activation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæktɪˈveɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AE2 K T AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation ▲ English active Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate ▲ English -ation English -ion English activation From active or activate + -ation

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: активи́ране (aktivírane) — making active
• Catalan: activació — making active
• Chinese Mandarin: 激活 (jīhuó) — making active
• Czech: aktivace — making active
• Esperanto: aktivigo — making active
• Esperanto: funkciigo — making active
• Finnish: aktivointi — making active
• Finnish: aktivaatio — making active
• French: activation — making active
• Georgian: აქტივაცია (akṭivacia) — making active
• Georgian: გააქტიურება (gaakṭiureba) — making active
• German: Aktivierung — making active
• German: Aktivieren — making active
• Hungarian: aktiválás — making active
• Icelandic: virkjun — making active
• Indonesian: pengaktifan — making active
• Indonesian: aktivasi — making active
• Italian: attivazione — making active
• Norman: activisâtion — making active
• Polish: aktywacja — making active
• Polish: uaktywnianie — making active
• Portuguese: ativação — making active
• Romanian: activație — making active
• Romanian: activare — making active
• Russian: актива́ция (aktivácija) — making active
• Russian: активиза́ция (aktivizácija) — making active
• Serbo-Croatian: aktivácija — making active
• Slovak: aktivizácia — making active
• Spanish: activación — making active
• Tagalog: sabilos — making active
• Turkish: aktivasyon — making active
• Ukrainian: актива́ція (aktyvácija) — making active
• Vietnamese: kích hoạt — making active
• French: activation — making radioisotope
• German: Aktivierung — making radioisotope
• Italian: attivazione — making radioisotope
• Portuguese: activação — making radioisotope
• Spanish: activación — making radioisotope
• Finnish: aktivaatio — process through which molecules are made able to react
• French: activation — process through which molecules are made able to react
• Italian: attivazione — process through which molecules are made able to react
• Portuguese: ativação — process through which molecules are made able to react
• Spanish: activación — process through which molecules are made able to react
• Tagalog: sabilos — process through which molecules are made able to react