pasteurize

English

Alternative forms

• pasteurise

Etymology

Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæstʃəɹaɪz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz/

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Verb

1. (transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

Translations

to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms

• Catalan: pasteuritzar (ca)
• Czech: pasterizovat (cs)
• Esperanto: pasteŭrizi
• Finnish: pastöroida (fi)
• French: pasteuriser (fr)
• German: pasteurisieren (de)
• Greek: παστεριώνω (el) (pasterióno), αποστειρώνω (el) (aposteiróno)
• Hebrew: לפסטר m pl (lepaster)
• Hungarian: pasztőröz (hu)
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• Icelandic: gerilsneyða
• Ido: pasteurisar (io)
• Italian: uperizzare, pastorizzare (it)
• Japanese: 低温殺菌する (ていおんさっきんする, teionsakkin suru)
• Polish: pasteryzować impf
• Portuguese: pasteurizar (pt)
• Romanian: pasteuriza (ro)
• Russian: пастеризова́ть (ru) impf or pf (pastɛrizovátʹ)
• Spanish: pasterizar (es), pasteurizar (es)
• Swedish: pastörisera (sv)

Further reading

• “pasteurize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Portuguese

Verb

pasteurize

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