inflation

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From inflation.

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: inflacioni — expansion or increase in size
• Arabic: تَضَخُّم (taḍaḵḵum) — expansion or increase in size
• Azerbaijani: şişmə — expansion or increase in size
• Belarusian: надзіма́нне (nadzimánnje) — expansion or increase in size
• Belarusian: надыма́нне (nadymánnje) — expansion or increase in size
• Bulgarian: наду́ване (nadúvane) — expansion or increase in size
• Catalan: inflament — expansion or increase in size
• Cornish: hwythans — expansion or increase in size
• Cornish: hwethans — expansion or increase in size
• Dutch: opblazen — expansion or increase in size
• Esperanto: inflacio — expansion or increase in size
• Finnish: laajentuminen — expansion or increase in size
• French: inflation — expansion or increase in size
• Galician: inflado — expansion or increase in size
• Galician: inchamento — expansion or increase in size
• German: Aufblasen — expansion or increase in size
• German: Aufblähung — expansion or increase in size
• German: Inflation — expansion or increase in size
• Greek: φούσκωμα (foúskoma) — expansion or increase in size
• Hungarian: felfújás — expansion or increase in size
• Hungarian: felfúvódás — expansion or increase in size
• Ido: inflacio — expansion or increase in size
• Indonesian: pengembangan — expansion or increase in size
• Indonesian: pengembungan — expansion or increase in size
• Indonesian: inflasi — expansion or increase in size
• Interlingua: inflation — expansion or increase in size
• Irish: séideadh — expansion or increase in size
• Irish: teannadh — expansion or increase in size
• Japanese: 膨張 (bōchō) — expansion or increase in size
• Japanese: 膨らみ (fukurami) — expansion or increase in size
• Korean: 팽창 (paengchang) — expansion or increase in size
• Māori: whakamakohatanga — expansion or increase in size
• Norwegian: inflasjon — expansion or increase in size
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppblåsing — expansion or increase in size
• Pashto: پړسوب (paṛsob) — expansion or increase in size
• Pashto: غومبه (ǧumba) — expansion or increase in size
• Portuguese: inflamento — expansion or increase in size
• Romanian: inflație — expansion or increase in size
• Russian: надува́ние (naduvánije) — expansion or increase in size
• Russian: вздува́ние (vzduvánije) — expansion or increase in size
• Russian: вспу́чивание (vspúčivanije) — expansion or increase in size
• Russian: раздува́ние (razduvánije) — expansion or increase in size
• Spanish: inflado — expansion or increase in size
• Spanish: hinchado — expansion or increase in size
• Spanish: hinchamiento — expansion or increase in size
• Swahili: mfumuko — expansion or increase in size
• Swedish: uppblåsning — expansion or increase in size
• Tagalog: bintog — expansion or increase in size
• Tagalog: pagbintog — expansion or increase in size
• Tamil: வீக்கம் (vīkkam) — expansion or increase in size
• Tamil: வளர்ச்சி (vaḷarcci) — expansion or increase in size
• Turkish: şişme — expansion or increase in size
• Ukrainian: надува́ння (naduvánnja) — expansion or increase in size
• Vietnamese: (sự) thổi phồng — expansion or increase in size
• Volapük: bladosvolükön — expansion or increase in size
• Afrikaans: inflasie — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Albanian: inflacion — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Arabic: تَضَخُّم (taḍaḵḵum) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Arabic: تَضَخُّم (taḍaḵḵum) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Armenian: գնաճ (gnač) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Armenian: սղաճ (sġač) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Azerbaijani: inflyasiya — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Belarusian: інфля́цыя (infljácyja) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Bengali: মুদ্রাস্ফীতি (mudraśphiti) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Bulgarian: инфла́ция (inflácija) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Burmese: ငွေကြေးဖောင်းပွခြင်း (ngwe-kre:hpaung:pwa.hkrang:) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Catalan: inflació — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Chinese Cantonese: 通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀 (tung1 fo3 paang4 zoeng3) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Chinese Mandarin: 通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀 (tōnghuòpéngzhàng) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Chinese Mandarin: 通脹 /通胀 (tōngzhàng) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Cornish: hwythans — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Cornish: hwethans — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Czech: inflace — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Danish: inflation — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Dinka: thiɔrëɣɔ̈c — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Dutch: inflatie — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Esperanto: inflacio — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Estonian: inflatsioon — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Faroese: virðisminkan — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Faroese: inflasjón — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Finnish: inflaatio — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• French: inflation — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Galician: inflación — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Georgian: ინფლაცია (inplacia) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Georgian: გაძვირება (gaʒvireba) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• German: Inflation — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• German: Geldentwertung — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Greek: