"carbonify" meaning in All languages combined

See carbonify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: carbonifies [present, singular, third-person], carbonifying [participle, present], carbonified [participle, past], carbonified [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English carbonify From carbon + -ify. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|carbon|-ify|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English carbonify [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "carbon", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "charcoal", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "heat", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kerh₃-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "carbō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "carbone", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "carbon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "-ificāre", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-i-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "connecting vowel" }, { "gloss" : "-ify", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-fakāō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ficō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ificō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ifier", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ifien", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "carbonify", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="carbonify"> From carbon + -ify. Head templates: {{en-verb}} carbonify (third-person singular simple present carbonifies, present participle carbonifying, simple past and past participle carbonified)
  1. To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.

Inflected forms

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