Meanings
verbdehydrogenate (third-person singular simple present dehydrogenates, present participle dehydrogenating, simple past and past participle dehydrogenated)
present singular third person dehydrogenates · participle present dehydrogenating · participle past dehydrogenated · past dehydrogenated
- transitivechemistryTo remove hydrogen from (a substance).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishhydrogenate
- Englishdehydrogenate
From de- + hydrogenate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan deshidrogenar
- deshidrogenarto remove hydrogen from a substance
French déshydrogéner
- déshydrogénerto remove hydrogen from a substance
German Wasserstoff entziehen
- Wasserstoff entziehento remove hydrogen from a substance
Hungarian dehidrogénez
- dehidrogénezto remove hydrogen from a substance
Italian deidrogenare
- deidrogenareto remove hydrogen from a substance
Romanian deshidrogena
- deshidrogenato remove hydrogen from a substance
Cite this entry
APA
dehydrogenate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydrogenate
MLA
“dehydrogenate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydrogenate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehydrogenate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydrogenate.
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