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nidificate

/nɪˈdɪfɪˌkeɪt/

nidificate verb: to make or build a nest.

Verb

nidificate (third-person singular simple present nidificates, present participle nidificating, simple past and past participle nidificated)

  1. (intransitive) To make or build a nest.
    Synonyms:
    nidify, nidulate, nest

nidificate meaning in Tamil

nidificate in Tamil

கூடு கட்டு

Synonyms of nidificate

Forms of nidificate

third-person singular presentnidificates
present participlenidificating
past participlenidificated
pastnidificated

Origin of nidificate

First attested in 1814; borrowed from Latin nīdificātus, perfect passive participle of nīdificō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from nīdus (“a nest, dwelling of animals”) + -ficō (“to make, build”). Doublet of nidify and cognate with French nidifier.

Questions about nidificate

What does nidificate mean?
Nidificate means to make or build a nest.
What is nidificate in Tamil?
Nidificate in Tamil is கூடு கட்டு. See Nidificate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nidificate?
Nidificate is a verb.
How do you pronounce nidificate?
Nidificate is pronounced /nɪˈdɪfɪˌkeɪt/.
What is the past tense of nidificate?
The past tense of nidificate is nidificated.

Words near nidificate in the dictionary

  1. nidiculous
  2. Nidiffer
  3. Nidiffers
  4. nidificant
  5. nidificants
  6. nidificate
  7. nidificated
  8. nidificates
  9. nidificating
  10. nidification
  11. nidificational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nidificate (page history and authors); nidificate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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