refinement

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refinement

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Etymology

From refine +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈfaɪnmənt/, /ɹɪˈfaɪnmənt/
• Hyphenation: re‧fine‧ment

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnmənt

Noun

refinement (countable and uncountable, plural refinements)

1. The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
2. High-class style; cultivation.
3. A fine or subtle distinction.
4. A luxury.
   • 1974 February 2, Nancy Walker, “Call of the Wild”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 11:

     There was no bathroom in the cabin. Such refinements don't exist in the woods, apparently.

5. (software engineering) Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).

Synonyms

• gentility

Derived terms

• autorefinement
• biorefinement
• electrorefinement
• overrefinement
• ultrarefinement

Translations

act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material

Arabic: تَكْرِير m (takrīr) Bulgarian: пречистване (bg) n (prečistvane), рафиниране (bg) n (rafinirane) Czech: rafinace f Dutch: zuivering (nl) Finnish: jalostus (fi), puhdistus (fi), jalostaminen (fi), puhdistaminen (fi) Galician: refino m German: Verbesserung (de) f, Veredelung (de) f Hindi: शोधन (hi) m (śodhan), प्रसंस्करण m (prasanskaraṇ) Japanese: みやび (ja) (miyabi) Macedonian: прочистување n (pročistuvanje), рафинирање n (rafiniranje) Ottoman Turkish: قال (kal) (metallurgy) Portuguese: refino (pt) m Romanian: rafinare (ro) f, rafinaj (ro) n Spanish: refinación f Swedish: förfining (sv) c Turkish: arıtma (tr), arıtım (tr), düzeltme (tr), tasfiye (tr), temizleme (tr)

high-class style; cultivation

Bulgarian: финес (bg) (fines) Danish: raffinement (da) n Finnish: hienostuneisuus (fi), hienokäytöksisyys, sivistyneisyys (fi) French: raffinement (fr) German: Veredeln n, Veredelung (de) f Hungarian: kifinomultság (hu) Japanese: みやび (ja) (miyabi) Latin: urbānitās f Macedonian: префинетост f (prefinetost) Manchu: ᡧᡠ (šu) Ottoman Turkish: طبیعت (tabiʼat), نازكلك (nâziklik) Polish: elegancja (pl) f Portuguese: refino (pt) m, refinamento (pt) m, fineza (pt) f, finura (pt) f, requinte (pt) m, finesse f Romanian: rafinament (ro) n, finețe (ro) f, delicatețe (ro) f Spanish: refinamiento (es) m Swedish: förfining (sv) c, raffinemang (sv) n Turkish: arıtma (tr), arıtım (tr)

fine or subtle distinction

Danish: raffinement (da) n Dutch: verfijning (nl) Macedonian: истенченост f (istenčenost) Portuguese: refino (pt) m Swedish: förfining (sv) c, raffinemang (sv) n