English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English dis- + infect, from Middle French desinfecter.
Pronunciation[edit]
disinfect (third-person singular simple present disinfects, present participle disinfecting, simple past and past participle disinfected)
- To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
2020 November 4, Paul Bigland, “At no point have I felt unsafe...”, in Rail, page 47:An on-board cleaner passes through, disinfecting every grabrail and handhold as they pass.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
sterilize by the use of cleaning agent
- Belarusian: дэзінфіцы́раваць impf or pf (dezinficýravacʹ), прадэзінфіцы́раваць pf (pradezinficýravacʹ)
- Bulgarian: дезинфекцирам (dezinfekciram), обеззаразявам (bg) (obezzarazjavam)
- Catalan: desinfectar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 消毒 (zh) (xiāodú)
- Danish: desinficere
- Esperanto: antisepsi, desinfekti
- Finnish: desinfioida (fi)
- French: désinfecter (fr)
- Galician: desinfectar
- German: desinfizieren (de)
- Greek: απολυμαίνω (el) (apolymaíno)
- Hebrew: חיטא \ חִטֵּא (khité)
- Hungarian: fertőtlenít (hu)
- Japanese: 消毒する (ja) (しょうどくする, shōdoku suru)
- Luxembourgish: desinfizéieren
- Malay: nyahjangkit, nyahkuman (ms)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: халдваргүйжүүлэх (xaldvargüjžüülex), ариутгах (mn) (ariutgax)
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠳᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢᠭᠦᠶᠢᠵᠢᠭᠦᠯᠬᠦ (qaldaburigüyiǰigülkü), ᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠳᠬᠠᠬᠤ (ariɣudqaqu)
- Norman: d'sînfecter
- Norwegian: desinfisere (no)
- Occitan: desinfectar (oc)
- Polish: dezynfekować (pl), odkażać (pl)
- Portuguese: desinfetar (pt)
- Russian: дезинфици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (dezinficírovatʹ), обеззара́живать (ru) impf (obezzaráživatʹ), обеззара́зить (ru) pf (obezzarázitʹ)
- Spanish: desinfectar (es)
- Swedish: desinfektera (sv)
- Ukrainian: дезінфікува́ти impf or pf (dezinfikuváty), продезінфікува́ти pf (prodezinfikuváty), знезара́жувати impf (znezarážuvaty), знезара́зити pf (znezarázyty)
- Volapük: sänäfätön
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