corrosion

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From Middle English corrosioun, from Old French corrosion, or its source, Late Latin corrōsiōnem, accusative singular of corrōsiō (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَأَكُّل (taʔakkul) — The act of corroding
• Bulgarian: корозия (korozija) — The act of corroding
• Catalan: corrosió — The act of corroding
• Esperanto: korodado — The act of corroding
• Finnish: syövytys — The act of corroding
• French: corrosion — The act of corroding
• Galician: corrosión — The act of corroding
• Georgian: კოროზია (ḳorozia) — The act of corroding
• Georgian: დაჟანგვა (dažangva) — The act of corroding
• German: Korrosion — The act of corroding
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌰 (nidwa) — The act of corroding
• Greek: διάβρωση (diávrosi) — The act of corroding
• Hungarian: korrózió — The act of corroding
• Italian: corrosione — The act of corroding
• Malayalam: ലോഹനാശനം (lōhanāśanaṁ) — The act of corroding
• Norwegian Bokmål: korrosjon — The act of corroding
• Norwegian Nynorsk: korrosjon — The act of corroding
• Polish: korodowanie — The act of corroding
• Portuguese: corrosão — The act of corroding
• Russian: коррозия (korrozija) — The act of corroding
• Spanish: corrosión — The act of corroding
• Swedish: frätning — The act of corroding
• Swedish: korrosion — The act of corroding
• Bulgarian: разяждане (razjaždane) — Erosion by chemical action
• Catalan: corrosió — Erosion by chemical action
• Chinese Mandarin: 腐蝕 /腐蚀 (fǔshí) — Erosion by chemical action
• Czech: koroze — Erosion by chemical action
• Finnish: syöpyminen — Erosion by chemical action
• Finnish: korroosio — Erosion by chemical action
• French: corrosion — Erosion by chemical action
• Georgian: კოროზია (ḳorozia) — Erosion by chemical action
• Georgian: დაჟანგვა (dažangva) — Erosion by chemical action
• Greek: διάβρωση (diávrosi) — Erosion by chemical action
• Hungarian: korrózió — Erosion by chemical action
• Italian: corrosione — Erosion by chemical action
• Japanese: 腐食 (fushoku) — Erosion by chemical action
• Japanese: 腐蝕 (fushoku) — Erosion by chemical action
• Kazakh: жегіде (jegıde) — Erosion by chemical action
• Korean: 부식 (busik) — Erosion by chemical action
• Norwegian Bokmål: korrosjon — Erosion by chemical action
• Norwegian Nynorsk: korrosjon — Erosion by chemical action
• Polish: korozja — Erosion by chemical action
• Portuguese: corrosão — Erosion by chemical action
• Spanish: corrosión — Erosion by chemical action
• Bulgarian: разлагане (razlagane) — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Catalan: corrosió — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Finnish: nakertaminen — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Finnish: horjuttaminen — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Greek: διάβρωση (diávrosi) — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Greek: φθορά (fthorá) — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Greek: αποσάθρωση (aposáthrosi) — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Hungarian: korrózió — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Portuguese: corrosão — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Sanskrit: क्षय (kṣaya) — The gradual destruction or undermining of something
• Spanish: corrosión — The gradual destruction or undermining of something