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transfiguration

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
trans-fig-u-ra-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A change that exalts or glorifies.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.

name

The miracle itself.

Etymology

From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: transfiguracioun, transfiguracion, transfiguraciun, transfigūrātio

Usage

Inflected Forms

transfigurations (plural)

Derived Forms

retransfiguration

Synonyms

development transfiguration transformation conversion metamorphosis transfigurement transmogrification transmutation sea change

Questions

What does transfiguration mean?
A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
Where does transfiguration come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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