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English

Etymology

From Middle English translacioun (“movement between two places; transfer of a bishop from one see to another; transfer of a saint’s relics from one place to another; feast day celebrating the transfer of a saint’s relics; transfer of dominion or rulership from one person to another; (law) settlement of a transfer of property; assumption into heaven; miraculous transformation; radical change of condition; replacement of religious laws or priests by new ones; act of translating from one language to another; the product of this act”) [and other forms], and then:

• from Anglo-Norman translacioun [and other forms] and Middle French, Old French translacion, translation (“translated text; act of translating from one language to another; act of moving something between two places; transfer of a saint’s relics from one place to another; feast day celebrating the transfer of a saint’s relics; transfer of property or rights from one person to another; transfer of a bishop or clergyman from one see or benefice to another; transfer of dominion or rulership from one person to another; alteration, change; metaphor; transference of disease from one person or body part to another; (astrology) separation of one planet from another”) (modern French translation); and
• their etymon Latin tr?nsl?ti? (“act of moving something between two places; transfer of property or rights from one person to another; figurative use of a word; transfer of ideas between two contexts; act of translating from one language to another”) (and compare Late Latin tr?nsl?ti? (“assumption into heaven; transfer of a bishop from one see to another; transfer of a saint’s relics from one place to another; translated text”)), from tr?nsl?t- (the supine stem of tr?nsfer? (“to bring or carry across or over, transfer, transport; to translate from one language to another; to use figuratively; to change, transform”); compare tr?nsl?t?, tr?nsl?tum) + -i? (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).

Tr?nsfer? is derived from tr?ns- (prefix meaning ‘beyond’) + fer? (“to bear, carry”) (the present stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry”) and the perfect stem from *telh?- (“to bear, endure; to undergo”)). The English word may be analysed as translate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?ænz?le??(?)n/, /t?æns-/, /t???nz-/, /t???ns-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?ænz?le??(?)n/, /t?æn(t)s?le??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: trans?lat?ion

Noun

translation (countable and uncountable, plural translations)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of translating, in its various senses:
   1. The conversion of text from one language to another.

   2. (translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
   3. The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
   4. (physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
   5. (mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
   6. (genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
   7. (physics) A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
   8. The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
   9. The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
      1. (Christianity) An ascension to Heaven without death.
      2. (Christianity) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
      3. (Christianity) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
      4. (medicine) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
2. (countable) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.

Alternative forms

• translatioun (obsolete)
• tr., trans., transl. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• interpretation

References

Further reading

• translation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• translation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• translatino

French

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsl?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.sla.sj??/

Noun

translation f (plural translations)

1. (mathematics, physics) translation
2. (computing) thunking

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsl?ti?.

Noun

translation c

1. (mathematics, physics) translation

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin d?f?n?ti?, from d?f?ni?. Equivalent to define +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?f??n??(?)n/, /?d?f??n???n/
• Hyphenation: def?in?ition

Noun

definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)

1. (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).

2. (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
   • 2008 May, Shoeless Wayne Santos, “Baroque” (game review), GameAxis Unwired, Hardware Zone Pte, page 51:

     Baroque is a good game, but only for a very narrow subset of the gaming audience. It is the very definition of a niche title.

   • 2016 March 1, Stuart Heritage, “Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem”, The Guardian:

     Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem

   • 2019 September 25, Chris Cilizza, “The Ukraine call ‘transcript’ is pretty darn close to a smoking gun”, ThePo!nt, CNN:

     That Trump just came out and asked for Zelensky to investigate the Bidens – after reminding him several times of how much the US did for Ukraine!!!! – is something very close to the textbook definition of a quid pro quo.

3. A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
4. The action or process of defining.
5. The act of defining; determination of the limits.
6. A product of defining.
7. The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

8. Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.

9. Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
10. Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.

11. (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
12. (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
13. (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:definition

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• high-definition

Related terms

Translations

See also

• definiendum
• definiens
• genus
• differentia

References

• definition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

definition

1. genitive singular of definitio

Middle French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin d?f?n?ti?.

Noun

definition f (plural definitions)

1. definition (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: definitie
• ? English: definition
• French: définition
  • Haitian Creole: definisyon
  • ? Romanian: defini?ie

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?f?n?¹?u?n/

Noun

definition c

1. a definition

Declension

Related terms

• definiera
• definiering
• definitionsfråga
• definitionsförsök
• definitionsmängd
• definitionsmässig
• definitionsordbok
• definitiv

See also

• betydelse
• finit
• ordförklaring

References

• definition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)