verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz/
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CMU ARPABET:P AE1 S CH ER0 AY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
pasteurize milk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pasteurise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
пастьоризѝрам
(pastjorizìram)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Catalan:
pasteuritzar
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Chinese Mandarin:
巴氏殺菌 /巴氏杀菌
(bāshì shājūn)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Czech:
pasterizovat
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Esperanto:
pasteŭrizi
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Finnish:
pastöroida
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
French:
pasteuriser
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
German:
pasteurisieren
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Greek:
παστεριώνω
(pasterióno)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Greek:
αποστειρώνω
(aposteiróno)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Hebrew:
פִּסְטֵר
(pistér)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Hungarian:
pasztőröz
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Icelandic:
gerilsneyða
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Ido:
pasteurisar
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Italian:
uperizzare
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Italian:
pastorizzare
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Japanese:
低温殺菌する
(teionsakkin suru)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Latin:
pasteurizō
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Eastern Mari:
пастеризоватлаш
(pasterizovatlaš)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Polish:
pasteryzować
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Portuguese:
pasteurizar
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Romanian:
pasteuriza
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Russian:
пастеризова́ть
(pastɛrizovátʹ)
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Spanish:
pasterizar
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Spanish:
pasteurizar
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Swedish:
pastörisera
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Turkish:
pastörize etmek
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Vietnamese:
thanh trùng
— to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
