accumulate

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishaccumylaten,fromLatinaccumulātus,perfect passive participle ofaccumulō(“amass, pile up”),formed fromad(“to, towards, at”)+cumulō(“heap”),fromcumulus(“a heap”).First attested in the 1520's.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/
• (General American,Canada)IPA^(key):/əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/

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• Hyphenation:ac‧cu‧mu‧late

Verb

accumulate(third-person singular simple presentaccumulates,present participleaccumulating,simple past and past participleaccumulated)

1. (transitive)Toheapup in amass;topileup; tocollector bringtogether(either literally or figuratively)

   Synonyms:amass,heap,hoard,store;see alsoThesaurus:pile up

   He wishes toaccumulatea sum of money.

2. (intransitive)To graduallygroworincreaseinquantityornumber.

   Synonyms:aggregate,amound,collect,gather;see alsoThesaurus:accumulate

   With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started toaccumulateso she had to sell her house.

   • 1770,Oliver Goldsmith,The Deserted Village,lines17–18:

     Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealthaccumulates,and men decay.

3. (education,dated)To take a higherdegreeat the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

Derived terms

• accumulable
• accumulative
• bioaccumulate
• hyperaccumulate
• hyperaccumulating
• misaccumulated
• nonaccumulating
• overaccumulate
• preaccumulated
• reaccumulate
• reaccumulated
• unaccumulate
• unaccumulated

Translations

to pile up

• Belarusian:назапа́швацьimpf(nazapášvacʹ),запа́сіцьimpf(zapásicʹ),назапа́сіцьpf(nazapásicʹ),нако́плівацьimpf(nakóplivacʹ),накапля́цьimpf(nakapljácʹ),накапі́цьpf(nakapícʹ)
• Bulgarian:натру́пвам(bg)impf(natrúpvam),натру́памpf(natrúpam)
• Catalan:acumular(ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Trữ chôn／Trữ chôn(cou⁵maai⁴)

  Mandarin:Tích lũy／Tích lũy(zh)(jīlěi)

• Danish:akkumulere(da)
• Dutch:opstapelen(nl),vermeerderen(nl),accumuleren(nl)
• Esperanto:amasigi
• Farefare:kuge
• Finnish:kasata(fi),kerätä(fi),kerääntyä(fi)
• French:accumuler(fr)
• Georgian:დაგროვება(dagroveba),მოგროვება(mogroveba),შეგროვება(šegroveba)
• German:aufstauen(de)
• Gothic:𐌷𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽(huhjan)
• Hebrew:צָבַר(he)(tsavár),אָגַר(he)(agár)
• Hungarian:felgyülemlik(hu),felhalmoz(hu)
• Irish:tiomsaigh
• Japanese:Tích む(ja)(つむ, tsumu)
• Khiamniungan Naga:khámshá
• Korean:모으다(ko)(mo'euda),축적하다(ko)(chukjeokhada),쌓다(ko)(ssata)
• Latin:accumulō,cumulō
• Persian:اندوختن(phát)(anduxtan),انباردن(phát)(anbārdan)
• Polish:akumulować(pl)impf,zakumulować(pl)pf
• Portuguese:acumular(pt)
• Quechua:qutuy,qulluy
• Russian:нака́пливать(ru)impf(nakáplivatʹ),копи́ть(ru)impf(kopítʹ),накопи́ть(ru)pf(nakopítʹ),аккумули́ровать(ru)impforpf(akkumulírovatʹ),собира́ть(ru)impf(sobirátʹ),собра́ть(ru)pf(sobrátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:на̀купитиpf,нагомѝлатиpf

  Roman:nàkupiti(sh)pf,nagomìlati(sh)pf

• Spanish:acumular(es),amontonar(es)
• Swedish:ackumulera(sv)
• Ukrainian:накопи́чуватиimpf(nakopýčuvaty),накопи́читиpf(nakopýčyty),нагрома́джуватиimpf(nahromádžuvaty),нагрома́дитиpf(nahromádyty),акумулюва́ти(uk)impforpf(akumuljuváty)

to grow in number

• Bulgarian:съби́рам се(bg)impf(sǎbíram se),увелича́вам се(bg)impf(uveličávam se)
• Catalan:acumular(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tích lũy／Tích lũy(zh)(jīlěi)

• Dutch:zich opstapelen,(zich)vermeerderen,accumuleren(nl)
• Esperanto:amasiĝi
• Finnish:kasaantua(fi),kerääntyä(fi),akkumuloitua(fi)
• French:accumuler(fr)
• German:sich vermehren
• Haitian Creole:akimile
• Hebrew:הִצְטַבֵּר(hitstabér),נֶאֱגַר(ne'egár)
• Indonesian:akumulasi(id)
• Interlingua:accumular se
• Italian:accumularsi
• Japanese:Súc tích する(ja)(ちくせきする chikuseki suru),Lưu まる(ja)(たまる, tamaru)
• Khiamniungan Naga:khámshá
• Korean:쌓이다(ko)(ssaida)
• Latin:accumulō
• Maltese:akkumula
• Polish:akumulowaćsięimpf,zakumulowaćsiępf
• Portuguese:acumular(pt)
• Russian:нака́пливаться(ru)impf(nakáplivatʹsja),копи́ться(ru)impf(kopítʹsja),накопи́ться(ru)pf(nakopítʹsja),собира́ться(ru)impf(sobirátʹsja),собра́ться(ru)pf(sobrátʹsja),увели́чиваться(ru)impf(uvelíčivatʹsja),увели́читься(ru)pf(uvelíčitʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:акумули́ратиimpforpf,наку́пљатиimpf,на̀купитиpf,нагомилати,увѐћатиpf,нарасти́pf

  Roman:akumulirati(sh),nakupljati(sh),nàkupiti(sh)pf,nagomilati(sh),nàrāsti(sh)pf,uvèćatipf

• Spanish:acumularse(es)
• Swedish:(passive voice)^{(pleaseverify)}ackumulera(sv)

Adjective

accumulate(notcomparable)

1. (poetic,rare)Collected;accumulated.

Related terms

• accumulation
• accumulator
• cumulus

Further reading

• “accumulate”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “accumulate”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

accumulate

1. inflection ofaccumulare:
   1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
   2. second-personpluralimperative

Etymology 2

Participle

accumulatefpl

1. femininepluralofaccumulato

Latin

Etymology

Fromaccumulō(“amass, pile up”).

Adverb

accumulātē(comparativeaccumulātius,superlativeaccumulātissimē)

1. abundantly,copiously

Synonyms

• abundanter

Related terms

• accumulator
• accumulō

References

• “accumulate”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accumulate”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• accumulateinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• accumulateinRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1],pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,1st edition. (Oxford University Press)