oblivion

English

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oblivion ( = Old French oblivion), from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblivisci (“to forget”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈblɪvɪən/

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Noun

oblivion (uncountable)

1. The state of forgetfulness or distraction.
2. The state of being completely forgotten.
3. A state of permanent unconsciousness existing after death

Related terms

• oblivious

Synonyms

• forgetness

Antonyms

• resurrection

Translations

state of forgetfulness or distraction

• Danish: glemsel (da) c
• Dutch: vergeetachtigheid (nl)
• Finnish: hajamielisyys (fi), unohtelu (fi)
• French: oubli (fr) m
• Greek: λησμονιά (el) (lismoniá) f, λήθη (el) (líthi) f
• Hungarian: feledés (hu)

• Latin: oblīviō (la) f
• Latvian: aizmirstība (lv) f, aizmirsība (lv) f
• Polish: nieświadomość (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquecimento (pt) m
• Russian: забывчивость (ru) (zabývčivost’) f
• Spanish: olvido (es) m

state of being completely forgotten

• Czech: zapomnění (cs) n
• Danish: glemsel (da) c
• Dutch: vergetelheid (nl) f
• Finnish: unhola (fi), unohdus (fi), unho (fi)
• French: oubli (fr) m
• German: Vergessenheit (de) f

• Greek: λήθη (el) (líthi) f
• Latin: oblīviō (la) f
• Latvian: aizmirstība (lv) f
• Polish: zapomnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: esquecimento (pt) m
• Russian: забвение (ru) (zabvénije) n

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: نسيان (nisyaan), سلوان (sulwaan)
• Danish: glemsel
• French: oubli
• Hebrew: שכחה
• Hungarian: feledés
• Italian: oblio
• Lithuanian: Užmiršimas

• Norwegian: glemsel, bortglemt
• Portuguese: esquecido
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁborāv (sh)/за̏бора̄в (sh)
• Spanish: olvido
• Swedish: glömska
• Turkish: unutulma, nisyan

External links

• oblivion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• oblivion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• oblivion at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Old French

Noun

oblivion f (oblique plural oblivions, nominative singular oblivion, nominative plural oblivions)

1. forgetfulness

References

• oblivion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub