Meanings
verbionize (third-person singular simple present ionizes, present participle ionizing, simple past and past participle ionized)
present singular third person ionizes · participle present ionizing · participle past ionized · past ionized · alternative ionise
- physicalchemistryTo dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
- Proto-Hellenic*éimi
- Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
- Englishion
- Englishionize
Translations
Arabic أَيَّنَ
- أَيَّنَ (ʔayyana)to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Bulgarian йонизиран
- йонизиран (joniziran)to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Catalan ionitzar
- ionitzarto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Danish ionisere
- ionisereto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Esperanto jonigi
- jonigito dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Finnish ionisoida, ionisoitua
- ionisoidato dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
- ionisoituato dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
French ioniser
- ioniserto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
German ionisieren
- ionisierento dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Greek ιονίζω
- ιονίζω (ionízo)to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Hungarian ionizál
- ionizálto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Icelandic jóna
- jónato dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Italian ionizzare
- ionizzareto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Māori whakakatote
- whakakatoteto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Norwegian ionisere
- ionisereto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Polish jonizować, zjonizować
- jonizowaćto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
- zjonizowaćto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Portuguese ionizar
- ionizarto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Romanian ioniza
- ionizato dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Russian ионизи́ровать, ионизова́ть
- ионизи́ровать (ionizírovatʹ)to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
- ионизова́ть (ionizovátʹ)to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Spanish ionizar
- ionizarto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Swedish jonisera
- joniserato dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Tagalog sadagipikin
- sadagipikinto dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Ukrainian іонізува́ти
- іонізува́ти (ionizuváty)to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species
Cite this entry
APA
ionize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ionize
MLA
“ionize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ionize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ionize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ionize.
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