"ruination" meaning in English

See ruination in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruination.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ruinations [plural]
Etymology: ruin + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ruin|ation}} ruin + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ruination (countable and uncountable, plural ruinations)
  1. The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being ruined): разруха (razruha) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ruination (French), Verderben (German), 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (qisteins) [feminine] (Gothic), 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹 (riurei) [feminine] (Gothic), rovina (Italian), 破綻 (hatan) (Japanese), 破産 (hasan) (Japanese), 潰滅 (kaimetsu) (Japanese), ruína (Portuguese), ruination (Scots), ruina (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ruination-en-noun-ErGnqba1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 2 6 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 2 7 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 54 7 16 23 Disambiguation of 'state of being ruined': 75 2 17 7
  2. The act of ruining or wrecking. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of ruining): destruction, wrecking Translations (act of ruining): разрушаване (razrušavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 破壞 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏 (pòhuài) (Chinese Mandarin), ruination (French), Vernichtung (German), Verderben (German), 𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (qisteins) [feminine] (Gothic), rovina (Italian), 破壊 (hakai) (Japanese), 破棄 (haki) (Japanese), 打倒 (datō) (Japanese), 打ち壊し (buchikowashi) (Japanese), whakapakarutanga (Maori), ruína (Portuguese), ruination (Scots), ruina (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ruination-en-noun-uHM80d1G Disambiguation of 'act of ruining': 7 79 11 3 Disambiguation of 'act of ruining': 7 79 11 3
  3. The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ruination-en-noun-7HAFnk9e
  4. A loss of reputation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ruination-en-noun-G4wLYXmk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ruin, ruinate, ruining

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ruination meaning in English (6.8kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"act of ruining\"",
      "word": "foundation"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"act of ruining\"",
      "word": "construction"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"act of ruining\"",
      "word": "building"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ruin",
        "3": "ation"
      },
      "expansion": "ruin + -ation",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ruin + -ation",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ruinations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "ruination (countable and uncountable, plural ruinations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ruin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ruinate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ruining"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 2 6 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 2 7 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 7 16 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56",
          "text": "As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction."
      ],
      "id": "en-ruination-en-noun-ErGnqba1",
      "links": [
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "devastation",
          "devastation"
        ],
        [
          "destruction",
          "destruction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razruha",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "разруха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "ruination"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "Verderben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "qisteins",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "riurei",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "rovina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hatan",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "破綻"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hasan",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "破産"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaimetsu",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "潰滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "ruína"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "ruination"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 2 17 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being ruined",
          "word": "ruina"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of ruining or wrecking."
      ],
      "id": "en-ruination-en-noun-uHM80d1G",
      "links": [
        [
          "wreck",
          "wreck"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "destruction"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "wrecking"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razrušavane",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разрушаване"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "破壞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pòhuài",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "破坏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "ruination"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "Vernichtung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "Verderben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "qisteins",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "rovina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakai",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "破壊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "haki",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "破棄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "datō",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "打倒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "buchikowashi",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "打ち壊し"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "whakapakarutanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "ruína"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "ruination"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 79 11 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of ruining",
          "word": "ruina"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost."
      ],
      "id": "en-ruination-en-noun-7HAFnk9e",
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "lost",
          "lost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Yet also thanks largely to Trump, a parallel disaster is unfolding across the world: the ruination of America’s reputation as a safe, trustworthy, competent international leader and partner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A loss of reputation."
      ],
      "id": "en-ruination-en-noun-G4wLYXmk",
      "links": [
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruination.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ruination"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"act of ruining\"",
      "word": "foundation"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"act of ruining\"",
      "word": "construction"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"act of ruining\"",
      "word": "building"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ation",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ruin",
        "3": "ation"
      },
      "expansion": "ruin + -ation",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ruin + -ation",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ruinations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "ruination (countable and uncountable, plural ruinations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ruin"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruinate"
    },
    {
      "word": "ruining"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56",
          "text": "As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "devastation",
          "devastation"
        ],
        [
          "destruction",
          "destruction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of ruining or wrecking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wreck",
          "wreck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "lost",
          "lost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Yet also thanks largely to Trump, a parallel disaster is unfolding across the world: the ruination of America’s reputation as a safe, trustworthy, competent international leader and partner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A loss of reputation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ruination.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ruination.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "destruction"
    },
    {
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "wrecking"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razruha",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разруха"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "ruination"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "Verderben"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "qisteins",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "riurei",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "rovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hatan",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "破綻"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hasan",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "破産"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaimetsu",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "潰滅"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "ruína"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "ruination"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being ruined",
      "word": "ruina"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razrušavane",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разрушаване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "破壞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "破坏"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "ruination"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "Vernichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "Verderben"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "qisteins",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "rovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakai",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "破壊"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haki",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "破棄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "datō",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "打倒"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buchikowashi",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "打ち壊し"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "whakapakarutanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "ruína"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "ruination"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of ruining",
      "word": "ruina"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ruination"
}

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.