dégradation

See also: degradation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēgradātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ɡʁa.da.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

dégradation f (plural dégradations)

1. removal from office or a function
2. loss of certain civil or other rights as a punishment
3. loss of rank and dishonourable discharge from the army as a punishment
4. the act of causing degradation or damage
5. the act or result of weakening or diminishing
6. degradation, steady progression to a worse state
7. loss of value

Related terms

• dégrader

Further reading

• “dégradation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012