Meanings
verbvaccinate (third-person singular simple present vaccinates, present participle vaccinating, simple past and past participle vaccinated)
present singular third person vaccinates · participle present vaccinating · participle past vaccinated · past vaccinated
- transitiveTo 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)2 more examples
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.3Within 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
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
More synonyms by meaning
verbperform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From vaccine + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَقَّحَ
- لَقَّحَ (laqqaḥa)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Bulgarian ваксинирам
- ваксинирам (vaksiniram)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Catalan vacunar, vaccinar
- vacunartreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- vaccinartreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Chinese Mandarin 接種 /接种
- 接種 /接种 (jiēzhǒng)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Czech očkovat
- očkovattreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Danish vaccinere
- vaccineretreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Dutch inenten, vaccineren
- inententreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- vaccinerentreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Esperanto vakcini
- vakcinitreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Estonian vaktsineerima, kaitsepookimist tegema
- vaktsineerimatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- kaitsepookimist tegematreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Finnish rokottaa
- rokottaatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
French vacciner
- vaccinertreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
German impfen
- impfentreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Greek εμβολιάζω
- εμβολιάζω (emvoliázo)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Hawaiian ʻō
- ʻōtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Hebrew חיסן
- חיסן (khisén)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Hungarian beolt
- beolttreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Icelandic bólusetja
- bólusetjatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Irish vacsaínigh
- vacsaínightreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Italian vaccinare
- vaccinaretreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Japanese ワクチンを打つ
- ワクチンを打つ (wakuchin o utsu)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Korean 접종하다
- 접종하다 (jeopjonghada)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Latin vaccīnō
- vaccīnōtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Latvian vakcinēt
- vakcinēttreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Lithuanian skiepyti
- skiepytitreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Māori oka, okaoka
- okatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- okaokatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Norwegian Bokmål vaksinere
- vaksineretreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Polish szczepić
- szczepićtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Portuguese vacinar
- vacinartreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Romanian vaccina
- vaccinatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Russian вакцини́ровать, де́лать приви́вку
- вакцини́ровать (vakcinírovatʹ)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- де́лать приви́вку (délatʹ privívku)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- сде́лать приви́вку (sdélatʹ privívku)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- прививать (privivatʹ)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- привить (privitʹ)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Slovak vakcinovať
- vakcinovaťtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Spanish vacunar
- vacunartreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Swedish vaccinera
- vaccineratreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Tagalog bakunahan
- bakunahantreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Thai ให้วัคซีน
- ให้วัคซีน (hâi-wák-siin)treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Turkish aşılamak, aşı yapmak
- aşılamaktreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- aşı yapmaktreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Vietnamese chích ngừa, tiêm chủng
- chích ngừatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- tiêm chủngtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- chủng ngừatreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- tiêm phòngtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- chíchtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- chủngtreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Welsh brechu
- brechutreat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
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APA
vaccinate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccinate
MLA
“vaccinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccinate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vaccinate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccinate.
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