verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈvæksɪneɪt/
CMU ARPABET:V AE1 K S AH0 N EY0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vaccine, vax
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
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, inoculate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inject, shoot
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English vaccine Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English vaccinate From vaccine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
vaksinoj
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Amharic:
ከተበ
(kätäbä)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Arabic:
لَقَّحَ
(laqqaḥa)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Armenian:
պատվաստել
(patvastel)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Bulgarian:
ваксинирам
(vaksiniram)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Burmese:
ကာကွယ်ဆေးထိုး
(ka-kwaihce:htui:)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Catalan:
vacunar
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Catalan:
vaccinar
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Chinese Mandarin:
接種 /接种
(jiēzhǒng)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Czech:
očkovat
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Danish:
vaccinere
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Dutch:
inenten
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Dutch:
vaccineren
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Esperanto:
vakcini
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Estonian:
vaktsineerima
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Estonian:
kaitsepookimist tegema
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Faroese:
koppseta
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Finnish:
rokottaa
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
French:
vacciner
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Georgian:
ცრის
(cris)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Georgian:
აცრას აკეთებს
(acras aḳetebs)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Georgian:
აცრას აწარმოებს
(acras ac̣armoebs)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Georgian:
ვაქცინაციას აწარმოებს
(vakcinacias ac̣armoebs)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Georgian:
ვაქცინაციას ახდენს
(vakcinacias axdens)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Georgian:
ვაქცინირებს
(vakcinirebs)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
German:
impfen
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Greek:
εμβολιάζω
(emvoliázo)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Hawaiian:
ʻō
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Hebrew:
חיסן
(khisén)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Hungarian:
beolt
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Icelandic:
bólusetja
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Irish:
vacsaínigh
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Italian:
vaccinare
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Japanese:
ワクチンを打つ
(wakuchin o utsu)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Khmer:
ចាក់វ៉ាក់សាំង
(cak vaksang)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Korean:
접종하다
(jeopjonghada)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Latin:
vaccīnō
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Latvian:
vakcinēt
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Lithuanian:
skiepyti
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Maltese:
laqqam
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Māori:
oka
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Māori:
okaoka
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Cyrillic:
вакцинжуулах
(vakcinžuulax)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Norman:
vaccinner
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Norwegian Bokmål:
vaksinere
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vaksinera
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vaksinere
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Pohnpeian:
doakoa
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Polish:
szczepić
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Portuguese:
vacinar
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Romanian:
vaccina
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Russian:
вакцини́ровать
(vakcinírovatʹ)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Russian:
де́лать приви́вку
(délatʹ privívku)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Russian:
сде́лать приви́вку
(sdélatʹ privívku)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Russian:
прививать
(privivatʹ)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Russian:
привить
(privitʹ)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Slovak:
vakcinovať
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Slovene:
cepiti
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Spanish:
vacunar
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Swedish:
vaccinera
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Tagalog:
bakunahan
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Thai:
ให้วัคซีน
(hâi-wák-siin)
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Turkish:
aşılamak
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Turkish:
aşı yapmak
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese:
chích ngừa
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese:
tiêm chủng
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese:
chủng ngừa
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese:
tiêm phòng
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese:
chích
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese:
chủng
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Welsh:
brechu
— treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
