Meanings
verbopalize (third-person singular simple present opalizes, present participle opalizing, simple past and past participle opalized)
present singular third person opalizes · participle present opalizing · participle past opalized · past opalized · alternative opalise
- transitiveTo convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
- transitiveTo make opalescent.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upéri
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*upári
- Sanskritउ॒परि॑ (upári)
- Sanskritउपल (upala)
- Medieval Greekὀπάλλιος (opállios)
- Latinopalu
- Frenchopale
- Englishopal
- Englishopalize
Translations
Finnish kivettyä, opalisoida
- kivettyäto convert into form of opal or chalcedony
- opalisoidato make opalescent
- opalisoituato make opalescent
Cite this entry
APA
opalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opalize
MLA
“opalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “opalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opalize.
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