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immunize

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: /ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 M Y UW0 N AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To make someone or something immune to something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inoculate, vaccinate, vaccine

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We vaccinate against scarlet fever
  • The nurse vaccinated the children in the school

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immunise, inoculate, vaccinate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inject, shoot

4

verb

Meaning 4

law: grant immunity from prosecution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immunise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protect

History

Etymology

From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: імунізава́ць (imunizavácʹ) — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Catalan: immunitzar — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使免疫 (shǐ miǎnyì) — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Dutch: immuniseren — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Esperanto: imunigi — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Finnish: immunisoida — to make someone or something immune to something
  • French: immuniser — to make someone or something immune to something
  • German: immunisieren — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Ido: imunigar — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Kazakh: иммунитеттендіру (immunitettendıru) — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Latin: immūnizō — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Malay: mengimunkan — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Māori: tuku awhikiri — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Polish: uodparniać — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Polish: uodpornić — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Portuguese: imunizar — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Russian: иммунизи́ровать (immunizírovatʹ) — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Slovak: imunizovať — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Spanish: inmunizar — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Swedish: immunisera — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Ukrainian: імунізува́ти (imunizuváty) — to make someone or something immune to something
  • Belarusian: імунізава́ць (imunizavácʹ) — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Bulgarian: имунизирам (imuniziram) — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Catalan: immunitzar — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使免疫 (shǐ miǎnyì) — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Finnish: rokottaa — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • French: immuniser — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • German: immunisieren — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Māori: tuku awhikiri — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Polish: uodparniać — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Polish: uodpornić — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Russian: иммунизи́ровать (immunizírovatʹ) — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Slovak: imunizovať — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Spanish: inmunizar — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease
  • Ukrainian: імунізува́ти (imunizuváty) — to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease