immolate

English

WOTD – 26 March 2012    

Etymology

From Latin immolō (“I sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɪm.əʊ.leɪt/, /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/

Verb

immolate (third-person singular simple present immolates, present participle immolating, simple past and past participle immolated)

1. to kill as a sacrifice
2. to destroy, especially by fire

Derived terms

• self-immolate, self-immolation

Translations

kill as sacrifice

• Armenian: զոհաբերել (hy) (zohaberel), զենել (hy) (zenel)
• Catalan: immolar (ca), sacrificar (ca)
• Dutch: offeren (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uhrata (fi)
• French: immoler (fr), sacrifier (fr)
• German: opfern (de)

• Italian: immolare (it), sacrificare (it)
• Portuguese: sacrificar (pt)
• Russian: совершать жертвоприношение (ru) (soveršatʹ žertvoprinošenije), приносить в жертву (ru) (prinositʹ v žertvu)
• Spanish: inmolar (es), sacrificar (es)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

destroy

• Armenian: ողջակիզել (hy) (ołǰakizel)
• Catalan: immolar (ca)
• Dutch: vernietigen (nl)
• Finnish: tuhota (fi), polttaa (fi)
• French: immoler (fr)

• German: zerstören (de)
• Portuguese: imolar (pt)
• Russian: сжигать (ru) (sžigatʹ)
• Spanish: inmolar (es)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [im.moˈlaː.t̪e], /immoˈlate/, X-SAMPA: /im.mo"la:.te/

Verb

immolate

1. second-person plural present indicative of immolare
2. second-person plural imperative of immolare
3. Feminine plural of immolato

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /im.moˈlaː.te/

Participle

immolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of immolātus