climatize

English

Etymology

From climate +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ.mɪtaɪz/

Verb

climatize (third-person singular simple present climatizes, present participle climatizing, simple past and past participle climatized)

1. To acclimatize or become acclimatized.
   • 2025 November 2 (last accessed), “Let’s Get Real! Magritte and the Nature of Reality”, in baptistcenter.com‎, archived from the original on 1 May 2006, page 14:

     Incidentally, the emphasis on the necessity of visual communication for the MTV generation is overblown. The MTV generation was climatized to visual media as an accident of history; had they been born in any other era they would have had to learn like anyone else.

2. To adapt for comfort in extreme climates, especially as regards to temperature.

Derived terms

• climatizer

Related terms

• climatization

References

• “climatize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Galician

Verb

climatize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of climatizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

climatize

1. inflection of climatizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative