preparation

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: P R EH2 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَحْضِير (taḥḍīr) — act of preparing
• Arabic: إِعْدَاد (ʔiʕdād) — act of preparing
• Arabic: تَجْهِيز (tajhīz) — act of preparing
• Arabic: اِسْتِعْدَاد (istiʕdād) — act of preparing
• Armenian: պատրաստում (patrastum) — act of preparing
• Armenian: պատրաստություն (patrastutʻyun) — act of preparing
• Azerbaijani: hazırlıq — act of preparing
• Basque: prestaketa — act of preparing
• Basque: prestakuntza — act of preparing
• Belarusian: падгато́ўка (padhatówka) — act of preparing
• Belarusian: падгатава́нне (padhatavánnje) — act of preparing
• Bengali: এন্তেজাম (entezam) — act of preparing
• Bulgarian: подгото́вка (podgotóvka) — act of preparing
• Bulgarian: приготовле́ния (prigotovlénija) — act of preparing
• Catalan: preparació — act of preparing
• Cebuano: pagpangandam — act of preparing
• Chinese Mandarin: 準備 /准备 (zhǔnbèi) — act of preparing
• Czech: příprava — act of preparing
• Danish: forberedelse — act of preparing
• Danish: præparation — act of preparing
• Danish: tilberedning — act of preparing
• Dutch: voorbereiding — act of preparing
• Esperanto: preparo — act of preparing
• Esperanto: pretigo — act of preparing
• Estonian: ettevalmistus — act of preparing
• Finnish: valmistelu — act of preparing
• Finnish: valmistautuminen — act of preparing
• Finnish: esikäsittely — act of preparing
• Finnish: preparointi — act of preparing
• French: préparation — act of preparing
• Galician: preparación — act of preparing
• German: Vorbereitung — act of preparing
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (manwiþa) — act of preparing
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns) — act of preparing
• Greek: παρασκευή (paraskeví) — act of preparing
• Ancient Greek: παρασκευή (paraskeuḗ) — act of preparing
• Ancient Greek: σκευασία (skeuasía) — act of preparing
• Haitian Creole: preparasyon — act of preparing
• Hebrew: הֲכָנָה (hakhaná) — act of preparing
• Hiligaynon: pangaman — act of preparing
• Hindi: तैयारी (taiyārī) — act of preparing
• Hungarian: előkészítés — act of preparing
• Ilocano: sagana — act of preparing
• Indonesian: persiapan — act of preparing
• Interlingua: preparation — act of preparing
• Irish: inleadh — act of preparing
• Irish: réamhtheacht — act of preparing
• Irish: ullmhú — act of preparing
• Irish: oirchill — act of preparing
• Italian: preparazione — act of preparing
• Japanese: 準備 (junbi) — act of preparing
• Japanese: 支度 (shitaku) — act of preparing
• Khmer: ការរៀបចំ (kaariəpcɑm) — act of preparing
• Korean: 준비 (junbi) — act of preparing
• Macedonian: подготовка (podgotovka) — act of preparing
• Macedonian: приготвување (prigotvuvanje) — act of preparing
• Malay: penyediaan — act of preparing
• Māori: whakariteritenga — act of preparing
• Middle English: forgreithing — act of preparing
• Nepali: तयारी (tayārī) — act of preparing
• Nepali: तर्जुमा (tarjumā) — act of preparing
• Norwegian Bokmål: forarbeid — act of preparing
• Norwegian Bokmål: forberedelse — act of preparing
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilberedning — act of preparing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forarbeid — act of preparing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førearbeid — act of preparing
• Old English: ġearwung — act of preparing
• Persian: آمادگی (âmâdegi) — act of preparing
• Persian: تدارک (tadârok) — act of preparing
• Persian: تهیه (tahiyye) — act of preparing
• Polish: przygotowanie — act of preparing
• Portuguese: preparação — act of preparing
• Romanian: preparare — act of preparing
• Romanian: pregătire — act of preparing
• Russian: подгото́вка (podgotóvka) — act of preparing
• Russian: приготовле́ние (prigotovlénije) — act of preparing
• Scottish Gaelic: deasachadh — act of preparing
• Serbo-Croatian: при̏права — act of preparing
• Serbo-Croatian: при̏према — act of preparing
• Serbo-Croatian: prȉprava — act of preparing
• Serbo-Croatian: prȉprema — act of preparing
• Slovak: príprava — act of preparing
• Slovene: priprava — act of preparing
• Spanish: preparación — act of preparing
• Swahili: tayari — act of preparing
• Swahili: mapema — act of preparing
• Swahili: utayarishi — act of preparing
• Swedish: förberedelse — act of preparing
• Tagalog: paghahanda — act of preparing
• Tajik: омодагӣ (omodagi) — act of preparing
• Tajik: тайёр (tayyor) — act of preparing
• Turkish: hazırlık — act of preparing
• Ottoman Turkish: حاضرلق (hazırlık) — act of preparing
• Ukrainian: підгото́вка (pidhotóvka) — act of preparing
• Ukrainian: підготува́ння (pidhotuvánnja) — act of preparing
• Ukrainian: підгото́влення (pidhotóvlennja) — act of preparing
• Ukrainian: готува́ння (hotuvánnja) — act of preparing
• Ukrainian: підготовля́ння (pidhotovljánnja) — act of preparing
• Urdu: تیاری (taiyārī) — act of preparing
• Uzbek: tayyorgarlik — act of preparing
• Vietnamese: sự chuẩn bị — act of preparing
• Catalan: preparació — that which is prepared
• French: préparation — that which is prepared
• French: concoction — that which is prepared
• German: Präparat — that which is prepared
• German: Probe (Anatomie) — that which is prepared
• Greek: παρασκεύασμα (paraskévasma) — that which is prepared
• Belarusian: прэпара́т (preparát) — substance
• Bulgarian: препара́т (preparát) — substance
• Catalan: preparació — substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 配製品 /配制品 (pèizhìpǐn) — substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 藥劑 /药剂 (yàojì) — substance
• Czech: preparát — substance
• Danish: præparat — substance
• Dutch: preparaat — substance
• Finnish: valmiste — substance
• Finnish: preparaatti — substance
• French: préparation — substance
• Georgian: პრეპარატი (ṗreṗaraṭi) — substance
• German: Präparat — substance
• Italian: preparazione — substance
• Kazakh: препарат (preparat) — substance
• Polish: preparat — substance
• Portuguese: preparação — substance
• Romanian: preparat — substance
• Russian: препара́т (preparát) — substance
• Spanish: preparación — substance
• Ukrainian: препара́т (preparát) — substance
• Bulgarian: препара́т (preparát) — anatomy: part of any animal body preserved as a specimen
• Finnish: esine — music: object placed between strings of a piano