carbonize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?

Latin carbōnemlbor.

French carbonebor.

English carbon

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 carbonize

From carbon +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbən.aɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.bən.aɪz/

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Verb

carbonize (third-person singular simple present carbonizes, present participle carbonizing, simple past and past participle carbonized)

1. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.

   Synonym: carburize

   Near-synonyms: charcoalize, char

2. (chemistry) To react something with carbon.

Derived terms

• carbonizable
• carbonization
• carbonizer
• decarbonization
• decarbonize
• recarbonize

Translations

turn something to carbon, especially by heating

• Armenian: կարբոնացնել (hy) (karbonacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: овъглявам (ovǎgljavam)
• Catalan: carbonitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碳化 (zh) (tànhuà), 炭化 (zh) (tànhuà) (non-scientifically)

• Esperanto: karbonigi
• Finnish: hiiltää, karbonoida
• French: carboniser (fr)
• German: verkohlen (de)
• Greek: καρβουνίζω (el) (karvounízo), καρβουνιάζω (el) (karvouniázo), απανθρακώνω (el) (apanthrakóno)
• Hungarian: elszenesít (hu)
• Ido: karbonigar (io), karbonizar (io)
• Italian: carbonizzare (it)
• Latin: carbōnēscō, carbōnizō
• Occitan: carbonizar (oc)
• Polish: zwęglać impf, zwęglić pf
• Portuguese: carbonizar (pt)
• Spanish: carbonizar (es)
• Swedish: karbonisera
• Tagalog: supukin

See also

• pyrolyse

Portuguese

Verb

carbonize

1. inflection of carbonizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative