratie — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Finnish: nestehukka — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • French: déshydratation — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • German: Dehydration — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • German: Dehydrierung — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • German: Austrocknung — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Indonesian: dehidrasi — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Irish: díhiodráitiú — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Korean: 탈수 — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Malay: dehidrasi — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Polish: odwodnienie — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Russian: дегидрата́ция (degidratácija) — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Swahili: upungufu wa maji mwilini — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Swedish: uttorkning — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Swedish: vätskebrist — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Tagalog: katutuyutan — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Ukrainian: дегідрата́ція (dehidratácija) — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Ukrainian: знево́днення — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
  • Welsh: dysychiad — condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels