undulate

== English == === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1664; borrowed from New Latin undulātus, the perfect passive participle of undulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from an unattested *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʌndjəleɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊleɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒəleɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒʊleɪt/, /ˈʌndəleɪt/ ==== Verb ==== undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated) (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions. (intransitive) To appear wavelike. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== oscillate === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Late Latin undulātus (“undulated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (non-merged vowel) IPA(key): /ˈʌndjəlɪt/, /ˈʌndjʊlɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒəlɪt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒʊlɪt/, /ˈʌndəlɪt/ (merged vowel) IPA(key): /ˈʌndjələt/, /ˈʌnd͡ʒələt/, /ˈʌndələt/ ==== Adjective ==== undulate (comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate) Wavy in appearance or form. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down. ===== Translations ===== == Latin == === Adjective === undulāte vocative masculine singular of undulātus