inquinate
English
WOTD – 17 May 2011
Etymology
From Latin inquināre (“polluting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnkwɪneɪt/
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Verb
inquinate (third-person singular simple present inquinates, present participle inquinating, simple past and past participle inquinated)
Translations
to pollute or make dirty
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Italian
Verb
inquinate
- inflection of inquinare:
- second-person plural present
- second-person plural imperative
- plural past participle feminine of inquinare
Latin
Participle
inquināte
- vocative masculine singular of inquinātus
References
- “inquinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inquinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inquinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Verb
inquinate