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Disinfect in Hebrew is חִטֵּא (khité).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

חִטֵּא
khité
verb
In English

disinfect

/dɪs.ɪnˈfɛkt/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with D

These are the Hebrew words for disinfect as a verb.

sterilize by the use of cleaning agent

  • חִטֵּאחיטאkhité

This is more about the Hebrew word חִטֵּא.

Written with vowel points
חִטֵּא
Written without vowel points
חיטא
Said
khité
Its meanings in English
disinfect, to disinfect, to sterilize

These English words share a Hebrew word with disinfect.

These words come before and after disinfect in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨disinfect⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨disinfect⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨disinfect⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨חִטֵּא⁩, said khité. Without vowel points it is written ⁨חיטא⁩.

What else does ⁨חיטא⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨disinfect⁩, ⁨חיטא⁩ can mean ⁨to disinfect, to sterilize⁩.

How is ⁨disinfect⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨disinfect⁩ is pronounced ⁨/dɪs.ɪnˈfɛkt/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry disinfect and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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