Dictionary

depilate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛpɪleɪt/ (UK)
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Etymology

First attested in 1575; borrowed from Latin dēpilātus, perfect passive participle of dēpilō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.
   • In Siena, the donkey upon which Bernardino had traveled so many miles was literally and thoroughly depilated in the mad rush for miracle-working relics. 1999, Franco Mormando, The Preacher’s Demons: Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy, →ISBN, page 38:

Forms

Deriveds

depilator

Hyponyms

epilate

Relateds

pilosity · pilose · pelota · pilous · depilation

Synonyms

hair

Translations (34)

sv depilera (to remove hair from the body) · ja 脱毛する (to remove hair from the body) · qu chuhchannay (to remove hair from the body) · fi epiloida (to remove hair from the body) · fi poistaa karvat (to remove hair from the body) · ja 除毛する (to remove hair from the body) · pt depilar (to remove hair from the body) · da epilere (to remove hair from the body) · hu epilál (to remove hair from the body) · da depilere (to remove hair from the body) · nb epilere (to remove hair from the body) · la dēpilō (to remove hair from the body) · ru эпили́ровать (to remove hair from the body) · de epilieren (to remove hair from the body) · it depilarsi (to remove hair from the body) · pl depilować (to remove hair from the body) · qu rutuy (to remove hair from the body) · ro epila (to remove hair from the body) · nb depilere (to remove hair from the body) · nl ontharen (to remove hair from the body) · hu szőrtelenít (to remove hair from the body) · it depilare (to remove hair from the body) · el αποτριχώνω (to remove hair from the body) · io despilizar (to remove hair from the body) · bg обезкосмявам (to remove hair from the body) · io senpiligar (to remove hair from the body) · ca depilar (to remove hair from the body) · fr épiler (to remove hair from the body) · mk депилира (to remove hair from the body) · es depilar (to remove hair from the body) · gl depilar (to remove hair from the body) · ro depila (to remove hair from the body) · pl wydepilować (to remove hair from the body) · nl depileren (to remove hair from the body)