levitate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/

Verb

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.

Related terms

• levitation

Translations

to cause to rise in the air and float

• Finnish: leijuttaa, saada levitoimaan
• Latin: levationem ago
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• Portuguese: levitar (pt)

to be suspended in the air

• Catalan: levitar (ca)
• Czech: levitovat
• Finnish: leijua (fi), levitoida (fi)
• Portuguese: levitar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лѐбдјети, левитирати

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

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• Spanish: levitar (es)
• Swedish: levitera

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Dutch: doen opstijgen en zweven
• French: ^{(please verify)} léviter (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ^{(please verify)} schweben (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} levitare

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Italian

Verb

levitate

1. second-person plural present of levitare
2. second-person plural imperative of levitare

Anagrams

• elettiva

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) levitāte

1. ablative singular of levitās