noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of inoculum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inoculum
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inoculate
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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UK: /ɪˈnɒkjulɪt/
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General-American: /ɪˈnɑːkjulɪt/
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UK: /ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/
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General-American: /ɪˈnɑːkjuleɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immunize, vaccinate, vaccine
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To add one substance to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spike
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To graft by inserting buds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
- to inoculate a tree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imbue, implant
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impregnate
verb
Meaning 8
insert a bud for propagation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propagate
verb
Meaning 9
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: immunize, immunise, vaccinate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inject, shoot
verb
Meaning 10
introduce a microorganism into
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
Narrower terms: seed
verb
Meaning 11
introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inform
History
Etymology
Back-formation from inoculation, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
First attested in c. 1440; inherited from Middle English inoculaten (“to graft”), from Latin inoculātus, perfect passive participle of inoculō (“to ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَقَّحَ (laqqaḥa) — to provide immunity
- Armenian: պատվաստել (patvastel) — to provide immunity
- Azerbaijani: aşılamaq — to provide immunity
- Azerbaijani: peyvənd etmək — to provide immunity
- Bulgarian: ваксинирам (vaksiniram) — to provide immunity
- Catalan: inocular — to provide immunity
- Dutch: inenten — to provide immunity
- Esperanto: inokuli — to provide immunity
- Finnish: rokottaa — to provide immunity
- French: inoculer — to provide immunity
- German: impfen — to provide immunity
- German: inokulieren — to provide immunity
- Greek: εμβολιάζω (emvoliázo) — to provide immunity
- Kyrgyz: эмдөө (emdöö) — to provide immunity
- Māori: oka — to provide immunity
- Pohnpeian: doakoa — to provide immunity
- Portuguese: inocular — to provide immunity
- Russian: привива́ть (privivátʹ) — to provide immunity
- Russian: приви́ть (privítʹ) — to provide immunity
- Slovak: očkovať — to provide immunity
- Slovak: zaočkovať — to provide immunity
- Slovene: cepiti — to provide immunity
- Spanish: inocular — to provide immunity
- Swedish: inokulera — to provide immunity
- Swedish: ympa — to provide immunity
- Vietnamese: chích ngừa — to provide immunity
- Vietnamese: tiêm chủng — to provide immunity
- Vietnamese: chích — to provide immunity
- Vietnamese: chủng — to provide immunity
- Vietnamese: chủng ngừa — to provide immunity
- Vietnamese: tiêm phòng — to provide immunity
- Bulgarian: ваксинирам (vaksiniram) — to safeguard as if by inoculation
- Finnish: rokottaa — to safeguard as if by inoculation
- Dutch: inoculeren — to add one substance to another
- Dutch: enten — to add one substance to another
- Finnish: lisätä — to add one substance to another
- Swedish: inympa — to add one substance to another
- Swedish: inokulera — to add one substance to another
- Azerbaijani: calamaq — to graft by inserting buds
- Azerbaijani: aşılamaq — to graft by inserting buds
- Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) — to graft by inserting buds
- Bulgarian: ашладисвам (ašladisvam) — to graft by inserting buds
- Finnish: silmuttaa — to graft by inserting buds
- German: okulieren — to graft by inserting buds
- German: äugeln — to graft by inserting buds
- Slovak: štepiť — to graft by inserting buds
- Slovak: zaštepiť — to graft by inserting buds
- Azerbaijani: aşılamaq — to introduce into the mind
- Bulgarian: внушавам (vnušavam) — to introduce into the mind
- Finnish: saastuttaa — to introduce into the mind
- Slovak: naočkovať — to introduce into the mind
- Slovak: naočkovávať — to introduce into the mind