perforate

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin perforō (“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“I bore, I pierce”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpəːfəreɪt/
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Verb edit

perforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)

(transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
(transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

Troponyms edit

(to pierce, penetrate): drill, punch

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

to pierce or penetrate

Basque: zulatu
Bulgarian: пробивам (bg) (probivam), продупчвам (bg) (produpčvam)
Catalan: perforar (ca)
Danish: perforere
Finnish: rei’ittää (fi), lävistää (fi), puhkaista (fi)
Galician: perforar (gl)
German: perforieren (de)
Greek: διατρυπώ (el) (diatrypó), τρυπώ (el) (trypó)
Ancient: τετραίνω (tetraínō)
Hebrew: חוֹרֵר (khorér)
Irish: toll
Latin: terebrō
Maori: pokapoka, mōhukihuki, whao, tioka
Portuguese: perfurar (pt)
Russian: просве́рливать (ru) (prosvérlivatʹ), проника́ть (ru) (pronikátʹ)
Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’)
Spanish: perforar (es)
Swedish: perforera (sv)

to make a line of holes

Bulgarian: перфорирам (bg) (perforiram)
Finnish: rei’ittää (fi)
Galician: ^{(please verify)} perforar (gl)
Maori: tīokaoka, kōwhaowhao
Portuguese: perfurar (pt)
Russian: перфори́ровать (ru) (perforírovatʹ)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} perforar (es)
Swedish: perforera (sv)

Adjective edit

perforate (not comparable)

(philately, biology) perforated
- 1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:
  A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.