From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], perfect passive participle of [la], see [en]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [ĭn-flāt'] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To enlarge an object by push ing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1782 | author=w:John Scott of Amwell | title=An Essay on Painting
|passage=When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / INFLATE the features, and
enrage the eyes.}}
1. [en] To enlarge by fill ing with air (or a gas).
2. [en] To swell ; to puff up.
3. * [page=137]
4. [en] To decompress (data) that was previously deflate d.
5. [en] To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate .
**** Antonyms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
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| inflate-a-date|inflated|inflatingly}}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[(_transitive_ ) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Friulian: [fur] , [fur]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [to fill with gas, air - га́зом, во́здухом] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[(_transitive_ ) to enlarge by filling with gas]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Latin: [la]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[(_intransitive_ ) to become enlarged by being filled with gas]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [to be filled with gas, air - га́зом, во́здухом] , [ru] , [ru]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to decompress data]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Korean: [ko]
- Mandarin: [cmn] , [cmn] , [cmn] , [cmn]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[en]
** Latin
*** Participle
[la]
1. [la]
*** Adverb
[īnflātē]
1. haughtily , proudly , pompously
*** References
- [R:L&S]
- [R:Elementary Lewis]
- [R:du Cange]
- [R:Gaffiot]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [inflar]