Standard Lemma guide

hydrate

noun · verb · 9 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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  • hīʹdrāt
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹeɪt/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
  • Australian: /hɑeˈdɹæɪt/
  • Australian: /ˈhɑedɹæɪt/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: [hɑe̯ˈdɹæɪ̯t]
  • New-Zealand: [ˈhɑe̯dɹæɪ̯t]
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 D R EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To take up, consume or become linked to water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • A lotion can hydrate the skin.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To drink water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To load data from a database record into an object's variables

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

any compound that contains water of crystallization

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

Narrower terms: monohydrate

7

verb

Meaning 7

cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hydrate your skin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: dehydrate

Broader terms: humidify, moisturize, moisturise

Narrower terms: slack, slake

8

verb

Meaning 8

become hydrated and combine with water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

9

verb

Meaning 9

supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hidrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Arabic: هَايْدْرَات (haydrāt) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Armenian: հիդրատ (hidrat) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Azerbaijani: hidrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Bulgarian: хидра́т (hidrát) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Catalan: hidrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水合物 (shuǐhéwù) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Czech: hydrát — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Danish: hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Dutch: hydraat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Esperanto: hidrato — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Estonian: hüdraat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Finnish: hydraatti — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • French: hydrate — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Georgian: ჰიდრატი (hidraṭi) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • German: Hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Greek: ένυδρο άλας (énydro álas) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Greek: υδρίτης (ydrítis) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Hindi: जलीय (jalīya) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Hungarian: hidrát — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Icelandic: hýdrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Ido: hidrato — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Indonesian: hidrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Irish: hiodráit — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Italian: idrato — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Japanese: 水和物 (suiwabutsu) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Kazakh: гидрат (gidrat) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Khmer: អ៊ីដ្រាត (ʼiidraat) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Korean: 수화물 (suhwamul) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Korean: 함수화합물 (hamsuhwahammul) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Kyrgyz: гидрат (gidrat) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Lithuanian: hidrãtas — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Persian: هیدرات — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Polish: hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Polish: wodzian — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Portuguese: hidrato — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Romanian: hidrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Russian: гидра́т (gidrát) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝдра̄т — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìdrāt — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Slovene: hidrát — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Spanish: hidrato — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Swedish: hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Tajik: гидрат (gidrat) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Thai: ไฮเดรต (haidret) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Turkish: hidrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Ukrainian: гідра́т (hidrát) — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Vietnamese: hydrat — solid compound containing or linked to water molecules
  • Armenian: հիդրատացնել (hidratacʻnel) — to absorb water
  • Bulgarian: хидратирам (hidratiram) — to absorb water
  • Catalan: hidratar — to absorb water
  • Czech: hydratovat — to absorb water
  • Danish: hydrere — to absorb water
  • Dutch: hydrateren — to absorb water
  • French: hydrater — to absorb water
  • Greek: ενυδατώνω (enydatóno) — to absorb water
  • Irish: hiodráitigh — to absorb water
  • Italian: idratare — to absorb water
  • Korean: 수화(水化)시키다 (suhwasikida) — to absorb water
  • Polish: nawodnić — to absorb water
  • Polish: nawadniać — to absorb water
  • Polish: uwodnić — to absorb water
  • Polish: uwadniać — to absorb water
  • Portuguese: hidratar — to absorb water
  • Russian: гидрати́ровать (gidratírovatʹ) — to absorb water
  • Spanish: hidratar — to absorb water