meltdown

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛltdaʊn/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmɛltdawn/
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• General-American: /ˈmɛltˌdaʊn/
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• CMU ARPABET: M EH1 L T D AW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From melt (verb) + down (adverb), a deverbal from melt down (verb).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: стопя́ване (stopjávane) — act or process of melting
• Finnish: sulaminen — act or process of melting
• Finnish: sulanut massa — mass of melted material
• Angika: नाभिकीय गलाव (nābhikīya galāv) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Arabic: اِنْصِهَار نَوَوِيّ (inṣihār nawawiyy) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Armenian: ռեակտորի միջուկի հալում (ṙeaktori miǰuki halum) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Armenian: մելտդաուն (meltdaun) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Basque: nukleoaren fusioa — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Basque: nukleo-fusioa — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Bulgarian: разтопя́ване на акти́вната зо́на (raztopjávane na aktívnata zóna) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Bulgarian: разтопя́ване (raztopjávane) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Catalan: fusió de nucli — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Chinese Mandarin: 堆芯熔毀 /堆芯熔毁 (duīxīn rónghuǐ) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Czech: roztavení reaktoru — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Danish: nedsmeltning — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Dutch: kernsmelting — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Finnish: reaktoriytimen sulaminen — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Finnish: sulaminen — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• French: fusion du cœur d'un réacteur nucléaire — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• German: Kernschmelze — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Greek: τήξη (tíxi) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Hebrew: התכה (hatakhá) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Hindi: नाभिकीय गलाव (nābhikīya galāv) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Hungarian: zónaolvadás — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Indonesian: kebocoran nuklir — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Irish: leá iomlán — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Italian: fusione del nocciolo — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Japanese: メルトダウン (merutodaun) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Japanese: 炉心熔融 (roshin-yōyū) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Korean: 노심 용해 (nosim yonghae) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Low German: Karnsmölt — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Malay: peleburan nuklear — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjernefysisk nedsmelting — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjernefysisk nedsmelting — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Persian: ذوبشدن سوخت هستهای — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Polish: stopienie rdzenia reaktora jądrowego — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Portuguese: derretimento nuclear — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Romanian: topire — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Russian: мелтда́ун (mɛltdáun) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Russian: расплавле́ние (rasplavlénije) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Russian: разруше́ние и́з-за расплавле́ния (razrušénije íz-za rasplavlénija) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Serbo-Croatian: taljenje jezgre — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Spanish: copelación/fundición nuclear — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Spanish: derretimiento nuclear — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Spanish: fusión de núcleo — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Swedish: härdsmälta — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Tagalog: nukleyar na pagkatunaw — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Tagalog: pagkalusaw na nukleyar — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Tamil: அணுக்கரு உருகல் (aṇukkaru urukal) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Thai: การหลอมละลายนิวเคลียร์ — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Turkish: nükleer erime — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Ukrainian: розплавлення (rozplavlennya) — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Vietnamese: nóng chảy hạt nhân — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Welsh: toddiad niwclear — severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor
• Bulgarian: и́зблик (ízblik) — (sudden) loss of control over one’s behaviour, emotions, etc.; an instance of this
• Bulgarian: при́стъп (prístǎp) — (sudden) loss of control over one’s behaviour, emotions, etc.; an instance of this
• Finnish: purkaus — (sudden) loss of control over one’s behaviour, emotions, etc.; an instance of this
• Finnish: räjähdys — (sudden) loss of control over one’s behaviour, emotions, etc.; an instance of this
• Finnish: tunneromahdus — autistic response to sensory overload or stress
• Danish: nedsmeltning — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Finnish: romahdus — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• German: Nervenzusammenbruch — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• German: Zusammenbruch — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Hebrew: מלטדאון (méltdaun) — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Hebrew: התמוטטות (hitmotetút) — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Hebrew: התמוטטות עצבים (hitmotetút atsabím) — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Hebrew: קריסה (krisá) — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Portuguese: catástrofe — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Romanian: criză — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Russian: встря́ска (vstrjáska) — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: eratično stanje — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Spanish: chiripiolca — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Spanish: chiripiorca — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Spanish: chucaque — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
• Spanish: corajina — situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.