educate

English

Alternative forms

• (generally jocular) educamate
• (generally jocular) edumacate

Etymology

From Latin educatus, past participle of educare (“to bring up (a child, physically or mentally), rear, educate, train (a person in learning or art), nourish, support, or produce (plants or animals)”), frequentive of educere, past participle eductus (“to bring up, rear (a child, usually with reference to bodily nurture or support, while educare refers more frequently to the mind)”), from e (“out”) + ducere (“to lead, draw”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)

1. to instruct or train

Synonyms

• instruct
• teach

Derived terms

• educative
• co-educate

Related terms

• education
• educator
• educable
• educatable

Translations

to instruct or train

• Albanian: arsimoj, edukoj
• Bengali: শিক্ষা দেওয়া (bn) (shikkha deoa)
• Bulgarian: образовам (bg) (obrazovam), обучавам (bg) (obučavam), тренирам (bg) (treniram)
• Czech: vzdělat (cs)
• Dutch: opleiden (nl)
• Esperanto: eduki (eo)
• Finnish: kouluttaa (fi), kasvattaa (fi)
• French: éduquer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: εκπαιδεύω (el) (ekpaidévo)
• Ido: edukar (io)
• Italian: istruire (it), educare (it)
• Jèrriais: êcoler, êdutchi, înstruithe

• Kurdish: taşandin (ku), perwerde kirin, fêr kirin, elimandin, hîn kirin, terbiye dan
• Latvian: audzināt (lv)
• Romanian: educa (ro), instrui (ro)
• Russian: обучать (ru) (obučát’) impf., обучить (ru) (obučít’) pf., воспитывать (ru) (vospítyvat’) impf., воспитать (ru) (vospitát’) pf. (bring up, raise)
• Scottish Gaelic: foghlaim, ionnsaich, teagaisg
• Spanish: educar (es), instruir (es)
• Swahili: elimisha (sw)
• Swedish: utbilda (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: addysgu (cy)

External links

• educate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• educate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

educate f pl

1. feminine plural of educato

Verb

educate

1. second-person plural indicative present of educare
2. second-person plural subjunctive present of educare
3. second-person plural imperative of educare
4. feminine plural past participle of educare

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Latin

Verb

ēducāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō
   1. "bring up ye, rear ye"
   2. "educate ye, train ye"
   3. "produce ye"

Participle

ēducāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēducātus