preservation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌpɹez.əˈvæɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa) — the act of preserving
• Armenian: կոնսերվացում (konservacʻum) — the act of preserving
• Azerbaijani: mühafizə — the act of preserving
• Bulgarian: опазване (opazvane) — the act of preserving
• Bulgarian: съхранение (sǎhranenie) — the act of preserving
• Catalan: preservació — the act of preserving
• Chinese Mandarin: 保存 (bǎocún) — the act of preserving
• Finnish: säilyttäminen — the act of preserving
• French: préservation — the act of preserving
• German: Erhaltung — the act of preserving
• Ancient Greek: τήρησις (tḗrēsis) — the act of preserving
• Irish: leasú — the act of preserving
• Italian: conservazione — the act of preserving
• Italian: preservazione — the act of preserving
• Italian: salvaguardia — the act of preserving
• Japanese: 保存 (hozon) — the act of preserving
• Kannada: ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ (saṃrakṣaṇe) — the act of preserving
• Korean: 보존 (bojon) — the act of preserving
• Macedonian: зачуву́вање (začuvúvanje) — the act of preserving
• Macedonian: запазу́вање (zapazúvanje) — the act of preserving
• Macedonian: одржу́вање (održúvanje) — the act of preserving
• Norwegian Bokmål: bevaring — the act of preserving
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bevaring — the act of preserving
• Persian: محافظت (mohâfazat) — the act of preserving
• Portuguese: preservação — the act of preserving
• Russian: сохране́ние (soxranénije) — the act of preserving
• Spanish: preservación — the act of preserving
• Swedish: bevarande — the act of preserving
• Tagalog: saimbak — the act of preserving
• Tajik: муҳофиза (muhofiza) — the act of preserving
• Telugu: పరిరక్షణ (parirakṣaṇa) — the act of preserving
• Ottoman Turkish: صیانت (sıyanet) — the act of preserving