complication

English

Etymology

From Latin complicare.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia complication (plural complications)

1. The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
2. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper; someone you need to placate.
3. (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
4. A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.

Translations

act of complicating

Bulgarian: усложнение (bg) n., затруднение (bg) n. French: complication (fr) f. German: Komplikation (de) f.

Russian: усложнение (ru) (usložnénije) n., затруднение (ru) (zatrudnénije) n., осложнение (ru) (osložnénije) n. Swedish: komplikation c., förveckling c.

a disease

Bulgarian: усложнение (bg) n. French: complication (fr) f. German: Komplikation (de) f.

Russian: осложнение (ru) (osložnénije) n. Swedish: svit (sv) c.

References

• complication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin complicatio, from Latin complicare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /kO~.pli.ka.sjO~/
• Rhymes: -sjɔ̃
• Homophone: complications
• Hyphenation: com‧pli‧ca‧tion

Noun

complication f. (plural complications)

1. complication

Antonyms

• simplification