pasteurize

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US/ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/UK/ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz/

verb

To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

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pasteurise
OriginFrench pasteuriser →
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Meanings

verbpasteurize (third-person singular simple present pasteurizes, present participle pasteurizing, simple past and past participle pasteurized)

present singular third person pasteurizes · participle present pasteurizing · participle past pasteurized · past pasteurized · alternative pasteurise

  1. transitiveTo heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbheat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms

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pasteurise
Broader
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pasteurise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchpasteuriser
  2. Englishpasteurize

Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ize.

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Translations

Bulgarian пастьоризѝрам
  • пастьоризѝрам (pastjorizìram)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Catalan pasteuritzar
  • pasteuritzarto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Chinese Mandarin 巴氏殺菌 /巴氏杀菌
  • 巴氏殺菌 /巴氏杀菌 (bāshì shājūn)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Czech pasterizovat
  • pasterizovatto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Esperanto pasteŭrizi
  • pasteŭrizito heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Finnish pastöroida
  • pastöroidato heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
French pasteuriser
  • pasteuriserto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
German pasteurisieren
  • pasteurisierento heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Greek παστεριώνω, αποστειρώνω
  • παστεριώνω (pasterióno)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
  • αποστειρώνω (aposteiróno)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Hebrew פִּסְטֵר
  • פִּסְטֵר (pistér)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Hungarian pasztőröz
  • pasztőrözto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Icelandic gerilsneyða
  • gerilsneyðato heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Italian uperizzare, pastorizzare
  • uperizzareto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
  • pastorizzareto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Japanese 低温殺菌する
  • 低温殺菌する (teionsakkin suru)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Latin pasteurizō
  • pasteurizōto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Polish pasteryzować
  • pasteryzowaćto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Portuguese pasteurizar
  • pasteurizarto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Romanian pasteuriza
  • pasteurizato heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Russian пастеризова́ть
  • пастеризова́ть (pastɛrizovátʹ)to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Spanish pasterizar, pasteurizar
  • pasterizarto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
  • pasteurizarto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Swedish pastörisera
  • pastöriserato heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Turkish pastörize etmek
  • pastörize etmekto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Vietnamese thanh trùng
  • thanh trùngto heat food in order to kill harmful organisms
Cite this entry
APA

pasteurize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasteurize

MLA

“pasteurize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasteurize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pasteurize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasteurize.

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