caramelize

English

Alternative forms

• caramelise
• carmelize (US)

Etymology

From caramel +‎ -ize.

Verb

1. (cooking, transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel.
2. (cooking, transitive) To brown (sugar) by means of heat.

   Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.

3. (cooking, intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning.

Derived terms

• caramelization

Translations

convert sugar into caramel

• Finnish: karamellisoida
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brown sugar

• Catalan: acaramel·lar (ca), caramel·litzar (ca)
• Esperanto: karameligi
• Finnish: karamellisoida
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• French: caraméliser (fr)
• Italian: caramellare (it), caramellizzare
• Spanish: acaramelar (es), caramelizar (es)