incantation

English

Alternative forms

• encantation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /inkænˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

incantation (plural incantations)

1. The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.
2. A formula of words used as above.

Translations

process

• Finnish: loitsinta (fi)
• Greek: επωδή (el) (epodí) f 

• Romanian: descântare (ro) f
• Russian: чародейство (ru) (čarodéjstvo) n 

formula

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咒語 (cmn), 咒语 (cmn) (zhòuyǔ), 咒文 (cmn) (zhòuwén)

• Finnish: loitsu (fi)
• French: incantation (fr) f
• German: Beschwörung (de) f
• Greek: επωδή (el) (epodí) f , (colloquial) ξόρκι (el) (ksorki) n 

• Japanese: 呪い (ja) (のろい, noroi), 咒文 (ja) (じゅもん, jumon)
• Latin: incantamentum (la) n
• Portuguese: feitiço (pt) m
• Romanian: incantație (ro) f, descântec (ro) n
• Russian: заклинание (ru) (zaklinánije) n , заговор (ru) (zagovór) m