domestication

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English[edit]

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domesticate +‎ -ion

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domestication (countable and uncountable, plural domestications)

  1. The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
  2. The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
  3. (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From domestiquer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɔ.mɛs.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/
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Noun[edit]

domestication f (plural domestications)

  1. domestication (action of taming wild animals or breeding plants)

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