Dictionary

emanate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin exder. Latin ē Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-no-der. Latin mānō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin mānāre Latin ēmānārebor. English emanate From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from ē (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.
   • […] this Association has taken into its serious consideration a proposal, emanating from the aforesaid, Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., and three other Pickwickians hereinafter named, […] 1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
   • The smell of fresh asphalt hangs heavy in the air at Dore & Totley station. It's even powerful enough to overcome the usual delightful aromas emanating from the well-known curry house which occupies the original platform building. 2024 May 1, Tom Ingall, “Hope springs eternal for better services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 52:
   • Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person. It was not in the least unpleasant, and it reminded him—well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of. 1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady", archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
   • that subsisting form of government from which all special laws emanate 1830, Thomas De Quincey, “Kant in his Miscellaneous Essays”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
   • Fragrance emanates from flowers.
2. (rare, transitive) To send or give out; emit.
   • […] his baggy, wrinkled suit emanating a diapery stench […] 2015, Charles Holdefer, Nice:

Forms

Deriveds

emanative · emanatory · emanator · emanatism · emanatist · nonemanating

Relateds

emanation

Translations (30)

fi kulkeutua ((intransitive) To come from a source) · sv härröra ((intransitive) To come from a source) · es emanar (transitive) · sv emanera ((intransitive) To come from a source) · es manar ((intransitive) To come from a source) · nl voortkomen uit ((intransitive) To come from a source) · ar اِنْبَثَقَ ((intransitive) To come from a source) · fa ساطع شدن ((intransitive) To come from a source) · uk витікати ((intransitive) To come from a source) · fi huokua ((intransitive) To come from a source) · fr émaner ((intransitive) To come from a source) · mi pūtake ((intransitive) To come from a source) · el πηγάζω ((intransitive) To come from a source) · tr kaynaklanmak; meydana gelmek; oluşmak ((intransitive) To come from a source) · nl uitstralen ((intransitive) To come from a source) · de ausstrahlen ((intransitive) To come from a source) · mi take ((intransitive) To come from a source) · mi puta ((intransitive) To come from a source) · pl emanować ((intransitive) To come from a source) · uk випромінювати ((intransitive) To come from a source) · eo emani ((intransitive) To come from a source) · uk виходити ((intransitive) To come from a source) · nl ontstaan uit ((intransitive) To come from a source) · fi kantautua ((intransitive) To come from a source) · es manar (transitive) · bg произтичам ((intransitive) To come from a source) · bg произлизам ((intransitive) To come from a source) · es emanar ((intransitive) To come from a source) · it emanare ((intransitive) To come from a source) · sv utgå ((intransitive) To come from a source)