elevation

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• /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 L 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 *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h1lengwh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1lénghusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣwisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣwis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēlevātiō Old French elevation English elevation From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate + -ion.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: издигане (izdigane) — act of raising
• Catalan: elevació — act of raising
• Finnish: korotus — act of raising
• Finnish: nosto — act of raising
• Finnish: korottaminen — act of raising
• Finnish: nostaminen — act of raising
• Finnish: parantaminen — act of raising
• Finnish: kohotus — act of raising
• Finnish: kohottaminen — act of raising
• French: élévation — act of raising
• Galician: elevación — act of raising
• German: Hebung — act of raising
• German: Erheben — act of raising
• German: Anhebung — act of raising
• German: Anheben — act of raising
• German: Erhöhen — act of raising
• German: Erhöhung — act of raising
• German: Ermporheben — act of raising
• German: Emporhebung — act of raising
• German: Hochheben — act of raising
• Irish: ardú — act of raising
• Latin: elevatio — act of raising
• Russian: подъём (podʺjóm) — act of raising
• Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh — act of raising
• Spanish: elevación — act of raising
• Turkish: rakım — act of raising
• Ukrainian: підійма́ння (pidijmánnja) — act of raising
• Ukrainian: схо́дження (sxódžennja) — act of raising
• Ukrainian: підне́сення (pidnésennja) — act of raising
• Bulgarian: възвишеност (vǎzvišenost) — condition of being elevated
• Finnish: noste — condition of being elevated
• Finnish: nousu — condition of being elevated
• French: élévation — condition of being elevated
• German: Erhebung — condition of being elevated
• Irish: ardú — condition of being elevated
• Quechua: huqari — condition of being elevated
• Sanskrit: ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhva) — condition of being elevated
• Scottish Gaelic: àrdachadh — condition of being elevated
• Ukrainian: підне́сення (pidnésennja) — condition of being elevated
• Bulgarian: възвишение (vǎzvišenie) — that which is raised
• Finnish: kohokohta — that which is raised
• French: élévation — that which is raised
• German: Erhebung — that which is raised
• German: Erhöhung — that which is raised
• German: Anhöhe — that which is raised
• German: Hebung — that which is raised
• German: Höhe — that which is raised
• Swedish: upphöjning — that which is raised
• Swedish: förhöjning — that which is raised
• Swedish: höjd — that which is raised
• Arabic: منسوب (mansoob) — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Bulgarian: височина (visočina) — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Esperanto: alto — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Esperanto: alteco — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Finnish: korkeus — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• German: Höhe — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• German: Höhenwinkel — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Indonesian: elevasi — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Macedonian: висо́чина (visóčina) — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Portuguese: elevação — distance of a celestial object above the horizon
• Indonesian: elevasi — A measured vertical distance
• Māori: tairanga — A measured vertical distance
• Finnish: korkeus — movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane
• German: Erhöhung — movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane
• Catalan: alçat — architecture
• Czech: nárys — architecture
• Czech: bokorys — architecture
• French: élévation — architecture
• German: Aufriss — architecture
• German: Ansicht — architecture
• German: Profil — architecture
• Italian: alzato — architecture
• Portuguese: alçado — architecture
• Swedish: höjdritning — architecture
• Finnish: elevaatio — raising of the host
• German: Elevation — raising of the host
• Polish: podniesienie — raising of the host