acclimate

See also: acclimaté

English

Etymology

1792, from French acclimater.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈklaɪ.mət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.lɪ.meɪt/, /əˈklaɪ.mət/

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Verb

acclimate (third-person singular simple present acclimates, present participle acclimating, simple past and past participle acclimated)

1. (transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
2. (transitive, chiefly US) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
3. (intransitive, chiefly US) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.

Synonyms

• acclimatise/acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen, adjust

Derived terms

• acclimatable
• acclimatation
• acclimatement
• acclimation nonacclimating
• acclimator
• deacclimate
• photoacclimate
• reacclimate

 

Related terms

• acclimatize
• climate

Translations

(transitive, mainly US) to habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize

• Catalan: aclimatar (ca)
• Finnish: totuttaa ilmastoon, sopeuttaa ilmastoon
• French: acclimater (fr)
• German: akklimatisieren (de)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: عادت دادن (fa)
• Polish: aklimatyzować (pl)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: акклиматизи́ровать (ru) (akklimatizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: aclimatar (es)

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

acclimate

1. inflection of acclimater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• clameçait

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

acclimate

1. inflection of acclimare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

acclimate f pl

1. feminine plural of acclimato

Anagrams

• malaticce