autoclave

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis (“key”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtəˌkleɪv/

Noun

autoclave (plural autoclaves)

1. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

Translations

sterilized heating vessel

• Albanian: autoklavë (sq)
• Czech: autokláv m
• Finnish: autoklaavi (fi)
• French: autoclave (fr) m
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• German: Autoklav (de) m
• Japanese: オートクレーブ (ja) (ōtokurēbu)
• Persian: اتوکلاو (otoklâv)
• Polish: autoklaw (pl) m
• Spanish: autoclave f

Verb

1. (transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

Translations

sterilize in an autoclave

• Finnish: autoklavoida, autoklaavata
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• French: autoclaver (fr)

Adjective

autoclave (not comparable)

1. (cryptography) autokey

Anagrams

• vacuolate

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French

Etymology

From auto- +‎ Latin clavis (“key”).

Noun

autoclave m (plural autoclaves)

1. autoclave

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave.

Pronunciation

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Noun

autoclave f (plural autoclavi)

1. autoclave

Anagrams

• cautelavo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave.

Noun

autoclave f (plural autoclaves)

1. autoclave