oscillate

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• US: /ˈɑsɪleɪt/
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First attested in 1726; borrowed from Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Latin ōscillō (“to swing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth, face”). See also osculate.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вибрирам (vibriram) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Bulgarian: осцилирам (osciliram) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Catalan: oscil·lar — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Chinese Mandarin: 振盪 /振荡 (zhèndàng) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Czech: kmitat — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Czech: oscilovat — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Estonian: võnkliikuma — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Finnish: värähdellä — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Finnish: heilua — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Finnish: oskilloida — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• French: osciller — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Galician: oscilar — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• German: schwingen — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• German: pendeln — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• German: oszillieren — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• German: vibrieren — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• German: zittern — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• German: changieren — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Greek: ταλαντεύομαι (talantévomai) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Greek: διακυμαίνομαι (diakymaínomai) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Greek: αιωρούμαι (aioroúmai) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Hebrew: תָּנַד (tanad) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Hebrew: תָּנְדָה (tanda) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Hebrew: הִתְנוֹדֵד (hitnoded) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Hebrew: הִתְנוֹדְדָה (hitnodeda) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Hungarian: oszcillál — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Irish: ascalaigh — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Italian: oscillare — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Japanese: 振動する (shindō-suru) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Māori: piupiu — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Māori: kōpiupiu — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Polish: oscylować — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Portuguese: oscilar — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Romanian: oscila — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Russian: колеба́ться (kolebátʹsja) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Russian: кача́ться (kačátʹsja) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Russian: осцилли́ровать (oscillírovatʹ) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Slovene: nihati — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Slovene: zanihati — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Spanish: oscilar — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Swedish: pendla — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Ukrainian: осцилювати (oscyljuvaty) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Ukrainian: колива́тися (kolyvátysja) — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm
• Welsh: osgiliadu — to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm