"tergiversation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/ [General-American], /tɜːd͡ʒɪvəˈseɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tergiversation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tergiversations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin tergiversātiō, from tergiversārī (“to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to tergiversate + -tion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tergiversātiō}} Latin tergiversātiō, {{m|la|tergiversor|tergiversārī|to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid}} tergiversārī (“to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid”), {{m|la|-tiō||-tion: forming abstract nouns}} -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), {{suffix|en|tergiversate|tion}} tergiversate + -tion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tergiversation (countable and uncountable, plural tergiversations)
  1. The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of abandoning, changing sides): отстъпничество (otstǎpničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), takinkääntö (Finnish), отста́пништво (otstápništvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), отстапу́вање (otstapúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-tergiversation-en-noun-znbjms1m Disambiguation of 'act of abandoning, changing sides': 83 17
  2. The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of evading clear course): увъртане (uvǎrtane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kiertely (Finnish), kaartelu (Finnish), вр́тење (vŕtenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), tergiversação [feminine] (Portuguese), tergiversare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-tergiversation-en-noun-Zwd6FZhO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'act of evading clear course': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tergiversate

Noun [French]

IPA: /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tergiversation.wav Forms: tergiversations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tergiversātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|tergiversātiō|tergiversātiōnem}} Latin tergiversātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} tergiversation f (plural tergiversations)
  1. delays in providing a clear answer caused by hesitations or an outright unwillingness to be forthright Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tergiversation-fr-noun-hbql5TDv Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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