Meanings
verbhydrogenate (third-person singular simple present hydrogenates, present participle hydrogenating, simple past and past participle hydrogenated)
present singular third person hydrogenates · participle present hydrogenating · participle past hydrogenated · past hydrogenated
- transitivechemistryTo treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcombine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
- Frenchhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchhydrogène
- Englishhydrogen
- Englishhydrogenate
From hydrogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هَدْرَجَ
- هَدْرَجَ (hadraja)treat or react with hydrogen
Catalan hidrogenar
- hidrogenartreat or react with hydrogen
Finnish hydrata, vedyttää
- hydratatreat or react with hydrogen
- vedyttäätreat or react with hydrogen
- kovettaatreat or react with hydrogen
French hydrogéner
- hydrogénertreat or react with hydrogen
German hydrieren
- hydrierentreat or react with hydrogen
Irish hidriginigh
- hidriginightreat or react with hydrogen
Italian idrogenare
- idrogenaretreat or react with hydrogen
Portuguese hidrogenar
- hidrogenartreat or react with hydrogen
Romanian hidrogena
- hidrogenatreat or react with hydrogen
Russian гидри́ровать
- гидри́ровать (gidrírovatʹ)treat or react with hydrogen
Spanish hidrogenar
- hidrogenartreat or react with hydrogen
Swedish hydrera
- hydreratreat or react with hydrogen
Ukrainian гідрува́ти, гідроґенізува́ти
- гідрува́ти (hidruváty)treat or react with hydrogen
- гідроґенізува́ти (hidrogenizuváty)treat or react with hydrogen
Welsh hydrogenu
- hydrogenutreat or react with hydrogen
Cite this entry
APA
hydrogenate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogenate
MLA
“hydrogenate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogenate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrogenate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogenate.
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