traduction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of converting text from one language to another.
  2. A malign or defamatory statement.
  3. An act of defaming, maligning or slandering.
  4. Act of passing on to one's future generations.

Pronunciation

/tɹʌˈdʌkʃən/ [tʃɹɐˈdɐkʃən]

Word forms

traduction traductions

Etymology

From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“to lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, traduce + -ion.

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