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.
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)

Turkish: dalgalandırmak (tr)

transitive: cause to resemble a wave

German: wellen (de)

intransitive: move in a wave

German: wellen (de); wallen (de); wogen (de) Korean: 흔들다 (ko) (heundeulda) vt, 흔들리다 (ko) (heundeullida) vi

Polish: falować (pl) Turkish: dalgalanmak (tr)

intransitive: resemble a wave

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

Korean: 흔들거리다 (heundeul-georida) vi Spanish: ondular (es), ondear (es)

Adjective

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