metallize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmɛtəlaɪz/
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal 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 metallize From metal + -ize.
Meanings
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To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metallise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| metalize | alternative | lexicographic | |
| metallizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| metallized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| metallized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| metallizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| metalise | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
demetallize · metallizer · metallizable · premetallized · unmetallized · nonmetallized
Translations (22)
cmn 用金屬處理 /用金属处理 (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · pl metalizować (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · hu galvanizál (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · sv metallisera (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · uk металізувати (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · de metallisieren (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · be металізаваць (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · es metalizar (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · pms metalisé (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · hy մետաղացնել (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · it metallizzare (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · ro metaliza (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · pt metalizar (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · nl metalliseren (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · fr métalliser (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · cmn 使金屬化 /使金属化 (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · da metallisere (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · ru металлизи́ровать (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · ca metal·litzar (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · bg метализирам (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · fi metallisoida (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal) · io metalizar (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal)