escalation

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌes.kəˈlæɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 S K AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English escalate 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 -ion English escalation From escalate + -ion.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: повиша́ване (povišávane) — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Bulgarian: пока́чване (pokáčvane) — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Dutch: escalatie — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Finnish: yltyminen — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Finnish: kärjistyminen — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Finnish: eskalaatio — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Finnish: eskaloituminen — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• German: Eskalation — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Polish: eskalacja — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Polish: nasilenie — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Russian: повыше́ние (povyšénije) — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Russian: увеличе́ние (uveličénije) — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Russian: рост (rost) — an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• Arabic: تَصْعِيد (taṣʕīd) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Armenian: էսկալացիա (ēskalacʻia) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Armenian: սրում (srum) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Belarusian: эскала́цыя (eskalácyja) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Bulgarian: ескала́ция (eskalácija) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Chinese Mandarin: 升級 /升级 (shēngjí) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Chinese Mandarin: 擴大 /扩大 (kuòdà) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Chinese Mandarin: 擴戰 /扩战 (kuòzhàn) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Dutch: escalatie — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Finnish: eskalaatio — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Finnish: eskaloituminen — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Finnish: laajeneminen — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Finnish: kiihtyminen — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• French: escalade — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• German: Eskalation — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Greek: κλιμάκωση (klimákosi) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Hungarian: kiterjesztés — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Hungarian: eszkaláció — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Italian: intensificazione — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Italian: aumento del conflitto — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Japanese: エスカレーション (esukarēshon) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Japanese: 拡大 (kakudai) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Korean: 에스컬레이션 (eseukeolleisyeon) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Korean: 확대 (hwakdae) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Korean: 확전 (hwakjeon) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Polish: eskalacja — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Portuguese: escalada — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Romanian: escaladare — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Russian: эскала́ция (eskalácija) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Russian: обостре́ние (obostrénije) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Sicilian: scalata — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Spanish: escalada — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Spanish: escalamiento — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Swedish: eskalering — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Swedish: upptrappning — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Turkish: tırmanış — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Turkish: tırmanma — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
• Ukrainian: ескала́ція (eskalácija) — a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict