fusion

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• UK: /ˈfjuː.ʒən/
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First appears c. 1555, in a translation by Richard Eden. From Middle French fusion, from Latin fūsiōnem (the accusative of fūsiō), from fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour; to melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ذَوَبَان (ḏawabān) — act of melting something by heating it
• Aragonese: fusión — act of melting something by heating it
• Asturian: fusión — act of melting something by heating it
• Bulgarian: стопяване (stopjavane) — act of melting something by heating it
• Bulgarian: разтопяване (raztopjavane) — act of melting something by heating it
• Catalan: fusió — act of melting something by heating it
• Chinese Mandarin: 熔化 (róng huà) — act of melting something by heating it
• Danish: fusion — act of melting something by heating it
• Danish: sammensmeltning — act of melting something by heating it
• Dutch: smelten — act of melting something by heating it
• Finnish: sulatus — act of melting something by heating it
• Finnish: sulaminen — act of melting something by heating it
• French: fusion — act of melting something by heating it
• Galician: fusión — act of melting something by heating it
• German: Schmelzen — act of melting something by heating it
• Hungarian: olvasztás — act of melting something by heating it
• Hungarian: felolvasztás — act of melting something by heating it
• Indonesian: pemfusian — act of melting something by heating it
• Italian: fusione — act of melting something by heating it
• Japanese: 溶融 (yōyū) — act of melting something by heating it
• Korean: 융해 (yunghae) — act of melting something by heating it
• Korean: 용해 (yonghae) — act of melting something by heating it
• Macedonian: то́пење (tópenje) — act of melting something by heating it
• Manx: co-lheie — act of melting something by heating it
• Polish: stopienie — act of melting something by heating it
• Portuguese: fusão — act of melting something by heating it
• Portuguese: fundição — act of melting something by heating it
• Romanian: fuziune — act of melting something by heating it
• Russian: пла́вка (plávka) — act of melting something by heating it
• Russian: расплавле́ние (rasplavlénije) — act of melting something by heating it
• Spanish: derretimiento — act of melting something by heating it
• Spanish: fundición — act of melting something by heating it
• Swedish: fusion — act of melting something by heating it
• Swedish: smältning — act of melting something by heating it
• Tagalog: pagtutunaw — act of melting something by heating it
• Arabic: اِتِّحَاد (ittiḥād) — merging of elements into a union
• Aragonese: fusión — merging of elements into a union
• Asturian: fusión — merging of elements into a union
• Bulgarian: сливане (slivane) — merging of elements into a union
• Catalan: fusió — merging of elements into a union
• Chinese Mandarin: 合併 /合并 (hébìng) — merging of elements into a union
• Chinese Mandarin: 融合 (rónghé) — merging of elements into a union
• Danish: fusion — merging of elements into a union
• Dutch: fusie — merging of elements into a union
• Finnish: fuusio — merging of elements into a union
• French: fusion — merging of elements into a union
• Galician: fusión — merging of elements into a union
• German: Verschmelzen — merging of elements into a union
• Greek: ένωση (énosi) — merging of elements into a union
• Greek: συγχώνευση (synchónefsi) — merging of elements into a union
• Hindi: संलयन (sanlyan) — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: egyesítés — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: összeolvasztás — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: egybeolvasztás — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: egyesülés — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: összeolvadás — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: egybeolvadás — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: szövetkezés — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: koalíció — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: ötvözés — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: ötvözet — merging of elements into a union
• Hungarian: fúzió — merging of elements into a union
• Indonesian: fusi — merging of elements into a union
• Italian: fusione — merging of elements into a union
• Japanese: 融合 (yūgō) — merging of elements into a union
• Korean: 융합 (yunghap) — merging of elements into a union
• Latin: colliquatio — merging of elements into a union
• Malayalam: സംയോജനം (saṁyōjanaṁ) — merging of elements into a union
• Manx: co-lheie — merging of elements into a union
• Māori: kōmitimiti — merging of elements into a union
• Norwegian Bokmål: fusjon — merging of elements into a union
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fusjon — merging of elements into a union
• Polish: fuzja — merging of elements into a union
• Portuguese: fusão — merging of elements into a union
• Russian: слия́ние (slijánije) — merging of elements into a union
• Russian: си́нтез (síntez) — merging of elements into a union
• Spanish: fusión — merging of elements into a union
• Tagalog: kapisanan — merging of elements into a union
• Arabic: اِنْدِمَاج (indimāj) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Aragonese: fusión — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Basque: fusio — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Bulgarian: ядрен синтез (jadren sintez) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Catalan: fusió — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Chinese Mandarin: 核聚變 /核聚变 (hé jù biàn) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Czech: fúze — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Danish: fusion — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Dutch: fusie — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Dutch: samensmelting — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Finnish: fuusio — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• French: fusion — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Galician: fusión — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Hindi: संलयन (sanlyan) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Hungarian: fúzió — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Hungarian: magfúzió — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Ido: fuziono — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Indonesian: fusi — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Italian: fusione — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Japanese: 核融合 (kakuyūgō) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Korean: 핵융합 (haegyunghap) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Macedonian: ја́дрено соедину́вање (jádreno soedinúvanje) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Malayalam: ആണവസംയോജനം (āṇavasaṁyōjanaṁ) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Māori: honokarihi — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Norwegian: sammensmelting — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Norwegian Bokmål: fusjon — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fusjon — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Polish: fuzja — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Portuguese: fusão — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Russian: ядерный си́нтез (jadernyj síntez) — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Slovak: fúzia — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Spanish: fusión — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Tagalog: sapisan — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Welsh: ymasiad — nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine
• Bulgarian: фюжън (fjužǎn) — type of music
• Danish: fusionsmusik — type of music
• Georgian: ფიუჟენი (piuženi) — type of music
• Georgian: აღრეული (aɣreuli) — type of music
• Georgian: შერეული (šereuli) — type of music
• Hungarian: keverés — type of music
• Hungarian: vegyítés — type of music
• Hungarian: fúzió — type of music
• Ido: fuzo — type of music
• Japanese: フュージョン (fyūjon) — type of music
• Māori: puoro kōmitimiti — type of music
• Persian: موسیقی تلفیقی — type of music
• Polish: fusion — type of music
• Russian: фьюжн (fʹjužn) — type of music
• Hungarian: fúzió — style of cooking
• Polish: fusion — style of cooking
• Russian: фьюжн (fʹjužn) — style of cooking
• French: fusion — result of the hybridation of two genes
• Italian: fusione — result of the hybridation of two genes
• Portuguese: fusão — result of the hybridation of two genes
• Spanish: fusión — result of the hybridation of two genes
• Tagalog: paghahalo — result of the hybridation of two genes
• French: fusion — lipid bilayers merging their hydrophobic core
• Italian: fusione — lipid bilayers merging their hydrophobic core
• Portuguese: fusão — lipid bilayers merging their hydrophobic core
• Spanish: fusión — lipid bilayers merging their hydrophobic core