alkalinize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English alkaline

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 alkalinize

From alkaline + -ize.

Verb

alkalinize (third-person singular simple present alkalinizes, present participle alkalinizing, simple past and past participle alkalinized)

1. To convert, or be converted, to an alkali

Synonyms

• (intransitive) alkalify

Derived terms

• alkalinizer

Related terms

• (transitive) alkalify
• basify

Translations

to convert to an alkali

• Catalan: alcalinitzar (ca)
• Portuguese: alcalinizar (pt)
• Spanish: alcalinizar (es)