Dictionary

vaccinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈvæksɪneɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English vaccine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English vaccinate From vaccine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
   • You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle! 1933, Groucho Marx, Duck Soup (movie)
   • The county Health Department will provide free tetanus shots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Turtle Creek for flood victims and cleanup workers who haven't been vaccinated against the disease in the past 10 years. 1997 July 8, “Tetanus shots for flood workers”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page D.3:
   • Within weeks, Britain had vaccinated more people than France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined, a stunning achievement. 2021 February 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Vaccines and railways”, in RAIL, number 925, page 3:

Forms

Deriveds

hypervaccinate · retrovaccinate · prevaccinate · nonvaccinating · electrovaccinate · revaccinate · vaccinator · supervaccinate · undervaccinate · overvaccinate

Relateds

vaccination · vaccine · vaccinated · unvaccinated · vaccinationist

Synonyms

vaccine · vax

Translations (71)

am ከተበ (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · is bólusetja (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · pt vacinar (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · mi oka (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · cy brechu (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ja ワクチンを打つ (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · el εμβολιάζω (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ka ვაქცინაციას ახდენს (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · nb vaksinere (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ka ცრის (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ga vacsaínigh (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · da vaccinere (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ru сде́лать приви́вку (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · nrf vaccinner (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · fr vacciner (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · vi chích (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · cmn 接種 /接种 (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · nl inenten (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · tr aşılamak (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · cs očkovat (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · mn вакцинжуулах (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · es vacunar (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · fo koppseta (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · et vaktsineerima (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ar لَقَّحَ (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · sk vakcinovať (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · hu beolt (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · fi rokottaa (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ko 접종하다 (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · nn vaksinera (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · he חיסן (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · sq vaksinoj (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · sv vaccinera (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · vi chủng ngừa (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ru прививать (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · sl cepiti (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · et kaitsepookimist tegema (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · vi tiêm phòng (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · it vaccinare (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ca vacunar (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ka აცრას აკეთებს (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · haw ʻō (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · nn vaksinere (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ka ვაქცინირებს (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ro vaccina (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · pl szczepić (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ru привить (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · mi okaoka (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · vi tiêm chủng (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · la vaccīnō (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · de impfen (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · tl bakunahan (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · tr aşı yapmak (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ca vaccinar (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ru вакцини́ровать (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · bg ваксинирам (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · th ให้วัคซีน (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · vi chủng (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · vi chích ngừa (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · eo vakcini (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · lt skiepyti (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · lv vakcinēt (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ka აცრას აწარმოებს (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · mt laqqam (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · km ចាក់វ៉ាក់សាំង (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · nl vaccineren (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · pon doakoa (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · hy պատվաստել (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ru де́лать приви́вку (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · ka ვაქცინაციას აწარმოებს (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease) · my ကာကွယ်ဆေးထိုး (treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease)