electrolysis

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Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday. From electro- + -lysis (“a loosening”). Originally of tumors, later (1909) of hair removal.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: էլեկտրոլիզ (ēlektroliz) — chemical change
• Basque: elektrolisi — chemical change
• Bengali: তড়িৎ বিশ্লেষণ (toṛit bisleśon) — chemical change
• Catalan: electròlisi — chemical change
• Chinese Mandarin: 電解 /电解 (diànjiě) — chemical change
• Czech: elektrolýza — chemical change
• Danish: elektrolyse — chemical change
• Esperanto: elektrolizo — chemical change
• Finnish: elektrolyysi — chemical change
• French: électrolyse — chemical change
• German: Elektrolyse — chemical change
• Greek: ηλεκτρόλυση (ilektrólysi) — chemical change
• Gujarati: વિદ્યુતવિભાજન (vidyutvibhājan) — chemical change
• Hindi: विद्युत अपघटन (vidyut apaghṭan) — chemical change
• Icelandic: rafgreining — chemical change
• Ido: elektrolizo — chemical change
• Italian: elettrolisi — chemical change
• Japanese: 電気分解 (tenkibunkai) — chemical change
• Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯುದ್ವಿಭಜನೆ (vidyudvibhajane) — chemical change
• Kazakh: электролиз (élektroliz) — chemical change
• Kazakh: электрыдырау (élektrydyrau) — chemical change
• Korean: 전기분해 (jeon'gibunhae) — chemical change
• Korean: 전해 (jeonhae) — chemical change
• Malay: elektrolisis — chemical change
• Malayalam: വൈദ്യുതവിശ്ലേഷണം (vaidyutaviślēṣaṇaṁ) — chemical change
• Manx: scarrey lectragh — chemical change
• Māori: tauhohe(nga) pāhiko — chemical change
• Norwegian Bokmål: elektrolyse — chemical change
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elektrolyse — chemical change
• Polish: elektroliza — chemical change
• Portuguese: electrólise — chemical change
• Portuguese: eletrólise — chemical change
• Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ-ਨਿਖੇੜ (bijlī-nikheṛ) — chemical change
• Romanian: electroliză — chemical change
• Russian: э̀лектроли́з (èlektrolíz) — chemical change
• Shona: rugetsenuro — chemical change
• Spanish: electrólisis — chemical change
• Swedish: elektrolys — chemical change
• Tamil: மின்னாற்பகுப்பு (miṉṉāṟpakuppu) — chemical change
• Telugu: విద్యుద్విశ్లేషణ (vidyudviślēṣaṇa) — chemical change
• French: électrolyse — destruction of hair roots by electric current
• Greek: ηλεκτρόλυση (ilektrólysi) — destruction of hair roots by electric current
• Manx: scarrey lectragh — destruction of hair roots by electric current