Translate

  • 11translate — (v.) c.1300, to remove from one place to another, also to turn from one language to another, from L. translatus carried over, serving as pp. of transferre to bring over, carry over (see TRANSFER (Cf. transfer)), from trans (see TRANS (Cf. trans… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 12translaté — Translaté, [translat]ée. part. pass. Il est vieux …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 13translate — verb 1 change sth from one language to another ADVERB ▪ literally ▪ ‘Tiramisù’ literally translates as ‘pull me up’. ▪ accurately, correctly ▪ freely, loosely …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14translate — trans|late [trænsˈleıt, trænz ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(change languages)¦ 2¦(happen as result)¦ 3¦(have same meaning)¦ 4¦(change forms)¦ 5¦(use in new situation)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of transferre; TRANSFER1] 1.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15translate */*/ — UK [trænsˈleɪt] / US verb Word forms translate : present tense I/you/we/they translate he/she/it translates present participle translating past tense translated past participle translated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to change spoken or written… …

    English dictionary

  • 16translate — v. 1) (D; tr.) to translate from; into, to (to translate a book from French into Spanish) 2) (misc.) to translate at sight; to translate simultaneously * * * into to translate simultaneously to (to translate a book from French into Spanish) (D;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17translate — trans|late [ træns leıt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to change spoken or written words into another language: I don t speak Russian, so someone will have to translate. translate something into something: The Bible has been …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18translate — verb 1 (I, T) to change speech or writing into another language: Robin doesn t speak German so I ll have to translate. | translate sth (from sth) into: We translated the text from Italian into English. compare interpret (1) 2 (I) to be changed… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19translate — verb (translated; translating) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French translater, from Latin translatus (past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans + latus, past participle of ferre to carry more at tolerate, bear… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20translate — translatable, adj. translatability, translatableness, n. /trans layt , tranz , trans layt, tranz /, v., translated, translating. v.t. 1. to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one s own: to translate Spanish. 2. to …

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