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Summary

English to French: more detail...

petrify:
- pétrifier
Wiktionary:
- petrification → pétrification
- petrify → pétrifier, méduser
- petrify → engourdir, raidir

French to English: more detail...

pétrification:
- petrifaction
Wiktionary:
- pétrification → petrification

English

Detailed Translations for petrification from English to French

petrification:

Translation Matrix for petrification:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	petrifaction
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	fossil

Related Words for "petrification":

petrify

Synonyms for "petrification":

petrifaction; fossilization; fossilisation

Related Definitions for "petrification":

the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape¹

Wiktionary Translations for petrification:

petrification

noun

conversion en matière pierreux de certaines substances du règne animal ou du règne végétal.
- pétrification → petrification

petrify:

to petrify verb (petrifies, petrified, petrifying)

to petrify
pétrifier
- pétrifier verb (pétrifie, pétrifies, pétrifions, pétrifiez, pétrifient, pétrifiais, pétrifiait, pétrifiions, pétrifiiez, pétrifiaient, pétrifiai, pétrifias, pétrifia, pétrifiâmes, pétrifiâtes, pétrifièrent, pétrifierai, pétrifieras, pétrifiera, pétrifierons, pétrifierez, pétrifieront)

Conjugations for petrify:

present

petrify
petrify
petrifies
petrify
petrify
petrify

simple past

petrified
petrified
petrified
petrified
petrified
petrified

present perfect

have petrified
have petrified
has petrified
have petrified
have petrified
have petrified

past continuous

was petrifying
were petrifying
was petrifying
were petrifying
were petrifying
were petrifying

future

shall petrify
will petrify
will petrify
shall petrify
will petrify
will petrify

continuous present

am petrifying
are petrifying
is petrifying
are petrifying
are petrifying
are petrifying

subjunctive

be petrified
be petrified
be petrified
be petrified
be petrified
be petrified

diverse

petrify!
let's petrify!
petrified
petrifying

1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for petrify:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
pétrifier	petrify	stiffen
-	lapidify; ossify; rigidify

Related Words for "petrify":

petrifying, petrified, petrification

Synonyms for "petrify":

deaden; blunt
lapidify; fossilize; fossilise
rigidify; ossify; stiffen

Related Definitions for "petrify":

cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned¹
- The horror petrified his feelings¹
- Fear petrified her thinking¹
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern¹
- slogans petrify our thinking¹
change into stone¹
- the wood petrified with time¹

Wiktionary Translations for petrify:

petrify

verb

to harden organic matter by depositing dissolved minerals
- petrify → pétrifier
to produce rigidness akin to stone
- petrify → pétrifier
to immobilize with fright
- petrify → pétrifier

petrify

verb

frapper de stupeur.
- méduser → transfix; petrify; paralyze; mesmerize; mesmerise; stupefy
convertir en matière pierreux.
- pétrifier → petrify

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• petrify	→ engourdir; raidir	↔ verstijven — stijf worden

French

Detailed Translations for petrification from French to English

pétrification:

pétrification [la ~] nomen

la pétrification
the petrifaction
- petrifaction [the ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for pétrification:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
petrifaction	pétrification

Synonyms for "pétrification":

fossilisation; stupéfaction; abasourdissement; interdit; ébahissement; épouvante; stalactite; concrétion; stalagmite

Wiktionary Translations for pétrification:

pétrification

noun

conversion en matière pierreux de certaines substances du règne animal ou du règne végétal.
- pétrification → petrification

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