neutralize

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːtɹəlaɪz/
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• General-American: /ˈnutɹəˌlaɪz/
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From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ize.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: asnjanësoj — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Armenian: չեզոքացնել (čʻezokʻacʻnel) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Asturian: neutralizar — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Belarusian: нейтралізава́ць (njejtralizavácʹ) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Bulgarian: неутрализирам (neutraliziram) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Catalan: neutralitzar — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Chinese Mandarin: 中和 (zhōnghé) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵消 (dǐxiāo) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Danish: neutralisere — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Dutch: neutraliseren — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Esperanto: neŭtraligi — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Finnish: neutraloida — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Finnish: neutralisoida — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• French: neutraliser — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Galician: neutralizar — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• German: neutralisieren — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Greek: εξουδετερώνω (exoudeteróno) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Hebrew: לְנַטְרֵל (lenatrél) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Hungarian: semlegesít — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Interlingua: neutralisar — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Irish: neodraigh — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Italian: neutralizzare — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Japanese: 中和する (chūwa suru) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Japanese: 相殺する (sōsai suru) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Korean: 중화하다 (junghwahada) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Latvian: neitralizēt — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Māori: whakangū — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Māori: whakaruhi — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Māori: whakangoikore — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøytralisere — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytralisere — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøytralisera — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Polish: neutralizować — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Portuguese: neutralizar — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Romanian: neutraliza — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Russian: нейтрализова́ть (nejtralizovátʹ) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Spanish: neutralizar — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Swedish: neutralisera — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Ukrainian: нейтралізува́ти (nejtralizuváty) — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Vietnamese: trung lập hóa — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Vietnamese: trung hòa — to make even, inactive or ineffective
• Bulgarian: неутрализирам (neutraliziram) — To make chemically neutral
• French: neutraliser — To make chemically neutral
• Greek: εξουδετερώνω (exoudeteróno) — To make chemically neutral
• Hebrew: לְנַטְרֵל (lenatrél) — To make chemically neutral
• Hungarian: semlegesít — To make chemically neutral
• Italian: neutralizzare — To make chemically neutral
• Māori: whakangū — To make chemically neutral
• Vietnamese: trung hòa — To make chemically neutral
• Hebrew: לְנַטְרֵל (lenatrél) — To kill (euphemism)
• Turkish: etkisiz hale getirmek — To kill (euphemism)