noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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 immolating, or the state of being immolated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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2
noun
Meaning 2
That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The act of maliciously burning a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
killing or offering as a sacrifice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sacrifice, ritual killing
History
Etymology
From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
жертвоприношение
(žertvoprinošenie)
— act of immolating
Catalan:
immolació
— act of immolating
Chinese Mandarin:
獻祭 /献祭
(xiànjì)
— act of immolating
Chinese Mandarin:
供物
(gōngwù)
— act of immolating
Finnish:
uhraus
— act of immolating
French:
immolation
— act of immolating
Galician:
inmolación
— act of immolating
German:
Aufopferung
— act of immolating
Portuguese:
imolação
— act of immolating
Russian:
жертвоприноше́ние
(žertvoprinošénije)
— act of immolating
Serbo-Croatian:
prinošenje žrtve
— act of immolating
Serbo-Croatian:
imolacija
— act of immolating
Spanish:
inmolación
— act of immolating
Tibetan:
དམར་མཆོད
(dmar mchod)
— act of immolating
Ukrainian:
жертвоприно́шення
(žertvoprynóšennja)
— act of immolating
Bulgarian:
жертвено животно
(žertveno životno)
— that which is immolated
Finnish:
uhri
— that which is immolated
German:
Opfer
— that which is immolated
Portuguese:
imolado
— that which is immolated
Russian:
же́ртва
(žértva)
— that which is immolated
Serbo-Croatian:
žrtva
— that which is immolated
Ukrainian:
же́ртва
(žértva)
— that which is immolated