Meanings
present singular third person oxidizes · participle present oxidizing · participle past oxidized · past oxidized · alternative UK oxidise · alternative obsolete oxydize
- transitivechemistryTo combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
1 more example
Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist - intransitiveTo become oxidized.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbenter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
verbadd oxygen to or combine with oxygen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
- Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchoxygène
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*akēō
- Latinaceō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinacidu
- Frenchacide
- Frenchoxide
- Englishoxide
- Englishoxidize
Translations
Bulgarian окислявам, окисля
- окислявам (okisljavam)to combine with oxygen
- окисля (okislja)to combine with oxygen
- окислявам (okisljavam)to increase the valence
- окисля (okislja)to increase the valence
- оксидирам (oksidiram)to coat something with an oxide
- окислявам се (okisljavam se)to become oxidized
- окисля се (okislja se)to become oxidized
Catalan oxidar
- oxidarto combine with oxygen
Chinese Mandarin 氧化
- 氧化 (yǎnghuà)to increase the valence
Czech oxidovat
- oxidovatto combine with oxygen
Danish oxidere
- oxidereto increase the valence
Finnish hapettaa, hapettaa
- hapettaato combine with oxygen
- hapettaato increase the valence
- hapettaato coat something with an oxide
- hapettuato become oxidized
French oxyder
- oxyderto combine with oxygen
German oxidieren
- oxidierento combine with oxygen
Hebrew חִמְצֵן
- חִמְצֵן (ẖimtzén)to increase the valence
Hungarian oxidál, oxidálódik
- oxidálto combine with oxygen
- oxidálódikto become oxidized
Italian ossidare, ossidarsi
- ossidareto combine with oxygen
- ossidarsito become oxidized
Persian اکسیدن
- اکسیدن (oksidan)to combine with oxygen
Polish utleniać, utlenić
- utleniaćto combine with oxygen
- utlenićto combine with oxygen
- utlenićto increase the valence
- utleniaćto increase the valence
Portuguese oxidar, oxidar
- oxidarto combine with oxygen
- oxidarto increase the valence
- oxidarto coat something with an oxide
- oxidarto become oxidized
Romanian oxida, oxigena
- oxidato combine with oxygen
- oxigenato combine with oxygen
- oxidato become oxidized
Spanish oxidar, oxidarse
- oxidarto combine with oxygen
- oxidarseto become oxidized
Turkish okside etmek, oksitlemek
- okside etmekto combine with oxygen
- oksitlemekto combine with oxygen
- yükseltgemekto combine with oxygen
- okside olmakto become oxidized
- oksitlenmekto become oxidized
- yükseltgenmekto become oxidized
Vietnamese làm gỉ, oxy hoá
- làm gỉto combine with oxygen
- oxy hoáto combine with oxygen
- oxy hoáto become oxidized
Cite this entry
oxidize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxidize
“oxidize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxidize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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