abomination

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˌbɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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• US: /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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• /əˌbɑ.məˈneɪ.ʃən/ weak vowel merger
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B AA2 M AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin abōminātiō, abōminātiōnem (“abomination”) Doublet of abominatio.

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: iyrənclik — abominable act
• Bulgarian: мерзост (merzost) — abominable act
• Bulgarian: мерзавщина (merzavština) — abominable act
• Catalan: abominació — abominable act
• Czech: nehoráznost — abominable act
• Czech: ohavnost — abominable act
• Czech: zvrácenost — abominable act
• Dutch: gruwel — abominable act
• Esperanto: abomenaĵo — abominable act
• French: abomination — abominable act
• German: Gräuel — abominable act
• German: Greuel — abominable act
• German: verabscheuungswürdige Tat — abominable act
• German: widerwärtiges Benehmen — abominable act
• German: Abscheulichkeit — abominable act
• German: Grässlichkeit — abominable act
• German: Gräßlichkeit — abominable act
• German: Scheußlichkeit — abominable act
• German: Scheusslichkeit — abominable act
• German: abscheuliches Laster — abominable act
• Ancient Greek: βδέλυγμα (bdélugma) — abominable act
• Hebrew: תוֹעֵבָה (toevá) — abominable act
• Hebrew: שֶׁקֶץ (shékets) — abominable act
• Latin: āctus abōminābilis — abominable act
• Macedonian: грозотија (grozotija) — abominable act
• Portuguese: abominação — abominable act
• Russian: ме́рзость (mérzostʹ) — abominable act
• Spanish: abominación — abominable act
• Swedish: styggelse — abominable act
• Azerbaijani: ikrah — feeling of extreme disgust
• Bulgarian: отвращение (otvraštenie) — feeling of extreme disgust
• Bulgarian: ненавист (nenavist) — feeling of extreme disgust
• Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù) — feeling of extreme disgust
• Czech: odpor — feeling of extreme disgust
• Czech: zhnusení — feeling of extreme disgust
• Dutch: afschuw — feeling of extreme disgust
• Dutch: walging — feeling of extreme disgust
• Dutch: afgrijzen — feeling of extreme disgust
• Dutch: gruwel — feeling of extreme disgust
• Dutch: abominatie — feeling of extreme disgust
• Esperanto: abomeno — feeling of extreme disgust
• French: abomination — feeling of extreme disgust
• Georgian: ზიზღი (zizɣi) — feeling of extreme disgust
• German: Abscheu — feeling of extreme disgust
• German: Verabscheuung — feeling of extreme disgust
• Hungarian: undor — feeling of extreme disgust
• Hungarian: utálat — feeling of extreme disgust
• Hungarian: utálkozás — feeling of extreme disgust
• Hungarian: iszony — feeling of extreme disgust
• Hungarian: iszonyodás — feeling of extreme disgust
• Japanese: 嫌悪 (ken'o) — feeling of extreme disgust
• Polish: abominacja — feeling of extreme disgust
• Portuguese: abominação — feeling of extreme disgust
• Portuguese: repugnância — feeling of extreme disgust
• Romanian: aversiune — feeling of extreme disgust
• Russian: отвраще́ние (otvraščénije) — feeling of extreme disgust
• Russian: омерзе́ние (omerzénije) — feeling of extreme disgust
• Slovak: hnus — feeling of extreme disgust
• Slovak: odpor — feeling of extreme disgust
• Spanish: abominación — feeling of extreme disgust
• Spanish: repugnancia — feeling of extreme disgust
• Spanish: aborrecimiento — feeling of extreme disgust
• Swedish: avsky — feeling of extreme disgust
• Turkish: tiksinme — feeling of extreme disgust
• Turkish: iğrenme — feeling of extreme disgust
• Bulgarian: мерзост (merzost) — something abominable
• Catalan: abominació — something abominable
• Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù) — something abominable
• Czech: odpornost — something abominable
• Czech: ohavnost — something abominable
• Danish: afskyelighed — something abominable
• Danish: pestilens — something abominable
• Danish: vederstyggelighed — something abominable
• Dutch: (een) afschuwelijk iets — something abominable
• Dutch: gruwel — something abominable
• Dutch: abominatie — something abominable
• Esperanto: abomenaĵo — something abominable
• Finnish: iljetys — something abominable
• French: abomination — something abominable
• Georgian: საზიზღრობა (sazizɣroba) — something abominable
• German: Abscheulichkeit — something abominable
• Greek: βδέλυγμα (vdélygma) — something abominable
• Greek: έκτρωμα (éktroma) — something abominable
• Greek: εξάμβλωμα (exámvloma) — something abominable
• Ancient Greek: βδέλυγμα (bdélugma) — something abominable
• Icelandic: viðurstyggð — something abominable
• Italian: abominio — something abominable
• Italian: abominazione — something abominable
• Judeo-Italian: אַגְרוֹוִיאוֹ — something abominable
• Judeo-Italian: אַגְרוֹוִיאַה — something abominable
• Latin: abōminātiō — something abominable
• Lithuanian: bjaurastis — something abominable
• Malay: kekejian — something abominable
• Mongolian: жигшүүртэй (žigšüürtej) — something abominable
• Portuguese: abominação — something abominable
• Romanian: abominațiune — something abominable
• Russian: га́дость (gádostʹ) — something abominable
• Russian: ме́рзость (mérzostʹ) — something abominable
• Slovak: ohavnosť — something abominable
• Spanish: abominación — something abominable
• Spanish: maldad — something abominable
• Sumerian: 𒀭𒉣𒈝 — something abominable
• Swedish: avskyvärdhet — something abominable
• Swedish: styggelse — something abominable
• Thai: สิ่งที่น่ารังเกียจ — something abominable
• Turkish: iğrençlik — something abominable
• Welsh: ffieiddbeth — something abominable