undulate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌndjəleɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊleɪt/, /ˈʌndʒəleɪt/, /ˈʌndʒʊleɪt/, /ˈʌndəleɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (adjective, non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndjəlɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊlɪt/, /ˈʌndʒəlɪt/, /ˈʌndʒʊlɪt/, /ˈʌndəlɪt/
• (adjective, merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndjələt/, /ˈʌndʒələt/, /ˈʌndələt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.
   • Template:RQ:Holder EOS

     Breath vocalized, i.e., 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

• Bulgarian: вълнувам (bg) (vǎlnuvam)
• Catalan: ondular (ca), ondar (ca)
• Danish: ondulere (da), svinger
• Finnish: värisyttää (fi), saada aaltoilemaan
• German: wogen (de), schwingen (de), wellenförmig bewegen
• Greek: κυματίζω (el) (kymatízo)
• Korean: 흔들다 (ko) (heundeulda)
• Polish: zafalować
• Portuguese: ondular (pt), ondear
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: ряби́ть (ru) (rjabítʹ)
• Slovene: vzvalovati
• Spanish: ondear (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} försätta något i vågrörelse, ^{(please verify)} komma något att bölja
• Turkish: dalgalandırmak (tr)

transitive: cause to resemble a wave

• Bulgarian: правя вълнообразен (pravja vǎlnoobrazen)
• Catalan: ondar (ca)
• Finnish: aallottaa (fi)
• German: wellen (de), ondulieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: hullámosít, ondolál (hu)
• Portuguese: ondular (pt)
• Russian: ряби́ть (ru) (rjabítʹ)

intransitive: move in wavelike motions

• Bulgarian: вълнувам се (vǎlnuvam se)
• Catalan: onejar (ca), ondular (ca)
• Finnish: aaltoilla (fi)
• French: onduler (fr), ondoyer (fr)
• German: wellen (de), wallen (de), wogen (de), undulieren, wiegen (de), sich wellenförmig bewegen
• Greek: κυμαίνομαι (el) (kymaínomai)
• Hungarian: hullámzik (hu)
• Korean: 흔들리다 (ko) (heundeullida) (rattle, shake, vibrate, swing, be shaky) (intransitive)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: māpuna, ngapu, pūwakawaka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bølge (no)

• Polish: falować (pl)
• Portuguese: ondular (pt), ondear
• Russian: ряби́ть (ru) (rjabítʹ)
• Spanish: ondear (es), ondular (es)
• Swedish: bölja (sv), ^{(please verify)} gå i vågor, ^{(please verify)} röra sig i vågor
• Turkish: dalgalanmak (tr)

intransitive: resemble a wave

• Bulgarian: вълнообразен съм (vǎlnoobrazen sǎm)
• Finnish: kiemurrella (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: schlängeln (de)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} golven (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 흔들거리다 (ko) (heundeul-georida) (intransitive)

See also

• oscillate

Adjective

Flowers with undulate petal margins

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) sinuous, winding up and down.

Translations

wavy in appearance or form

• Bulgarian: вълнообразен (bg) (vǎlnoobrazen)
• Estonian: lainetav (et) sg
• Greek: κυματώδης (el) m or f (kymatódis), κυματοειδής (el) m or f (kymatoeidís), κυματιστός (el) m (kymatistós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bølget

• Polish: falisty (pl) m, pofałdowany m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ondulado (pt)
• Russian: волни́стый (ru) (volnístyj), волнообра́зный (ru) (volnoobráznyj)
• Spanish: ondulado (es)

changing one's voice

• Polish: falujący m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: dalgalanma (tr)

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) undulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of undulātus