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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da??lju???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /da??lu??n/, /d??lu??n/

Noun

dilution (countable and uncountable, plural dilutions)

1. The process of making something dilute.
2. A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
3. The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
4. (finance) Short for share dilution.

Antonyms

• concentration

Translations

Anagrams

• toluidin

French

Etymology

From diluer +? -tion, rather than borrowed from Late Latin d?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

dilution f (plural dilutions)

1. dilution

Further reading

• “dilution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French illusion, from Latin ill?si?, from ill?dere, from in- (“at, upon”) + l?dere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l(j)u??(?)n/
• (General American) enPR: ?-lo?o'zh?n, IPA^(key): [??lu?.??n]
• (Conservative RP) IPA^(key): /??l(j)u?zj(?)n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

illusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)

1. (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
2. (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.

3. (countable) A magician’s trick.
4. (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

Synonyms

• (that seems to be something it is not): mirage, phantom
• (a belief in something untrue; the state of being misled): delusion
• (a belief in something untrue): misapprehension, misbelief, misconception

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From French illusion, from Latin ill?sio.

Noun

illusion c (singular definite illusionen, plural indefinite illusioner)

1. illusion

Inflection

Further reading

• “illusion” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.zj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: illusions

Noun

illusion f (plural illusions)

1. illusion

Related terms

• illusoire
• illusoirement

Descendants

• ? Danish: illusion

Further reading

• “illusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???u?n/

Noun

illusion c

1. an illusion

Declension

Related terms

• illusorisk

See also

• illustration
• illustrera
• synvilla
• trick