colmater

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) to fill in (a low land)
2. (transitive) to plug (a hole)
3. (reflexive) to fill up

Sinonieme

fermer

barrer

boucher

boucher un trou

rafistoler

Vertalings

plug

seal

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colmare

doldurmak

kapamak

tıkamak

otturare

dichten

samenkitten

plug up

clog

fill in

patch up

seal off

βουλώνω

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɔl.ma.te/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Italiaans: colmare

In summary

From colmate (“land for filling”), from Italian colmata (“filled”), from Latin cumulāre, form of cumulō (“to heap, fill”); compare cumulus (“a heap”).
Cognate to Italian colmare; Spanish and Portuguese colmar.