undulate

undulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin undulātus (“undulated”), from an unattested *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌndjəleɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊleɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒəleɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒʊleɪt/, /ˈʌndəleɪt/

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• (adjective, non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndjəlɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊlɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒəlɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒʊlɪt/, /ˈʌndəlɪt/
• (adjective, merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndjələt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒələt/, /ˈʌndələt/

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Verb

undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.

2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

Translations

transitive: cause to move in a wave

Bulgarian: вълнувам (bg) (vǎlnuvam) Catalan: ondular (ca), ondar (ca) Danish: ondulere (da), svinger Finnish: värisyttää (fi), saada aaltoilemaan German: wogen (de), schwingen (de), wellenförmig bewegen Greek: κυματίζω (el) (kymatízo) Korean: 흔들다 (ko) (heundeulda) Ottoman Turkish: طالغه‌لانمق‎ (dalgalanmak) Polish: zafalować Portuguese: ondular (pt), ondear Russian: ряби́ть (ru) (rjabítʹ) Slovene: vzvalovati Spanish: ondear (es) Swedish: (please verify) försätta något i vågrörelse, (please verify) komma något att bölja Turkish: dalgalandırmak (tr)

transitive: cause to resemble a wave

Bulgarian: правя вълнообразен (pravja vǎlnoobrazen) Catalan: ondar (ca) Finnish: aallottaa (fi) German: wellen (de), ondulieren (de) Hungarian: hullámosít, ondolál (hu) Portuguese: ondular (pt) Russian: ряби́ть (ru) (rjabítʹ)

intransitive: move in wavelike motions

Bulgarian: вълнувам се (vǎlnuvam se) Catalan: onejar (ca), ondular (ca) Finnish: aaltoilla (fi) French: onduler (fr), ondoyer (fr) German: wellen (de), wallen (de), wogen (de), undulieren, wiegen (de), sich wellenförmig bewegen Greek: κυμαίνομαι (el) (kymaínomai) Hungarian: hullámzik (hu) Korean: 흔들리다 (ko) (heundeullida) (rattle, shake, vibrate, swing, be shaky) (intransitive) Maori: māpuna, ngapu, pūwakawaka Norwegian: Bokmål: bølge (no) Ottoman Turkish: طالغه‌لانمق‎ (dalgalanmak) Polish: falować (pl) Portuguese: ondular (pt), ondear Russian: ряби́ть (ru) (rjabítʹ) Spanish: ondear (es), ondular (es) Swedish: bölja (sv), (please verify) gå i vågor, (please verify) röra sig i vågor Turkish: dalgalanmak (tr)

intransitive: resemble a wave

Bulgarian: вълнообразен съм (vǎlnoobrazen sǎm) Finnish: kiemurrella (fi) German: schlängeln (de)

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Dutch: (please verify) golven (nl) Korean: (please verify) 흔들거리다 (ko) (heundeul-georida) (intransitive)

See also

• oscillate

Adjective

Flowers with undulate petal margins

undulate (comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate)

1. Wavy in appearance or form.
2. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
3. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down.

Translations

wavy in appearance or form

Bulgarian: вълнообразен (bg) (vǎlnoobrazen) Estonian: lainetav (et) sg Greek: κυματώδης (el) m or f (kymatódis), κυματοειδής (el) m or f (kymatoeidís), κυματιστός (el) m (kymatistós) Norwegian: Bokmål: bølget Polish: falisty (pl) m, pofałdowany m Portuguese: ondulado (pt) Russian: волни́стый (ru) (volnístyj), волнообра́зный (ru) (volnoobráznyj) Spanish: ondulado (es)

changing one's voice

Polish: falujący m Turkish: dalgalanma (tr)

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Latin

Adjective

undulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of undulātus