Meanings
plural pasteurisations · alternative pasteurization
- UKcountableuncountableHeat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.
1959 March, R. C. Rley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157
Synonyms & antonyms
nounpartial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchpasteurisation
- Englishpasteurisation
From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пастьоризация
- пастьоризация (pastjorizacija)treatment of perishable food
Chinese Mandarin 巴氏消毒法, 巴氏殺菌 /巴氏杀菌
- 巴氏消毒法 (Bāshì xiāodúfǎ)treatment of perishable food
- 巴氏殺菌 /巴氏杀菌 (Bāshì shājùn)treatment of perishable food
Czech pasterizace
- pasterizacetreatment of perishable food
Danish pasteurisering
- pasteuriseringtreatment of perishable food
Dutch pasteurisering, pasteurisatie
- pasteuriseringtreatment of perishable food
- pasteurisatietreatment of perishable food
Finnish pastörointi
- pastörointitreatment of perishable food
French pasteurisation
- pasteurisationtreatment of perishable food
German Pasteurisierung
- Pasteurisierungtreatment of perishable food
Greek παστερίωση
- παστερίωση (pasteríosi)treatment of perishable food
Icelandic gerilsneyðing
- gerilsneyðingtreatment of perishable food
Indonesian pasteurisasi
- pasteurisasitreatment of perishable food
Italian pastorizzazione
- pastorizzazionetreatment of perishable food
Japanese パスチャライゼーション, 低温殺菌
- パスチャライゼーション (pasucharaizēshon)treatment of perishable food
- 低温殺菌 (teion sakkin)treatment of perishable food
Norwegian Bokmål pasteurisering
- pasteuriseringtreatment of perishable food
Polish pasteryzacja
- pasteryzacjatreatment of perishable food
Portuguese pasteurização
- pasteurizaçãotreatment of perishable food
Romanian pasteurizare
- pasteurizaretreatment of perishable food
Russian пастериза́ция
- пастериза́ция (pastɛrizácija)treatment of perishable food
Slovak pasterizácia
- pasterizáciatreatment of perishable food
Spanish pasterización, pasteurización
- pasterizacióntreatment of perishable food
- pasteurizacióntreatment of perishable food
Swedish pastörisering
- pastöriseringtreatment of perishable food
Welsh pasteureiddiad
- pasteureiddiadtreatment of perishable food
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pasteurisation
Cite this entry
pasteurisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasteurisation
“pasteurisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasteurisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pasteurisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasteurisation.
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