inculcate

English

WOTD – 14 July 2009    

Etymology

From inculcātus, perfect passive participle of inculcō (“impress upon, force upon”), from in + calcō (“tread upon, trample”), from calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt/

Verb

inculcate (third-person singular simple present inculcates, present participle inculcating, simple past and past participle inculcated)

1. (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
2. (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.

Quotations

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• 1932: Wordless conditioning ... cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour. — Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

Translations

teach by repeated instruction

• Armenian: մտքում տպավորել (hy) (mtk’um tpavorel), արմատավորել (hy) (armatavorel), մտցնել (hy) (mtc’nel), պատվաստել (hy) (patvastel)
• Crimean Tatar: talim,
• Czech: vštípit (cs)
• Dutch: inprenten (nl)
• French: inculquer (fr)
• German: einimpfen (de), einschärfen (de)

• Italian: inculcare (it)
• Norwegian: innprente (no)
• Russian: прививать
• Serbo-Croatian: utuviti (sh)
• Spanish: inculcar (es)
• Turkish: telkin etmek (tr)

to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons

• Armenian: ներշնչել (hy) (neršnčel), արմատավորել (hy) (armatavorel), մտցնել (hy) (mtc’nel), հաղորդել (hy) (haġordel)

• Latin: inculcō (la)
• Russian: внушать (ru) (vnušatʹ), насаждать (ru) (nasaždatʹ)

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Italian

Verb

inculcate

1. second-person plural present indicative of inculcare
2. second-person plural imperative of inculcare
3. Feminine plural of inculcato

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Latin

Participle

inculcāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inculcātus