Standard Lemma guide

immolate

adj · 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.

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  • UK: /ˈɪm.əʊ.leɪt/
  • UK: /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/
  • US: /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 M AH0 L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Immolated, sacrificed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To kill as a sacrifice by burning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To kill, harm, or destroy by fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The Aztecs immolated human victims
  • immolate the valuables at the temple

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sacrifice

History

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb in 1548; borrowed from Latin immolātus, perfect passive participle of immolō (“to sacrifice”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) — kill as sacrifice
  • Armenian: զոհաբերել (zohaberel) — kill as sacrifice
  • Armenian: զենել (zenel) — kill as sacrifice
  • Bulgarian: принасям в жертва (prinasjam v žertva) — kill as sacrifice
  • Catalan: immolar — kill as sacrifice
  • Catalan: sacrificar — kill as sacrifice
  • Dutch: offeren — kill as sacrifice
  • Finnish: uhrata — kill as sacrifice
  • French: immoler — kill as sacrifice
  • French: sacrifier — kill as sacrifice
  • German: opfern — kill as sacrifice
  • Italian: immolare — kill as sacrifice
  • Italian: sacrificare — kill as sacrifice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ofre — kill as sacrifice
  • Portuguese: sacrificar — kill as sacrifice
  • Portuguese: imolar — kill as sacrifice
  • Romanian: imola — kill as sacrifice
  • Romanian: sacrifica — kill as sacrifice
  • Russian: соверша́ть жертвоприноше́ние (soveršátʹ žertvoprinošénije) — kill as sacrifice
  • Russian: приноси́ть в жертву (prinosítʹ v žertvu) — kill as sacrifice
  • Spanish: inmolar — kill as sacrifice
  • Spanish: sacrificar — kill as sacrifice
  • Swedish: offra — kill as sacrifice
  • Tibetan: དམར་མཆོད་བྱེད་པ (dmar mchod byed pa) — kill as sacrifice
  • Ukrainian: прино́сити в же́ртву (prynósyty v žértvu) — kill as sacrifice
  • Vietnamese: tự thiêu — kill as sacrifice
  • Armenian: ողջակիզել (oġǰakizel) — destroy
  • Catalan: immolar — destroy
  • Dutch: vernietigen — destroy
  • Finnish: tuhota — destroy
  • Finnish: polttaa — destroy
  • French: immoler — destroy
  • German: zerstören — destroy
  • Portuguese: imolar — destroy
  • Russian: сжига́ть (sžigátʹ) — destroy
  • Spanish: inmolar — destroy