overpopulation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
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• General-American: /ˈoʊvɚ-/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: OW2 V ER0 P AA2 P Y AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + population.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mbipopullim — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Arabic: زيادة سكانية — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Azerbaijani: əhali artıqlığı — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Belarusian: перанасяленне (pjeranasjaljennje) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Belarusian: перанаселеннасць (pjeranasjeljennascʹ) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Bhojpuri: अतिजनसंख्या (atijanəsaṅkhyā) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Catalan: superpoblació — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Chinese Mandarin: 人口過多 /人口过多 (rénkǒu guòduō) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Chinese Mandarin: 人口過剩 /人口过剩 (rénkǒu guòshèng) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Czech: přelidnění — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Danish: overbefolkning — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Dutch: overbevolking — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Finnish: liikakansoitus — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Finnish: ylikansoitus — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Finnish: liikaväestö — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• French: surpeuplement — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• French: surpopulation — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Galician: superpoboación — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• German: Überbevölkerung — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• German: Übervölkerung — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Hungarian: túlnépesedés — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Indonesian: kelebihan penduduk — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Italian: sovrappopolamento — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Italian: sovrappopolazione — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Japanese: 人口過剰 (jinkō kajō) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Māori: taupori tuhene — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Norwegian Bokmål: overbefolkning — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overbefolkning — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overfolking — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Persian: ازدیاد جمعیت — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Polish: przeludnienie — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Portuguese: sobrepopulação — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Portuguese: sobrepovoamento — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Portuguese: sobrepovoação — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Portuguese: superpopulação — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Portuguese: superpovoação — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Portuguese: superpovoamento — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Romanian: suprapopulare — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Romanian: suprapopulație — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Russian: перенаселе́ние (perenaselénije) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Russian: перенаселённость (perenaseljónnostʹ) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Spanish: sobrepoblación — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Spanish: superpoblación — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Swedish: överbefolkning — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them
• Thai: ประชากรล้น (bprà-chaa-gɔɔn-lón) — excessive number of occupants in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them