Meanings
verbcalcify (third-person singular simple present calcifies, present participle calcifying, simple past and past participle calcified)
present singular third person calcifies · participle present calcifying · participle past calcified · past calcified
- intransitivetransitiveTo make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calcify tissue
3 more examples
calcify rapidly
calcify with age
Over time, the arteries began to calcify.
- broadlyfigurativelyTo make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchcalcifier
- Englishcalcify
From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian калцирам, втвърдявам
- калцирам (kalciram)transitive
- втвърдявам (vtvărdjavam)transitive
- калцирам се (kalciram se)intransitive
- втвърдявам се (vtvărdjavam se)intransitive
Catalan calcificar
- calcificartransitive
Chinese Mandarin 鈣化 /钙化, 鈣化 /钙化
- 鈣化 /钙化 (gàihuà)transitive
- 鈣化 /钙化 (gàihuà)intransitive
Finnish kalkita, kalkkeutua
- kalkitatransitive
- kalkkeutuaintransitive
- kalkkiutuaintransitive
French calcifier, se calcifier
- calcifiertransitive
- se calcifierintransitive
Italian calcificare, calcificarsi
- calcificaretransitive
- calcificarsiintransitive
Polish zwapniać, zwapnić
- zwapniaćtransitive
- zwapnićtransitive
- wapniećintransitive
- zwapniećintransitive
Portuguese calcificar
- calcificartransitive
Russian превраща́ть в и́звесть, превраща́ться в и́звесть
- превраща́ть в и́звесть (prevraščátʹ v ízvestʹ)transitive
- превраща́ться в и́звесть (prevraščátʹsja v ízvestʹ)intransitive
- отвердевать (otverdevatʹ)intransitive
Spanish calcificar
- calcificartransitive
Swedish förkalka, förkalkas
- förkalkatransitive
- förkalkasintransitive
Tagalog kalsipikahan
- kalsipikahantransitive
Turkish kireçleşmek, kireçlenmek
- kireçleşmekintransitive
- kireçlenmekintransitive
Cite this entry
APA
calcify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcify
MLA
“calcify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calcify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcify.
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