stimulate

English

Etymology

From Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“goad on”), from Latin stimulus (“goad”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)

1. To encourage into action.
2. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

Synonyms

• (encourage): encourage, induce, provoke
• (arouse): animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up

Antonyms

• (arouse): de-energize, sedate, stifle

Related terms

stimulant stimulation stimulator

stimulatory stimulus

Translations

to encourage into action

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺激 (cmn) (cìjī)

• Czech: podnítit (cs)
• Dutch: stimuleren (nl), aansporen (nl), prikkelen (nl)
• Esperanto: stimuli (eo)
• Finnish: stimuloida (fi), yllyttää (fi), ärsyttää (fi)
• French: stimuler (fr)
• German: stimulieren (de)
• Hungarian: elősegít (hu)

• Italian: stimulare (it)
• Japanese: 刺激する (ja) (しげきする, shigeki suru)
• Jèrriais: stînmuler
• Latin: commoveō (la)
• Portuguese: estimular (pt), incentivar (pt)
• Romanian: a stimula (ro)
• Russian: стимулировать (ru) (stimulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: estimular (es)
• Swedish: egga (sv), reta (sv), sporra (sv)

to arouse an organism to functional activity

• Albanian: stimuloj (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刺激 (cmn) (cìjī)

• Dutch: stimuleren (nl), prikkelen (nl)
• Esperanto: stimuli (eo)
• Finnish: stimuloida (fi), kiihottaa (fi)
• French: stimuler (fr)
• German: stimulieren (de)

• Italian: stimulare (it)
• Japanese: 刺激する (ja) (しげきする, shigeki suru)
• Jèrriais: stînmuler
• Portuguese: estimular (pt)
• Romanian: a stimula (ro)
• Russian: стимулировать (ru) (stimulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: estimular (es)
• Swedish: ge näring åt (sv), pigga upp (sv), stimulera (sv), väcka (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: merangsang
• Interlingua: stimular

Anagrams

• mutilates
• ultimates

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Esperanto

Adverb

stimulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of stimuli

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Latin

Verb

stimulāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of stimulō