calcify

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkælsɪfaɪ/

Verb

calcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
(figuratively, by extension) To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.

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Translations

transitive

Bulgarian: калцирам (kalciram), втвърдявам (bg) (vtvǎrdjavam)
Catalan: calcificar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鈣化／钙化 (zh) (gàihuà)
Finnish: kalkita (fi)
French: calcifier (fr)
Galician: calcificar (gl)
Italian: calcificare (it)
Portuguese: calcificar (pt)
Russian: превраща́ть в и́звесть (prevraščátʹ v ízvestʹ)
Spanish: calcificar (es)
Swedish: förkalka

intransitive

Bulgarian: калцирам се (kalciram se), втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鈣化／钙化 (zh) (gàihuà)
Finnish: kalkkeutua (fi), kalkkiutua
French: se calcifier (fr)
Galician: calcificarse
Italian: calcificarsi
Russian: превраща́ться в и́звесть (prevraščátʹsja v ízvestʹ), отвердевать (ru) (otverdevatʹ)
Swedish: förkalkas

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