catalyze

English

Alternative forms

• catalyse (mainly UK)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkætəˌlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

catalyze (third-person singular simple present catalyzes, present participle catalyzing, simple past and past participle catalyzed)

1. (chemistry)
2. (transitive) To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.
4. (transitive) To accelerate a process.
5. (transitive) To inspire significantly by catalysis.

Related terms

• catalysis
• catalyst
• catalytic
• catalyzer

Translations

to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction

• Asturian: catalizar
• Belarusian: каталізава́ць impf or pf (katalizavácʹ)
• Catalan: catalitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 催化 (zh) (cuīhuà)

• Danish: katalysere
• Dutch: katalyseren (nl)
• Finnish: katalysoida
• French: catalyser (fr)
• Galician: catalizar
• Hungarian: katalizál (hu)
• Icelandic: hvetja
• Italian: catalizzare (it)
• Latvian: katalizēt
• Polish: katalizować (pl)
• Portuguese: catalisar
• Russian: катализи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (katalizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: catalizar (es)
• Swedish: katalysera
• Ukrainian: каталізува́ти impf or pf (katalizuváty)
• Vietnamese: xúc tác

to accelerate a process

• Catalan: catalitzar (ca)
• Finnish: kiihdyttää (fi), jouduttaa (fi), katalysoida
• French: catalyser (fr)
• Galician: catalizar
• Hungarian: katalizál (hu)
• Italian: catalizzare (it)
• Polish: katalizować (pl)
• Portuguese: catalisar
• Russian: катализи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (katalizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: catalizar (es)
• Ukrainian: каталізува́ти impf or pf (katalizuváty)

Further reading

• “catalyze”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.