levitate

English

Etymology

Latin levō (“I elevate, I lift up”), from levis (“light”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/

Verb

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

(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.
The magician levitated the woman.
(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

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
Roman: lèbdjeti (sh)

Spanish: levitar (es)
Swedish: levitera

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Translations to be checked

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

Italian: ^{(please verify)} levitare
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} levitírati (sh)

Italian

Verb

levitate

second-person plural present of levitare
second-person plural imperative of levitare

Anagrams

elettiva

Latin

Noun

levitāte

ablative singular of levitās