English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːmjʊleɪt/, (yod-coalescence) /ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtumjəleɪt/

Verb edit

tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To swell.
    • 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:
      But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm
  2. (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.

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Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

tumulate

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

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

tumulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of tumulato

Latin edit

Verb edit

tumulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of tumulō