English Explanatory Dictionary

penetration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of penetrating something.
  2. The insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
  3. The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
  4. The act of progressing or moving forward through or into something.
  5. A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
  6. The proportion of the target audience who buy or use the specified product or service.

Pronunciation

/pɛ.nɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ /pɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-penetration.wav

Word forms

penetration penetrations

Etymology

From Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, and its source, Latin penetrātiō, from the participle stem of penetrō (“pierce”, verb). Morphologically penetrate + -ion.

Derived words

autopenetration depenetration double penetration interpenetration market penetration nonpenetration overpenetration penetration aid penetration line penetration pricing penetration test prepenetration repenetration

Translations

Arabic: اِخْتِرَاقْ Bulgarian: прони́кване Catalan: penetració Chinese Mandarin: 滲透 /渗透 Esperanto: penetro Finnish: läpäisy Finnish: lävistys French: pénétration Gagauz: penetraţiya Galician: penetración German: Penetration Greek: διείσδυση Hungarian: behatolás Indonesian: penetrasi Italian: penetrazione Japanese: 浸透 Japanese: 貫通 Ladino: penetrasyon Latin: penetratio Malay: penerobosan Malay: penembusan Malay: penyusupan Malay: penusukan Malay: pemantakan Malay: pengumbian Polish: penetracja Portuguese: penetração Romanian: penetrare Romanian: penetrație Russian: проника́ние Russian: проникнове́ние Spanish: penetración Swedish: penetration Tagalog: pagtatagos Turkish: penetrasyon Ottoman Turkish: نفوذ
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