translate
//tɹɑːnzˈleɪt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- translate
- past (v2)
- translated
- past participle (v3)
- translated
- present participle
- translating
- 3rd person singular
- translates
- Plural
- translates
Definitions
1.Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
- Hans translated my novel into Welsh.
- ‘Dog’ translates as ‘chien’ in French.
- Hans translated for us while we were in Marrakesh.
2.Senses relating to a change of position.
- Let us assume the gas molecule to be a structureless "billiard ball," translating in space and frequently colliding with the neighboring molecules.
- After translating this plane, parallel to the ground line, to the position n#95;1L#95;1r#95;1, these points appear at n#95;1 and r#95;1.
- It is convenient at this point to translate the axis of the n dimensional space so that the origin of each axis occurs at its arithmetical mean.
1.In Euclidean spaces: a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2893
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English translaten (“to transport, translate, transform”), from Anglo-Norman translater, from Latin trānslātus, perfect passive participle of trānsferō (“to transport, carry across, translate”). See also -ate (verb-forming suffix). Distant doublet of transfer, see collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.