mummification

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• /ˌmʌmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH2 M IH0 F IH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From mummify + -ication, after French momification.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَحْنِيط (taḥnīṭ) — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Bulgarian: мумуфициране (mumuficirane) — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Catalan: momificació — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Dutch: mummificatie — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Dutch: mummificering — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• French: momification — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Galician: momificación — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• German: Mumifizierung — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Hungarian: mumifikálás — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Māori: whakapakokotanga — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Polish: mumifikacja — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Polish: mumifikowanie — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Portuguese: mumificação — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Russian: мумификация (mumifikacija) — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Spanish: momificación — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Swedish: mumifiering — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
• Swedish: mumifikation — the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it