"pixelate" meaning in All languages combined

See pixelate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pixelates [present, singular, third-person], pixelating [participle, present], pixelated [participle, past], pixelated [past]
Etymology: pixel + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pixel|ate}} pixel + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} pixelate (third-person singular simple present pixelates, present participle pixelating, simple past and past participle pixelated)
  1. To divide an image into pixels, or to display an image in pixels. Translations (divide an image into pixels): pikselöidä (Finnish), pixelar (Galician), pixeln (German), whakapika (Maori), whakatongi (Maori), whakatongitongi (Maori), pixelizar (Portuguese), pixelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pixelate-en-verb-NuxRFvZG Disambiguation of 'divide an image into pixels': 67 33
  2. To transform an image (or a portion thereof) into large pixels, especially in order to hide details. Synonyms: blur Translations (transform an image into large pixels): pixelar (Catalan), 打馬賽克 (Chinese Mandarin), 打马赛克 (dǎ mǎsàikè) (Chinese Mandarin), pikselöidä (Finnish), pixelliser (French), pixéliser (French), pixeliser (French), pixelar (Galician), verpixeln (German), pixeln (German), kikockáz (Hungarian), pixelare (Italian), pixelizar (Portuguese), pixelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pixelate-en-verb-ehHK0dIQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'transform an image into large pixels': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pixelize, pixellate Derived forms: pixelation

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} pixelate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pixelar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: pixelar
    Sense id: en-pixelate-es-verb-sl9ttODL Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pixelate meaning in All languages combined (6.2kB)

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