English Explanatory Dictionary

articulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
  2. Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
  3. A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
  4. The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
  5. The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
  6. The manner in which a note is attacked.
  7. The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
  8. The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

Pronunciation

/ɑːˌtɪk.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ en-au-articulation.ogg /ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ en-us-articulation.ogg /ˌa(r).ʈɪ.k(j)ʊˌle.ʃən/

Word forms

articulation articulations

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂r-tú-s Proto-Italic *artus Latin artus Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus ▲ Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron)sl. Latin articulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin articulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.

Synonyms

joint arthrosis

Related words

articulate articulatory diction elocution

Derived words

abarticulation articulational articulationism articulationist articulation point coarticulation disarticulation double articulation exarticulation hyperarticulation hypoarticulation inarticulation interarticulation misarticulation overarticulation pseudoarticulation rearticulation underarticulation

Translations

Bulgarian: става Bulgarian: шарнир Catalan: articulació Finnish: nivel Finnish: nivelistö Galician: articulación Indonesian: persendian Indonesian: artikulasi Italian: articolazione Japanese: 関節 Malay: persendian Persian: مفصل Polish: artykulacja Romanian: articulație Russian: сочлене́ние Russian: шарни́р Spanish: articulación Swedish: led Swedish: ledfogning Tagalog: kasukasuan Turkish: mafsal Ottoman Turkish: مفصل Ottoman Turkish: بوغوم
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