"complication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-complication.wav [US] Forms: complications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|complication}} Middle French complication, {{der|en|la|complicatio|complicatio, complicationem}} Latin complicatio, complicationem, {{suffix|en|complicate|ion|nocat=1}} complicate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} complication (countable and uncountable, plural complications)
  1. The act or process of complicating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of complicating): تَعْقِيد (taʕqīd) [masculine] (Arabic), تَعْقِيد (taʕgīd) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), усложнение (usložnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), затруднение (zatrudnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), complicació [feminine] (Catalan), complication [feminine] (French), Komplikation [feminine] (German), complicație [feminine] (Romanian), усложне́ние (usložnénije) [neuter] (Russian), затрудне́ние (zatrudnénije) [neuter] (Russian), осложне́ние (osložnénije) [neuter] (Russian), complicación [feminine] (Spanish), komplikation [common-gender] (Swedish), förveckling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-complication-en-noun-3GUg1P6j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 30 11 18 1 Disambiguation of 'act of complicating': 45 18 19 7 8 3
  2. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being complicated): kūrakuraku (Maori), powhiwhi (Maori), pīroiroitanga (Maori), komplikacja [feminine] (Polish), complicație [feminine] (Romanian), kasalimuotan (Tagalog), скла́дність (skládnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-complication-en-noun-K5ouhcA8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 30 11 18 1 Disambiguation of 'the state of being complicated': 3 82 7 3 4 1
  3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complication-en-noun-3LtqNjql Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 30 11 18 1
  4. (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations ((medicine)): مُضَاعَفَة (muḍāʕafa) [feminine] (Arabic), усложнение (usložnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), complicació [feminine] (Catalan), complicatie [feminine] (Dutch), complication [feminine] (French), Komplikation [feminine] (German), סיבוך (sibúkh) [masculine] (Hebrew), komplikasi (Indonesian), complicazione (Italian), pōauautanga (Maori), pīroiroitanga (Maori), komplikacja [feminine] (Polish), powikłanie [neuter] (Polish), complicação (Portuguese), complicație [feminine] (Romanian), осложне́ние (osložnénije) [neuter] (Russian), complicación (Spanish), svit [common-gender] (Swedish), komplikasyon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-complication-en-noun-UnfrpC~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 30 11 18 1 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(medicine)': 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (feature beyond basic time display): Komplikation [feminine] (German), Complication [feminine] (German), komplikacja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-complication-en-noun-en:horology Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 30 11 18 1 Topics: hobbies, horology, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'feature beyond basic time display': 1 3 2 2 91 1
  6. (obsolete) A twisting or intertwining. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complication-en-noun-5B-kPTKE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: complication, entanglement [figuratively], intricacy, snarl [figuratively], wheel within a wheel [idiomatic] Hypernyms: circumstance, difficult situation, hindrance, problem Holonyms: imbroglio, intrigue, situation Related terms: thing, complex, complexity, complicate

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-complication.wav Forms: complications [plural]
Rhymes: -sjɔ̃ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin complicātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|complicatio|complicātiōnem||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin complicātiōnem, {{bor+|fr|la|complicatio|complicātiōnem}} Borrowed from Latin complicātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} complication f (plural complications)
  1. complication Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-complication-fr-noun-9l625S~D Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -tion

Noun [Interlingua]

Forms: complicationes [plural]
Head templates: {{head|ia|nouns|||plural|complicationes|f2accel-form=p|head=}} complication (plural complicationes), {{ia-noun|es}} complication (plural complicationes)
  1. complication
    Sense id: en-complication-ia-noun-9l625S~D Categories (other): Interlingua entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Stacy Perman, A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch, Simon and Schuster, page 35",
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          "ref": "2023 May 28, Brian Ng, “Is one of these students the next Breguet?”, in FT Weekend, HTSI, page 43",
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