cumulate

English

Etymology

From Latin cumulatus, past participle of cumulo (“to pile up”).

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Verb

cumulate (third-person singular simple present cumulates, present participle cumulating, simple past and past participle cumulated)

(transitive) To accumulate; to amass.
(intransitive) To be accumulated.

Synonyms

(accumulate): amass, heap up; see also Thesaurus:pile up
(be accumulated):

Derived terms

Translations

accumulate

Bulgarian: натрупвам (bg) (natrupvam), трупам (bg) (trupam), събирам (bg) (sǎbiram)
German: kumulieren (de)

be accumulated

German: kumulieren (de)

Adjective

cumulate (comparative more cumulate, superlative most cumulate)

accumulated, agglomerated, amassed

Translations

accumulated

Bulgarian: натрупан (bg) (natrupan), събран (bg) (sǎbran)

Noun

cumulate (plural cumulates)

(geology) An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

cumulate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

cumulate f pl

feminine plural of cumulato

Latin

Verb

cumulāte

second-person plural present active imperative of cumulō

References

“cumulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cumulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cumulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

cumulate

second-person singular voseo imperative of cumular combined with te