Meanings
coagulate1
present singular third person coagulates · participle present coagulating · participle past coagulated · past coagulated
coagulate2
- not comparableobsoleteCoagulated.
roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 460
coagulate3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetransformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
coagulate · verb
- Latincoāgulātus
- Middle Englishcoagulaten“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”
- Englishcoagulate
From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.
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Full word history & related roots →coagulate · adjective
- Middle Englishcoagulat(e)“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”
- Englishcoagulate
From Middle English coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”), also used as the past participle of coagulaten and of coagulate in Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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Full word history & related roots →coagulate · noun
- New Latincoāgulātum
- Englishcoagulate
From New Latin coāgulātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of coāgulātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَجَلَّطَ, تَخَثَّرَ
- تَجَلَّطَ (tajallaṭa)become congealed
- تَخَثَّرَ (taḵaṯṯara)become congealed
Bulgarian съсирвам се, коагулирам
- съсирвам се (săsirvam se)become congealed
- коагулирам (koaguliram)become congealed
- съсирвам (săsirvam)cause to congeal
Catalan quallar, coagular-se
- quallarbecome congealed
- coagular-sebecome congealed
- coagularcause to congeal
- quallarcause to congeal
Chinese Mandarin 凝結 /凝结, 凝固
- 凝結 /凝结 (níngjié)become congealed
- 凝固 (nínggù)become congealed
- 使凝結 /使凝结 (shǐ níngjié)cause to congeal
- 使凝固 (shǐ nínggù)cause to congeal
Danish størkne, koagulere
- størknebecome congealed
- koagulerebecome congealed
- stivnebecome congealed
- koagulerecause to congeal
Dutch stollen, coaguleren
- stollenbecome congealed
- coagulerenbecome congealed
- stollencause to congeal
- coagulerencause to congeal
- coagulaatmass formed by means of coagulation
Esperanto koaguliĝi, koaguli
- koaguliĝibecome congealed
- koagulicause to congeal
Finnish hyytyä, saostua
- hyytyäbecome congealed
- saostuabecome congealed
- koaguloituabecome congealed
- hyydyttääcause to congeal
- saostaacause to congeal
- koaguloidacause to congeal
- hyytelömass formed by means of coagulation
- hyytymämass formed by means of coagulation
- saosmass formed by means of coagulation
- saostumamass formed by means of coagulation
French se coaguler, coaguler
- se coagulerbecome congealed
- coagulerbecome congealed
- coagulercause to congeal
- caillotmass formed by means of coagulation
- coagulatmass formed by means of coagulation
- thrombusmass formed by means of coagulation
German koagulieren, gerinnen
- koagulierenbecome congealed
- gerinnenbecome congealed
- zum Gerinnen bringencause to congeal
Greek συμπυκνώνομαι, συμπηγνύω
- συμπυκνώνομαι (sympyknónomai)become congealed
- συμπηγνύω (sympignýo)cause to congeal
Hebrew נִקְרַשׁ
- נִקְרַשׁ (nikrásh)become congealed
Hungarian kicsapódik
- kicsapódikbecome congealed
Irish téacht, téacht
- téachtbecome congealed
- téachtcause to congeal
Italian coagularsi, coagulare
- coagularsibecome congealed
- coagularecause to congeal
- coagulomass formed by means of coagulation
- grumomass formed by means of coagulation
Japanese 凝固する, 凝固させる
- 凝固する (gyōko-suru)become congealed
- 凝固させる (gyōko-saseru)cause to congeal
Māori tepe, tetepe
- tepebecome congealed
- tetepebecome congealed
- whakatotokabecome congealed
- whakatokacause to congeal
Norwegian koagulere
- koagulerebecome congealed
Romanian se coagula, se închega
- se coagulabecome congealed
- se închegabecome congealed
- coagulacause to congeal
- închegacause to congeal
Russian сгуща́ться, свёртываться
- сгуща́ться (sguščátʹsja)become congealed
- свёртываться (svjórtyvatʹsja)become congealed
- сгуща́ть (sguščátʹ)cause to congeal
- свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ)cause to congeal
- коагули́ровать (koagulírovatʹ)cause to congeal
- сгу́сток (sgústok)mass formed by means of coagulation
- коагуля́т (koagulját)mass formed by means of coagulation
Scottish Gaelic plumaich, binndich
- plumaichbecome congealed
- binndichbecome congealed
- plumaichcause to congeal
- binndichcause to congeal
Slovak zraziť sa, zrážať sa
- zraziť sabecome congealed
- zrážať sabecome congealed
- koagulovaťbecome congealed
- zraziťcause to congeal
- zrážaťcause to congeal
- koagulovaťcause to congeal
- zrazeninamass formed by means of coagulation
- koagulátmass formed by means of coagulation
Spanish coagularse, cuajarse
- coagularsebecome congealed
- cuajarsebecome congealed
- coagularcause to congeal
- cuajarcause to congeal
- cuajarónmass formed by means of coagulation
- coágulomass formed by means of coagulation
Swedish koagulera, levras
- koagulerabecome congealed
- levrasbecome congealed
Tamil இறுகு
- இறுகு (iṟuku)become congealed
Turkish pıhtılanmak
- pıhtılanmakbecome congealed
Ukrainian згортатися, згорнутися
- згортатися (zhortatysja)become congealed
- згорнутися (zhornutysja)become congealed
Welsh ceulo, ceulo
- ceulobecome congealed
- ceulocause to congeal
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Cite this entry
coagulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coagulate
“coagulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coagulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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