reparation

See also réparation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin reparationem, from Latin reparatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%rEp@"reIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reparation (plural reparations)

1. (usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
2. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway.

Synonyms

• (a payment): restitution, compensation, amends, satisfaction
• (a renewing): restoration, repair

Translations

payment to undo transgressions

• Catalan: reparació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賠償 (cmn), 赔偿 (cmn) (péicháng), 補償 (cmn), 补偿 (cmn) (bǔcháng)

• Finnish: korvaus (fi)
• French: réparation (fr) f
• German: Reparation (de) f, Entschädigung (de) f, Wiedergutmachung (de) f

• Greek: επανόρθωση (el) (epanórthosi) f
• Japanese: 補償 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō), 賠償 (ja) (ばいしょう, baishō), 償い (ja) (つぐない, tsugunai)
• Russian: репарация (ru) (reparácija) f (for war transgressions), компенсация (ru) (kompensácija) f, возмещение (ru) (vozmeščénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh (gd)
• Spanish: reparación (es) f

renewing or restoring

• Dutch: herstel (nl) n, reparatie (nl) f
• Finnish: korjaus (fi), korjaaminen (fi)
• Greek: επιδιόρθωση (el) (epidiórthosi) f, αποκατάσταση (el) (apokatástasi) f

• Japanese: 修理 (ja) (しゅうり, shūri), 修復 (ja) (しゅうふく, shūfuku), 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku)
• Romanian: reparare (ro), reparație (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh (gd) m

See also

• war reparations

Anagrams

• praetorian, Praetorian

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Swedish

Etymology

reparera +‎ -tion

Noun

reparation c

1. a repair (mending something broken)

Declension

Declension of reparation

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reparation	reparationen	reparationer	reparationerna
genitive	reparations	reparationens	reparationers	reparationernas