consumption

English

Etymology

From Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
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Noun

consumption (uncountable)

The act of consuming, i.e., burning something.
The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
The act of eating, drinking or using.
The amount consumed.
gross national consumption
(pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis & other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection &c.

Derived terms

autoconsumption, self-consumption.
conspicuous consumption.

Related terms

consumer

Translations

the act of consuming something

Arabic: اِسْتِهْلَاك‎‎ m (istihlāk)
Bulgarian: консумиране (bg) f (konsumirane), изразходване (bg) n (izrazhodvane)
Catalan: consum m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 消費 (zh), 消费 (zh) (xiāofèi)
Czech: spotřeba (cs) f, zničení n
Dutch: consumptie (nl) f, verbruik (nl) n
Finnish: kuluttaminen (fi), kulutus (fi)
French: consommation (fr), consommer (fr) m, consumer (fr) m
Galician: consumo m
Georgian: მოხმარება (moxmareba)
German: Konsum (de) m, Verzehr (de) m, Verbrauch (de) m, Aufnahme (de) f
Greek: κατανάλωση (el) f (katanálosi)
Hebrew: צריכה‎‎ (he) f (tzrikha) (act of consuming goods)
Hungarian: fogyasztás (hu)
Indonesian: konsumsi (id)

Interlingua: consumo
Japanese: 消費 (ja) (しょうひ, shōhi)
Korean: 소비 (ko) (sobi) (消費 (ko))
Malay: penggunaan, konsumsi
Maori: whakahemonga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forbruk n, konsum n

Nynorsk: forbruk n, konsum n
Portuguese: consumo (pt) m
Romanian: consum (ro) n
Russian: потребле́ние (ru) n (potreblénije)
Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh f
Spanish: consumo (es) m
Swedish: konsumtion (sv) c
Tagalog: pananaid

the amount consumed

Bulgarian: консумация (bg) f (konsumacija)
Catalan: consum m
Czech: spotřeba (cs) f
Dutch: consumptie (nl) f, verbruik (nl) n
Finnish: kulutus (fi)
French: consommation (fr) f
Galician: consumo m
German: Verbrauch (de) m, Verbrauchswert m, Verzehr (de) m, Konsum (de) m, Bedarf (de) f
Greek: κατανάλωση (el) f (katanálosi)
Italian: consumo (it) m

Khmer: បម្រើបម្រាស់ (bom rer bom ras)
Portuguese: consumo (pt) m
Romanian: consum (ro) n
Russian: потребле́ние (ru) n (potreblénije), расхо́д (ru) m (rasxód)
Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh f
Spanish: consumo (es) m
Swedish: konsumtion (sv) c
Tagalog: pananaid

wasting-away of the human body through disease

Dutch: wegteren (nl) n
Finnish: riutuminen
German: Auszehrung (de) f, Konsumption (de) f, Konsumtion f
Greek: φθίση (el) f (fthísi)

Italian: consunzione (it) f, deperimento m
Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n (istoščénije)
Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh f

pulmonary tuberculosis — see pulmonary tuberculosis

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Turkish: ^{(please verify)} yoğaltım

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