catalyst

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ɪ.lɪst/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American: /ˈkæt.ə.lɪst/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American: [ˈkæɾ.ə.lɪst]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkɛt.ə.ləst/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈkɛɾ.ə.ləst]
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 T AH0 L AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English catalysis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English catalyst From catalysis + -ist.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَفَّاز (ḥaffāz) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Armenian: կատալիզատոր (katalizator) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Azerbaijani: katalizator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Belarusian: каталіза́тар (katalizátar) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Bulgarian: катализа́тор (katalizátor) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Catalan: catalitzador — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Chinese Mandarin: 觸媒 /触媒 (chùméi) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Chinese Mandarin: 催化劑 /催化剂 (cuīhuàjì) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Czech: katalyzátor — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Danish: katalysator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Dutch: katalysator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Esperanto: katalizilo — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Estonian: katalüsaator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Faroese: kveiki — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Finnish: katalyytti — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• French: catalyseur — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Georgian: კატალიზატორი (ḳaṭalizaṭori) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• German: Katalysator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Greek: καταλύτης (katalýtis) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Gujarati: ઉદ્દીપક (uddīpak) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Hebrew: זָרָז (zaráz) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Hebrew: קָטָלִיזָטוֹר (katalizatór) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Hindi: उत्प्रेरक (utprerak) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Hungarian: katalizátor — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Icelandic: efnahvati — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Icelandic: hvati — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Indonesian: katalis — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Indonesian: katalisator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Italian: catalizzatore — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Japanese: 触媒 (shokubai) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Kazakh: өршіткі (örşıtkı) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Korean: 촉매 (chongmae) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Kyrgyz: катализатор (katalizator) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Latvian: katalizators — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Malay: mangkin — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Malay: katalis — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Malay: katalisator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Māori: whākōkī — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Norwegian Bokmål: katalysator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Norwegian Nynorsk: katalysator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Persian: کاتالیزگر (kâtâlizgar) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Polish: katalizator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Portuguese: catalisador — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Romanian: catalizator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Russian: катализа́тор (katalizátor) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Serbo-Croatian: каталѝза̄тор — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Serbo-Croatian: katalìzātor — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Slovene: katalizator — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Spanish: catalizador — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Tagalog: pangganapbilos — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Tajik: катализатор (katalizator) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Tatar: катализатор (qatalizator) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Telugu: ఉత్ప్రేరకం (utprērakaṁ) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Thai: ตัวเร่ง (dtuua-rêng) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Turkish: katalizör — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Turkish: tezgen — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Turkish: ivdirgen — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Ukrainian: каталіза́тор (katalizátor) — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Vietnamese: chất xúc tác — substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
• Belarusian: каталіза́тар (katalizátar) — something that encourages progress or change
• Bulgarian: катализа́тор (katalizátor) — something that encourages progress or change
• Catalan: catalitzador — something that encourages progress or change
• Czech: katalyzátor — something that encourages progress or change
• Finnish: katalysaattori — something that encourages progress or change
• Finnish: katalyytti — something that encourages progress or change
• French: catalyseur — something that encourages progress or change
• French: ferment — something that encourages progress or change
• French: démiurge — something that encourages progress or change
• French: électron libre — something that encourages progress or change
• French: levain — something that encourages progress or change
• French: agitateur — something that encourages progress or change
• French: enzyme — something that encourages progress or change
• Greek: καταλύτης (katalýtis) — something that encourages progress or change
• Hungarian: katalizátor — something that encourages progress or change
• Indonesian: katalisator — something that encourages progress or change
• Italian: catalizzatore — something that encourages progress or change
• Norwegian Bokmål: katalysator — something that encourages progress or change
• Norwegian Nynorsk: katalysator — something that encourages progress or change
• Polish: katalizator — something that encourages progress or change
• Portuguese: catalisador — something that encourages progress or change
• Romanian: catalizator — something that encourages progress or change
• Russian: катализа́тор (katalizátor) — something that encourages progress or change
• Spanish: catalizador — something that encourages progress or change
• Spanish: fermento — something that encourages progress or change
• Spanish: levadura — something that encourages progress or change
• Spanish: agitador — something that encourages progress or change
• Spanish: demiurgo — something that encourages progress or change
• Spanish: enzima — something that encourages progress or change
• Thai: ตัวเร่ง (dtuua-rêng) — something that encourages progress or change
• Ukrainian: каталіза́тор (katalizátor) — something that encourages progress or change