acclimatize

English

Alternative forms

• (chiefly, British): acclimatise

Etymology

• First attested in 1836.
• acclimate +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɘ.ˈklaɪ.mə.ˌtaɪz/

Verb

acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)

1. (intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
2. (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

Usage notes

Has become more common in use than acclimate.

Derived terms

• acclimatization
• acclimatizer

Related terms

• acclimate
• acclimation

Translations

to get used to a new climate

• Bulgarian: аклиматизирам се (bg) (aklimatiziram se)
• Czech: aklimatizovat (cs)
• Dutch: acclimatiseren
• Finnish: mukautua/tottua ilmastoon, akklimatisoitua (fi)
• French: acclimater (fr)
• German: sich akklimatisieren (de)

• Interlingua: acclimatar se
• Italian: acclimatare (it)
• Portuguese: aclimatar (pt)
• Russian: акклиматизироваться (ru) (akklimatizírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: aclimatarse (es)
• Swedish: acklimatisera (sv) sig

to make used to a new climate

• Bulgarian: аклиматизирам (bg) (aklimatiziram)
• Dutch: acclimatiseren
• Finnish: akklimatisoida, totuttaa ilmastoon
• French: acclimater (fr)
• German: akklimatisieren
• Ido: aklimatar (io)

• Interlingua: acclimatar
• Italian: acclimatare (it)
• Portuguese: aclimatar (pt)
• Russian: акклиматизировать (ru) (akklimatizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: aclimatarse (es)
• Swedish: acklimatisera (sv)

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• Hebrew: להתאקלם (le'hitaqlem)