douse

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
2. (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
3. (transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

Noun

A sudden plunging into water.

Noun

A blow or strike, especially to the face.

Concetti

bagnare

🛀

spegnere

inumidire

inzuppare

tuffare

intingere

immergere

smorzare

estinguere

infradiciare

sinonimi

dip

dowse

immerse

souse

soak

duck

🦆

plunge

extinguish

put out

sop

dunk

drench

sink

snuff out

submerse

dampen

submerge

quench

dive

steep

slosh

wet

humidify

imbed

imbue

kill

🔪🩸👤

let

let go

liberate

loose

loosen

make

moisturise

pass off

pop

puddle

put down

rain

🌧️

recess

relax

rid

saturate

set

sheathe

shower

🚿

slack up

slake

slop

spill

splash

Traduzioni

mojar

tremper

apagar

mullar

éteindre

empapar

imergir

ıslatmak

apagar

uitdoven

βρέχω

onderdompelen

immerger

ausmachen

begießen

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/daʊs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine svedese: dunsa

Affine danese: dunse

Affine inglese antico: dwǣsċan

Ereditato da inglese medio: duschen

Affine norvegese: dusa

Affine Old Dutch: doesen

Affine tedesco: tusen

Affine saterfriesisch: dössen

In summary

Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dunsa (“to plumb down, fall clumsily”), Danish dunse (“to thump”). Compare Old English dwǣsċan (“to extinguish”) and douse below.