Meanings
noundesalination (countable and uncountable, plural desalinations)
plural desalinations
- countableuncountableThe process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
Synonyms: desalinization, desalinisation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
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nounthe removal of salt (especially from sea water)
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishsalination
- Englishdesalination
From de- + salination.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَقْطِير, إِعْذَاب
- تَقْطِير (taqṭīr)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
- إِعْذَاب (ʔiʕḏāb)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Catalan dessalatge
- dessalatgeprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Chinese Mandarin 脫鹽 /脱盐, 海水淡化
- 脫鹽 /脱盐 (tuōyán)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
- 海水淡化 (hǎishuǐ dànhuà)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Danish afsaltning
- afsaltningprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Dutch ontzilting
- ontziltingprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Finnish suolanpoisto
- suolanpoistoprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
French dessalement, dessalage
- dessalementprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
- dessalageprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
German Meerwasserentsalzung, Entsalzung
- Meerwasserentsalzungprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
- Entsalzungprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Greek αφαλάτωση
- αφαλάτωση (afalátosi)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Hebrew התפלה
- התפלה (hatpala)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Indonesian desalinasi
- desalinasiprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Italian dissalazione
- dissalazioneprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Japanese 脱塩
- 脱塩 (datsuen)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Malay penyahgaraman
- penyahgaramanprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Norwegian Bokmål avsalting
- avsaltingprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Polish odsalanie
- odsalanieprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Romanian desărare, desalinizare
- desărareprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
- desalinizareprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Russian опресне́ние, десалиниза́ция
- опресне́ние (opresnénije)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
- десалиниза́ция (desalinizácija)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Swedish avsaltning
- avsaltningprocess of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
Ukrainian опрі́снення
- опрі́снення (oprísnennja)process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water
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APA
desalination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalination
MLA
“desalination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalination. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desalination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalination.
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