"taxidermy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtæksɪdɚmi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taxidermy.wav Forms: taxidermies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=order}}, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{af|grc|τάξις|δέρμα|nocat=1|t1=arrangement”, “order|t2=skin}} τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), {{af|en|taxi-|derm-|-y}} taxi- + derm- + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taxidermy (countable and uncountable, plural taxidermies)
  1. The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: taxidermal, taxidermic, taxidermied, taxidermist, taxidermize Translations (art of stuffing dead animals): opstopkuns (Afrikaans), խրտվիլակագործություն (xrtvilakagorcutʻyun) (Armenian), տաքսիդերմիա (takʻsidermia) (Armenian), taxidermia [feminine] (Asturian), препариране (preparirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), taxidèrmia [feminine] (Catalan), 動物標本剝制術 (Chinese Mandarin), 动物标本剥制术 (dòngwù biāoběn bōzhìshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 剝製 (Chinese Mandarin), 剥制 (bōzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), preparace [feminine] (Czech), taxidermie (Dutch), opzetten van dieren (Dutch), eläinten täyttäminen (Finnish), taxidermie [feminine] (French), taxidermia [feminine] (Galician), Tierpräparation [feminine] (German), Taxidermie [feminine] (German), Ausstopfen [neuter] (German), Ausstopfung [feminine] (German), פִּחְלוּץ (piḥlutz) [masculine] (Hebrew), taxidermia (Hungarian), tassidermia [feminine] (Italian), 剥製術 (hakuseijutsu) (alt: はくせいじゅつ) (Japanese), 剥製 (hakusei) (alt: はくせい) (Japanese), 박제 (bakje) (alt: 剝製) (Korean), taksidermi (Malay), taksydermia [feminine] (Polish), taxidermia [feminine] (Portuguese), taxidermie [feminine] (Romanian), împăiere [feminine] (Romanian), таксидерми́я (taksidermíja) [feminine] (Russian), наби́вка чу́чел (nabívka čúčel) [feminine] (Russian), taxidermia [feminine] (Spanish), uppstoppning [common-gender] (Swedish), palaayusang-balat (Tagalog), பாடம் செய்தல் (pāṭam ceytal) (Tamil), tahnit (Turkish)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtæksɪdɚmi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taxidermy.wav Forms: taxidermies [present, singular, third-person], taxidermying [participle, present], taxidermied [participle, past], taxidermied [past]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=order}}, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{af|grc|τάξις|δέρμα|nocat=1|t1=arrangement”, “order|t2=skin}} τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), {{af|en|taxi-|derm-|-y}} taxi- + derm- + -y Head templates: {{en-verb}} taxidermy (third-person singular simple present taxidermies, present participle taxidermying, simple past and past participle taxidermied)
  1. (transitive) To stuff and mount the skin of a dead animal. Tags: transitive
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