etiolate
To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plantTo make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
Meaning
3 sensesTo make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
etiolieren, vergeilen
этиолироватьetiolirovatʹ, обесцвечивать расте́нияobescvečivatʹ rasténija
make pale or sickly
To make pale and sickly-looking.
бледне́тьblednétʹ, станови́ться бледнымstanovítʹsja blednym
(intransitive)To become pale or blanched.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).
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Forms
etiolates, etiolating, etiolated, etiolatedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.