noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N S IH1 N ER0 EY2 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
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 burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burning, combustion
Narrower terms: cremation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English incinerate 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 incineration From incinerate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
изгаряне
(izgarjane)
— the act of incinerating
Bulgarian:
кремиране
(kremirane)
— the act of incinerating
Chinese Mandarin:
焚化
(fénhuà)
— the act of incinerating
Czech:
incinerace
— the act of incinerating
Finnish:
poltto
— the act of incinerating
Finnish:
polttaminen
— the act of incinerating
French:
incinération
— the act of incinerating
Galician:
incineración
— the act of incinerating
German:
Verbrennung
— the act of incinerating
Greek:
αποτέφρωση
(apotéfrosi)
— the act of incinerating
Italian:
termodistruzione
— the act of incinerating
Korean:
소각
(sogak)
— the act of incinerating
Malay:
penunuan
— the act of incinerating
Polish:
ciałopalenie
— the act of incinerating
Polish:
kremacja
— the act of incinerating
Russian:
сжига́ние
(sžigánije)
— the act of incinerating
Russian:
крема́ция
(kremácija)
— the act of incinerating