flagellate

English

Etymology

Latin flagellum ("whip")

Verb

flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)

1. To whip or scourge.

Translations

to whip or scourge

• Bulgarian: бичувам (bg) (bičuvam)
• Finnish: piiskata (fi)
• Quechua: asut'iy (qu)

• Russian: пороть (ru) (porótʹ), (dated, now means "chastise") бичевать (ru) (bičevátʹ)
• Swedish: flagellera (sv), piska (sv), gissla (sv)

Adjective

flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)

1. Resembling a whip.
2. (biology) Having flagella.

Translations

resembling a whip

• Finnish: piiskamainen (fi)

biology: having flagella

• Bulgarian: камшичест (bg) (kamšičest)

• Finnish: siima- (fi)

Noun

flagellate (plural flagellates)

1. (biology) Any organism that has flagella.

Translations

organism with flagella

• Finnish: siimaeliö (fi)

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Italian

Verb

flagellate

1. second-person plural present indicative of flagellare
2. second-person plural imperative of flagellare
3. Feminine plural of flagellato

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Latin

Verb

flagellāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of flagellō