coagulate

English

WOTD – 9 July 2010

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin coāgulō, coāgulātus, from coāgulum (a means of curdling, rennet), from cōgō (bring together, gather, collect), from co- (together) + agō (do, make, drive). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/
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Verb

coagulate (third-person singular simple present coagulates, present participle coagulating, simple past and past participle coagulated)

  1. (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
    In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
  2. (transitive) To cause to congeal.
    Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
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Adjective

coagulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Coagulated.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/
  • (file)

Noun

coagulate (plural coagulates)

  1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.
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Italian

Verb

coagulate

  1. inflection of coagulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

coagulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of coagulato

Latin

Verb

coāgulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō

Spanish

Verb

coagulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of coagular combined with te
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