"epilation" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 10 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 6 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 14 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 5 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 16 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 16 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 9 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 15 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 5 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 7 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 9 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 12 13 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 11 16 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 6 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Old French translations: 15 5 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 6 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 14 77
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': 17 42 41

Inflected forms

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      "word": "эпиля́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udalénije volós",
      "sense": "removal of hair",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "удале́ние воло́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "removal of hair",
      "word": "epilasyon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epilation"
}

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