hydrophobic

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪk/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: hy‧dro‧pho‧bic

Etymology 1

hydrophobia +‎ -ic

Adjective

hydrophobic (not comparable)

Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).

Related terms

(hydrophobia): aquaphobic

Translations

of, or having, hydrophobia

Catalan: hidròfob
Finnish: raivotautinen (fi)
French: hydrophobe (fr)
Hungarian: hidrofób (hu)
Irish: hidreafóbach
Italian: idrofobo (it) m
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dijav (ku), dijavî
Russian: гидрофо́бный (ru) (gidrofóbnyj)
Spanish: hidrófobo

Etymology 2

hydrophobe +‎ -ic

Adjective

hydrophobic (comparative more hydrophobic, superlative most hydrophobic)

(physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “lacking an affinity for water”): hydrophilic

Derived terms

superhydrophobic

Related terms

oleophobic, hydrophobe

Translations

lacking an affinity for water

Catalan: hidròfob
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疏水 (zh) (shūshuǐ)
Czech: hydrofobní
Danish: hydrofob (da), vandskyende
Finnish: vesipakoinen, hydrofobinen (fi)
French: hydrophobe (fr)
German: hydrophob (de)
Hungarian: hidrofób (hu)
Italian: idrofobo (it) m
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dijav (ku)
Polish: hydrofobowy m
Russian: гидрофобный (ru) (gidrofobnyj)
Spanish: hidrófobo
Tagalog: tubigsikwayin

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