impregnate

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• /ˈɪmprɛɡnət/
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• /ɪmˈprɛɡnət/
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• /ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/
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• /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/
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The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akan: nyem — to cause to become pregnant
• Arabic: حَبَّلَ (ḥabbala) — to cause to become pregnant
• Azerbaijani: dölləndirmək — to cause to become pregnant
• Central Bikol: badusan — to cause to become pregnant
• Bulgarian: оплождам (oploždam) — to cause to become pregnant
• Catalan: prenyar — to cause to become pregnant
• Catalan: inseminar — to cause to become pregnant
• Catalan: embarassar — to cause to become pregnant
• Catalan: fecundar — to cause to become pregnant
• Chinese Mandarin: 使...受孕 — to cause to become pregnant
• Czech: zbouchnout — to cause to become pregnant
• Czech: oplodnit — to cause to become pregnant
• Danish: befrugte — to cause to become pregnant
• Danish: besvangre — to cause to become pregnant
• Danish: inseminere — to cause to become pregnant
• Danish: bolle tyk — to cause to become pregnant
• Esperanto: gravedigi — to cause to become pregnant
• Finnish: saada raskaaksi — to cause to become pregnant
• Finnish: hedelmöittää — to cause to become pregnant
• Finnish: siittää — to cause to become pregnant
• French: rendre enceinte — to cause to become pregnant
• French: mettre enceinte — to cause to become pregnant
• French: enceinter — to cause to become pregnant
• French: engrosser — to cause to become pregnant
• French: couvrir — to cause to become pregnant
• Galician: empreñar — to cause to become pregnant
• Georgian: ანაყოფიერებს (anaq̇opierebs) — to cause to become pregnant
• Georgian: აორსულებს (aorsulebs) — to cause to become pregnant
• German: schwängern — to cause to become pregnant
• German: besamen — to cause to become pregnant
• German: befruchten — to cause to become pregnant
• Hindi: गर्भाधान (garbhādhān) — to cause to become pregnant
• Hungarian: teherbe ejt — to cause to become pregnant
• Hungarian: megtermékenyít — to cause to become pregnant
• Icelandic: frjóvga — to cause to become pregnant
• Ido: fekundigar — to cause to become pregnant
• Irish: toirchigh — to cause to become pregnant
• Italian: ingravidare — to cause to become pregnant
• Italian: mettere incinta — to cause to become pregnant
• Italian: impregnare — to cause to become pregnant
• Japanese: 孕ませる (haramaseru) — to cause to become pregnant
• Latin: gravidō — to cause to become pregnant
• Latin: maritō — to cause to become pregnant
• Māori: whakahapū — to cause to become pregnant
• Māori: whakatō — to cause to become pregnant
• Māori: whakakikiri — to cause to become pregnant
• Persian: گشنیدن (gošnidan) — to cause to become pregnant
• Polish: zapłodnić — to cause to become pregnant
• Polish: zapładniać — to cause to become pregnant
• Portuguese: emprenhar — to cause to become pregnant
• Portuguese: engravidar — to cause to become pregnant
• Portuguese: fertilizar — to cause to become pregnant
• Romanian: însămânța — to cause to become pregnant
• Romanian: lăsa gravidă — to cause to become pregnant
• Russian: де́лать бере́менной (délatʹ berémennoj) — to cause to become pregnant
• Russian: сде́лать бере́менной (sdélatʹ berémennoj) — to cause to become pregnant
• Russian: оплодотворя́ть (oplodotvorjátʹ) — to cause to become pregnant
• Russian: оплодотвори́ть (oplodotvorítʹ) — to cause to become pregnant
• Scottish Gaelic: toraich — to cause to become pregnant
• Spanish: embarazar — to cause to become pregnant
• Spanish: preñar — to cause to become pregnant
• Spanish: dejar embarazada — to cause to become pregnant
• Spanish: embombar — to cause to become pregnant
• Spanish: empreñar — to cause to become pregnant
• Swahili: -tia mimba — to cause to become pregnant
• Swedish: befrukta — to cause to become pregnant
• Turkish: hamile bırakmak — to cause to become pregnant
• Ukrainian: запліднювати (zaplidnjuvaty) — to cause to become pregnant
• Ukrainian: запліднити (zaplidnyty) — to cause to become pregnant
• Vietnamese: thụ tinh — to cause to become pregnant
• Khiamniungan Naga: thōh — to cause to become pregnant in case of animals
• Bulgarian: насищам (nasištam) — to saturate, to infuse
• Bulgarian: напоявам (napojavam) — to saturate, to infuse
• Catalan: impregnar — to saturate, to infuse
• Esperanto: impregni — to saturate, to infuse
• Finnish: kyllästää — to saturate, to infuse
• French: imprégner de — to saturate, to infuse
• French: imprégner — to saturate, to infuse
• Hungarian: telít — to saturate, to infuse
• Hungarian: átitat — to saturate, to infuse
• Italian: impregnare — to saturate, to infuse
• Polish: impregnować — to saturate, to infuse
• Polish: zaimpregnować — to saturate, to infuse
• Polish: nasycać — to saturate, to infuse
• Polish: nasycić — to saturate, to infuse
• Portuguese: impregnar — to saturate, to infuse
• Russian: насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ) — to saturate, to infuse
• Russian: насы́тить (nasýtitʹ) — to saturate, to infuse
• Spanish: impregnar — to saturate, to infuse
• Turkish: emdirmek — to saturate, to infuse
• Turkish: yedirmek — to saturate, to infuse
• Turkish: (bir şeye) doyurmak — to saturate, to infuse
• Bulgarian: импрегнирам (impregniram) — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Finnish: täyttää — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Finnish: kyllästää — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• French: imbiber — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• German: imprägnieren — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Hungarian: impregnál — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Italian: impregnare — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Italian: permeare — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Italian: pigmentare — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Portuguese: impregnar — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Portuguese: permear — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Russian: пропи́тывать (propítyvatʹ) — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Russian: пропита́ть (propitátʹ) — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Spanish: impregnar — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Swedish: impregnera — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Turkish: emprenye etmek — to fill pores or spaces with a substance
• Turkish: sugeçirmez yapmak — to fill pores or spaces with a substance