Meanings
nounevaporation (countable and uncountable, plural evaporations)
plural evaporations
- countableuncountableThe process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
- archaiccountableuncountableThat which is evaporated; vapor.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe process of becoming a vapor
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinevaporatio
- Frenchévaporation
- Englishevaporation
From French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio. Morphologically evaporate + -ion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изпарение, изпаряване
- изпарение (izparenie)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- изпаряване (izparjavane)process to increase concentration
Catalan evaporació
- evaporacióprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Danish fordampning, inddampning
- fordampningprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- inddampningprocess to increase concentration
Dutch verdamping
- verdampingprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Finnish haihtuminen, haihdunta
- haihtuminenprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- haihduntaprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- höyrystyminenprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- haihduttaminenprocess to increase concentration
- haihdutusprocess to increase concentration
French évaporation
- évaporationprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
German Verdunstung, Verdunsten
- Verdunstungprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- Verdunstenprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- Verdampfungprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- Verdampfenprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- Eindampfenprocess to increase concentration
- Einkochenprocess to increase concentration
- Reduzierenprocess to increase concentration
Greek εξάτμιση, εξαέρωση
- εξάτμιση (exátmisi)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- εξαέρωση (exaérosi)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- εξαέρωση (exaérosi)process to increase concentration
Hindi वाष्पीकरण
- वाष्पीकरण (vāṣpīkraṇ)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Irish galú
- galúprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Italian vaporizzazione
- vaporizzazioneprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Japanese 蒸発
- 蒸発 (jōhatsu)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Māori whakaetonga
- whakaetongaprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Norwegian Bokmål fordamping, fordampning
- fordampingprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- fordampningprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Polish parowanie, odparowanie
- parowanieprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- odparowanieprocess to increase concentration
Portuguese evaporação, evaporação
- evaporaçãoprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- evaporaçãoprocess to increase concentration
Romanian evaporare
- evaporareprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Russian испаре́ние, парообразова́ние
- испаре́ние (isparénije)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- парообразова́ние (paroobrazovánije)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- выпа́ривание (vypárivanije)process to increase concentration
Spanish evaporación
- evaporaciónprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Swahili uvukizaji
- uvukizajiprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Tagalog hisingaw, alanguang
- hisingawprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
- alanguangprocess of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Thai การระเหย
- การระเหย (gaan-rá-hə̌əi)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Ukrainian випаровування
- випаровування (vyparovuvannja)process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with evaporation
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
evaporation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaporation
MLA
“evaporation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaporation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evaporation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaporation.
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