petrify

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• US: /ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/
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From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: petrificar — to harden organic matter
• Bulgarian: вкаменявам (vkamenjavam) — to harden organic matter
• Catalan: petrificar — to harden organic matter
• Danish: forstene — to harden organic matter
• Dutch: verstenen — to harden organic matter
• Finnish: kivettää — to harden organic matter
• French: pétrifier — to harden organic matter
• Galician: petrificar — to harden organic matter
• German: versteinern — to harden organic matter
• Greek: απολιθώνω (apolithóno) — to harden organic matter
• Ancient Greek: πωρόω (pōróō) — to harden organic matter
• Italian: pietrificare — to harden organic matter
• Japanese: 石化する (sekika suru) — to harden organic matter
• Portuguese: petrificar — to harden organic matter
• Romanian: petrifica — to harden organic matter
• Russian: превраща́ть в ка́мень (prevraščátʹ v kámenʹ) — to harden organic matter
• Spanish: petrificar — to harden organic matter
• Swedish: förstena — to harden organic matter
• Turkish: taşlaşmak — to harden organic matter
• Turkish: taşa dönmek — to harden organic matter
• Welsh: caregu — to harden organic matter
• Bulgarian: вкаменявам (vkamenjavam) — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Catalan: petrificar — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Danish: forstene — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Dutch: verstenen — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Finnish: kovettaa — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• French: pétrifier — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• German: versteinern — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Greek: απολιθώνω (apolithóno) — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Ancient Greek: πωρόω (pōróō) — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Hindi: पथराना (pathrānā) — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Portuguese: petrificar — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Romanian: petrifica — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Swedish: förstena — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Turkish: taşlaştırmak — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Welsh: caregu — to produce rigidity akin to stone
• Bulgarian: вцепенявам (vcepenjavam) — to immobilize with fright
• Catalan: petrificar — to immobilize with fright
• Danish: forstene — to immobilize with fright
• Dutch: verstenen — to immobilize with fright
• Dutch: verstarren — to immobilize with fright
• Finnish: kivettää — to immobilize with fright
• Finnish: jähmettää — to immobilize with fright
• French: pétrifier — to immobilize with fright
• Galician: petrificar — to immobilize with fright
• German: erstarren — to immobilize with fright
• Polish: drętwieć — to immobilize with fright
• Polish: zdrętwieć — to immobilize with fright
• Polish: lodowacieć — to immobilize with fright
• Polish: zlodowacieć — to immobilize with fright
• Portuguese: petrificar — to immobilize with fright
• Romanian: petrifica — to immobilize with fright
• Romanian: împietri — to immobilize with fright
• Spanish: petrificar — to immobilize with fright
• Swedish: förstena — to immobilize with fright
• Tagalog: nanigas — to immobilize with fright
• Turkish: donakalmak — to immobilize with fright
• Turkish: taşlaşmak — to immobilize with fright
• Turkish: taş kesilmek — to immobilize with fright
• Ukrainian: ціпені́ти (cipeníty) — to immobilize with fright
• Welsh: fferru — to immobilize with fright
• Bulgarian: вкаменявам се (vkamenjavam se) — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Chinese Mandarin: 石化 (shíhuà) — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Finnish: kivettyä — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Hindi: पथराना (pathrānā) — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Latin: lapidesco — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Russian: камене́ть (kamenétʹ) — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Russian: окамене́ть (okamenétʹ) — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Turkish: taşlaşmak — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Welsh: caregu — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Welsh: fferru — to become stone, or of a stony hardness
• Bulgarian: вкаменявам се (vkamenjavam se) — to become stony, callous, or obdurate
• Finnish: kovettua — to become stony, callous, or obdurate
• Russian: камене́ть (kamenétʹ) — to become stony, callous, or obdurate
• Russian: окамене́ть (okamenétʹ) — to become stony, callous, or obdurate
• Chinese Mandarin: 使发呆 — to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification
• Finnish: jähmettää — to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification
• Finnish: kovettaa — to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification
• Turkish: taşlaştırmak — to make callous or obdurate; to transform as by petrification