emanate

E1M3A1N1A1T1E1
US/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/

verb

To come from a source; issue from.

“Fragrance emanates from flowers.”

Similar
exhalegive forth
OriginLatin ēmānāre ← Proto-Italic *māno- ← Proto-Indo-European *meh₂no- →
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Meanings

verbemanate (third-person singular simple present emanates, present participle emanating, simple past and past participle emanated)

present singular third person emanates · participle present emanating · participle past emanated · past emanated

  1. intransitiveTo come from a source; issue from.

    Fragrance emanates from flowers.

    4 more examples

    […] 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

    that subsisting form of government from which all special laws emanate

    1830, Thomas De Quincey, “Kant in his Miscellaneous Essays”, in Blackwood's Magazine

    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

    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
  2. raretransitiveTo send or give out; emit.

    […] his baggy, wrinkled suit emanating a diapery stench […]

    2015, Charles Holdefer, Nice

Synonyms & antonyms

verbgive out (breath or an odor)

Similar
exhalegive forth
Broader
emitbreathepass off
Also see
emitexhalegive forth

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinē
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂no-
  8. Proto-Italic*māno-
  9. Latinmānō
  10. Latinmānāre
  11. Latinēmānāre
  12. Englishemanate

From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from ē (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).

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Translations

Arabic اِنْبَثَقَ
  • اِنْبَثَقَ (inbaṯaqa)(intransitive) To come from a source
Bulgarian произлизам, произтичам
  • произлизам (proizlizam)(intransitive) To come from a source
  • произтичам (proiztičam)(intransitive) To come from a source
Dutch uitstralen, ontstaan uit
  • uitstralen(intransitive) To come from a source
  • ontstaan uit(intransitive) To come from a source
  • voortkomen uit(intransitive) To come from a source
Esperanto emani
  • emani(intransitive) To come from a source
Finnish kantautua, kulkeutua
  • kantautua(intransitive) To come from a source
  • kulkeutua(intransitive) To come from a source
  • huokua(intransitive) To come from a source
French émaner
  • émaner(intransitive) To come from a source
German ausstrahlen
  • ausstrahlen(intransitive) To come from a source
Greek πηγάζω
  • πηγάζω (pigázo)(intransitive) To come from a source
Italian emanare
  • emanare(intransitive) To come from a source
Māori puta, take
  • puta(intransitive) To come from a source
  • take(intransitive) To come from a source
  • pūtake(intransitive) To come from a source
Persian ساطع شدن
  • ساطع شدن (sâte' šodan)(intransitive) To come from a source
Polish emanować
  • emanować(intransitive) To come from a source
Spanish emanar, manar
  • emanar(intransitive) To come from a source
  • manar(intransitive) To come from a source
  • emanartransitive
  • manartransitive
Swedish härröra, utgå
  • härröra(intransitive) To come from a source
  • utgå(intransitive) To come from a source
  • emanera(intransitive) To come from a source
Turkish kaynaklanmak; meydana gelmek; oluşmak
  • kaynaklanmak; meydana gelmek; oluşmak(intransitive) To come from a source
Ukrainian виходити, витікати
  • виходити (vyxodyty)(intransitive) To come from a source
  • витікати (vytikaty)(intransitive) To come from a source
  • випромінювати (vyprominjuvaty)(intransitive) To come from a source

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

manatee
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APA

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