English
WOTD – 16 November 2008
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ English instill
Borrowed from Latin instillō.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Verb
instill (third-person singular simple present instills, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)
- (transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
- Synonyms: impress, ingrain, din, implant, infix
It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
- (transitive) To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
Derived terms
Translations
to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
— see also inculcate
- Bulgarian: внушавам (bg) (vnušavam)
- Catalan: suscitar (ca), inculcar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 灌輸 / 灌输 (zh) (guànshū)
- Czech: vštípit
- Dutch: bijbrengen (nl)
- Finnish: iskostaa, juurruttaa (fi)
- French: inculquer (fr)
- German: anerziehen (de), einimpfen (de), beibringen (de)
- Greek: ενσταλάζω (el) (enstalázo)
- Italian: suscitare (it), inculcare (it), instillare (it)
- Latin: indō
- Pennsylvania German: aabefehle
- Polish: wpajać impf, wpoić pf
- Portuguese: inculcar (pt), instilar
- Romanian: insufla (ro)
- Russian: внуша́ть (ru) impf (vnušátʹ), внуши́ть (ru) pf (vnušítʹ), вселя́ть (ru) impf (vseljátʹ), всели́ть (ru) pf (vselítʹ), привива́ть (ru) impf (privivátʹ), приви́ть (ru) pf (privítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: teagaisg
- Spanish: insuflar (es), infundir (es), instilar (es)
- Swedish: ingjuta (sv)
- Turkish: aşılamak (tr)
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