"caramelize" meaning in English

See caramelize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkaɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/, /ˈkɑɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caramelize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: caramelizes [present, singular, third-person], caramelizing [participle, present], caramelized [participle, past], caramelized [past], caramelise [alternative], carmelize [alternative, US, nonstandard]
Etymology: Etymology tree English caramel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caramelize From caramel + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|caramel|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English caramel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caramelize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "caramelize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="caramelize"> From caramel + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} caramelize (third-person singular simple present caramelizes, present participle caramelizing, simple past and past participle caramelized)
  1. (cooking, transitive) To convert (sugar) into caramel. Tags: transitive Translations (convert sugar into caramel): karamellisoida (Finnish), karmelizować [imperfective] (Polish), skarmelizować [perfective] (Polish), karamelize etmek (Turkish), карамелізувати (karamelizuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (cooking, transitive) To brown (sugar, or a foodstuff containing sugar) by means of heat. Tags: transitive Translations (brown sugar): acaramel·lar (Catalan), caramel·litzar (Catalan), karameligi (Esperanto), karamellisoida (Finnish), caraméliser (French), karamellisieren (German), caramellare (Italian), caramellizzare (Italian), karamellisere (Norwegian Bokmål), karmelizować [imperfective] (Polish), skarmelizować [perfective] (Polish), caramelizar (Portuguese), acaramelar (Spanish), caramelizar (Spanish), karamellisera (Swedish), karamelize etmek (Turkish), карамелізувати (karamelizuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-caramelize-en-verb-d2Jr~MGN Categories (other): Cooking, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -ize, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 30 32 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 30 38 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'brown sugar': 28 59 13
  3. (cooking, intransitive) To undergo this kind of conversion or browning. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-caramelize-en-verb-hOUDxsuC Categories (other): Cooking, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 32 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 29 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 30 32 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 27 46 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 19 62 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 20 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 20 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 21 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 21 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 22 56 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caramelization, caramelizer, uncaramelized
Categories (other): Fire Disambiguation of Fire: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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