domesticate

English edit

WOTD – 19 May 2006

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

(verb) IPA^(key): /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/, /-stə-/
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(noun) IPA^(key): /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/, /-stə-/, /-kɪt/
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Hyphenation: do‧mes‧ti‧cate

Verb edit

domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated)

(transitive) To make domestic.
(transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life.
- 2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4263: Peer Decompression:
  "To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."
(transitive) To adapt to live with humans.
The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.
(intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.
Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
(transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
(transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
Antonym: foreignize

Translations edit

to make domestic

Armenian: ընտելացնել (hy) (əntelacʻnel)
Bulgarian: опитомявам (bg) (opitomjavam)
Catalan: domesticar (ca)
Danish: tæmme (da)
Dutch: domesticeren (nl)
Finnish: kesyttää (fi)
Greek: εξημερώνω (el) (eximeróno)
Old English: temian
Portuguese: domesticar (pt)
Romanian: domestici (ro)
Russian: прируча́ть (ru) impf (priručátʹ), приручи́ть (ru) pf (priručítʹ)
Spanish: domesticar (es)

to make fit for domestic life

Bulgarian: опитомявам (bg) (opitomjavam)
Danish: tæmme (da)
Dutch: domesticeren (nl)
Greek: εξημερώνω (el) (eximeróno)
Old English: temian
Portuguese: domesticar (pt)
Spanish: domesticar (es)

(transitive) to adapt to live with humans

Armenian: ընտելացնել (hy) (əntelacʻnel)
Catalan: domesticar (ca)
Danish: domesticere (da), tæmme (da), gøre til husdyr
Dutch: domesticeren (nl)
French: domestiquer (fr)
Galician: domesticar (gl)
German: domestizieren (de)
Greek: εξημερώνω (el) (eximeróno)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ביית (biyét)
Hungarian: háziasít (hu), domesztikál (hu)
Icelandic: temja (is)
Ido: domestikigar (io)
Italian: addomesticare (it), domesticare (it)
Japanese: 馴らす (narasu)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} припито́мува (pripitómuva)
Middle English: daunten
Norwegian:
Bokmål: domestisere

Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} domestisere
Old English: temian
Polish: udamawiać impf, udomawiać impf, udomowiać impf, udomowić (pl) pf
Portuguese: domesticar (pt)
Quechua: uyway
Romanian: domestici (ro)
Spanish: domesticar (es)
Swedish: domesticera (sv)
Turkish: ehlileştirmek, evcilleştirmek (tr)
Vietnamese: thuần hoá (vi)

(intransitive) to adapt to live with humans

Armenian: ընտելանալ (hy) (əntelanal)
Danish: tæmme (da)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} domesticeren (nl)
German: ^{(please verify)} domestizieren (de)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ביית (biyét)
Ido: domestikeskar (io)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} припито́мува (pripitómuva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} domestisere

Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} domestisere
Polish: udamawiać się impf, udomawiać się impf, udomowiać się impf, udomowić się pf
Portuguese: domesticar-se
Spanish: domesticarse (es)
Turkish: ehlileşmek (tr), evcilleşmek (tr)

translation studies

Chinese:
Mandarin: 歸化／归化 (zh) (guīhuà)

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