defecation

English

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Alternative forms

• defæcation (chiefly archaic)

Etymology

Attested in the early 17th Century CE; from Late Latin defecationem, nominative case of deficatio, from defecare; cognate with Latin defaecatio (dēfaecātiō, “defecation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌdɛfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌdɛfəˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

defecation (plural defecations)

1. Act or process of voiding feces from bowels.
2. Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defecation

Translations

act or process of voiding excrement

• Czech: vyprázdnění (cs) n
• Esperanto: fekado (eo)
• French: défécation (fr) f
• Italian: defecazione (it) f

• Japanese: 排便 (ja) (はいべん, haiben)
• Polish: wypróżnienie (pl) n, defekacja (pl) f
• Spanish: defecación (es) f
• Volapük: jied (vo)

process of removing impurities

• Italian: defecazione (it) f
• Polish: defekacja (pl) f

• Spanish: defecación (es) f

References

• “defecation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).