noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌɛks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disinterment, digging up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
արտաշիրմում
(artaširmum)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Belarusian:
эксгума́цыя
(ekshumácyja)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Belarusian:
выко́пванне
(vykópvannje)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Bulgarian:
изра́вяне
(izrávjane)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Bulgarian:
ексхума́ция
(ekshumácija)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Catalan:
exhumació
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Chinese Mandarin:
發掘 /发掘
(fājué)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Czech:
exhumace
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Finnish:
ylös kaivaminen
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Finnish:
ekshumaatio
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
French:
exhumation
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Galician:
exhumación
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Georgian:
ექსჰუმაცია
(ekshumacia)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
German:
Exhumierung
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
German:
Enterdigung
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Greek:
εκταφή
(ektafí)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Hebrew:
הוֹצָאָה מִן הַקֶּבֶר
(hotsa'á min hakéver)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Hungarian:
kihantolás
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Hungarian:
exhumálás
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Irish:
dí-adhlacadh
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Italian:
esumazione
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Japanese:
発掘
(hakkutsu)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Korean:
발굴
(balgul)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Macedonian:
ексхумација
(ekshumacija)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Māori:
hahunga
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Māori:
ehunga
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Polish:
ekshumacja
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Portuguese:
exumação
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Romanian:
exhumare
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Russian:
эксгума́ция
(eksgumácija)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Russian:
выка́пывание
(vykápyvanije)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Serbo-Croatian:
ексхума́ција
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Serbo-Croatian:
ekshumácija
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Slovak:
exhumácia
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Slovene:
ekshumacija
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Slovene:
izkop
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Spanish:
exhumación
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Turkish:
ekshumasyon
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Ukrainian:
ексгума́ція
(ekshumácija)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
Ukrainian:
вико́пування
(vykópuvannja)
— the act of digging up that which has been buried
