incubation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 NG K Y UW0 B EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin incubātiō, from incubō (“to lie on”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِضَانَة (ḥiḍāna) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Arabic: تَفْرِيخ (tafrīḵ) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Assamese: উমনি (umoni) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Bulgarian: мътене (mǎtene) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Catalan: incubació — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Catalan: covament — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Chinese Mandarin: 孵化 (fūhuà) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Finnish: hautominen — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Galician: incubación — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• German: Bebrütung — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Greek: επώαση (epóasi) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Hungarian: kotlás — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Hungarian: költés — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Hungarian: keltetés — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Irish: gor — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Italian: incubazione — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Italian: cova — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Italian: cova delle uova — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Italian: covatura — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Japanese: 孵化 (fuka) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Korean: 부화 (buhwa) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Khiamniungan Naga: vēupōk — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Norwegian Bokmål: ruging — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ruging — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Russian: выси́живание (vysíživanije) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Russian: инкуба́ция (inkubácija) — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Spanish: incubación — sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young
• Finnish: itäminen — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• French: incubation — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• German: Inkubation — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Greek: επώαση (epóasi) — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Hungarian: lappangás — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Hungarian: lappangási idő — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Italian: incubazione — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Japanese: インキュベーション (inkyubēshon) — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Norwegian Bokmål: inkubasjon — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: inkubasjon — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Portuguese: incubação — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Romanian: incubație — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Russian: инкуба́ция (inkubácija) — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Spanish: incubación — development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation
• Greek: εγκοίμηση (egkoímisi) — sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams
• Ancient Greek: ἐγκοίμησις (enkoímēsis) — sleeping in a consecrated place for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams