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metallize

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

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

coat with metal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: metalize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coat, surface

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal 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 metallize From metal + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մետաղացնել (metaġacʻnel) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Belarusian: металізаваць (mjetalizavacʹ) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Bulgarian: метализирам (metaliziram) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Catalan: metal·litzar — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使金屬化 /使金属化 (shǐ jīnshǔhuà) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用金屬處理 /用金属处理 (yòng jīnshǔ chǔlǐ) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Danish: metallisere — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Dutch: metalliseren — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Finnish: metallisoida — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • French: métalliser — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • German: metallisieren — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Hungarian: galvanizál — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Ido: metalizar — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Italian: metallizzare — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Piedmontese: metalisé — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Polish: metalizować — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Portuguese: metalizar — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Romanian: metaliza — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Russian: металлизи́ровать (metallizírovatʹ) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Spanish: metalizar — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Swedish: metallisera — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
  • Ukrainian: металізувати (metalizuvaty) — to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal