emaciate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭ-mā′shē-āt′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmeɪ̯.siˌeɪ̯t/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɪˈme.ʃiˌet/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃieɪt
• Hyphenation: e‧ma‧ci‧ate

Verb

emaciate (third-person singular simple present emaciates, present participle emaciating, simple past and past participle emaciated)

1. (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
2. (intransitive) To become extremely thin or wasted.

Derived terms

• emaciated
• emaciation

Related terms

• meager

Translations

(transitive) make extremely thin or wasted

• Bulgarian: изтощавам (bg) (iztoštavam)
• Danish: slanke, udmagre
• Dutch: uitmergelen (nl), uithongeren (nl)
• French: amaigrir (fr), émacier (fr) (rare)
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: emaciare
• Māori: kaikohi, kohi, whakahīroki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slanke, tynne

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• Russian: истощать (ru) (istoščatʹ), изнуря́ть (ru) (iznurjátʹ)
• Spanish: demacrar (es), emaciar
• Uyghur: يادىماق (yadimaq)
• Woiwurrung: please add this translation if you can

(intransitive) become extremely thin or wasted

• Bulgarian: изтощавам се (iztoštavam se)
• Danish: slanke sig
• Dutch: verschrompelen (nl), vermageren (nl)
• French: s'émacier (fr), s'amaigrir (fr)
• German: abmagern (de), ausmergeln (de)
• Italian: emaciarsi
• Māori: hīroki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: slanke seg, avmagres

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• Russian: истощаться (ru) (istoščatʹsja), чахнуть (ru) (čaxnutʹ)
• Spanish: demacrarse (es), emaciarse
• Uyghur: يادىماق (yadimaq)
• Woiwurrung: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} abmergeln (de)
• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} nilimjak-korring

Adjective

emaciate (comparative more emaciate, superlative most emaciate)

1. Emaciated.

See also

• gaunt

Further reading

• “emaciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “emaciate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “emaciate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.maˈt͡ʃa.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: e‧ma‧cià‧te

Verb

emaciate

1. inflection of emaciare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

emaciate

1. feminine plural of emaciato

Adjective

emaciate

1. feminine plural of emaciato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eː.ma.kiˈaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.ma.t͡ʃiˈaː.te]
• Hyphenation: ē‧ma‧ci‧ā‧te

Participle

ēmaciāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ēmaciātus