inflate

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin īnflātus, from the verb īnflō.

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK, US) enPR: ĭn-flāt', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfleɪt/
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Rhymes: -eɪt

Girl inflating a red balloon by blowing into it.

Verb[edit]

inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
- 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting
  When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
(intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
(figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
  Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Antonyms[edit]

deflate

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

inflation

Translations[edit]

to enlarge the volume occupied by an object

Arabic: نَفَخَ‎ (nafaḵa)
Bulgarian: надувам (bg) (naduvam)
Catalan: inflar (ca), unflar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 充氣 (zh), 充气 (zh) (chōngqì)
Czech: nafouknout pf
Finnish: täyttää (fi)
French: gonfler (fr), enfler (fr)
Friulian: enflâ, sglonfâ
German: aufblasen (de), aufpumpen (de), aufblähen
Greek: φουσκώνω (el) (fouskóno)
Ancient: φυσιόω (phusióō)
Hungarian: felfúj (hu)
Italian: enfiare (it)
Japanese: 膨らませる (ja) (ふくらませる, fukuramaseru)

Latin: inflō, sufflō
Macedonian: надувува (naduvuva), дува (duva)
Maori: whakamakoha
Polish: dmuchać (pl) impf, nadmuchiwać impf, nadmuchać pf, nadymać (pl) pf
Portuguese: inchar (pt), inflar
Romanian: umfla (ro)
Russian: надува́ть (ru) impf (naduvátʹ), наду́ть (ru) pf (nadútʹ), наполня́ть (ru) impf (napolnjátʹ), напо́лнить (ru) pf (napólnitʹ) (to fill with gas, air - га́зом, во́здухом), нака́чивать (ru) impf (nakáčivatʹ), накача́ть (ru) pf (nakačátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: sèid
Spanish: inflar (es), hinchar (es)
Swedish: blåsa upp

to enlarge a volume

Bulgarian: надувам се (naduvam se)
Catalan: inflar (ca), unflar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膨脹 (zh), 膨胀 (zh) (péngzhàng)
Finnish: täyttyä (fi)
French: se gonfler, gonfler (fr)
Greek: φουσκώνω (el) (fouskóno)

Hungarian: felfúvódik (hu)
Japanese: 膨らむ (ja) (ふくらむ, fukuramu)
Korean: 부풀리다 (ko) (bupullida)
Macedonian: надувува (naduvuva), дува (duva)
Russian: надува́ться (ru) impf (naduvátʹsja), наду́ться (ru) pf (nadútʹsja), наполня́ться (ru) impf (napolnjátʹsja), напо́лниться (ru) pf (napólnitʹsja) (to be filled with gas, air - га́зом, во́здухом), нака́чиваться (ru) impf (nakáčivatʹsja), накача́ться (ru) pf (nakačátʹsja)

to enlarge by filling with gas

Arabic: نَفَخَ‎ (nafaḵa)
Bulgarian: напомпвам (napompvam)
Czech: nafouknout pf
Finnish: täyttää (fi)

French: gonfler (fr)
German: aufblasen (de)
Portuguese: encher (pt)

to decompress data

Finnish: avata (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Korean: 부풀리다 (ko) (bupullida)
Mandarin: 擴張 (zh), 扩张 (zh) (kuòzhāng), 打气 (zh), 打氣 (dǎqì)

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} inflar (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} blåsa upp

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

īnflāte

vocative masculine singular of īnflātus

Adverb[edit]

īnflātē (comparative īnflātius, superlative īnflātissimē)

haughtily, proudly, pompously

References[edit]

inflate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
inflate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
inflate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette