caramelize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈkaɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/
- /ˈkɑɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English caramel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caramelize From caramel + -ize.
Meanings
- (transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel.
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(transitive) To brown (sugar, or a foodstuff containing sugar) by means of heat.
Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.
- (intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caramelizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| caramelise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| caramelizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| caramelized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| caramelized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| carmelize | US, alternative, nonstandard | lexicographic |
Deriveds
caramelization · uncaramelized · caramelizer
Translations (23)
nl karamelliseren (convert sugar into caramel) · nb karamellisere (brown sugar) · pl karmelizować (brown sugar) · uk карамелізувати (brown sugar) · ca caramel·litzar (brown sugar) · it caramellare (brown sugar) · fr caraméliser (brown sugar) · pt caramelizar (brown sugar) · eo karameligi (brown sugar) · pl karmelizować (convert sugar into caramel) · uk карамелізувати (convert sugar into caramel) · es acaramelar (brown sugar) · fi karamellisoida (brown sugar) · de karamellisieren (brown sugar) · es caramelizar (brown sugar) · tr karamelize etmek (brown sugar) · pl skarmelizować (convert sugar into caramel) · it caramellizzare (brown sugar) · fi karamellisoida (convert sugar into caramel) · ca acaramel·lar (brown sugar) · sv karamellisera (brown sugar) · tr karamelize etmek (convert sugar into caramel) · pl skarmelizować (brown sugar)