incineration

See also: incinération

English

Etymology

From 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
• microincineration

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 Galician: incineración (gl) f German: Verbrennung (de) f Greek: αποτέφρωση (el) f (apotéfrosi) Italian: termodistruzione f (of rubbish) Korean: 소각(燒却) (ko) (sogak) Malay: penunuan Polish: ciałopalenie (pl) n, kremacja (pl) f Russian: сжига́ние (ru) n (sžigánije), крема́ция (ru) f (kremácija) (cremation) Swedish: förbränning (sv) c