acclimatize

English

Alternative forms

• acclimatise (chiefly British)

Etymology

From acclimate +‎ -ize. First attested in 1836.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈklaɪ.məˌtaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cli‧ma‧tize

Verb

acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)

1. (intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.

   acclimatize to the new regulations

2. (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

   acclimatize the staff to the new regulations

Derived terms

• acclimatizable
• acclimatization
• acclimatizer
• reacclimatize

 

Related terms

• acclimate
• acclimation

Translations

to get used to a new climate

• Bulgarian: аклиматизи́рам се (bg) (aklimatizíram se)
• Czech: aklimatizovat
• Dutch: acclimatiseren (nl)
• Finnish: sopeutua ilmastoon, mukautua ilmastoon, tottua ilmastoon, akklimatisoitua (fi)
• French: acclimater (fr)
• German: sich akklimatisieren (de)
• Hebrew: התאקלם (he) (hit'aklém), התרגל (hitragél)
• Ido: aklimatar (io)
• Interlingua: acclimatar se
• Italian: acclimatare (it)
• Polish: aklimatyzować (pl) impf (someone/something else), zaaklimatyzować pf ((someone/something else)), aklimatyzować się impf (oneself), zaaklimatyzować się pf (oneself)
• Portuguese: aclimatar (pt)
• Russian: акклиматизи́роваться (ru) (akklimatizírovatʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аклиматизи́рати

  Roman: aklimatizírati (sh)

• Spanish: aclimatarse (es)
• Swedish: acklimatisera (sv) sig

to make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances

• Bulgarian: аклиматизи́рам (bg) (aklimatizíram)
• Dutch: acclimatiseren (nl)
• Finnish: akklimatisoida (fi), totuttaa ilmastoon, sopeuttaa ilmastoon
• French: acclimater (fr)
• German: akklimatisieren (de)
• Hebrew: אקלם (he) (iklém), הרגיל (he) (hirgíl)
• Ido: aklimatar (io)
• Interlingua: acclimatar
• Italian: acclimatare (it)
• Polish: aklimatyzować (pl) impf (someone/something else), zaaklimatyzować pf ((someone/something else)), aklimatyzować się impf (oneself), zaaklimatyzować się pf (oneself)
• Maori: whakaarotau
• Portuguese: aclimatar (pt)
• Russian: акклиматизи́ровать (ru) (akklimatizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: aclimatarse (es)
• Swedish: acklimatisera (sv)