autoclave

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔt.əˌkleɪv/, /ˈɔt.oʊˌkleɪv/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑt.əˌkleɪv/, /ˈɑt.oʊˌkleɪv/

  • Audio (General American, cot–caught merger):

    (file)

Noun

autoclave (plural autoclaves)

1. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

Derived terms

• autoclavability
• autoclavable
• autoclavation
• unautoclaved

 

Translations

sterilized heating vessel

• Albanian: autoklavë (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高壓釜／高压釜 (zh) (gāoyāfǔ) (mainland China), 滅菌釜／灭菌釜 (mièjūnfǔ) (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

• Czech: autokláv m
• Finnish: autoklaavi (fi)
• French: autoclave (fr) m
• German: Autoklav (de) m
• Indonesian: autoklaf (id)
• Japanese: オートクレーブ (ja) (ōtokurēbu)
• Kannada: ಆಟೋಕ್ಲೇವ್ (āṭōklēv)
• Kazakh: автоклав (avtoklav)
• Kyrgyz: автоклав (avtoklav)
• Macedonian: а́втоклав m (ávtoklav)
• Malay: autoklaf
• Persian: اتوکلاو (fa) (otoklâv)
• Polish: autoklaw (pl) m
• Russian: автокла́в (ru) m (avtokláv)
• Spanish: autoclave f
• Swedish: autoklav c
• Tamil: அழுத்த அனற்கலம் (aḻutta aṉaṟkalam)

Verb

autoclave (third-person singular simple present autoclaves, present participle autoclaving, simple past and past participle autoclaved)

1. (transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

Translations

sterilize in an autoclave

• Finnish: autoklavoida, autoklaavata
• French: autoclaver (fr)

Adjective

autoclave (not comparable)

1. (cryptography) Synonym of autokey

Anagrams

• vacuolate

French

Etymology

From auto- +‎ Latin clavis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.klav/, /ɔ.tɔ.klav/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

autoclave m (plural autoclaves)

1. autoclave

Further reading

• “autoclave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaw.toˈkla.ve/
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧clà‧ve

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

autoclave f (plural autoclavi)

1. autoclave

Anagrams

• cautelavo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French autoclave.

Noun

autoclave m or (less commonly) f (plural autoclaves)

1. autoclave

Further reading

• “autoclave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28