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vitrify

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈvɪt.ɹɪˌfaɪ/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To be converted into glass, especially through heat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

4

verb

Meaning 4

change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

History

Etymology

From Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: остъклявам (ostǎkljavam) — convert into glassy substance
  • Catalan: vitrificar — convert into glassy substance
  • Catalan: envidriar — convert into glassy substance
  • Czech: zeskelnatět — convert into glassy substance
  • Danish: forglasse — convert into glassy substance
  • French: vitrer — convert into glassy substance
  • French: vitrifier — convert into glassy substance
  • Greek: υαλοποιώ (yalopoió) — convert into glassy substance
  • Ido: vitrigar — convert into glassy substance
  • Irish: gloinigh — convert into glassy substance
  • Italian: vetrificare — convert into glassy substance
  • Portuguese: vitrificar — convert into glassy substance
  • Spanish: vitrificar — convert into glassy substance
  • Turkish: camlaştırmak — convert into glassy substance
  • French: vitrifier — to be made into glass
  • Ido: vitreskar — to be made into glass
  • Irish: gloinigh — to be made into glass
  • Polish: zeszklić — to be made into glass
  • Portuguese: vitrificar — to be made into glass
  • Spanish: vitrificar — to be made into glass
  • Spanish: vitrificarse — to be made into glass
  • Turkish: camlaşmak — to be made into glass