desalination

English

Etymology

de- +‎ salination

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌsælɪˈneɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

desalination (countable and uncountable, plural desalinations)

The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.

Synonyms

desalinization, desalinisation

Derived terms

desalination plant

Related terms

desalinated

Translations

process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water

Chinese:
Mandarin: 脫鹽 (zh), 脱盐 (zh) (tuōyán), 海水淡化 (hǎishuǐ dànhuà)
Dutch: ontzilting (nl) f
Finnish: suolanpoisto
French: dessalement (fr) m
German: Meerwasserentsalzung f, Entsalzung (de) f
Greek: αφαλάτωση (el) f (afalátosi)
Hebrew: התפלה‎ (he) f (hatpala)
Italian: dissalazione f

Japanese: 脱塩 (ja) (だつえん, datsuen)
Macedonian: отсолување n (otsolúvanje), десалинизација f (desalinizácija)
Norman: dêsalinnâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avsalting m or f
Polish: odsalanie (pl) n
Romanian: desărare (ro) f, desalinizare (ro) f
Russian: опресне́ние (ru) n (opresnénije), десалиниза́ция f (desalinizácija)

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