🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

pasteurisation

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pasterizasyon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pasteurization/ˌpæs.tər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La pasteurisation du lait garantit sa sécurité pour les consommateurs."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The process of heating a food, usually a liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time in order to kill harmful bacteria without significantly changing its composition.

    "Pasteurization of milk helps to prevent the spread of diseases like tuberculosis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the proper name of the French chemist Louis Pasteur, combined with the suffix -ization. Coined in the late 19th century following Pasteur's pioneering discoveries in microbiology and the thermal preservation of liquids.

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