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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɜːspəˈɹeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɝspəˈɹeɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: en-ca-perspiration.oga Forms: perspirations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from late Middle French perspiration, from perspirer (“perspire”), from Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breathe, blow”) Morphologically perspire + -ation Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|perspiration}} Middle French perspiration, {{der|en|la|perspirare||to blow or breathe constantly}} Latin perspirare (“to blow or breathe constantly”), {{suffix|en|perspire|ation|nocat=1}} perspire + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} perspiration (usually uncountable, plural perspirations)
  1. The action or process of perspiring. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: sweating#Noun, ; (english: in medical usage), diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sudoresis Translations (process of perspiring): عَرَق (ʕaraq) [masculine] (Arabic), քրտնում (kʻrtnum) (Armenian), քրտնարտադրություն (kʻrtnartadrutʻyun) (Armenian), тирләү (tirləw) (Bashkir), потене (potene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), изпотяване (izpotjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 流汗 (liúhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), (hàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pocení [neuter] (Czech), perspirace [feminine] (Czech), zweet [neuter] (Dutch), ŝvitado (Esperanto), hikoilu (Finnish), hikoileminen (Finnish), transpiration [feminine] (French), transpiración [feminine] (Galician), Schwitzen [neuter] (German), εφίδρωση (efídrosi) [feminine] (Greek), izzadás (Hungarian), verítékezés (Hungarian), sudore [masculine] (Italian), (ase) (alt: あせ) (Japanese), ញើស (ñəəh) (Khmer), (ttam) (Korean), sudor [masculine] (Latin), хөлс (xöls) (Mongolian), transpirasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), transpirasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Schweet [masculine] (Plautdietsch), perspiracja [feminine] (Polish), pocenie się [neuter] (Polish), suor [masculine] (Portuguese), transpiração [feminine] (Portuguese), perspiração [feminine] (Portuguese), поте́ние (poténije) [neuter] (Russian), sudor [masculine] (Spanish), svett [neuter] (Swedish), svettning [common-gender] (Swedish), đổ mồ hôi (Vietnamese)
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  2. (metonymically) Synonym of hard work. Tags: metonymically, uncountable, usually Synonyms: hard work [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-perspiration-en-noun-en:hard_work__metonymically Categories (other): English metonyms
  3. Sweat (fluid). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Bodily fluids
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Derived forms: genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration Related terms: perspire, transpiration

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-perspiration.wav Forms: perspirations [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} perspiration f (plural perspirations)
  1. perspiration Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perspiration-fr-noun-QJMQoBLp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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