"metallize" meaning in English

See metallize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: metallizes [present, singular, third-person], metallizing [participle, present], metallized [participle, past], metallized [past]
Etymology: From metal + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|metal|ize}} metal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} metallize (third-person singular simple present metallizes, present participle metallizing, simple past and past participle metallized)
  1. To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal. Synonyms: metalize, metallise, metalise Derived forms: demetallize Translations (to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal): մետաղացնել (metaġacʻnel) (Armenian), металізаваць (mjetalizavacʹ) (Belarusian), метализирам (metaliziram) (Bulgarian), metal·litzar (Catalan), 使金屬化 (Chinese Mandarin), 使金属化 (shǐ jīnshǔhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 用金屬處理 (Chinese Mandarin), 用金属处理 (yòng jīnshǔ chǔlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), metallisere (Danish), metalliseren (Dutch), metallisoida (Finnish), métalliser (French), metallisieren (German), galvanizál (Hungarian), metalizar (Ido), metallizzare (Italian), metalisé (Piedmontese), metalizować (Polish), metalizar (Portuguese), metaliza (Romanian), металлизи́ровать (metallizírovatʹ) (Russian), metalizar (Spanish), metallisera (Swedish), металізувати (metalizuvaty) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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