πληθωρισμός (plithorismós) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Gujarati: ફુગાવો (phugāvo) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Gujarati: મોંઘવારી (moṅghvārī) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Hebrew: אִינְפְלַצְיָה (inflátsya) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Hindi: मुद्रास्फीति (mudrāsphīti) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Hungarian: infláció — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Icelandic: verðbólga — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Ido: inflacio — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Indonesian: inflasi — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Interlingua: inflation — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Irish: boilsciú — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Italian: inflazione — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Japanese: インフレ (infure) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Japanese: インフレーション (infurēshon) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Kazakh: инфляция (infläsiä) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Khmer: អតិផរណា (ʼaʼtephaʼraʼnaa) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Korean: 인플레이션 (inpeulleisyeon) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Korean: 인플레 (inpeulle) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Korean: 통화 팽창 (tonghwa paengchang) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Northern Kurdish: enflasyon — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Kyrgyz: инфляция (inflyatsiya) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Lao: ເງິນເຟີ້ (ngœn fœ̄) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Lao: ສະພາວະເງິນເຟີ້ (sa phā wa ngœn fœ̄) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Latvian: inflācija — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Lithuanian: infliacija — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Macedonian: инфлација (inflacija) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Malay: inflasi — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Māori: whakapikinga utu — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Māori: pikiutu — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Māori: pikiututanga — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Mongolian: инфляци (infljaci) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Norwegian Bokmål: inflasjon — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Pashto: انفلاسيون (enflāsyun) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Pashto: تورم (tawarom) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Iranian Persian: تَوَرُّم (tavarrom) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Polish: inflacja — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Portuguese: inflação — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Romanian: inflație — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Russian: инфля́ция (infljácija) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Serbo-Croatian: инфла́ција — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Serbo-Croatian: inflácija — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Sikkimese: གོང་འཕེལ (gong 'phel) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Slovak: inflácia — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Slovene: inflacija — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Lower Sorbian: inflacija — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Spanish: inflación — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Swahili: mfumuko wa bei — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Swedish: inflation — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Tagalog: implasyon — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Tajik: таваррум (tavarrum) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Tamil: பணவீக்கம் (paṇavīkkam) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Thai: เงินเฟ้อ (ngən-fə́ə) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Thai: ภาวะเงินเฟ้อ (paa-wá ngən-fə́ə) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Turkish: enflasyon — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Turkmen: inflýasiýa — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Ukrainian: інфля́ція (infljácija) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Urdu: اِفْراطِ زَر (ifrāt-i zar) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Uyghur: پاخاللىشىش (paxallishish) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Uyghur: پۇل پاخاللىقى (pul paxalliqi) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Uzbek: inflatsiya — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Vietnamese: (sự) tăng giá — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Vietnamese: lạm phát — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Volapük: niflat — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Welsh: chwyddiant — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Yiddish: אינפֿלאַציע (inflatsye) — increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
• Arabic: زِيَادَة (ziyāda) — undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades
• Finnish: yliarviointi — undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades
• German: Schwemme — undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades
• Bulgarian: разшире́ние (razširénie) — inflation of the universe
• Dutch: uitdijing — inflation of the universe
• Finnish: inflaatio — inflation of the universe
• Finnish: laajeneminen — inflation of the universe
• German: Inflation — inflation of the universe
• Hungarian: tágulás — inflation of the universe
• Ido: inflacio — inflation of the universe
• Korean: 팽창 (paengchang) — inflation of the universe
• Russian: расшире́ние (rasširénije) — inflation of the universe
• Tamil: அண்ட விரிவடைதல் (aṇṭa virivaṭaital) — inflation of the universe