petrify in Japanese
petrify in Japanese is 石化 — petrify means to turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
petrify in Japanese
石化
Pronounced: sekika
(transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
What does "petrify" mean?
- verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- verb To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- verb To immobilize with fright.
- verb To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
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What is "petrify" in Japanese?
"petrify" in Japanese is 石化. petrify means: To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
How do you pronounce 石化?
"petrify" in Japanese is 石化, pronounced "sekika".
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