secretion

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːʃən

Etymology 1

1646, from French sécrétion, from Latin secretionem

Noun

secretion (plural secretions)

1. Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
2. The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.

Translations

secreted substance

• Catalan: secreció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分泌物 (cmn) (fēnmìwù)

• Finnish: erite (fi)
• French: sécrétion (fr) f

• Japanese: 分泌物 (ja) (ぶんぴぶつ, bunpitsubutsu, ぶんぴつぶつ, bunpibutsu)
• Malay: kumuh (ms)
• Romanian: secreție (ro) f
• Russian: выделение (ru) (vydelénije) n, секреция (ru) (sekrécija) f
• Spanish: secreción (es) f

act of secreting

• Catalan: secreció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分泌 (cmn) (fēnmì)

• Czech: vylučování (cs) n, sekrece (cs) f
• Finnish: eritys (fi)
• French: sécrétion (fr) f

• German: Sekretion (de) f
• Japanese: 分泌 (ja) (ぶんぴつ, bunpitsu, ぶんぴ, bunpi)
• Romanian: secretare (ro) f, secreționare (ro), secrețiere (ro) f
• Russian: выделение (ru) (vydelénije) n, секреция (ru) (sekrécija) f
• Spanish: secreción (es) f

Etymology 2

Noun

secretion (plural secretions)

1. The act of hiding something.

Translations

act of hiding

• Finnish: piilottaminen, piilottelu (fi)

• French: mettre au secret

Anagrams

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