domesticate

English

WOTD – 19 May 2006

Etymology

domestic +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /dəˈmɛstɪkeɪt/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /dəˈmɛstɪkət/

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Verb

domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated)

1. (transitive) To make domestic.
2. (transitive) To make fit for domestic life.
3. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.

   The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.

4. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.

   Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.

5. (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
6. (transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.

   Antonym: foreignize

Translations

to make domestic

• Armenian: ընտելացնել (hy) (əntelacʿnel)
• Bulgarian: опитомявам (bg) (opitomjavam)
• Catalan: domesticar (ca)
• Danish: tæmme (da)
• Dutch: domesticeren (nl)
• Finnish: kesyttää (fi)

• Greek: εξημερώνω (el) (eximeróno)
• Old English: temian
• Portuguese: domesticar (pt)
• Romanian: domestici (ro)
• Russian: прируча́ть (ru) impf (priručátʹ), приручи́ть (ru) pf (priručítʹ)
• Spanish: domesticar (es)

to make fit for domestic life

• Bulgarian: опитомявам (bg) (opitomjavam)
• Danish: tæmme (da)
• Dutch: domesticeren (nl)

• Greek: εξημερώνω (el) (eximeróno)
• Old English: temian
• Portuguese: domesticar (pt)
• Spanish: domesticar (es)

(transitive) to adapt to live with humans

• Armenian: ընտելացնել (hy) (əntelacʿnel)
• Catalan: domesticar (ca)
• Danish: tæmme (da), gøre til husdyr
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} domesticeren (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} domestizieren (de)
• Greek: εξημερώνω (el) (eximeróno)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ביית‎ (biyét)
• Hungarian: háziasít
• Ido: domestikigar (io)

• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} припито́мува (pripitómuva)
• Middle English: daunten
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: domestisere

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} domestisere

• Old English: temian
• Portuguese: domesticar (pt)
• Quechua: uyway
• Romanian: domestici (ro)
• Vietnamese: thuần hoá (vi)

(intransitive) to adapt to live with humans

• Armenian: ընտելանալ (hy) (əntelanal)
• Danish: tæmme (da)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} domesticeren (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} domestizieren (de)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ביית‎ (biyét)
• Ido: domestikeskar (io)

• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} припито́мува (pripitómuva)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} domestisere

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} domestisere

• Portuguese: domesticar-se
• Spanish: domesticarse (es)

translation studies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歸化 (zh), 归化 (zh) (guīhuà)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} domesticar (es)

Noun

domesticate (plural domesticates)

1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

Related terms

• domesticated
• domestication

Anagrams

• coestimated, comediettas

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Italian

Verb

domesticate

1. second-person plural present indicative of domesticare
2. second-person plural imperative of domesticare
3. feminine plural of domesticato