inundate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/
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• UK: /ˈɪn.ʌnˌdeɪt/
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• UK: /ɪˈnʌn.deɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/
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• Australian: /ˈɪn.ənˌdæɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈən.ənˌdæɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N AH0 N D EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inundātus, the perfect passive participle of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- + undō (“to overflow, wave”), from unda (“wave”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: заливам (zalivam) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Bulgarian: наводнявам (navodnjavam) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Catalan: inundar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 淹沒 /淹没 (yānmò) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Czech: zaplavit — to cover with large amounts of water
• Dutch: inunderen — to cover with large amounts of water
• Finnish: hukuttaa — to cover with large amounts of water
• French: inonder — to cover with large amounts of water
• Galician: asolagar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Galician: alagar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Galician: anegar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Galician: inundar — to cover with large amounts of water
• German: überfluten — to cover with large amounts of water
• Ancient Greek: κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Hindi: परिप्लावित (pariplāvit) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Ido: inundar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Italian: inondare — to cover with large amounts of water
• Māori: whakaparawhenua — to cover with large amounts of water
• Persian: غرقه کردن (ġarq kardan) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Polish: zalać — to cover with large amounts of water
• Portuguese: inundar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Russian: залива́ть (zalivátʹ) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Russian: зали́ть (zalítʹ) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Russian: затопля́ть (zatopljátʹ) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Russian: затопи́ть (zatopítʹ) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Russian: наводня́ть (navodnjátʹ) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Russian: наводни́ть (navodnítʹ) — to cover with large amounts of water
• Spanish: inundar — to cover with large amounts of water
• Swedish: översvämma — to cover with large amounts of water
• Turkish: sel basmak — to cover with large amounts of water
• Turkish: su basmak — to cover with large amounts of water
• Welsh: gorlifo — to cover with large amounts of water
• Catalan: inundar — to overwhelm
• Chinese Mandarin: 氾濫 /氾滥 (fànlàn) — to overwhelm
• Chinese Mandarin: 泛滥 (fànlàn) — to overwhelm
• Czech: zaplavit — to overwhelm
• Finnish: hukuttaa — to overwhelm
• Finnish: hukkua — to overwhelm
• French: inonder — to overwhelm
• Ancient Greek: κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) — to overwhelm
• Irish: plúch — to overwhelm
• Italian: inondare — to overwhelm
• Persian: اشباع کردن (ešbâ' kardan) — to overwhelm
• Polish: przytłoczyć — to overwhelm
• Portuguese: inundar — to overwhelm
• Russian: зава́ливать (zaválivatʹ) — to overwhelm
• Russian: завали́ть (zavalítʹ) — to overwhelm
• Spanish: inundar — to overwhelm
• Swedish: överväldiga — to overwhelm
• Swedish: överhopa — to overwhelm
• Swedish: översvämma — to overwhelm
• Swedish: tynga ner — to overwhelm
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak) — to overwhelm
• Welsh: gorlifo — to overwhelm