instill

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• UK, US: /ɪnˈstɪl/
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• rhymes with -ɪl
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S T IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin stīlla Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin stīllō Latin instillōbor. English instill Borrowed from Latin instillō.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: внушавам (vnušavam) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Catalan: suscitar — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Catalan: inculcar — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 灌輸 /灌输 (guànshū) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Czech: vštípit — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Dutch: bijbrengen — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Finnish: iskostaa — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Finnish: juurruttaa — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• French: inculquer — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• German: anerziehen — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• German: einimpfen — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• German: beibringen — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Greek: ενσταλάζω (enstalázo) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Italian: suscitare — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Italian: inculcare — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Italian: instillare — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Latin: indō — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Pennsylvania German: aabefehle — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Polish: wpajać — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Polish: wpoić — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Portuguese: inculcar — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Portuguese: instilar — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Romanian: insufla — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Russian: внуша́ть (vnušátʹ) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Russian: внуши́ть (vnušítʹ) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Russian: вселя́ть (vseljátʹ) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Russian: всели́ть (vselítʹ) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Russian: привива́ть (privivátʹ) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Russian: приви́ть (privítʹ) — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Scottish Gaelic: teagaisg — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Spanish: insuflar — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Spanish: infundir — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Spanish: instilar — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Swedish: ingjuta — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Turkish: aşılamak — to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
• Bulgarian: вливам на капки (vlivam na kapki) — to pour in drop by drop
• Czech: nakapat — to pour in drop by drop
• Czech: vkapat — to pour in drop by drop
• Finnish: valuttaa — to pour in drop by drop
• Finnish: tiputtaa — to pour in drop by drop
• French: instiller — to pour in drop by drop
• German: einflößen — to pour in drop by drop
• Manx: sheel — to pour in drop by drop
• Polish: wkraplać — to pour in drop by drop
• Polish: wkroplić — to pour in drop by drop
• Russian: влива́ть по ка́пле (vlivátʹ po káple) — to pour in drop by drop
• Russian: влить по ка́пле (vlitʹ po káple) — to pour in drop by drop
• Spanish: instilar — to pour in drop by drop
• Turkish: damlatmak — to pour in drop by drop
• Turkish: damla damla akıtmak — to pour in drop by drop