appertisation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French appertisation, after Nicolas Appert, the inventor.

Noun

appertisation (uncountable)

1. preservation of food by canning (or a similar earlier method using glass bottles)

Translations

food preservation method created by Nicolas Appert

• Polish: apertyzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: apertização f, appertização f

French

Etymology

From appertiser (“to can”) +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɛʁ.ti.za.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

appertisation f (plural appertisations)

1. appertisation

Further reading

• “appertisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.