acclimate

See also: acclimaté

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti

Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor.

Latin climalbor.

Middle French climat

French climat

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French acclimaterbor.

English acclimate

1792, from French acclimater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.lɪ.meɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

acclimate (third-person singular simple present acclimates, present participle acclimating, simple past and past participle acclimated)

1. (transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
2. (transitive, chiefly US) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
3. (intransitive, chiefly US) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.

Synonyms

• acclimatise/acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen, adjust

Derived terms

• acclimatable
• acclimatation
• acclimatement
• acclimation
• acclimation nonacclimating
• acclimator
• acclimature
• deacclimate
• nonacclimating
• photoacclimate
• reacclimate

Related terms

• acclimatize
• climate

Translations

(transitive, mainly US) to habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize

• Catalan: aclimatar (ca)
• Dutch: acclimatiseren (nl)
• Finnish: totuttaa ilmastoon, sopeuttaa ilmastoon
• French: acclimater (fr)
• German: akklimatisieren (de)
• Hungarian: akklimatizál (hu)
• Occitan: aclimatar
• Persian: عادت دادن (fa), خوگرفتن sg (xugereftan), مروسیدن (fa) (marusidan)
• Polish: aklimatyzować (pl)
• Portuguese: aclimatizar (pt)
• Russian: акклиматизи́ровать (ru) (akklimatizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: aclimatar (es)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kli.mat/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Verb

acclimate

1. inflection of acclimater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• clameçait

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

acclimate

1. inflection of acclimare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

acclimate f pl

1. feminine plural of acclimato

Anagrams

• malaticce