recreation

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• Received-Pronunciation: rĕ-krē-āʹshən
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• Received-Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
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• Canada, General-American: rĕ-krē-āʹshən
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• UK: rē-krē-āʹshən
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• UK: /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
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• US: rē-krē-āʹshən
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• US: /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
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From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.

From Middle English recreacion; equivalent to re- + creation.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rekreacion — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Arabic: اِسْتِجْمَام (istijmām) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Belarusian: адпачы́нак (adpačýnak) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Bulgarian: развлечение (razvlečenie) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Bulgarian: забавление (zabavlenie) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Chinese Mandarin: 娛樂 /娱乐 (yúlè) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Chinese Mandarin: 遊藝 /游艺 (yóuyì) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Czech: rekreace — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Danish: rekreation — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Dutch: recreatie — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Dutch: ontspanning — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Finnish: virkistys — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Finnish: vapaa-ajan toiminta — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Flemish: recreaasje — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• French: récréation — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Georgian: რეკრეაცია (reḳreacia) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Georgian: დასვენება (dasveneba) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Georgian: განტვირთვა (ganṭvirtva) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• German: Erholung — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• German: Unterhaltung — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Greek: ψυχαγωγία (psychagogía) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Greek: αναψυχή (anapsychí) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Ancient Greek: ἄνεσις (ánesis) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Hebrew: נופש — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Hebrew: פנאי — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Hungarian: szabadidő — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Ido: distrakto — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Indonesian: rekreasi — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Italian: ricreazione — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Japanese: 娯楽 (goraku) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Korean: 오락 (orak) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Latin: āvocāmentum — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Latvian: atpūta — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Malay: rekreasi — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Māori: mahi a te rēhia — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Māori: mahi rēhia — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Norwegian: rekreasjon — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Persian: تفریح (tafrih) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Polish: rekreacja — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Polish: wypoczynek — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Portuguese: recreação — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Romanian: recreație — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Romanian: recreare — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Russian: о́тдых (ótdyx) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Russian: развлече́ние (razvlečénije) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Scottish Gaelic: cleasachd — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Serbo-Croatian: рекреација — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Serbo-Croatian: rekreacija — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Slovak: rekreácia — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Slovene: razvedrilo — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Spanish: recreación — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Swedish: förströelse — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Swedish: rekreation — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Tagalog: rekreasyón — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Tagalog: mulinsigla — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Turkish: dinlence — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Turkish: rekreasyon — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Ukrainian: відпочи́нок (vidpočýnok) — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Vietnamese: sự tiêu khiển — activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
• Bulgarian: пресъздаване (presǎzdavane) — The process of recreating something
• Chinese Mandarin: 再建 (zàijiàn) — The process of recreating something
• Chinese Mandarin: 重建 (chóngjiàn) — The process of recreating something
• Chinese Mandarin: 再造 (zàizào) — The process of recreating something
• French: recréation — The process of recreating something
• Greek: αναδημιουργία (anadimiourgía) — The process of recreating something
• Japanese: 再創造 (saisōzō) — The process of recreating something
• Norwegian: gjenskaping — The process of recreating something
• Portuguese: recriação — The process of recreating something