adulate

English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/

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Verb

adulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)

1. (transitive) To flatter effusively.

Derived terms

• adulation
• adulator
• adulatory

 

Translations

to flatter effusively

• French: aduler (fr)
• German: lobhudeln (de)
• Irish: bladair
• Italian: adulare (it)
• Maori: whakapatipati
• Portuguese: adular (pt)
• Russian: подхали́мничать (ru) impf (podxalímničatʹ), подхали́мствовать (ru) impf (podxalímstvovatʹ), низкопокло́нничать (ru) impf (nizkopoklónničatʹ)
• Turkish: koltuklamak (tr), okkalamak (tr), pehpehlemek (tr), pohpohlamak (tr)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

adulate

1. inflection of adulare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

adulate f pl

1. feminine plural of adulato

Anagrams

• Teulada, laudate

Latin

Participle

adūlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of adūlātus

Spanish

Verb

adulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of adular combined with te