Meanings
verbmummify (third-person singular simple present mummifies, present participle mummifying, simple past and past participle mummified)
present singular third person mummifies · participle present mummifying · participle past mummified · past mummified
- intransitiveTo become a mummy.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make into a mummy, by preserving a dead body.
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Origin
From mummy + -ify. Compare later French momifier.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَحْنَطَ, حَنَّطَ
- أَحْنَطَ (ʔaḥnaṭa)transitive: to mummify
- حَنَّطَ (ḥannaṭa)transitive: to mummify
Bulgarian мумифицирам
- мумифицирам (mumificiram)transitive: to mummify
Catalan momificar
- momificartransitive: to mummify
Czech mumifikovat
- mumifikovattransitive: to mummify
Dutch mummificeren
- mummificerentransitive: to mummify
Finnish muumioida, muumioitua
- muumioidatransitive: to mummify
- muumioituaintransitive: to become a mummy
French momifier
- momifiertransitive: to mummify
German mumifizieren, mumifizieren
- mumifizierentransitive: to mummify
- mumifizierenintransitive: to become a mummy
Greek ταριχεύω
- ταριχεύω (tarichévo)transitive: to mummify
Hungarian mumifikál, mumifikálódik
- mumifikáltransitive: to mummify
- mumifikálódikintransitive: to become a mummy
Irish mumaigh
- mumaightransitive: to mummify
Māori whakapakoko
- whakapakokotransitive: to mummify
Persian مومیایی کردن, مومیایی شدن
- مومیایی کردن (mumiyâyi kardan)transitive: to mummify
- مومیایی شدن (mumiyâyi šodan)intransitive: to become a mummy
Polish mumifikować, mumifikować się
- mumifikowaćtransitive: to mummify
- mumifikować sięintransitive: to become a mummy
Portuguese mumificar
- mumificartransitive: to mummify
Romanian mumifica, mumifia
- mumificatransitive: to mummify
- mumifiatransitive: to mummify
- mumificaintransitive: to become a mummy
- mumifiaintransitive: to become a mummy
Russian муммифицировать, муммифицироваться
- муммифицировать (mummificirovatʹ)transitive: to mummify
- муммифицироваться (mummificirovatʹsja)intransitive: to become a mummy
Slovak mumifikovať
- mumifikovaťtransitive: to mummify
Spanish momificar, momificarse
- momificartransitive: to mummify
- momificarseintransitive: to become a mummy
Swedish mumifiera
- mumifieratransitive: to mummify
Ukrainian муміфікувати, муміфікуватися
- муміфікувати (mumifikuvaty)transitive: to mummify
- муміфікуватися (mumifikuvatysja)intransitive: to become a mummy
Welsh mymïo
- mymïotransitive: to mummify
Cite this entry
APA
mummify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mummify
MLA
“mummify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mummify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mummify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mummify.
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