decelerate

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ (ac)celerate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈsɛləɹeɪt/

Verb

decelerate (third-person singular simple present decelerat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle decelerated)

1. to reduce the velocity of something
2. to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease
3. (intransitive) to go slower

   Synonym: slow down

Synonyms

• to retard

Related terms

• deceleration

Translations

reduce the acceleration of something

• Bulgarian: намалявам скоростта (namaljavam skorostta)
• Arabic: أبْطَأ, تَبَاطَأ (tabāṭaʔ)
• Catalan: descelerar (ca), desaccelerar (ca)
• Finnish: hiljentää vauhtia, hidastaa (fi)
• French: ralentir (fr), décélérer (fr)
• Italian: decelerare (it)
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• Latin: retardare
• Luxembourgish: desacceleréieren
• Romanian: încetini (ro)
• Spanish: desacelerar (es), decelerar (es)
• Tagalog: hidarasigin

reduce the rate of advancement of something

• Bulgarian: намалявам скоростта (namaljavam skorostta)
• Catalan: descelerar (ca), desaccelerar (ca)
• Finnish: hidastaa (fi)
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• Latin: retardare
• Romanian: încetini (ro)

to go slower

• Bulgarian: забавям (bg) (zabavjam)
• Arabic: تَبَاطَأ (tabāṭaʔ)
• Finnish: hidastua (fi)
• French: ralentir (fr), décélérer (fr)
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• Italian: decelerare (it)
• Maori: whakapūhoi
• Romanian: încetini (ro), decelera (rare)
• Spanish: desacelerar (es)

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Italian

Verb

decelerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of decelerare
2. second-person plural imperative of decelerare
3. feminine plural of decelerato