undulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin undulātus (“undulated”), from an unattested *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʌndjəleɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊleɪt/, /ˈʌndəleɪt/
  • (adjective, non-merged vowel) IPA(key): /ˈʌndjəlɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊlɪt/, /ˈʌndəlɪt/
  • (adjective, merged vowel) IPA(key): /ˈʌndjələt/, /ˈʌndələt/

Verb

undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
    • Holder
      Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.
  2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
  3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
  4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

Translations
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See also

Adjective
Flowers with undulate petal margins

undulate (comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate)

  1. Wavy in appearance or form.
  2. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
  3. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down.

Translations

Latin

Adjective

undulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of undulātus
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