fumigate

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigō, from fūmus (“smoke”).

Verb

fumigate (third-person singular simple present fumigates, present participle fumigating, simple past and past participle fumigated)

1. (transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Translations

disinfect

• Bulgarian: опушвам (bg) (opušvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熏製 (zh), 熏制 (zh) (xūnzhì), 香薰 (zh) (xiāngxūn), 消毒 (zh) (xiāodú)

• Finnish: desinfioida (fi), savustaa (fi)
• French: fumiger (fr)

• Japanese: 消毒する (ja) (しょうどくする, shōdokusuru)
• Latin: fūmigō
• Russian: оку́ривать (ru) (okúrivatʹ)
• Spanish: fumigar (es)
• Tagalog: suubin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fumigable, fumigatable
• fumigation
• fumigator

• refumigate
• refumigation
• unfumigated

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Italian

Verb

fumigate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of fumigare

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Latin

Verb

fūmigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fūmigō