noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
rhymes with -eɪʃən
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:M Y UW2 T AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
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
an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injury, accidental injury
Narrower terms: dismemberment, taking apart
History
Etymology
Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
осакатяване
(osakatjavane)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Catalan:
mutilació
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Chinese Mandarin:
殘毀 /残毁
(cánhuǐ)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Chinese Mandarin:
殘割 /残割
(cángē)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Dutch:
verminking
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Finnish:
silpominen
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Finnish:
pahoinpitely
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
French:
mutilation
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
German:
Verstümmelung
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Hungarian:
csonkítás
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Indonesian:
mutilasi
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Italian:
mutilazione
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Japanese:
切断
(setsudan)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Japanese:
不具
(fugu)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Japanese:
骨抜き
(honenuki)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Kazakh:
мертігу
(mertıgu)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Portuguese:
mutilação
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Romanian:
csonkítás
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Romanian:
mutilare
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Russian:
уве́чье
(uvéčʹje)
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Spanish:
mutilación
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
Swedish:
stympning
— act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated
