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depilate

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɛpɪleɪt/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hair

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

remove body hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • epilate her legs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: epilate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw

History

Etymology

First attested in 1575; borrowed from Latin dēpilātus, perfect passive participle of dēpilō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обезкосмявам (obezkosmjavam) — to remove hair from the body
  • Catalan: depilar — to remove hair from the body
  • Danish: depilere — to remove hair from the body
  • Danish: epilere — to remove hair from the body
  • Dutch: ontharen — to remove hair from the body
  • Dutch: depileren — to remove hair from the body
  • Finnish: poistaa karvat — to remove hair from the body
  • Finnish: epiloida — to remove hair from the body
  • French: épiler — to remove hair from the body
  • Galician: depilar — to remove hair from the body
  • German: epilieren — to remove hair from the body
  • Greek: αποτριχώνω (apotrichóno) — to remove hair from the body
  • Hungarian: szőrtelenít — to remove hair from the body
  • Hungarian: epilál — to remove hair from the body
  • Ido: senpiligar — to remove hair from the body
  • Ido: despilizar — to remove hair from the body
  • Italian: depilare — to remove hair from the body
  • Italian: depilarsi — to remove hair from the body
  • Japanese: 脱毛する (datsumou suru) — to remove hair from the body
  • Japanese: 除毛する (jomou suru) — to remove hair from the body
  • Latin: dēpilō — to remove hair from the body
  • Macedonian: депилира (depilira) — to remove hair from the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: depilere — to remove hair from the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: epilere — to remove hair from the body
  • Polish: depilować — to remove hair from the body
  • Polish: wydepilować — to remove hair from the body
  • Portuguese: depilar — to remove hair from the body
  • Quechua: chuhchannay — to remove hair from the body
  • Quechua: rutuy — to remove hair from the body
  • Romanian: depila — to remove hair from the body
  • Romanian: epila — to remove hair from the body
  • Russian: эпили́ровать (epilírovatʹ) — to remove hair from the body
  • Spanish: depilar — to remove hair from the body
  • Swedish: depilera — to remove hair from the body