verb
Meaning 1
To remove salt from; to desalinate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
desalt
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verb
Meaning 2
remove salt from
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- desalinate water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desalinate, desalinize, desalinise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
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- Proto-Indo-European *sel- Proto-Indo-European *-yétor Proto-Indo-European *sl̥yétor Proto-Italic *saljō?? Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English desalt From de- + salt.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: dessaler — to remove salt from
- German: entsalzen — to remove salt from
- Hebrew: התפיל (hitpíl) — to remove salt from
- Ido: dessalizar — to remove salt from
- Italian: dissalare — to remove salt from
- Macedonian: отсолува (otsoluva) — to remove salt from
- Polish: odsalać — to remove salt from
- Portuguese: dessalgar — to remove salt from
- Romanian: desăra — to remove salt from
- Zazaki: desolnaene — to remove salt from