inflate

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin īnflātus, from the verb īnflō.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-flāt', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfleɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Girl inflating a red balloon by blowing into it.

Verb

1. (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.

   • (Can we date this quote by J. Scott of Amwell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.

2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

   The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.

3. (figurative) To swell; to puff up.

   to inflate somebody with pride or vanity

   • (Can we date this quote by Tennyson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Inflate themselves with some insane delight.

4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Antonyms

• deflate

Derived terms

• inflated
• inflatingly

Related terms

• inflation

Translations

to enlarge the volume occupied by an object

• Bulgarian: надувам (bg) (naduvam)
• Catalan: inflar (ca), unflar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 充氣／充气 (zh) (chōngqì), 充气 (zh) (chōngqì)

• Finnish: täyttää (fi)
• French: gonfler (fr), enfler (fr)
• Friulian: enflâ, sglonfâ
• German: aufblasen (de), aufpumpen, 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)
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• 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／膨胀 (zh) (péngzhàng), 膨胀 (zh) (péngzhàng)

• Finnish: täyttyä (fi)
• French: se gonfler, gonfler (fr)
• Greek: φουσκώνω (el) (fouskóno)
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• 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

• Bulgarian: напомпвам (napompvam)
• Finnish: täyttää (fi)
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• French: gonfler (fr)

to decompress data

• Finnish: avata (fi)
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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 부풀리다 (ko) (bupullida)
• (deprecated template usage) Mandarin: 擴張／扩张 (zh) (kuòzhāng), 扩张 (zh) (kuòzhāng), 打气 (zh) (dǎqì), 打氣／打气 (dǎqì)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} inflar (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} blåsa upp

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) īnflāte

1. vocative masculine singular of īnflātus

Adverb

īnflātē (comparative īnflātius, superlative īnflātissimē)

1. haughtily, proudly, pompously

References

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.