vibrate

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• UK: /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/
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• US: /ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/
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• rhymes with -eɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: V AY1 B R EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вибрация (vibracija) — setting
• Finnish: värinähälytys — setting
• Finnish: värinätoiminto — setting
• German: Vibration — setting
• Macedonian: вибра́ција (vibrácija) — setting
• Macedonian: вибри́рање (vibríranje) — setting
• Romanian: vibrare — setting
• Albanian: drridh — to move with small movements rapidly
• Basque: dardaratu — to move with small movements rapidly
• Bulgarian: трептя (treptja) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Bulgarian: вибрирам (vibriram) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Catalan: vibrar — to move with small movements rapidly
• Dutch: trillen — to move with small movements rapidly
• Esperanto: vibri — to move with small movements rapidly
• Finnish: värähdellä — to move with small movements rapidly
• Finnish: väristä — to move with small movements rapidly
• Finnish: täristä — to move with small movements rapidly
• French: vibrer — to move with small movements rapidly
• Galician: vibrar — to move with small movements rapidly
• Georgian: ვიბრირება (vibrireba) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Georgian: თრთოლა (trtola) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Georgian: რხევა (rxeva) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Georgian: რყევა (rq̇eva) — to move with small movements rapidly
• German: vibrieren — to move with small movements rapidly
• Hungarian: vibrál — to move with small movements rapidly
• Italian: vibrare — to move with small movements rapidly
• Japanese: 震う — to move with small movements rapidly
• Japanese: 震わせる — to move with small movements rapidly
• Jarai: mơgơi — to move with small movements rapidly
• Kapampangan: kingking — to move with small movements rapidly
• Khmer: ញ័រ (ñɔə) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Latin: vibrō — to move with small movements rapidly
• Macedonian: тре́пери (tréperi) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Macedonian: вибри́ра (vibríra) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Māori: neneke — to move with small movements rapidly
• Māori: tōiri — to move with small movements rapidly
• Māori: tōiriiri — to move with small movements rapidly
• Norwegian: vibrere — to move with small movements rapidly
• Piedmontese: vibré — to move with small movements rapidly
• Polish: wibrować — to move with small movements rapidly
• Polish: drgać — to move with small movements rapidly
• Portuguese: vibrar — to move with small movements rapidly
• Romanian: vibra — to move with small movements rapidly
• Russian: вибри́ровать (vibrírovatʹ) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Spanish: vibrar — to move with small movements rapidly
• Tamil: அதிர் (atir) — to move with small movements rapidly
• Vietnamese: rung — to move with small movements rapidly
• Vietnamese: rung động — to move with small movements rapidly
• Bulgarian: резонирам (rezoniram) — to resonate
• Finnish: väristä — to resonate
• Finnish: värähdellä — to resonate
• Japanese: 響く — to resonate
• Macedonian: резони́ра (rezoníra) — to resonate
• Polish: rezonować — to resonate
• Vietnamese: rung cảm — to resonate
• Bulgarian: размахвам (razmahvam) — to brandish; to swing to and fro
• Finnish: heiluttaa — to brandish; to swing to and fro
• Finnish: heilutella — to brandish; to swing to and fro
• Finnish: väristää — to set in vibration
• Finnish: värisyttää — to set in vibration
• Japanese: 震わせる — to set in vibration