populate

English

Etymology

From Latin populus (“the people”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒp.jə.leɪt/, /ˈpɒp.ju.leɪt/; X-SAMPA: /"pQp.j@.leIt/, /"pQp.ju.leIt/

  Rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪt or Rhymes: -ɒpjuleɪt

Verb

populate (third-person singular simple present populates, present participle populating, simple past and past participle populated)

1. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
2. (intransitive) To live in; to inhabit.
3. (computing, transitive/intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.

   John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.

Translations

to supply with inhabitants

• French: peupler (fr)
• Malay: memperpenduduk (ms)

• Pashto: ودانول (ps) (wadānawəl), بسيه كول (ps) (basya kawəl)

to live in

• Danish: befolke (da)
• Dutch: bevolken (nl)

• French: peupler (fr)
• Malay: diami (ms)

to fill a list

• French: remplir (fr)

Adjective

populate (comparative more populate, superlative most populate)

1. (obsolete) populous

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

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Latin

Participle

populāte

1. vocative masculine singular of populātus