galvanization

English

Alternative forms

• galvanisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

French galvaniserlbor.

English galvanize

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English galvanization

From galvanize + -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

galvanization (plural galvanizations)

1. The act or process of galvanizing.

Derived terms

• electrogalvanization

Related terms

• galvanize

Translations

the process of galvanizing

• Bulgarian: галваниза́ция f (galvanizácija)
• Catalan: galvanització
• Czech: galvanizace f
• Dutch: galvanisering f
• Finnish: galvanisaatio
• French: galvanisation (fr) f
• Galician: galvanización (gl) f
• German: Galvanisierung f
• Greek: γαλβανισμός (el) (galvanismós), επιψευδαργύρωση (el) (epipsevdargýrosi)
• Irish: galbhánú m, miotalú leictreach m
• Italian: galvanizzazione (it) f
• Latvian: galvanizācija f
• Macedonian: галваниза́ција f (galvanizácija)
• Occitan: galvanizacion f
• Polish: galwanizacja (pl), galwanizowanie
• Portuguese: galvanização f
• Russian: гальваниза́ция (ru) f (galʹvanizácija)
• Slovak: galvanizácia (sk) f
• Spanish: galvanización (es) f
• Swedish: galvanisering (sv) c