consolidation

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

From Latin consolidationem, from consolidare.

Noun

consolidation ‎(plural consolidations)

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; 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
• 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
• Romanian: consolidare (ro) f

The combination of several actions into one

• Bulgarian: обединяване n ‎(obedinjavane), обединение (bg) n ‎(obedinenie)
• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), yhteensovittaminen

• Greek: ένωση (el) f ‎(énosi), ενοποίηση (el) f ‎(enopoíisi)

solidification into a firm dense mass

• 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

External links

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