calcine

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkælsaɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kælˈsaɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈkælˌsaɪn/
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• rhymes with (one pronunciation) -aɪn
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The verb is derived from Late Middle English calcinen (“(alchemy, medicine) to heat (something) until it turns to powder; to change the nature of (something) by heating”) [and other forms], from Old French calciner (modern French calciner (“to calcinate; to calcine”)) and from its etymon Medieval Latin calcināre (“(alchemy) to burn like lime; to reduce to calx”), from Late Latin calcīna (“inorganic material containing calcium, lime”) + -āre (suffix forming present active infinitive forms of verbs). Calcīna is derived from Latin calcis, the genitive singular of calx (“chalk; limestone”), possibly from Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx, “small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble”); further etymology unknown, possibly Pre-Greek. The noun is derived from the verb.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: bişirmək — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Bulgarian: калцинирам (kalciniram) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Catalan: calcinar — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Chinese Mandarin: 煅 (duàn) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Danish: udgløde — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Finnish: kalsinoida — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Finnish: pasuttaa — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• French: calciner — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: calcinieren — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: kalzinieren — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: ausglühen — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: brennen — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: glühen — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: Kalk brennen — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: kalkbrennen — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• German: rösten — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Greek: απασβεστώνω (apasvestóno) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Hungarian: kalcinál — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Hungarian: éget — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Hungarian: hevít — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Hungarian: kiéget — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Italian: calcinare — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Italian: calcinàre — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Norwegian Bokmål: kalsinere — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalsinera — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalsinere — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Polish: prażyć — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Polish: uprażyć — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Romanian: a calcina — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: кальцини́ровать (kalʹcinírovatʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: обже́чь (obžéčʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: обжига́ть (obžigátʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: прока́ливать (prokálivatʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: выка́ливать (vykálivatʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: выкаля́ть (vykaljátʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Russian: вы́калить (výkalitʹ) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Spanish: calcinar — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Tamil: சுடு (cuṭu) — to heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it
• Bulgarian: калцинирам се (kalciniram se) — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it
• Danish: gløde ud — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it
• Finnish: pasuttua — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it
• Hungarian: kalcinálódik — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it
• Hungarian: ég — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it
• Hungarian: hevül — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it
• Hungarian: kiég — of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it