proliferation

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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• Australian: /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: P R OW2 L IH0 F ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree French proliférer Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French proliférationbor. English proliferation Borrowed from French prolifération.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: размножение (razmnoženie) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Chinese Mandarin: 增殖 (zēngzhí) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Czech: rozmnožování — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Czech: množení — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Dutch: proliferatie — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Finnish: lisääntyminen — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• French: prolifération — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• German: Sprossung — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• German: Knospung — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• German: Vermehrung — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Greek: πολλαπλασιασμός (pollaplasiasmós) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Indonesian: proliferasi — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Italian: proliferazione — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Japanese: 増殖 (zōshoku) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Korean: (세포의)증식 — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Korean: (동식물의)번식 — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Malay: pemproliferatan — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Polish: rozprzestrzenienie — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Portuguese: proliferação — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Russian: размноже́ние (razmnožénije) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Russian: распростране́ние (rasprostranénije) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Russian: разраста́ние (razrastánije) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Serbo-Croatian: proliferácija — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Serbo-Croatian: пролифера́ција — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Slovene: razmnoževanje — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Spanish: proliferación — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Swedish: förökning — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Ukrainian: розмноження (rozmnožennja) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Central Kurdish: پەرەزا (pereza) — the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
• Bulgarian: нарастване (narastvane) — the act of increasing or rising
• Czech: navyšování — the act of increasing or rising
• Czech: rozšiřování — the act of increasing or rising
• Czech: zvětšování — the act of increasing or rising
• Dutch: toename — the act of increasing or rising
• Dutch: vergroting — the act of increasing or rising
• Dutch: versterking — the act of increasing or rising
• Dutch: woekering — the act of increasing or rising
• Finnish: lisääntyminen — the act of increasing or rising
• German: Zunahme — the act of increasing or rising
• German: Verstärkung — the act of increasing or rising
• German: Vergrößerung — the act of increasing or rising
• German: Wucherung — the act of increasing or rising
• Greek: πολλαπλασιασμός (pollaplasiasmós) — the act of increasing or rising
• Greek: αύξηση (áfxisi) — the act of increasing or rising
• Greek: πλήθυνση (plíthynsi) — the act of increasing or rising
• Italian: proliferazione — the act of increasing or rising
• Russian: увеличе́ние (uveličénije) — the act of increasing or rising
• Russian: рост (rost) — the act of increasing or rising
• Russian: пролифера́ция (proliferácija) — the act of increasing or rising
• Slovene: večanje — the act of increasing or rising
• Slovene: dviganje — the act of increasing or rising
• Slovene: dviganje — the act of increasing or rising
• Slovene: širjenje — the act of increasing or rising
• Central Kurdish: پەرەزا (pereza) — the act of increasing or rising
• Czech: nárůst — the result of building up
• Russian: увеличе́ние (uveličénije) — the result of building up
• Russian: рост (rost) — the result of building up
• Bulgarian: разпространение (razprostranenie) — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Chinese Mandarin: 擴散 /扩散 (kuòsàn) — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Dutch: proliferatie — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• German: Verbreitung — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• German: Proliferation — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Indonesian: proliferasi — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Malay: percambahan — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Polish: proliferacja — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Russian: распростране́ние (rasprostranénije) — the spread of weapons of mass destruction
• Ukrainian: розповсюдження (rozpovsjudžennja) — the spread of weapons of mass destruction