See excavation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for excavation meaning in English (15.9kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "excavation unit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sub-excavation"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "excavātiō",
"4": "",
"5": "a hollowing out"
},
"expansion": "Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "excavō",
"3": "",
"4": "I hollow out"
},
"expansion": "excavō (“I hollow out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ex"
},
"expansion": "ex",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cavō",
"3": "",
"4": "I hollow out"
},
"expansion": "cavō (“I hollow out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cavus",
"3": "",
"4": "hollow"
},
"expansion": "cavus (“hollow”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱewh₁-",
"4": "",
"5": "vault, hole"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“I hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“I hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "excavations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "excavation (countable and uncountable, plural excavations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 10 20 20 9 20 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-ca0vgy9O",
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkopavane",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "изкопаване"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavació"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afgraving"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "kaivaminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "kaivuu"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Grabung"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Ausgrabung"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekskafí",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εκσκαφή"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anaskaphḗ",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀνασκαφή"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "khodkām",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "ખોદકામ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "exkavo"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "exkavado"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scavo"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavatio"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "penggalian"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "pengorekan"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "ekskavasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kazma",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "قازمه"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wykopalisko"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escavação"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopánije",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "копа́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rytʹjó",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "рытьё"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekskavácija",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "экскава́ция"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cladhach"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavación"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utgrävning"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tavvakamu",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "తవ్వకము"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 7 9 11 4 9 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "kazı"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1924 March, E. J. Garwood, “Himalayan Glaciation”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXIII, number 3, London: Royal Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 244",
"text": "Prof. Dainelli made a personal study of the lakes of the Upper Indus lying between its confluence with the Gilgit on the west and the plains of Kashmir on the east. From this district he cites fifty lakes and groups of lakes. Many of these are moraine-dammed, but some of the larger ones, as the Satpor Tso, the Tso Moriri, the Chiun Tso, and the group of lakes associated with the Pángong Tso, he considers to have originated by glacial excavation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-NfK9IJEL",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkop",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изкоп"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bouwput"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"word": "kuoppa"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"word": "exkavuro"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wykop"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escavação"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jáma",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́ма"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotlován",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "котлова́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 67 5 10 2 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uglublénije",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "углубле́ние"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 10 20 20 9 20 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-RlnE1H8H",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 4 70 7 3 6 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkop",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изкоп"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 70 7 3 6 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"word": "kuoppa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 70 7 3 6 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausschachtung"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 70 7 3 6 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"word": "kavajo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 70 7 3 6 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okóp",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "око́п"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 10 20 20 9 20 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The material dug out in making a channel or cavity."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-EClmLhnk",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 8 7 65 3 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "material dug out in making a channel or cavity",
"word": "kaivuujäte"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 8 7 65 3 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "material dug out in making a channel or cavity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aushub"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-FCak5seH",
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 10 20 20 9 20 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-miEAs5zH",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 392",
"text": "To date, [Taco's 1982 cover of Irving Berlin's 1935] \"Cheek To Cheek\" and similar auditory excavations have fared poorly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something uncovered by archaeological excavation."
],
"id": "en-excavation-en-noun-mSJ~bwHE",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "raskópki",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "раскопкі"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkopki",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "разкопки"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavació"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wājué",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "挖掘"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "發掘"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fājué",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "发掘"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opgraving"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "kaivaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fouille"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gatxra",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "გათხრა"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gatxrebi",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "გათხრები"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausgrabung"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anaskafí",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανασκαφή"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scavo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"alt": "はっくつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hakkutsu",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "発掘"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavatio"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "wykopaliska"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escavação"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskópki",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "раско́пки"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavación"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utgrävning"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 7 6 18 19 42",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "kazı"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-excavation.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "excavation"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
"Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "excavation unit"
},
{
"word": "sub-excavation"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "excavātiō",
"4": "",
"5": "a hollowing out"
},
"expansion": "Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "excavō",
"3": "",
"4": "I hollow out"
},
"expansion": "excavō (“I hollow out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ex"
},
"expansion": "ex",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cavō",
"3": "",
"4": "I hollow out"
},
"expansion": "cavō (“I hollow out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cavus",
"3": "",
"4": "hollow"
},
"expansion": "cavus (“hollow”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱewh₁-",
"4": "",
"5": "vault, hole"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“I hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“I hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "excavations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "excavation (countable and uncountable, plural excavations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1924 March, E. J. Garwood, “Himalayan Glaciation”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXIII, number 3, London: Royal Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 244",
"text": "Prof. Dainelli made a personal study of the lakes of the Upper Indus lying between its confluence with the Gilgit on the west and the plains of Kashmir on the east. From this district he cites fifty lakes and groups of lakes. Many of these are moraine-dammed, but some of the larger ones, as the Satpor Tso, the Tso Moriri, the Chiun Tso, and the group of lakes associated with the Pángong Tso, he considers to have originated by glacial excavation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"The material dug out in making a channel or cavity."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 392",
"text": "To date, [Taco's 1982 cover of Irving Berlin's 1935] \"Cheek To Cheek\" and similar auditory excavations have fared poorly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something uncovered by archaeological excavation."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-excavation.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-excavation.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkopavane",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "изкопаване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavació"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afgraving"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "kaivaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "kaivuu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Grabung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Ausgrabung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekskafí",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εκσκαφή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anaskaphḗ",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀνασκαφή"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "khodkām",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "ખોદકામ"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "exkavo"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "exkavado"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scavo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavatio"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "penggalian"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "pengorekan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "ekskavasi"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kazma",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "قازمه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wykopalisko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escavação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopánije",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "копа́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rytʹjó",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "рытьё"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekskavácija",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "экскава́ция"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cladhach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utgrävning"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tavvakamu",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "తవ్వకము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "act of excavating, or of making hollow",
"word": "kazı"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkop",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изкоп"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bouwput"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"word": "kuoppa"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"word": "exkavuro"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wykop"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escavação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jáma",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "я́ма"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotlován",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "котлова́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uglublénije",
"sense": "cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "углубле́ние"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkop",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изкоп"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"word": "kuoppa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausschachtung"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"word": "kavajo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okóp",
"sense": "uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "око́п"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "material dug out in making a channel or cavity",
"word": "kaivuujäte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "material dug out in making a channel or cavity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aushub"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "raskópki",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "раскопкі"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkopki",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "разкопки"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavació"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wājué",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "挖掘"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "發掘"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fājué",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "发掘"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "opgraving"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "kaivaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fouille"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gatxra",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "გათხრა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gatxrebi",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "გათხრები"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausgrabung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anaskafí",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανασκαφή"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scavo"
},
{
"alt": "はっくつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hakkutsu",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "発掘"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavatio"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "wykopaliska"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escavação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raskópki",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "раско́пки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "excavación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utgrävning"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "archaeological excavation",
"word": "kazı"
}
],
"word": "excavation"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.