rarefy

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• /ˈɹɛəɹəˌfaɪ/
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From Middle English rarefien, from Old French rarefier (French raréfier), from Latin rarefacere (“make rare”). By surface analysis, rare + -fy.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: разрэ́джваць (razrédžvacʹ) — to make rare etc.
• Belarusian: разрэ́дзіць (razrédzicʹ) — to make rare etc.
• Bengali: তরল বা পাতলা করা (torol ba patola kora) — to make rare etc.
• Bulgarian: разреждам (razreždam) — to make rare etc.
• Catalan: enrarir — to make rare etc.
• Finnish: harventaa — to make rare etc.
• Finnish: ohentaa — to make rare etc.
• French: raréfier — to make rare etc.
• German: verdünnen — to make rare etc.
• German: evakuieren — to make rare etc.
• German: rarefizieren — to make rare etc.
• German: verfeinern — to make rare etc.
• German: selektieren — to make rare etc.
• German: ausdünnen — to make rare etc.
• German: expandieren — to make rare etc.
• Italian: rarefare — to make rare etc.
• Latin: rārēfaciō — to make rare etc.
• Māori: whakaonge — to make rare etc.
• Polish: rozcieńczać — to make rare etc.
• Polish: rozcieńczyć — to make rare etc.
• Polish: rozrzedzać — to make rare etc.
• Polish: rozrzedzić — to make rare etc.
• Portuguese: rarefazer — to make rare etc.
• Romanian: rarefia — to make rare etc.
• Russian: разрежа́ть (razrežátʹ) — to make rare etc.
• Russian: разреди́ть (razredítʹ) — to make rare etc.
• Slovene: razredčiti — to make rare etc.
• Spanish: rarificar — to make rare etc.
• Spanish: enrarecer — to make rare etc.
• Spanish: rarefacer (disused) — to make rare etc.
• Spanish: rarear — to make rare etc.
• Swedish: förtunna — to make rare etc.
• Ukrainian: розрі́джувати (rozrídžuvaty) — to make rare etc.
• Ukrainian: розріди́ти (rozridýty) — to make rare etc.
• Bulgarian: раздувам (razduvam) — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Finnish: harventaa — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Finnish: ohentaa — to enlarge without adding new matter
• German: aufblasen — to enlarge without adding new matter
• German: verlängern — to enlarge without adding new matter
• German: expandieren — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Polish: rafinować — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Polish: zrafinować — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Spanish: rarear — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Spanish: rarificarse — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Spanish: enrarecerse — to enlarge without adding new matter
• Spanish: rarefacerse (disused) — to enlarge without adding new matter