stiffen

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• /ˈstɪfən/
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From Middle English stifnen, equivalent to stiff + -en.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: втвърдявам (vtvǎrdjavam) — to make stiff
• Chinese Mandarin: 使僵硬 — to make stiff
• Finnish: jäykistää — to make stiff
• Finnish: jähmettää — to make stiff
• Finnish: kangistaa — to make stiff
• French: raidir — to make stiff
• French: endurcir — to make stiff
• German: aussteifen — to make stiff
• German: versteifen — to make stiff
• German: verstärken — to make stiff
• German: ertüchtigen — to make stiff
• German: aufdoppeln — to make stiff
• Ido: rigidigar — to make stiff
• Irish: stalc — to make stiff
• Italian: irrigidire — to make stiff
• Māori: whakamakiki — to make stiff
• Māori: whakawhena — to make stiff
• Norwegian: stivne — to make stiff
• Polish: zastawać — to make stiff
• Portuguese: endurecer — to make stiff
• Romanian: întări — to make stiff
• Sicilian: attrunzari — to make stiff
• Sicilian: aggigghiari — to make stiff
• Spanish: atiesar — to make stiff
• Spanish: entiesar — to make stiff
• Spanish: endurecer — to make stiff
• Volapük: stifükön — to make stiff
• Arabic: جَمَدَ (jamada) — to become stiff
• Bulgarian: втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se) — to become stiff
• Bulgarian: вкочанясвам се (vkočanjasvam se) — to become stiff
• Chinese Mandarin: 变硬 — to become stiff
• Czech: ztuhnout — to become stiff
• Czech: ztvrdnout — to become stiff
• Danish: stivne — to become stiff
• Finnish: jäykistyä — to become stiff
• Finnish: jähmettyä — to become stiff
• Finnish: kangistua — to become stiff
• French: se raidir — to become stiff
• French: s'endurcir — to become stiff
• German: versteifen — to become stiff
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gastaurknan) — to become stiff
• Hungarian: merevedik — to become stiff
• Icelandic: stífna — to become stiff
• Ingrian: kangeta — to become stiff
• Irish: stalc — to become stiff
• Italian: irrigidirsi — to become stiff
• Italian: indurirsi — to become stiff
• Italian: solidificarsi — to become stiff
• Latin: rigēscō — to become stiff
• Northern Mansi: а̄гмалтаӈкве (āgmaltaňkve) — to become stiff
• Norwegian: stivne — to become stiff
• Polish: zastać — to become stiff
• Portuguese: endurecer — to become stiff
• Romanian: întări — to become stiff
• Slovak: stvrdnúť — to become stiff
• Slovak: stuhnúť — to become stiff
• Spanish: atiesarse — to become stiff
• Spanish: entiesarse — to become stiff
• Spanish: endurecerse — to become stiff
• Swedish: styvna — to become stiff
• Swedish: stelna — to become stiff
• Swedish: bli styv — to become stiff
• Swedish: bli stel — to become stiff
• Tamil: மர (mara) — to become stiff
• Volapük: stifikön — to become stiff