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gasify

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

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  • General-American: /ˈɡæsɪfaɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G AE2 S AH0 F AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To convert into a gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes; to become a gas or aeriform fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

turn into gas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The substance gasified

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vaporize, vaporise, aerify

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change integrity

Narrower terms: sublime, sublimate

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵheh2-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English gasify From gas + -ify.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: газифицирам (gazificiram) — to convert into gas
  • Bulgarian: превръщам в газ (prevrǎštam v gaz) — to convert into gas
  • Catalan: gasificar — to convert into gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣化 /气化 (qìhuà) — to convert into gas
  • Finnish: kaasuttaa — to convert into gas
  • Finnish: kaasuunnuttaa — to convert into gas
  • French: gazéifier — to convert into gas
  • German: vergasen — to convert into gas
  • Greek: αεριοποιώ (aeriopoió) — to convert into gas
  • Italian: gassificare — to convert into gas
  • Japanese: 気化する (kika suru) — to convert into gas
  • Kazakh: газдандыру (gazdandyru) — to convert into gas
  • Korean: 기화(氣化)하다 (gihwahada) — to convert into gas
  • Polish: gazyfikować — to convert into gas
  • Polish: zgazyfikować — to convert into gas
  • Polish: zgazowywać — to convert into gas
  • Polish: zgazować — to convert into gas
  • Portuguese: gaseificar — to convert into gas
  • Portuguese: gasificar — to convert into gas
  • Romanian: gazifica — to convert into gas
  • Russian: газифици́ровать (gazificírovatʹ) — to convert into gas
  • Russian: превраща́ть в газ (prevraščátʹ v gaz) — to convert into gas
  • Spanish: gasificar — to convert into gas
  • Vietnamese: khí hoá — to convert into gas