consolidation

English

Etymology

From Latin consolidationem, from consolidare.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated

   Synonyms: solidification, combination

2. The combination of several actions into one.
3. (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.

Coordinate terms

• (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation

Translations

the act or process of consolidating

• Bulgarian: укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane), заздравяване (bg) n (zazdravjavane)
• Czech: konsolidace f, sjednocení n, zpevnění n, sloučení n, vystužení
• Finnish: vahvistus (fi), lujittaminen, vahvistaminen (fi), lujitus
• French: consolidation (fr) f
• Greek: ενοποίηση (el) f (enopoíisi), συγχώνευση (el) f (synchónefsi)

• Hebrew: גיבוש (gibush) m (the act of causing other people or things to consolidate); התגבשות (hitgabshut) f (the act of becoming consolidated)
• Maori: whakatōpūtanga
• Portuguese: consolidação (pt) f
• Romanian: consolidare (ro) f
• Spanish: consolidación f

the combination of several actions into one

• Bulgarian: обединяване n (obedinjavane), обединение (bg) n (obedinenie)
• Czech: propojení n

• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), yhteensovittaminen
• Greek: ένωση (el) f (énosi), ενοποίηση (el) f (enopoíisi)

solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)

• Czech: ztuhnutí n, zkostnatění n

• Greek: παγίωση (el) f (pagíosi), σταθεροποίηση (el) f (statheropoíisi)

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French

Noun

consolidation f (plural consolidations)

1. consolidation
2. strengthening, reinforcement

Related terms

• consolider

Further reading

• “consolidation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).