purification

English

Etymology

From Old French purificacion, from Latin purificatio

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)

The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

Translations

act of purifying

Catalan: purificació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使純淨, 使纯净 (shǐ chúnjìng), 使潔淨, 使洁净 (shǐ jiéjìng), 純化 (zh), 纯化 (zh) (chúnhuà)
Finnish: puhdistaminen (fi), puhdistuminen, puhdistautuminen
French: purification (fr) f
German: Reinigung (de) f
Greek: εξαγνισμός (el) m (exagnismós), κάθαρση (el) f (kátharsi), καθαρμός (el) m (katharmós)
Japanese: 浄化 (ja) (じょうか, jōka)
Maori: whakaparakoretanga, purenga (religious rite), whakahoromatatanga

Persian: خالص سازی‎‎ (xâles-sâzi), تخلیص‎‎ (fa) (taxlis), پالایش‎‎ (fa) (pâlâyeš), پازش‎‎ (fa) (pâzeš) (rare)
Polish: oczyszczenie (pl) n
Portuguese: purificação (pt) f
Romanian: purificare (ro) f, curățire (ro) f
Russian: очи́стка (ru) f (očístka), очище́ние (ru) n (očiščénije)
Spanish: (alloys) fundición (es) f, purificación (es) f, limpia (es) f
Swedish: rening c
Tagalog: pagtagnas

a religious act or rite where a person is made clean

Maori: purenga

French

Noun

purification f (plural purifications)

purification

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