French word

volatiliser

Pronunciation

IPA/volatilize/

Meaning

  • verbevaporate

Example

La chaleur va volatiliser l'alcool.

The heat will evaporate the alcohol.

Illustration for volatiliser (evaporate)

More examples

L'odeur du parfum se volatilise rapidement.

The scent of the perfume evaporates quickly.

Core concept

An unseen stream lifts alcohol from a container as vapor.

Common phrases

  • volatiliser l'alcool

    evaporate alcohol

  • volatiliser une substance

    evaporate a substance

Similar words

s'évaporer: Vanish naturally as vapor forms.
disparaître: Disappear from view.
vaporiser: Spray liquid as a cloud of fine droplets.

Definition in French

Rendre une substance volatile en la transformant en vapeur.

Word origin

French formed volatiliser from volatil, inherited through Latin volatilis from volare 'to fly', by adding the suffix -iser.

Usage tips

  • French commonly uses s'évaporer for natural evaporation, while volatiliser presents an agent that causes the substance to become vapor.

Opposites

Related words

  • volatilisationvolatilizationnoun
  • volatilevolatileadjective

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