pullulate

English

WOTD – 3 November 2008

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pullulātus, perfect passive participle of pullulō (“sprout forth”), from pullulus (“a young animal, a sprout”), diminutive of pullus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌl.jʊ.leɪt/

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Verb

1. To multiply rapidly.
2. To germinate.
3. To teem; to be filled (with).
   • 1945, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited:

     I must say the whole of Oxford has become most peculiar suddenly. Last night it was pullulating with women.

Derived terms

• pullulation

Related terms

• repullulate

Translations

to multiply rapidly

• Dutch: krioelen (nl),zich grote getale voortplanten
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• Polish: mnożyć się (pl), plenić się
• Russian: размножаться (ru) (razmnožatʹsja)

to germinate

• Dutch: kiemen (nl),zich ontwikkelen
• German: keimen (de), sprießen (de)
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• Polish: kiełkować (pl), zakiełkować
• Russian: прорастать (ru) (prorastatʹ)

to teem; to be filled (with)

• Russian: кишеть (ru) (kišetʹ)
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Italian

Verb

pullulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of pullulare
2. second-person plural imperative of pullulare
3. feminine plural of pullulato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) pullulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pullulō