Standard Lemma guide

emanate

verb · 4 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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  • US: /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 M AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To come from a source; issue from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Fragrance emanates from flowers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To send or give out; emit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

give out (breath or an odor)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The chimney exhales a thick smoke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exhale, give forth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: emit, breathe, pass off

4

verb

Meaning 4

proceed or issue forth, as from a source

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Water emanates from this hole in the ground

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: come, come up

Narrower terms: flow out, effuse

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin exder. Latin ē Proto-Indo-European *meh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *meh2-no-der. Latin mānō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin mānāre Latin ēmānārebor. English emanate From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from ē (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِنْبَثَقَ (inbaṯaqa) — To come from a source
  • Bulgarian: произлизам (proizlizam) — To come from a source
  • Bulgarian: произтичам (proiztičam) — To come from a source
  • Dutch: uitstralen — To come from a source
  • Dutch: ontstaan uit — To come from a source
  • Dutch: voortkomen uit — To come from a source
  • Esperanto: emani — To come from a source
  • Finnish: kantautua — To come from a source
  • Finnish: kulkeutua — To come from a source
  • Finnish: huokua — To come from a source
  • French: émaner — To come from a source
  • German: ausstrahlen — To come from a source
  • Greek: πηγάζω (pigázo) — To come from a source
  • Italian: emanare — To come from a source
  • Māori: puta — To come from a source
  • Māori: take — To come from a source
  • Māori: pūtake — To come from a source
  • Persian: ساطع شدن (sâte' šodan) — To come from a source
  • Polish: emanować — To come from a source
  • Spanish: emanar — To come from a source
  • Swedish: härröra — To come from a source
  • Swedish: utgå — To come from a source
  • Swedish: emanera — To come from a source
  • Turkish: kaynaklanmak; meydana gelmek; oluşmak — To come from a source
  • Ukrainian: виходити (vyxodyty) — To come from a source
  • Ukrainian: витікати (vytikaty) — To come from a source
  • Ukrainian: випромінювати (vyprominjuvaty) — To come from a source