Calcify

//ˈkælsɪfaɪ//

Synonyms for "calcify" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (5)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Translations

30 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • втвърдявам verb (transitive)
  • втвърдявам се verb (intransitive)
  • калцирам verb (transitive)
  • калцирам се verb (intransitive)

Catalan

1 entries
  • calcificar verb (transitive)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 鈣化 /钙化 verb (transitive)
  • 鈣化 /钙化 verb (intransitive)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kalkita verb (transitive)
  • kalkkeutua verb (intransitive)
  • kalkkiutua verb (intransitive)

French

2 entries
  • calcifier verb (transitive)
  • se calcifier verb (intransitive)

Galician

2 entries
  • calcificar verb (transitive)
  • calcificarse verb (intransitive)

Italian

2 entries
  • calcificare verb (transitive)
  • calcificarsi verb (intransitive)

Polish

4 entries
  • wapnieć verb (intransitive)
  • zwapniać verb (transitive)
  • zwapnieć verb (intransitive)
  • zwapnić verb (transitive)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • calcificar verb (transitive)

Russian

3 entries
  • отвердевать verb (intransitive)
  • превраща́ть в и́звесть verb (transitive)
  • превраща́ться в и́звесть verb (intransitive)

Spanish

1 entries
  • calcificar verb (transitive)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förkalka verb (transitive)
  • förkalkas verb (intransitive)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kalsipikahan verb (transitive)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kireçlenmek verb (intransitive)
  • kireçleşmek verb (intransitive)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

calcify tissue

Source: wiktionary

calcify rapidly

Source: wiktionary

calcify with age

Source: wiktionary

Over time, the arteries began to calcify.

Source: wiktionary

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