exhumation

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌeks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exhumation (countable and uncountable, plural exhumations)

The act of digging up that which has been buried.

Synonyms

disinterment

Antonyms

burial, inhumation, interment

Translations

the act of digging up that which has been buried

Bulgarian: изравяне n (izrávjane), ексхумация f (ekshumácija)
Catalan: exhumació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發掘 (zh), 发掘 (zh) (fājué)
Finnish: ylös kaivaminen; ekshumaatio
French: exhumation (fr) f
Galician: exhumación (gl)
German: Exhumierung (de) f
Greek: εκταφή (el) f (ektafí)

Hungarian: kihantolás, exhumálás
Irish: dí-adhlacadh m
Japanese: 発掘 (ja) (はっくつ, hakkutsu)
Maori: hahunga, ehunga
Polish: ekshumacja (pl) f
Portuguese: exumação f
Russian: эксгума́ция (ru) f (eksgumácija), выка́пывание (ru) n (vykápyvanije) (тру́па)
Spanish: exhumación (es) f

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

exhumation f (plural exhumations)

exhumation

Further reading

“exhumation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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