undulate
English
/ˈʌndjəleɪt/, /ˈʌndjəlɪt/, /ˈʌndjələt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
- (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
- (intransitive) To appear wavelike.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin undulātus, unda (wave, water, surge).
Origin
Latin
unda
Gloss
wave, water, surge
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circumundulate English
- undulately English
- undulation English
- undulationism English
- undulationist English
- undulative English
- undulator English
- undulatory English
- *undizo, *undizare Latin
- *undizāre Latin
- unda Latin
- undatim Latin
- undicola Latin
- undisonus Latin
- undivagus Latin
- undosus Latin
- undula Latin
- undulātiō Latin
- undulātus Latin
- onda Italian
- onda Spanish, Castilian
- *unt- Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- undulat Danish
- und Old French
- unde Old French
- ona Catalan, Valencian
- undă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ondo Ido
- onda Old Portuguese
- undã Aromanian
- unda Romansh
- uonda Romansh
- onda Asturian
- onde Friulian
- jonda Dalmatian