Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

translation

/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
trans-lat-ion
IPA
/tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of translating, in its various senses:

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
  • British English: /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

translations (plural) translatioun (alternative, obsolete) tr. (alternative, abbreviation) trans. (alternative, abbreviation) transl. (alternative, abbreviation)

Derived Forms

autotranslation cotranslation fanlation fanslation Fortran gyrotranslation hypertranslation intertranslation mechanotranslation mistranslation nontranslational overtranslation

Phrases

back-translation bridge translation computer-aided translation loan translation lost in translation machine translation nick translation sight translation

Frequently Paired Words

translatability translatable translate translated translative translator translatory untranslatability

Synonyms

displacement transformation interlingual rendition rendering version

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce translation?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/.
What does translation mean?
The act of translating, in its various senses:
Where does translation come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce translation

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