different between stimulate vs stimuli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimul?tus, perfect passive participle of stimul? (“goad on”), from Latin stimulus (“goad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?mj?le?t/

Verb

stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)

1. To encourage into action.

2. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

Synonyms

• (encourage): encourage, induce, incite, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite
• (arouse): animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Antonyms

• (arouse): de-energize, sedate, stifle

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• multiseat, mutilates, ultimates

Esperanto

Adverb

stimulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of stimuli

Latin

Verb

stimul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of stimul?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st?mj?la?/, /?st?mj?li?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st?mj??la?/

Noun

stimuli

1. plural of stimulus

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin stimul? (“I goad on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?muli/
• Hyphenation: sti?mu?li
• Rhymes: -uli

Verb

stimuli (present stimulas, past stimulis, future stimulos, conditional stimulus, volitive stimulu)

1. to stimulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.my.li/

Noun

stimuli m

1. plural of stimulus

Latin

Noun

stimul?

1. nominative plural of stimulus
2. genitive singular of stimulus
3. vocative plural of stimulus

Anagrams

• ultimis

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stimuli m

1. indefinite plural of stimulus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stimulusar

Noun

stimuli m

1. indefinite plural of stimulus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sti.mul?]

Noun

stimuli m pl

1. plural of stimul