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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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/
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CMU ARPABET:IH1 M Y UW0 N AY2 Z
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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