undulate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin undulātus (“undulated”), from *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”).

Verb

undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
   • Holder

     Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.

2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

Translations

transitive: cause to move in a wave

• Polish: zafalować (pl)
• Slovene: vzvalovati (sl)

• Spanish: ondear (es)
• Turkish: dalgalandırmak (tr)

transitive: cause to resemble a wave

• German: wellen (de)

intransitive: move in wavelike motions

• German: wellen (de), wallen (de), wogen (de)
• Korean: 흔들다 (ko) (heundeulda) (shake, wiggle, move around) (transitive), 흔들리다 (ko) (heundeullida) (rattle, shake, vibrate, swing, be shaky) (intransitive)

• Polish: falować (pl)
• Spanish: ondear (es), ondular (es)
• Turkish: dalgalanmak (tr)

intransitive: resemble a wave

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• Dutch: golven (nl)
• French: onduler (fr), ondoyer (fr)
• German: undulieren (de)

• Korean: 흔들거리다 (ko) (heundeul-georida) (intransitive)

Adjective

undulate (comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate)

1. Wavy in appearance or form.
2. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
3. (botany, of a margin) Winding up and down gradually relative to the blade.

Translations

wavy in appearance or form

• Polish: falisty (pl) m, pofałdowany (pl) m

changing one's voice

• Polish: falujący (pl) m

• Turkish: dalgalanma (tr)

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Latin

Adjective

undulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of undulātus