excavation

English

Etymology

From Latin excavatio (“a hollowing out”), from excavare (“to hollow out”), from ex- (out) + cavare (to hollow)< cavus (hollow)< Proto-Indo-European *keu- (“vault, hole”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

excavation (countable and uncountable; plural excavations)

1. (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
3. (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
4. (countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
5. (uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
6. (countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.

Translations

act of excavating, or of making hollow

• Bulgarian: изкопаване (bg) (izkopavane) n
• Dutch: afgraving (nl) f
• Finnish: kaivaminen (fi), kaivuu (fi)
• German: Grabung f, Ausgrabung f (archaeology)
• Greek: εκσκαφή (el) (ekskafí) f
• Ido: exkavo (io), exkavado (io)

• Latin: excavatio (la) f
• Malay: penggalian (ms), pengorekan (ms), ekskavasi (ms)
• Russian: копание (ru) (kopánije) n, рытьё (ru) (rytʹjó) n, экскавация (ru) (ekskavácija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cladhach (gd) m

cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping

• Bulgarian: изкоп (bg) (izkop) m
• Dutch: bouwput (nl) m
• Finnish: kuoppa (fi)

• Ido: exkavuro (io)
• Russian: яма (ru) (jáma) f, котлован (ru) (kotlován) m, углубление (ru) (uglublénije) n

uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel

• Bulgarian: изкоп (bg) (izkop) m
• Finnish: kuoppa (fi)
• German: Ausschachtung f

• Ido: kavajo (io)
• Russian: окоп (ru) (okóp) m

material dug out in making a channel or cavity

• Finnish: kaivuujäte (fi)

• German: Aushub (de) m

archaeological excavation

• Bulgarian: разкопки (bg) (razkopki) pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挖掘 (cmn) (wājué), 發掘 (cmn), 发掘 (cmn) (fājué)

• Dutch: opgraving (nl) f
• Finnish: kaivaus (fi)
• French: excavation (fr) f

• German: Ausgrabung (de) f
• Greek: ανασκαφή (el) (anaskafí) f
• Japanese: 発掘 (ja) (はっくつ, hakkutsu)
• Latin: excavatio (la) f
• Russian: раскопки (ru) (raskópki) f pl

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Noun

excavation f (plural excavations)

1. excavation