"passivate" meaning in All languages combined

See passivate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-passivate.wav Forms: passivates [present, singular, third-person], passivating [participle, present], passivated [participle, past], passivated [past]
Etymology: From passive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|passive|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} passive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} passivate (third-person singular simple present passivates, present participle passivating, simple past and past participle passivated)
  1. (chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating Derived forms: passivation Translations (to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface): пасивирам (pasiviram) (Bulgarian), passivar (Catalan), passivoida (Finnish), passivieren (German), passivare (Italian)

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} passivate
  1. second-person plural imperfect indicative of passire Tags: form-of, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person Form of: passire
    Sense id: en-passivate-it-verb-rBNna6-l Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 23 36 5 3
  2. inflection of passivare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: passivare
    Sense id: en-passivate-it-verb-Kq0jISTf Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 23 36 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 28 44 3 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 31 52 13 5
  3. inflection of passivare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: passivare
    Sense id: en-passivate-it-verb-YPeGqNAn
  4. feminine plural of passivato Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: passivato
    Sense id: en-passivate-it-verb-NiIlaISK

Inflected forms

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