depilate

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UK/ˈdɛpɪleɪt/

verb

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

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hairepilate
OriginLatin dēpilātus →
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Meanings

verbdepilate (third-person singular simple present depilates, present participle depilating, simple past and past participle depilated)

present singular third person depilates · participle present depilating · participle past depilated · past depilated

  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

    Synonyms: hair

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

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hair

More synonyms by meaning

verbremove body hair

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epilate
Broader
removetaketake away
Also see
epilate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindēpilātus
  2. Englishdepilate

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

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Translations

Bulgarian обезкосмявам
  • обезкосмявам (obezkosmjavam)to remove hair from the body
Catalan depilar
  • depilarto remove hair from the body
Danish depilere, epilere
  • depilereto remove hair from the body
  • epilereto remove hair from the body
Dutch ontharen, depileren
  • ontharento remove hair from the body
  • depilerento remove hair from the body
Finnish poistaa karvat, epiloida
  • poistaa karvatto remove hair from the body
  • epiloidato remove hair from the body
French épiler
  • épilerto remove hair from the body
German epilieren
  • epilierento remove hair from the body
Greek αποτριχώνω
  • αποτριχώνω (apotrichóno)to remove hair from the body
Hungarian szőrtelenít, epilál
  • szőrtelenítto remove hair from the body
  • epilálto remove hair from the body
Italian depilare, depilarsi
  • depilareto remove hair from the body
  • depilarsito remove hair from the body
Japanese 脱毛する, 除毛する
  • 脱毛する (datsumou suru)to remove hair from the body
  • 除毛する (jomou suru)to remove hair from the body
Latin dēpilō
  • dēpilōto remove hair from the body
Norwegian Bokmål depilere, epilere
  • depilereto remove hair from the body
  • epilereto remove hair from the body
Polish depilować, wydepilować
  • depilowaćto remove hair from the body
  • wydepilowaćto remove hair from the body
Portuguese depilar
  • depilarto remove hair from the body
Romanian depila, epila
  • depilato remove hair from the body
  • epilato remove hair from the body
Russian эпили́ровать
  • эпили́ровать (epilírovatʹ)to remove hair from the body
Spanish depilar
  • depilarto remove hair from the body
Swedish depilera
  • depilerato remove hair from the body

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pileatedlepadite
Cite this entry
APA

depilate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depilate

MLA

“depilate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depilate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depilate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depilate.

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