Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of converting text from one language to another.

  2. (countable)A malign or defamatory statement.

  3. (uncountable)An act of defaming, maligning or slandering.

  4. (uncountable)Act of passing on to one's future generations.

Origin

From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across

From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“to lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, traduce + -ion.

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Forms

plural: traductions
Singulartraduction
Pluraltraductions

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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