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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
remove body hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: epilate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
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.
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Bulgarian:
обезкосмявам
(obezkosmjavam)
— to remove hair from the body
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Catalan:
depilar
— to remove hair from the body
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Danish:
depilere
— to remove hair from the body
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Danish:
epilere
— to remove hair from the body
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Dutch:
ontharen
— to remove hair from the body
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Dutch:
depileren
— to remove hair from the body
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Finnish:
poistaa karvat
— to remove hair from the body
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Finnish:
epiloida
— to remove hair from the body
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French:
épiler
— to remove hair from the body
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Galician:
depilar
— to remove hair from the body
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German:
epilieren
— to remove hair from the body
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Greek:
αποτριχώνω
(apotrichóno)
— to remove hair from the body
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Hungarian:
szőrtelenít
— to remove hair from the body
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Hungarian:
epilál
— to remove hair from the body
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Ido:
senpiligar
— to remove hair from the body
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Ido:
despilizar
— to remove hair from the body
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Italian:
depilare
— to remove hair from the body
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Italian:
depilarsi
— to remove hair from the body
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Japanese:
脱毛する
(datsumou suru)
— to remove hair from the body
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Japanese:
除毛する
(jomou suru)
— to remove hair from the body
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Latin:
dēpilō
— to remove hair from the body
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Macedonian:
депилира
(depilira)
— to remove hair from the body
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Norwegian Bokmål:
depilere
— to remove hair from the body
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Norwegian Bokmål:
epilere
— to remove hair from the body
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Polish:
depilować
— to remove hair from the body
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Polish:
wydepilować
— to remove hair from the body
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Portuguese:
depilar
— to remove hair from the body
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Quechua:
chuhchannay
— to remove hair from the body
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Quechua:
rutuy
— to remove hair from the body
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Romanian:
depila
— to remove hair from the body
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Romanian:
epila
— to remove hair from the body
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Russian:
эпили́ровать
(epilírovatʹ)
— to remove hair from the body
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Spanish:
depilar
— to remove hair from the body
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Swedish:
depilera
— to remove hair from the body