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• /ˌdɛf.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/
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From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō. Equivalent to define + -ition.

263 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përkufizim — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Albanian: përcaktim — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Arabic: تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Armenian: սահմանում (sahmanum) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Azerbaijani: tərif — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildələmə) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Belarusian: азначэ́нне (aznačénnje) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Belarusian: вызначэ́нне (vyznačénnje) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Belarusian: дэфіні́цыя (definícyja) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Bengali: সংজ্ঞা (śoṅjna) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Bulgarian: определе́ние (opredelénie) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Bulgarian: дефини́ция (definícija) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Burmese: အနက် (a.nak) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Catalan: definició — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chinese Cantonese: 定義 /定义 (ding6 ji6) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chinese Cantonese: 釋義 /释义 (sik1 ji6) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Eastern Min Chinese: 定義 /定义 (dêng-ngiê) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chinese: 定義 /定义 (zh-min-nan) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chinese: 釋義 /释义 (zh-min-nan) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chinese Mandarin: 定義 /定义 (dìngyì) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chinese Mandarin: 釋義 /释义 (shìyì) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chuvash: палӑртав (palărt̬av) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Chuvash: дефиници (definitsi) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Czech: definice — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Danish: definition — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Dutch: definitie — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Dutch: omschrijving — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Esperanto: difino — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Estonian: definitsioon — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Finnish: määritelmä — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• French: définition — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Galician: definición — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Georgian: განმარტება (ganmarṭeba) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Georgian: განსაზღვრება (gansazɣvreba) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Georgian: დეფინიცია (depinicia) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• German: Begriffsbestimmung — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• German: Definition — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Greek: ορισμός (orismós) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Ancient Greek: ὁρισμός (horismós) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Haitian Creole: definisyon — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה (hagdará) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Hindi: परिभाषा (paribhāṣā) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Hindi: शब्दार्थ (śabdārth) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Hungarian: definíció — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Hungarian: meghatározás — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Icelandic: orðskýring — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Indonesian: definisi — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Irish: sainmhíniú — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Italian: definizione — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Japanese: 定義 (teigi) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Japanese: 語義 (gogi) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Kazakh: анықтама (anyqtama) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Kazakh: дефиниция (definisiä) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Khmer: និយមន័យ (niyum nɨy) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Korean: 정의 (jeong'ui) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Korean: 어의 (eoui) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Central Kurdish: پێناسە (pênase) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Northern Kurdish: tarîf — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Northern Kurdish: pênase — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Kyrgyz: аныктама (anıktama) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Kyrgyz: дефиниция (definitsiya) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Lao: ນິຍາມ (ni nyām) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Latin: dēfīnītiō — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Latvian: definīcija — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Lithuanian: apibrėžimas — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Lithuanian: definicija — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Macedonian: дефиниција (definicija) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Malay: takrif — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Malay: definisi — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Malayalam: നിർവ്വചനം (niṟvvacanaṁ) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Māori: aronga — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Marathi: व्याख्या (vyākhyā) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Mongolian: тодорхойлолт (todorxojlolt) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Norwegian Bokmål: definisjon — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Norwegian Nynorsk: definisjon — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Pashto: تعريف (ta'ríf) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Dari: تَعْرِیف (ta'rīf) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Iranian Persian: تَعْریف (ta'rif) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Polish: definicja — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Portuguese: definição — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Romanian: definire — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Romanian: definiție — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Romansh: definiziun — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Russian: дефини́ция (definícija) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Sanskrit: शब्दार्थ (śabdārtha) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: дефини́ција — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: definícija — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Slovak: definícia — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Slovene: definicija — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Spanish: definición — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Swedish: definition — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Tagalog: kahulugan — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Tajik: таъриф (ta'rif) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Tatar: билгеләмә (bilgelämä) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Telugu: నిర్వచనము (nirvacanamu) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Thai: การกําหนด (gaan-gam-nòt) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Thai: การนิยาม (gaan-ní-yaam) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Thai: คํานิยาม (kam-ní-yaam) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Thai: นิยาม (ní-yaam) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Tibetan: མཚན་ཉིད (mtshan nyid) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Turkish: tarif — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Turkish: tanım — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Turkmen: kesgitleme — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Turkmen: kesgitnama — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Ukrainian: озна́чення (oznáčennja) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Ukrainian: ви́значення (význačennja) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Ukrainian: дефіні́ція (definícija) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Urdu: تَعْرِیف (ta'rīf) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Uyghur: تەبىر (tebir) — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Uzbek: taʻrif — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Uzbek: definitsiya — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Vietnamese: định nghĩa — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Welsh: diffiniad — statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
• Armenian: սահմանում (sahmanum) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildələmə) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Bulgarian: определе́ние (opredelénie) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Bulgarian: дефини́ция (definícija) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 定意 (ding6 ji3) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 定意 (dìngyì) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Danish: definition — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Dutch: definitie — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Finnish: määritelmä — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• French: définition — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• German: Definierung — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• German: Definition — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה (hagdará) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Italian: definizione — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Portuguese: definição — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Romanian: definiție — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Romansh: definiziun — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Swedish: definition — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Ukrainian: ви́значення (význačennja) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Ukrainian: озна́чення (oznáčennja) — statement expressing the essential nature of something
• Armenian: սահմանում (sahmanum) — action or process of defining
• Bulgarian: определя́не (opredeljáne) — action or process of defining
• Catalan: definició — action or process of defining
• Chinese Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì) — action or process of defining
• Czech: definice — action or process of defining
• Danish: definition — action or process of defining
• Dutch: definiëring — action or process of defining
• Dutch: omschrijving — action or process of defining
• Finnish: määrittely — action or process of defining
• French: définition — action or process of defining
• German: Begriffserklärung — action or process of defining
• German: Definierung — action or process of defining
• Italian: definizione — action or process of defining
• Malay: takrifan — action or process of defining
• Portuguese: definição — action or process of defining
• Romanian: definire — action or process of defining
• Romansh: definiziun — action or process of defining
• Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — action or process of defining
• Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh — action or process of defining
• Swedish: definierande — action or process of defining
• Armenian: սահմանում (sahmanum) — act of defining
• Bulgarian: определя́не (opredeljáne) — act of defining
• Chinese Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì) — act of defining
• Danish: definition — act of defining
• Finnish: määrittely — act of defining
• French: définition — act of defining
• German: Begriffserklärung — act of defining
• German: Definierung — act of defining
• Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה (hagdará) — act of defining
• Italian: definizione — act of defining
• Italian: il definire — act of defining
• Malay: takrifan — act of defining
• Portuguese: definição — act of defining
• Romanian: definire — act of defining
• Romansh: definiziun — act of defining
• Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — act of defining
• Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh — act of defining
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh — act of defining
• Swedish: definition — act of defining
• Turkish: tanımlama — act of defining
• Bulgarian: дефини́ция (definícija) — product of defining
• Catalan: definició — product of defining
• Chinese Mandarin: 定意 (dìngyì) — product of defining
• Danish: definition — product of defining
• Dutch: definitie — product of defining
• Dutch: omschrijving — product of defining
• Finnish: määritelmä — product of defining
• French: définition — product of defining
• German: Definition — product of defining
• Italian: definizione — product of defining
• Portuguese: definição — product of defining
• Romanian: definiție — product of defining
• Romansh: definiziun — product of defining
• Russian: определе́ние (opredelénije) — product of defining
• Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh — product of defining
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh — product of defining
• Swedish: definition — product of defining
• Chinese Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì) — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Finnish: määrittely — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• German: Definition — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Italian: livello di definizione — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Portuguese: descritibilidade — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Romanian: definire — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Romanian: grad de definire — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Russian: объясне́ние (obʺjasnénije) — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Scottish Gaelic: comharrachadh — action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
• Bulgarian: ря́зкост (rjázkost) — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Bulgarian: раздели́телна спосо́бност (razdelítelna sposóbnost) — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Catalan: definició — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Chinese Mandarin: 清晰 (qīngxī) — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Danish: opløsningsevne — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Danish: opløsning — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Esperanto: difino — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Finnish: tarkkuus — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Finnish: erottelukyky — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• French: définition — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Georgian: გარჩევადობა (garčevadoba) — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• German: Scharfzeichnung — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• German: Konturentreue — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• German: Trennschärfe — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Irish: gléine — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Italian: definizione — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Italian: definitezza — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Polish: rozdzielczość — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Portuguese: definição — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Portuguese: nitidez — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Romanian: definiție — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Romanian: forță de definire — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Romansh: definiziun — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Russian: разреше́ние (razrešénije) — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Russian: ре́зкость (rézkostʹ) — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Swedish: upplösning — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Turkish: çözünürlük — clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
• Bulgarian: я́сност (jásnost) — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Catalan: definició — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Chinese Mandarin: 清晰 (qīngxī) — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Danish: gengivelse — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Dutch: scherpte — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Finnish: kirkkaus — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• German: Schärfe — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• German: Präzision — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Italian: definizione — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Portuguese: clareza — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Russian: я́сность (jásnostʹ) — clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
• Bulgarian: ря́зкост (rjázkost) — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Chinese Mandarin: 清晰 (qīngxī) — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Finnish: rajaus — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• German: Scharfzeichnung — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• German: Konturentreue — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• German: Trennschärfe — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• German: Präzision — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Italian: definitezza — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Portuguese: delineação — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Russian: чёткость (čótkostʹ) — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Russian: ре́зкость (rézkostʹ) — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Turkish: definisyon — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Turkish: definasyon — sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
• Catalan: definició — bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct
• Chinese Mandarin: 清晰度 (qīngxīdù) — bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct
• Finnish: erottuvuus — bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct
• German: Definition — bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct
• Turkish: definisyon — bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct
• Turkish: definasyon — bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct