acclimatization

English

Alternative forms

• acclimatisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti

Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor.

Latin climalbor.

Middle French climat

French climat

Proto-Italic *-āzi

▲

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French acclimaterbor.

English acclimate

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English acclimatize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English acclimatization

From acclimatize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌklaɪ.mə.təˈzeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

acclimatization (countable and uncountable, plural acclimatizations)

1. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

   The expedition paused to allow for proper acclimatization at base camp.

   Acclimatization to extreme climates is essential for survival.

   The scientist studied the acclimatization of plants introduced into new environments.

2. (biology) The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.

Derived terms

• acclimatizational
• deacclimatization

Translations

the act of acclimatizing

• Bulgarian: аклиматиза́ция (bg) f (aklimatizácija)
• Catalan: aclimatació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 适应 (zh) (shìyìng)

• Czech: aklimatizace f
• Dutch: acclimatisatie (nl) f, aanpassing (nl) f
• Finnish: akklimatisaatio (fi)
• French: acclimatation (fr) f
• German: Eingewöhnung (de) f, Akklimatisierung (de) f
• Greek: εγκλιματισμός (el) m (egklimatismós)
• Hebrew: התאקלמות (hitaqlemut)
• Hungarian: akklimatizálás, akklimatizálódás (hu)
• Indonesian: aklimatisasi (id)
• Interlingua: acclimatation
• Italian: acclimatazione (it) f
• Japanese: 適応 (ja) (てきおう, tekiō), 順応 (ja) (じゅんのう, jun'nō)
• Macedonian: аклиматизација f (aklimatizacija), аклиматизирање n (aklimatiziranje)
• Malay: pengikliman
• Malayalam: പാരിസ്ഥിതികാനുകൂലനം (pāristhitikānukūlanaṁ), ഇഴുകിച്ചേരൽ (iḻukiccēral)
• Polish: aklimatyzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: aclimação f, aclimatação (pt) f
• Russian: акклиматиза́ция (ru) f (akklimatizácija), акклиматизи́рование (ru) n (akklimatizírovanije), привыка́ние (ru) n (privykánije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аклиматизација f, аклиматизирање n

  Latin: aklimatizacija (sh) f, aklimatiziranje n

• Spanish: aclimatación (es) f
• Swedish: acklimatisering (sv) c
• Tagalog: sakapanhunan

biology

• Polish: aklimatyzacja (pl) f