fumigate

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 87:

     ‘Pest control are coming too. They’ll be fumigating the place.’

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fumigable, fumigatable
• fumigation
• fumigator

• refumigate
• refumigation
• unfumigated

Translations

disinfect

• Bulgarian: опушвам (bg) (opušvam)
• Catalan: fumigar (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: desinficere (disinfecting), gasse (using gas)
• Finnish: desinfioida (fi), savustaa (fi)
• French: fumiger (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θειόω (theióō)

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

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Italian

Verb

fumigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of fumigare
2. second-person plural imperative of fumigare

Participle

fumigate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of fumigare

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Latin

Verb

fūmigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fūmigō