attrition

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• General-American: /əˈtɹɪʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -ɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 T R IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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15th century, from Middle English attricion, attricioun, from Middle French attricion, attrition and its etymon, Latin attrītiō (“a rubbing against”), from the verb attrītus, past participle of atterō (“to wear”), from ad- (“to, towards”) + terō (“to rub”). By surface analysis, attrit + -ion.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изтъркване (iztǎrkvane) — wearing by friction
• Bulgarian: изтриване (iztrivane) — wearing by friction
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨損 /磨损 (mósǔn) — wearing by friction
• Dutch: slijtage — wearing by friction
• Dutch: sleet — wearing by friction
• Esperanto: forfrotiĝo — wearing by friction
• Finnish: kuluminen — wearing by friction
• Finnish: hiertyminen — wearing by friction
• French: usure — wearing by friction
• German: Verschleiß — wearing by friction
• German: Abnutzung — wearing by friction
• German: Abrieb — wearing by friction
• German: Zermürbung — wearing by friction
• German: Abreibung — wearing by friction
• German: Abschürfung — wearing by friction
• Greek: τριβή (triví) — wearing by friction
• Hebrew: שחיקה (shkhika) — wearing by friction
• Hungarian: kopás — wearing by friction
• Hungarian: felőrlődés — wearing by friction
• Hungarian: felmorzsolódás — wearing by friction
• Japanese: 磨耗 (mamō) — wearing by friction
• Latin: attrītiō — wearing by friction
• Macedonian: три́ење (tríenje) — wearing by friction
• Occitan: abrasion — wearing by friction
• Occitan: atricion — wearing by friction
• Portuguese: atrito — wearing by friction
• Russian: истира́ние (istiránije) — wearing by friction
• Russian: стира́ние (stiránije) — wearing by friction
• Russian: тре́ние (trénije) — wearing by friction
• Serbo-Croatian: istiranje — wearing by friction
• Serbo-Croatian: habanje — wearing by friction
• Spanish: abrasión — wearing by friction
• Swedish: nötning — wearing by friction
• Swedish: förslitning — wearing by friction
• Turkish: yıpratma — wearing by friction
• Finnish: väheneminen — gradual reduction in number
• Finnish: hupeneminen — gradual reduction in number
• Finnish: rapautuminen — gradual reduction in number
• Finnish: hävikki — gradual reduction in number
• Occitan: atricion — gradual reduction in number
• Occitan: ameniment — gradual reduction in number
• Occitan: amermament — gradual reduction in number
• Dutch: vrijwillig ontslag — reduction in membership or personnel
• Dutch: natuurlijke afvloeiing — reduction in membership or personnel
• Esperanto: malkreskado — reduction in membership or personnel
• Finnish: poistuma — reduction in membership or personnel
• French: départs volontaires — reduction in membership or personnel
• German: Abgang — reduction in membership or personnel
• German: Arbeitskräfteabgang — reduction in membership or personnel
• German: natürlicher Abgang — reduction in membership or personnel
• Hungarian: felőrlés — reduction in membership or personnel
• Hungarian: felmorzsolás — reduction in membership or personnel
• Hungarian: lemorzsolódás — reduction in membership or personnel
• Japanese: 消耗 (shōmō) — reduction in membership or personnel
• Norwegian Bokmål: frafall — reduction in membership or personnel
• Occitan: defeccion — reduction in membership or personnel
• Occitan: reduccion — reduction in membership or personnel
• Occitan: atricion — reduction in membership or personnel
• Polish: but see zmniejszenie — reduction in membership or personnel
• Russian: у́быль персона́ла (úbylʹ personála) — reduction in membership or personnel
• Serbo-Croatian: osipanje — reduction in membership or personnel
• Swedish: avfall — reduction in membership or personnel
• Swedish: bortfall — reduction in membership or personnel
• Dutch: verloop — loss of participants during an experiment
• Finnish: kato — loss of participants during an experiment
• Finnish: attritio — loss of participants during an experiment
• German: Schwund — loss of participants during an experiment
• Occitan: defeccion — loss of participants during an experiment
• Occitan: atricion — loss of participants during an experiment
• Serbo-Croatian: osipanje — loss of participants during an experiment
• Spanish: deserción — loss of participants during an experiment
• Swedish: bortfall — loss of participants during an experiment
• Finnish: attritio — theology: imperfect contrition or remorse
• German: unvollkommene Reue — theology: imperfect contrition or remorse
• Irish: doilíos — theology: imperfect contrition or remorse
• Occitan: atricion — theology: imperfect contrition or remorse
• Serbo-Croatian: atricija — theology: imperfect contrition or remorse
• Spanish: atrición — theology: imperfect contrition or remorse
• Esperanto: forfrotiĝo — wearing of teeth
• Finnish: attritio — wearing of teeth
• German: Abnutzung — wearing of teeth
• German: Abrieb — wearing of teeth
• Greek: φθορά (fthorá) — wearing of teeth
• Hebrew: שחיקת שיניים (shkhikat shina'im) — wearing of teeth
• Inuktitut: ᐊᓐᓂᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ (anniroqpallianiq) — wearing of teeth
• Occitan: abrasion — wearing of teeth
• Occitan: atricion — wearing of teeth
• Serbo-Croatian: trošenje — wearing of teeth
• Serbo-Croatian: abrazija — wearing of teeth
• Serbo-Croatian: atricija — wearing of teeth
• Spanish: desgaste dental — wearing of teeth
• Swedish: nötning — wearing of teeth
• Esperanto: perdo — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• Finnish: attritio — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• Finnish: taantuminen — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• Finnish: menettäminen — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• German: Verlust — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• German: Sprachverlust — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• Occitan: atricion — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• Swedish: förlust — loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language
• Finnish: kuluttaa — to grind or wear down through friction
• Finnish: vähentää luonnollisen poistuman kautta — to reduce jobs or workers by not hiring
• Finnish: vähentyä — to undergo a reduction in number
• Finnish: karsiutua — to undergo a reduction in number