ionize

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ey- Proto-Indo-European *h1éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion 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 ionize From ion + -ize.

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَيَّنَ (ʔayyana) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Bulgarian: йонизиран (joniziran) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Catalan: ionitzar — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Danish: ionisere — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Esperanto: jonigi — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Finnish: ionisoida — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Finnish: ionisoitua — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• French: ioniser — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• German: ionisieren — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Greek: ιονίζω (ionízo) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Hungarian: ionizál — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Icelandic: jóna — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Italian: ionizzare — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Māori: whakakatote — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Norwegian: ionisere — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Polish: jonizować — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Polish: zjonizować — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Portuguese: ionizar — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Romanian: ioniza — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Russian: ионизи́ровать (ionizírovatʹ) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Russian: ионизова́ть (ionizovátʹ) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Spanish: ionizar — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Swedish: jonisera — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Tagalog: sadagipikin — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Telugu: అయనీకరణం చెందు (ayanīkaraṇaṁ cendu) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Telugu: అయనీకరించు (ayanīkariñcu) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
• Ukrainian: іонізува́ти (ionizuváty) — to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species