levitate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1673; borrowed from New Latin levitātus, perfect passive participle of levitō (“to levitate; to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity”) (first attested c. 1670), modeled on gravitō (“to gravitate”) (← Latin gravis (“heavy”)), from levis (“light”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/

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Verb

levitate (third-person singular simple present levitates, present participle levitating, simple past and past participle levitated)

1. (transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

   The magician levitated the woman.

2. (intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

   The guru claimed that he could levitate.

Derived terms

• levitation
• levitator

Translations

to cause to rise in the air and float

• Bulgarian: вдигам във въздуха (vdigam vǎv vǎzduha)
• Czech: levitovat impf, vznášet impf
• Finnish: leijuttaa, saada levitoimaan
• German: schweben lassen, levitieren (de)
• Latin: levationem ago
• Portuguese: levitar (pt)

to be suspend in the air

• Catalan: levitar (ca)
• Czech: vznášet se impf, levitovat
• Esperanto: levitacii
• Finnish: leijua (fi), levitoida (fi)
• German: schweben (de)
• Polish: lewitować (pl)
• Portuguese: levitar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лѐбдјети, левитирати

  Latin: lèbdjeti (sh), ^{(please verify)} levitírati (sh)

• Spanish: levitar (es)
• Swedish: levitera
• Thai: ลอยตัว (lɔɔi-dtuua)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} doen opstijgen en zweven
• French: ^{(please verify)} léviter (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} schweben (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} levitare

Italian

Verb

levitate

1. inflection of levitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• elettiva, velettai

Latin

Noun

levitāte f

1. ablative singular of levitās

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin levitas.

Noun

levitate f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) ease

   Synonym: ușurință

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	levitate	levitatea
genitive-dative	levități	levității
vocative	—

References

• levitate in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

levitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of levitar combined with te