"epilation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛpɪˈleɪʃən/ Forms: epilations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French épilation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|épilation}} French épilation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} epilation (countable and uncountable, plural epilations)
  1. The loss of hair. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (loss of hair): 脱毛 (tuōmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 脫髮 (Chinese Mandarin), 脱发 (tuōfà) (Chinese Mandarin), karvanlähtö (Finnish), Haarausfall [masculine] (German), 脱毛 (datsumō) (alt: だつもう) (Japanese), depilacion [feminine] (Old French), выпаде́ние воло́с (vypadénije volós) [neuter] (Russian), облысе́ние (oblysénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-epilation-en-noun-YXDMJxqP Disambiguation of 'loss of hair': 86 7 8
  2. The removal of hair from human or animal skin; depilation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-epilation-en-noun-gVx5r8Ak
  3. (strictly) The removal of hair from (usually human) skin via the use of an epilator. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-epilation-en-noun-iKkmRW4a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 11 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: depilation Related terms: epilator Translations (removal of hair): обезкосмяване (obezkosmjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), depilació [feminine] (Catalan), 脱毛法 (tuōmáofǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), depilation [common-gender] (Danish), karvanpoisto (Finnish), épilation [feminine] (French), Epilation [feminine] (German), αποτρίχωση (apotríchosi) [feminine] (Greek), केशलूंचन (keślūñcan) (Hindi), háreyðing [feminine] (Icelandic), 脱毛 (datsumō) (alt: だつもう) (Japanese), эпиля́ция (epiljácija) [feminine] (Russian), удале́ние воло́с (udalénije volós) [neuter] (Russian), epilasyon (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'removal of hair': 18 42 41

Inflected forms

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