assimilate

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First attested in the early 15th century, in Middle English; from Middle English assimilat(e) (“made like”, used as the participle of assimilaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more; the noun was derived from the participle through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

First attested in the early 15th century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“to become similar; to make like”), from assimilat(e) (“assimilated”, also used as the past participal of assimilaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad + simulō (“to imitate, copy”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assemble.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Polish: asymilat — Translations
• Afrikaans: assimileer — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Albanian: asimiloj — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Bengali: সম্মেলিত (śommelito) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Bulgarian: усвоявам (usvojavam) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Catalan: assimilar — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Finnish: imeyttää — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• French: assimiler — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• French: absorber — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Hebrew: הטמעה — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Hindi: सम्मेलित (sammelit) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Ido: asimilar — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Polish: asymilować — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Polish: zasymilować — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Polish: przyswajać — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Polish: przyswoić — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Portuguese: assimilar — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Portuguese: anabolizar — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Romanian: asimila — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Russian: усва́ивать (usváivatʹ) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Russian: усво́ить (usvóitʹ) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Serbo-Croatian: asimilírati — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Ukrainian: асимілюва́ти (asymiljuváty) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Ukrainian: асимільо́вувати (asymilʹóvuvaty) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Ukrainian: засво́ювати (zasvójuvaty) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Ukrainian: засво́їти (zasvójity) — to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
• Albanian: asimiloj — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Bulgarian: усвоявам (usvojavam) — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Finnish: omaksua — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Finnish: sisäistää — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• French: assimiler — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• French: digérer — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Greek: αφομοιώνω (afomoióno) — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Ido: asimilar — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Polish: asymilować — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Polish: zasymilować — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Polish: przejmować — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Polish: przejąć — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Portuguese: assimilar — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Portuguese: absorver — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: asimilírati — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Ukrainian: засво́ювати (zasvójuvaty) — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Ukrainian: засво́їти (zasvójity) — to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
• Albanian: asimiloj — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Armenian: ձուլել (julel) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Bulgarian: асимилирам (asimiliram) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Catalan: assimilar — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Dutch: assimileren — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Dutch: integreren — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Esperanto: asimili — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Finnish: sulauttaa — to absorb a group of people into a community
• French: assimiler — to absorb a group of people into a community
• German: assimilieren — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Greek: αφομοιώνω (afomoióno) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Hungarian: asszimilál — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Ido: asimilar — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Indonesian: asimilasi — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Italian: assimilare — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Japanese: 同化する (dōka-suru) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Polish: asymilować — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Polish: zasymilować — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Portuguese: assimilar — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Portuguese: integrar — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Russian: ассимили́ровать (assimilírovatʹ) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Serbo-Croatian: asimilírati — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Spanish: asimilar — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Turkish: asimile etmek — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Ukrainian: асимілюва́ти (asymiljuváty) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Ukrainian: асимільо́вувати (asymilʹóvuvaty) — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Vietnamese: đồng hóa — to absorb a group of people into a community
• Albanian: asimiloj — to compare something to another similar one
• Bulgarian: наподобявам (napodobjavam) — to compare something to another similar one
• Catalan: assimilar-se — to compare something to another similar one
• Dutch: vergelijken — to compare something to another similar one
• Finnish: rinnastaa — to compare something to another similar one
• French: assimiler — to compare something to another similar one
• Ukrainian: уподі́бнювати (upodíbnjuvaty) — to compare something to another similar one
• Ukrainian: уподі́бнити (upodíbnyty) — to compare something to another similar one
• Hungarian: hasonít — to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between
• Polish: asymilować — to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between
• Polish: zasymilować — to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between
• Ukrainian: уподі́бнювати (upodíbnjuvaty) — to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between
• Ukrainian: уподі́бнити (upodíbnyty) — to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between
• Hungarian: hasonul — to become similar
• Ukrainian: асимілюва́тися (asymiljuvátysja) — to become similar
• Armenian: ձուլվել (julvel) — to be incorporated or absorbed into something
• Hungarian: asszimilálódik — to be incorporated or absorbed into something
• Polish: asymilować się — to be incorporated or absorbed into something
• Polish: zasymilować się — to be incorporated or absorbed into something
• Ukrainian: асимілюва́тися (asymiljuvátysja) — to be incorporated or absorbed into something