incineration

See also: incinération

English

Etymology

incinerate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

incineration (countable and uncountable, plural incinerations)

1. The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.

Derived terms

• co-incineration

Translations

the act of incinerating

• Bulgarian: изгаряне n (izgarjane), кремиране n (kremirane)
• Czech: incinerace (cs) f
• Finnish: poltto (fi), polttaminen (fi)
• French: incinération (fr) f
• German: Verbrennung (de) f
• Greek: αποτέφρωση (el) f (apotéfrosi)
• Italian: termodistruzione f (of rubbish)
• Korean: 소각(燒却) (ko) (sogak)
• Polish: ciałopalenie (pl) n, kremacja (pl) f
• Russian: сжига́ние (ru) n (sžigánije), крема́ция (ru) f (kremácija) (cremation)
• Swedish: förbränning (sv) c