consumption

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"sVmp.S@n/

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Noun

consumption (uncountable)

1. The act of consuming something.

   The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

2. The amount consumed.

   gross national consumption

3. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
4. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

Derived terms

• conspicuous consumption

Related terms

• consumer

Translations

the act of consuming something

• Arabic: استهلاك (ar) (istihlāk) m
• Bulgarian: консумиране (bg) f (konsumirane), изразходване (bg) n (izrazhodvane)
• Catalan: consum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消費 (cmn), 消费 (cmn) (xiāofèi)

• Czech: spotřeba (cs) f, zničení (cs) n
• Dutch: consumptie (nl) f, verbruik (nl) n
• Finnish: kuluttaminen (fi), kulutus (fi)
• French: consommation (fr), consommer (fr) m, consumer (fr) m
• German: Konsum (de) m, Verzehr (de) m
• Greek: κατανάλωση (el) (katanálosi) f 

• Hebrew: צריכה (he) (tzrikha) f (act of consuming goods)
• Hungarian: fogyasztás (hu)
• Interlingua: consumo (ia)
• Japanese: 消費 (ja) (しょうひ, shōhi)
• Korean: 소비 (ko) (sobi) (消費 (ko))
• Portuguese: consumo (pt) m
• Russian: потребление (ru) (potreblénije) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh (gd) f
• Spanish: consumo (es) m
• Swedish: konsumtion (sv) c

the amount consumed

• Bulgarian: консумация (bg) f (konsumacija)
• Catalan: consum (ca) m
• Czech: spotřeba (cs) f
• Dutch: consumptie (nl) f, verbruik (nl) n
• Finnish: kulutus (fi)
• French: consommation (fr) f
• German: Verbrauch (de) m, Verbrauchswert (de) m, Verzehr (de) m

• Greek: κατανάλωση (el) (katanálosi) f 
• Khmer: បម្រើបម្រាស់ (km) (bom rer bom ras)
• Russian: потребление (ru) (potreblénije) n , расход (ru) (rasxód) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh (gd) f
• Spanish: consumo (es) m
• Swedish: konsumtion (sv) c

wasting-away of the human body through disease

• Dutch: wegteren (nl) n
• Finnish: riutuminen (fi)
• Greek: φθίση (el) (fthísi) f 

• Russian: истощение (ru) (istoščénije) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh (gd) f

pulmonary tuberculosis — see pulmonary tuberculosis

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• German: Schwindsucht f

• Turkish: yoğaltım