pollinate

English

Etymology

From pollin- (compound form of "pollen") +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪneɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

pollinate (third-person singular simple present pollinates, present participle pollinating, simple past and past participle pollinated)

1. To apply pollen to (a stigma).

   pollinate plants

   pollinate flowers

   self-pollinate

   Bees help pollinate flowers as they collect nectar.

   Farmers often import bees to pollinate their crops.

Derived terms

• cross-pollinate
• nonpollinated
• nonpollinating
• pollinator
• self-pollinating
• unpollinated

Translations

to apply pollen to

Albanian: mbars (sq), pllenoj (sq) Arabic: لَقَّحَ (laqqaḥa) Asturian: polinizar Bulgarian: опрашвам (bg) (oprašvam) Catalan: pol·linitzar (ca) Czech: opylit Danish: bestøve Finnish: pölyttää (fi) French: polliniser (fr) Galician: polinizar (gl) Georgian: დამტვერვა (damṭverva), პოლინაცია (ṗolinacia) German: bestäuben (de) Greek: επικονιάζω (el) (epikoniázo) Hindi: परागण m (parāgaṇ) Hungarian: beporoz (hu) Ingrian: pöllyttää Irish: pailnigh Italian: impollinare (it) Maori: haenga Portuguese: polinizar (pt) Romanian: poleniza (ro) Russian: опыля́ть (ru) impf (opyljátʹ), опыли́ть (ru) pf (opylítʹ) Spanish: polinizar (es) Swedish: pollinera (sv) Thai: ผสมเกสร (pà-sǒm-gee-sɔ̌ɔn) Ukrainian: запи́лювати impf (zapýljuvaty), запили́ти pf (zapylýty) Vietnamese: thụ phấn (vi)

Adjective

pollinate

1. (zoology) Pollinose.

References

• “pollinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.