fumigate

fumigate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigō, from fūmus (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/

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Verb

fumigate (third-person singular simple present fumigates, present participle fumigating, simple past and past participle fumigated)

1. (transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 87:

     ‘Pest control are coming too. They’ll be fumigating the place.’

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fumigable, fumigatable
• fumigation
• fumigator
• refumigate
• refumigation
• unfumigated

Translations

disinfect

Bulgarian: опушвам (bg) (opušvam) Catalan: fumigar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 熏製／熏制 (zh) (xūnzhì), 香薰 (zh) (xiāngxūn), 消毒 (zh) (xiāodú) Danish: desinficere (disinfecting), gasse (using gas) Finnish: desinfioida (fi), savustaa (fi) French: fumiger (fr) Greek: Ancient: θειόω (theióō) Japanese: 消毒する (しょうどくする, shōdokusuru) Latin: fūmigō Maori: tāpoa (by using smoke) Portuguese: fumigar (pt) Russian: оку́ривать (ru) (okúrivatʹ) Spanish: fumigar (es) Tagalog: suubin

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Italian

Verb

fumigate

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

Participle

fumigate f pl

1. feminine plural of fumigato

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Latin

Verb

fūmigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fūmigō