preparation

See also préparation

English

Alternative forms

• præparation (archaic)

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable; plural preparations)

1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
2. That which is prepared.
3. (countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

   The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

Translations

act of preparing or getting ready

Arabic: تحضير (ar) (taḥḍīr) m., إعداد (ar) (ʾiʿdād) m., تجهيز (ar) (tajhīz) m. Armenian: պատրաստում (hy) (patrastum), պատրաստություն (hy) (patrastut’yun) Chinese: Mandarin: 準備 (zh), 准备 (zh) (zhǔnbèi) Croatian: prȉprava (hr) f., prȉprema (hr) f. Czech: příprava (cs) f. Dutch: voorbereiding (nl) f. Esperanto: pretigo (eo) Finnish: valmistelu (fi), valmistautuminen (fi) French: préparation (fr) f. German: Vorbereitung (de) f.

Haitian Creole: preparasyon Interlingua: preparation (ia) Italian: preparazione (it) Japanese: 準備 (ja) (じゅんび, junbi), 支度 (ja) (したく, shitaku) Portuguese: preparação (pt) f. Romanian: preparare (ro) f., pregătire  (ro) f. Russian: подготовка (ru) (podgotóvka) f., приготовление (ru) (prigotovlénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: deasachadh (gd) m. Spanish: preparación (es) f. Swahili: tayari (sw), mapema (sw), utayarishi (sw) Turkish: hazırlık (tr)

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Catalan: preparació (ca) f. Serbian: priprema, prisprema

Anagrams

• paraprotein

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɾe.pa.ɾaˈtsjon/

Noun

preparation (plural preparationes)

1. preparation