Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 202316 6508766 2009-04-30T23:56:22Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:et:assimilate]] {{was wotd|2008|July|25}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|assimulatus|assimulātus|made similar, imitated|lang=la}}, perfect passive participle of {{term|assimulo|assimulō|lang=la}}, from {{term|ad|lang=la}} + {{term|simulo|simulō|imitate, copy|lang=la}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK|US}} {{IPA|/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/}} * {{audio|en-us-assimilate.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|assimilat|ing}} # To [[incorporate]] [[nutrient]]s into the [[body]] after [[digestion]]. # To incorporate or [[absorb]] [[knowledge]] into the [[mind]]. #: ''The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to '''assimilate''' what she had said.'' # To absorb a group of [[people]] into a [[community]]. # To [[compare]] something to another [[similar]] one. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|asimiloj|xs=Albanian}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|asimilirati|alt=asimilírati}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|assimiler}}, {{t+|fr|absorber}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind}} * Albanian: [[asimiloj]] * Croatian: {{t-|hr|asimilirati|alt=asimilírati}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[omaksua]], [[sisäistää]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to absorb a group of people into a community}} * Albanian: [[asimiloj]] * Croatian: {{t-|hr|asimilirati|alt=asimilírati}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|assimileren}} * Finnish: [[sulauttaa]] {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|assimiler}} * German: {{t+|de|assimilieren}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|ассимилировать|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to compare something to another similar one}} * Albanian: [[asimiloj]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|vergelijken}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|rinnastaa}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans}} * {{ttbc|Ido}}: [[asimilar]] * {{ttbc|Italian}}: [[assimilare]] ---- ==Italian== ===Verb=== '''assimilate''' # [[second person plural|Second person plural]] [[present tense]] of [[assimilare]]. # Second person plural [[imperative]] of assimilare. [[Category:Italian verb forms]] [[et:assimilate]] [[el:assimilate]] [[fa:assimilate]] [[fr:assimilate]] [[gl:assimilate]] [[io:assimilate]] [[it:assimilate]] [[no:assimilate]] [[pt:assimilate]] [[ta:assimilate]] [[te:assimilate]] [[tr:assimilate]] [[vi:assimilate]] [[zh:assimilate]]