"effacement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: effacements [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French effacement. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|effacement}} French effacement Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} effacement (countable and uncountable, plural effacements)
  1. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-effacement-en-noun-7J2JrCrw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 43 9
  2. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (withdraw in order to make oneself inconspicuous): effacement [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-effacement-en-noun-xk00bIk7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 43 9 Disambiguation of 'withdraw in order to make oneself inconspicuous': 7 91 2
  3. (medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-effacement-en-noun-1dbHj~K~ Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-effacement

Noun [French]

IPA: /e.fas.mɑ̃/ Forms: effacements [plural]
Etymology: From effacer (“to erase”) + -ment. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|effacer|-ment|id2=nominal|t1=to erase}} effacer (“to erase”) + -ment Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} effacement m (plural effacements)
  1. erasure (act of erasing) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-effacement-fr-noun-pLrxog78 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal)

Inflected forms

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