noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
rhymes with -eɪʃən
/ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:V AE0 K S AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Near-synonym: immunization (broadly synonymous)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immunization[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inoculation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immunization, immunisation
3
noun
Meaning 3
the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scar, cicatrix, cicatrice
History
Etymology
From vaccinia, a cowpox infection. Ultimately from Latin vacca (“cow”). Coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) in 1798. Jenner infected people with weakened cowpox viruses (vaccinia), to immunise them against smallpox. It is now known that vaccinia and cow pox are separate conditions, but at the time of Jenner, they were considered the same condition.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
inenting
— inoculation with a vaccine
Afrikaans:
vaksinering
— inoculation with a vaccine
Albanian:
vaksinim
— inoculation with a vaccine
Arabic:
تَطْعِيم
(taṭʕīm)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Arabic:
تَلْقِيح
(talqīḥ)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Armenian:
պատվաստում
(patvastum)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Basque:
txertaketa
— inoculation with a vaccine
Belarusian:
вакцына́цыя
(vakcynácyja)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Belarusian:
прышчэ́пліванне
(pryščéplivannje)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Belarusian:
прышчэ́пка
(pryščépka)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Bulgarian:
ваксина́ция
(vaksinácija)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Catalan:
vacunació
— inoculation with a vaccine
Chinese Mandarin:
疫苗接種 /疫苗接种
(yìmiáo jiēzhòng)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Chinese Mandarin:
預防接種 /预防接种
(yùfáng jiēzhòng)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Czech:
očkování
— inoculation with a vaccine
Czech:
vakcinace
— inoculation with a vaccine
Danish:
vaccination
— inoculation with a vaccine
Dutch:
vaccinatie
— inoculation with a vaccine
Dutch:
inenting
— inoculation with a vaccine
Esperanto:
vakcino
— inoculation with a vaccine
Estonian:
vaktsineerimine
— inoculation with a vaccine
Faroese:
koppseting
— inoculation with a vaccine
Finnish:
rokotus
— inoculation with a vaccine
French:
vaccination
— inoculation with a vaccine
Galician:
vacinación
— inoculation with a vaccine
Georgian:
აცრა
(acra)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Georgian:
ვაქცინირება
(vakcinireba)
— inoculation with a vaccine
German:
Impfung
— inoculation with a vaccine
German:
Schutzimpfung
— inoculation with a vaccine
German:
Impfen
— inoculation with a vaccine
German:
Schutzimpfen
— inoculation with a vaccine
German:
Vakzination
— inoculation with a vaccine
German:
Vakzinierung
— inoculation with a vaccine
Greek:
εμβολιασμός
(emvoliasmós)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Hausa:
lambā̀
— inoculation with a vaccine
Hebrew:
חיסון \ חִסּוּן
(khisún)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Hindi:
टीका
(ṭīkā)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Hindi:
टीकाकरण
(ṭīkākraṇ)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Hungarian:
oltás
— inoculation with a vaccine
Hungarian:
védőoltás
— inoculation with a vaccine
Icelandic:
bólusetning
— inoculation with a vaccine
Indonesian:
vaksinasi
— inoculation with a vaccine
Indonesian:
imunisasi
— inoculation with a vaccine
Irish:
vacsaíniú
— inoculation with a vaccine
Italian:
vaccinazione
— inoculation with a vaccine
Japanese:
予防接種
(yobō sesshu)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Japanese:
ワクチン接種
(wakuchin sesshu)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Japanese:
接種
(sesshu)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Kazakh:
вакцинация
(vaksinasiä)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Kazakh:
вакциналау
(vaksinalau)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Korean:
예방접종
(yebangjeopjong)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Korean:
접종
(jeopjong)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Latvian:
vakcinācija
— inoculation with a vaccine
Lithuanian:
vakcinacija
— inoculation with a vaccine
Macedonian:
вакцинација
(vakcinacija)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Malay:
pemvaksinan
— inoculation with a vaccine
Malay:
vaksinasi
— inoculation with a vaccine
Malay:
tanam cacar
— inoculation with a vaccine
Maltese:
tilqim
— inoculation with a vaccine
Maltese:
vvaċċinar
— inoculation with a vaccine
Māori:
mahi okaoka
— inoculation with a vaccine
Navajo:
achʼąąʼ adáʼatsʼiʼ
— inoculation with a vaccine
Norwegian Bokmål:
vaksinasjon
— inoculation with a vaccine
Norwegian Bokmål:
vaksinering
— inoculation with a vaccine
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vaksinasjon
— inoculation with a vaccine
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vaksinering
— inoculation with a vaccine
Oromo:
talaallii
— inoculation with a vaccine
Persian:
مایهکوبی
(mâye-kubi)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Persian:
مایه کوبی
(mâye kubi)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Persian:
واکسیناسیون
(vâksinâsiyon)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Plautdietsch:
Impfunk
— inoculation with a vaccine
Polish:
szczepienie
— inoculation with a vaccine
Portuguese:
vacinação
— inoculation with a vaccine
Punjabi:
ਟੀਕਾ
(ṭīkā)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Punjabi:
ਟੀਕਾਕਰਨ
(ṭīkākran)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Romanian:
vaccinare
— inoculation with a vaccine
Russian:
вакцина́ция
(vakcinácija)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Russian:
приви́вка
(privívka)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Lule-Sami:
gabnnjadálkudibme
— inoculation with a vaccine
Samoan:
fa'agata
— inoculation with a vaccine
Serbo-Croatian:
цијепљење
— inoculation with a vaccine
Serbo-Croatian:
cijepljenje
— inoculation with a vaccine
Slovak:
očkovanie
— inoculation with a vaccine
Slovak:
vakcinácia
— inoculation with a vaccine
Slovene:
cepljenje
— inoculation with a vaccine
Spanish:
vacunación
— inoculation with a vaccine
Swahili:
chanjo
— inoculation with a vaccine
Swedish:
vaccination
— inoculation with a vaccine
Swedish:
vaccinering
— inoculation with a vaccine
Tongan:
huhu taʻofi
— inoculation with a vaccine
Turkish:
aşılama
— inoculation with a vaccine
Ukrainian:
вакцина́ція
(vakcynácija)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Ukrainian:
ще́плення
(ščéplennja)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Urdu:
ٹِیکَہ
(ṭīkah)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Urdu:
ٹِیکا
(ṭīkā)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Urdu:
ٹِیکا کاری
(ṭīkā kārī)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Urdu:
ٹیکہ کاری
(ṭīka- kārī)
— inoculation with a vaccine
Vietnamese:
sự tiêm chủng
— inoculation with a vaccine
