crystallize

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• /ˈkɹɪstəlaɪz/
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From crystal + -ize. The double l reflects the classical stem found in its etyma, Latin crystallus and Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos), rather than the simplified spelling of the English base noun. Compare Hellenistic Greek κρυσταλλίζειν (krustallízein, “to shine like crystal”), post‐classical Latin crystallizare (“to change into crystal”), and French cristalliser.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kristalizoj — to make something form into crystals
• Bulgarian: кристализирам (kristaliziram) — to make something form into crystals
• Catalan: cristal·litzar — to make something form into crystals
• Chinese Mandarin: 結晶 /结晶 (jiéjīng) — to make something form into crystals
• Danish: krystallisere — to make something form into crystals
• Dutch: kristalliseren — to make something form into crystals
• Esperanto: kristaligi — to make something form into crystals
• Finnish: kiteyttää — to make something form into crystals
• French: cristalliser — to make something form into crystals
• German: kristallisieren — to make something form into crystals
• Malay: menghablurkan — to make something form into crystals
• Malay: mengkristalkan — to make something form into crystals
• Māori: whātioata — to make something form into crystals
• Polish: krystalizować — to make something form into crystals
• Portuguese: cristalizar — to make something form into crystals
• Russian: кристаллизова́ть (kristallizovátʹ) — to make something form into crystals
• Spanish: cristalizar — to make something form into crystals
• Swedish: kristallisera — to make something form into crystals
• Thai: ตกผลึก (dtòk-pà-lʉ̀k) — to make something form into crystals
• Vietnamese: kết tinh — to make something form into crystals
• Albanian: kristalizohem — to assume a crystalline form
• Bulgarian: кристализирам (kristaliziram) — to assume a crystalline form
• Catalan: cristal·litzar — to assume a crystalline form
• Czech: krystalizovat — to assume a crystalline form
• Danish: krystallisere — to assume a crystalline form
• Danish: udkrystallisere — to assume a crystalline form
• Danish: krystallisere sig — to assume a crystalline form
• Finnish: kiteytyä — to assume a crystalline form
• French: cristalliser — to assume a crystalline form
• Portuguese: cristalizar-se — to assume a crystalline form
• Russian: кристаллизова́ться (kristallizovátʹsja) — to assume a crystalline form
• Vietnamese: kết tinh — to assume a crystalline form
• Catalan: cristal·litzar — to give a precise form
• Danish: krystallisere — to give a precise form
• Esperanto: kristaligi — to give a precise form
• Finnish: kiteyttää — to give a precise form
• Catalan: cristal·litzar — take a definite form
• Danish: krystallisere — take a definite form
• Danish: krystallisere sig — take a definite form
• Danish: udkrystallisere — take a definite form
• Esperanto: kristaliĝi — take a definite form
• Finnish: kiteytyä — take a definite form
• Catalan: cristal·litzar — to coat with crystals
• Danish: krystallisere — to coat with crystals
• Danish: kandisere — to coat with crystals
• Finnish: sirotella sokerilla — to coat with crystals
• French: cristalliser — to coat with crystals
• Malay: menghablur — to coat with crystals
• Malay: mengkristal — to coat with crystals
• Portuguese: cristalizar — to coat with crystals