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pasteurisation

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

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pasteurization

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sterilization, sterilisation

History

Etymology

From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пастьоризация (pastjorizacija) — treatment of perishable food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴氏消毒法 (Bāshì xiāodúfǎ) — treatment of perishable food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴氏殺菌 /巴氏杀菌 (Bāshì shājùn) — treatment of perishable food
  • Czech: pasterizace — treatment of perishable food
  • Danish: pasteurisering — treatment of perishable food
  • Dutch: pasteurisering — treatment of perishable food
  • Dutch: pasteurisatie — treatment of perishable food
  • Faroese: hitaviðgerð — treatment of perishable food
  • Finnish: pastörointi — treatment of perishable food
  • French: pasteurisation — treatment of perishable food
  • Georgian: პასტერიზაცია (ṗasṭerizacia) — treatment of perishable food
  • German: Pasteurisierung — treatment of perishable food
  • Greek: παστερίωση (pasteríosi) — treatment of perishable food
  • Icelandic: gerilsneyðing — treatment of perishable food
  • Indonesian: pasteurisasi — treatment of perishable food
  • Italian: pastorizzazione — treatment of perishable food
  • Japanese: パスチャライゼーション (pasucharaizēshon) — treatment of perishable food
  • Japanese: 低温殺菌 (teion sakkin) — treatment of perishable food
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pasteurisering — treatment of perishable food
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pasteurisering — treatment of perishable food
  • Occitan: pasteurizacion — treatment of perishable food
  • Polish: pasteryzacja — treatment of perishable food
  • Portuguese: pasteurização — treatment of perishable food
  • Romanian: pasteurizare — treatment of perishable food
  • Russian: пастериза́ция (pastɛrizácija) — treatment of perishable food
  • Slovak: pasterizácia — treatment of perishable food
  • Spanish: pasterización — treatment of perishable food
  • Spanish: pasteurización — treatment of perishable food
  • Swedish: pastörisering — treatment of perishable food
  • Welsh: pasteureiddiad — treatment of perishable food