crepitate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin crepitātus, perfect passive participle of crepitō (“to creak, rattle, clatter, crackle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself a frequentative of crepō (“to creak, rattle, etc., burst or break with a noise, crash”). === Verb === crepitate (third-person singular simple present crepitates, present participle crepitating, simple past and past participle crepitated) To crackle, to make a crackling sound. (medicine) to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do. (medicine, obsolescent) to flatulate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “crepitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “crepitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “crepitate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== crepitate inflection of crepitare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== crepitate f pl feminine plural of crepitato === Anagrams === precettai, precitate == Latin == === Verb === crepitāte second-person plural present active imperative of crepitō == Spanish == === Verb === crepitate second-person singular voseo imperative of crepitar combined with te