emanate

English

Etymology

From Latin emanare (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from e (“out”) + manare (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

emanate (third-person singular simple present emanates, present participle emanating, simple past and past participle emanated)

1. (intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.

   Fragrance emanates from flowers.

   • De Quincey

     that subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate

2. (transitive, rare) To send or give out; manifest.

Related terms

• emanation

Translations

To come from a source

• Arabic: اِنْبَثَقَ‎‎ (inbaṯaqa)
• Bulgarian: произлизам, произтичам (proizlizam, proiztičam)
• Dutch: uitstralen (nl), ontstaan uit, voortkomen uit
• Finnish: kantautua, kulkeutua, huokua
• French: émaner (fr)
• German: ausstrahlen (de)

• Greek: πηγάζω (el) (pigázo)
• Italian: emanare (it)
• Maori: puta, take, pūtake
• Persian: ساطع شدن‎‎ (sâte' šodan)
• Spanish: emanar (es)
• Swedish: härröra (sv), utgå (sv), emanera (sv)

Further reading

• emanate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• emanate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “emanate” at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• enemata, manatee

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Italian

Verb

emanate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emanare
2. second-person plural imperative of emanare
3. feminine plural of emanato

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Latin

Verb

ēmānāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēmānō