Meanings
present singular third person metallizes · participle present metallizing · participle past metallized · past metallized · alternative metalize · alternative metallise · alternative metalise
- To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμέταλλον (métallon)
- Latinmetallum
- Old Frenchmeta
- Middle Englishmetal
- Englishmetal
- Englishmetallize
Translations
Bulgarian метализирам
- метализирам (metaliziram)to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Catalan metal·litzar
- metal·litzarto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Chinese Mandarin 使金屬化 /使金属化, 用金屬處理 /用金属处理
- 使金屬化 /使金属化 (shǐ jīnshǔhuà)to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
- 用金屬處理 /用金属处理 (yòng jīnshǔ chǔlǐ)to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Danish metallisere
- metallisereto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Dutch metalliseren
- metalliserento coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Finnish metallisoida
- metallisoidato coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
French métalliser
- métalliserto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
German metallisieren
- metallisierento coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Hungarian galvanizál
- galvanizálto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Italian metallizzare
- metallizzareto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Polish metalizować
- metalizowaćto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Portuguese metalizar
- metalizarto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Romanian metaliza
- metalizato coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Russian металлизи́ровать
- металлизи́ровать (metallizírovatʹ)to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Spanish metalizar
- metalizarto coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Swedish metallisera
- metalliserato coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Ukrainian металізувати
- металізувати (metalizuvaty)to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
Cite this entry
metallize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallize
“metallize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metallize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallize.
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