"fumigate" meaning in English

See fumigate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fumigate.wav Forms: fumigates [present, singular, third-person], fumigating [participle, present], fumigated [participle, past], fumigated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigō, from fūmus (“smoke”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|fūmigātus}} Latin fūmigātus Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Derived forms: fumigable, fumigatable, fumigation, fumigator, refumigate, refumigation, unfumigated Translations (disinfect): θειόω (theióō) (Ancient Greek), опушвам (opušvam) (Bulgarian), fumigar (Catalan), 熏製 (xūnzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 香薰 (xiāngxūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 消毒 (xiāodú) (Chinese Mandarin), desinficere (disinfecting) (Danish), gasse (english: using gas) (Danish), uitroken (english: by using smoke) (Dutch), fumigacii (Esperanto), desinfioida (Finnish), savustaa (Finnish), fumiger (French), 消毒する (shōdokusuru) (alt: しょうどくする) (Japanese), fūmigō (Latin), tāpoa (english: by using smoke) (Maori), fumigar (Portuguese), оку́ривать (okúrivatʹ) (Russian), fumigar (Spanish), suubin (Tagalog), sesmokädön (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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