verb
Meaning 1
To form a scar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cicatrize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
/ˈsɪkətɹaɪz/
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
verb
Meaning 2
To treat or heal (a wound) by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
form a scar, after an injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cicatrise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scar, mark, pock, pit
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cicatrixbor. English cicatrix 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 cicatrize From cicatrix + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зараствам (zarastvam) — to form a scar
- Catalan: cicatritzar — to form a scar
- German: vernarben — to form a scar
- Polish: zabliźniać się — to form a scar
- Polish: zabliźnić się — to form a scar
- Russian: рубцеваться (rubcevatʹsja) — to form a scar
- Spanish: cicatrizar — to form a scar
- Spanish: cicatrizarse — to form a scar
- Polish: zabliźniać — to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form
- Polish: zabliźnić — to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form
- Spanish: cicatrizar — to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form