accelerate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/
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• /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt/ weak vowel merger
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• CMU ARPABET: AE0 K S EH1 L ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (“to accelerate, hasten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përshpejtoj — to cause to move faster
• Arabic: سَرَّعَ (sarraʕa) — to cause to move faster
• Armenian: արագացնել (aragacʻnel) — to cause to move faster
• Asturian: acelerar — to cause to move faster
• Belarusian: паскара́ць (paskarácʹ) — to cause to move faster
• Belarusian: паско́рыць (paskórycʹ) — to cause to move faster
• Bulgarian: ускоря́вам (uskorjávam) — to cause to move faster
• Catalan: accelerar — to cause to move faster
• Chinese Mandarin: 加速 (jiāsù) — to cause to move faster
• Czech: zrychlovat — to cause to move faster
• Czech: zrychlit — to cause to move faster
• Danish: accelerere — to cause to move faster
• Dutch: versnellen — to cause to move faster
• Esperanto: rapidigi — to cause to move faster
• Esperanto: akceli — to cause to move faster
• Finnish: kiihdyttää — to cause to move faster
• Finnish: nopeuttaa — to cause to move faster
• French: accélérer — to cause to move faster
• West-Frisian: fersnelje — to cause to move faster
• Galician: acelerar — to cause to move faster
• German: beschleunigen — to cause to move faster
• Hebrew: האיץ (heíts) — to cause to move faster
• Hungarian: gyorsít — to cause to move faster
• Ido: rapidigar — to cause to move faster
• Indonesian: mempercepat — to cause to move faster
• Indonesian: mempercepatkan — to cause to move faster
• Indonesian: mengakselerasikan — to cause to move faster
• Irish: luathaigh — to cause to move faster
• Italian: accelerare — to cause to move faster
• Japanese: 加速する (kasoku suru) — to cause to move faster
• Khmer: ពន្លឿន (pʊənlɨən) — to cause to move faster
• Latin: accelerō — to cause to move faster
• Luxembourgish: acceleréieren — to cause to move faster
• Mongolian: хурдасгах (xurdasgax) — to cause to move faster
• Norwegian: akselerere — to cause to move faster
• Persian: شتافتن (šetâftan) — to cause to move faster
• Polish: przyśpieszać — to cause to move faster
• Polish: przyśpieszyć — to cause to move faster
• Portuguese: acelerar — to cause to move faster
• Romanian: accelera — to cause to move faster
• Russian: ускоря́ть (uskorjátʹ) — to cause to move faster
• Russian: уско́рить (uskóritʹ) — to cause to move faster
• Serbo-Croatian: убр̀зати — to cause to move faster
• Serbo-Croatian: ubr̀zati — to cause to move faster
• Serbo-Croatian: ubrzávati — to cause to move faster
• Slovak: zrýchľovať — to cause to move faster
• Slovak: zrýchliť — to cause to move faster
• Spanish: acelerar — to cause to move faster
• Spanish: embalar — to cause to move faster
• Spanish: accelerar — to cause to move faster
• Swedish: accelerera — to cause to move faster
• Swedish: ge mer gas — to cause to move faster
• Swedish: gasa — to cause to move faster
• Swedish: öka — to cause to move faster
• Tagalog: ibilis — to cause to move faster
• Tagalog: darasigin — to cause to move faster
• Thai: เร่ง (reng) — to cause to move faster
• Turkish: hızlandırmak — to cause to move faster
• Ukrainian: приско́рювати impf приско́рити (pryskórjuvaty) — to cause to move faster
• Uyghur: ئىلداملاتماق (ildamlatmaq) — to cause to move faster
• Uyghur: تېزلەشتۈرمەك (tëzleshtürmek) — to cause to move faster
• Vietnamese: tăng tốc — to cause to move faster
• Welsh: cyflymu — to cause to move faster
• Asturian: acelerar — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Belarusian: паскара́цца (paskarácca) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Belarusian: паско́рыцца (paskórycca) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Bulgarian: ускоря́вам (uskorjávam) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Chinese Mandarin: 加速 (jiāsù) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Chinese Mandarin: 變快 /变快 (biànkuài) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Czech: urychlit — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Dutch: versnellen — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Esperanto: akceli — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Finnish: kiihdyttää — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• French: accélérer — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Galician: acelerar — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• German: beschleunigen — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Hebrew: זירז (zeréz) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Italian: accelerare — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Japanese: 促進する (sokushin suru) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Mongolian: хурдасгах (xurdasgax) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Norwegian: påskynde — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Polish: przyśpieszać się — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Polish: przyśpieszyć się — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Portuguese: acelerar — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Portuguese: apressar — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Russian: ускоря́ться (uskorjátʹsja) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Russian: уско́риться (uskóritʹsja) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Serbo-Croatian: убр̀зати — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Serbo-Croatian: ubr̀zati — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Spanish: acelerar — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Swedish: accelerera — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Ukrainian: приско́рюватися (pryskórjuvatysja) — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Welsh: cyflymu — to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process
• Arabic: اِسْتَعْجَلَ (istaʕjala) — to hasten
• Belarusian: паскара́ць (paskarácʹ) — to hasten
• Belarusian: паско́рыць (paskórycʹ) — to hasten
• Chinese Mandarin: 加速 (jiāsù) — to hasten
• Chinese Mandarin: 變快 /变快 (biànkuài) — to hasten
• Dutch: bespoedigen — to hasten
• Dutch: haasten — to hasten
• Esperanto: akceli — to hasten
• Finnish: nopeuttaa — to hasten
• French: accélérer — to hasten
• German: eilen — to hasten
• German: sich beeilen — to hasten
• Hebrew: זירז (zeréz) — to hasten
• Italian: affrettare — to hasten
• Japanese: 加速する — to hasten
• Norwegian: påskynde — to hasten
• Polish: przyśpieszać — to hasten
• Polish: przyśpieszyć — to hasten
• Portuguese: acelerar — to hasten
• Portuguese: apressar — to hasten
• Russian: ускоря́ть (uskorjátʹ) — to hasten
• Russian: уско́рить (uskóritʹ) — to hasten
• Serbo-Croatian: убр̀зати — to hasten
• Serbo-Croatian: ubr̀zati — to hasten
• Spanish: acelerar — to hasten
• Spanish: apresurar — to hasten
• Swedish: påskynda — to hasten
• Swedish: öka — to hasten
• Welsh: cyflymu — to hasten
• Arabic: أَسْرَعَ (ʔasraʕa) — to become faster
• Belarusian: паскара́цца (paskarácca) — to become faster
• Belarusian: паско́рыцца (paskórycca) — to become faster
• Bulgarian: ускоря́вам се (uskorjávam se) — to become faster
• Chinese Mandarin: 變快 /变快 (biànkuài) — to become faster
• Czech: zrychlovat se — to become faster
• Czech: zrychlit se — to become faster
• Dutch: versnellen — to become faster
• Dutch: sneller gaan — to become faster
• Esperanto: akceliĝi — to become faster
• Finnish: nopeutua — to become faster
• Finnish: kiihtyä — to become faster
• French: accélérer — to become faster
• German: schneller werden — to become faster
• German: beschleunigen — to become faster
• Hebrew: האיץ (heíts) — to become faster
• Hungarian: gyorsul — to become faster
• Ido: rapideskar — to become faster
• Italian: accelerare — to become faster
• Japanese: 加速する (kasoku suru) — to become faster
• Mongolian: хурдсах (xurdsax) — to become faster
• Norwegian: sette opp farten — to become faster
• Polish: przyśpieszać się — to become faster
• Polish: przyśpieszyć się — to become faster
• Portuguese: acelerar — to become faster
• Russian: ускоря́ться (uskorjátʹsja) — to become faster
• Russian: уско́риться (uskóritʹsja) — to become faster
• Serbo-Croatian: убр̀зати — to become faster
• Serbo-Croatian: ubr̀zati — to become faster
• Spanish: acelerarse — to become faster
• Spanish: embalarse — to become faster
• Turkish: hızlanmak — to become faster
• Turkish: ivmelenmek — to become faster
• Turkish: ivmek — to become faster
• Ottoman Turkish: ایومك (ivmek) — to become faster
• Uyghur: تېزلەشمەك (tëzleshmek) — to become faster
• Uyghur: ئىلداملىماق (ildamlimaq) — to become faster
• Welsh: cyflymu — to become faster