"infibulation" meaning in All languages combined

See infibulation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnfɪbjʊˈleɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-infibulation.wav [US] Forms: infibulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin infībulō (“to close with a clasp or pin”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|infībulō||to close with a clasp or pin}} Latin infībulō (“to close with a clasp or pin”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} infibulation (countable and uncountable, plural infibulations)
  1. An act of fastening. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-infibulation-en-noun-6kplKnsp
  2. The stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Translations): infibulació [feminine] (Catalan), infibulatie (Dutch), infibulation [feminine] (French), αγκτηριασμός (agktiriasmós) [masculine] (Greek), infibulazione [feminine] (Italian), infibulacja [feminine] (Polish), nchima [feminine] (Sicilian), infibulación [feminine] (Spanish), infibulation [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-infibulation-en-noun-fdzNtvfE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deinfibulation, reinfibulation

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.fi.by.la.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-infibulation.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-infibulation.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-infibulation.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: infibulations [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} infibulation f (plural infibulations)
  1. infibulation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-infibulation-fr-noun-ajr8JkHJ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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