corrugate

English

Etymology

The verb is first attested in 1620, the adjective in 1745; borrowed from Latin corrūgātus, perfect passive participle of Latin corrūgō (“to wrinkle, corrugate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + rūga (“wrinkle, crease”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up due to cold; to huddle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹ.ʊˌɡeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.əˌɡeɪt/

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Verb

corrugate (third-person singular simple present corrugates, present participle corrugating, simple past and past participle corrugated)

1. (transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).
   • 1724, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea, page 595:

     The latter we have given, extend their Influences to the Head and whole nervous System, at the same time that they warm, comfort, and strengthen the Fibres of the Stomach, and dissipate Flatulencies, corrugate the Membranes, and promote Digestion: […]

2. To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.

   Galvanised rust-resistant weatherproof corrugated sheet roof

Derived terms

• corrugated
• corrugator

Related terms

• corrugation

Translations

(of the skin) to wrinkle

• Bulgarian: набръчквам (bg) impf (nabrǎčkvam), набръчкам pf (nabrǎčkam)
• Dutch: rimpelen (nl)
• Finnish: rypistää (fi)
• German: runzeln (de) (reflexive), schrumpeln (de), verschrumpeln (de)
• Hungarian: ráncolódik (hu), ráncosodik (hu), ráncos lesz
• Russian: мо́рщиться (ru) (mórščitʹsja)

to fold into parallel folds

• Bulgarian: нагъвам (bg) (nagǎvam), надиплям (bg) (nadipljam)
• Dutch: plooien (nl)
• Finnish: poimuttaa (fi), aallottaa (fi)
• German: wellen (de) (reflexive), riffeln (reflexive)
• Hungarian: hullámosodik, hullámos lesz
• Russian: гофрировать (ru) (gofrirovatʹ), скла́дывать (ru) (skládyvatʹ)
• Spanish: corrugar (es)
• Swedish: korrugera (sv), vecka (sv)

Adjective

corrugate (comparative more corrugate, superlative most corrugate)

1. (obsolete) Corrugated, wrinkled, crumpled, furrowed.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

corrugate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

corrugate f pl

1. feminine plural of corrugato

Latin

Verb

corrūgāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corrūgō

Spanish

Verb

corrugate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of corrugar combined with te