excavation

English

Etymology

From Latin excavatio (“a hollowing out”), from excavare (“to hollow out”), from ex- (out) + cavare (to hollow)< cavus (hollow)< Proto-Indo-European *keu- (“vault, hole”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

excavation (countable and uncountable, plural excavations)

1. (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
3. (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
4. (countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
5. (uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
6. (countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.

Translations

act of excavating, or of making hollow

• Bulgarian: изкопаване n (izkopavane)
• Catalan: excavació f
• Dutch: afgraving f
• Finnish: kaivaminen, kaivuu (fi)
• German: Grabung f, Ausgrabung f (archaeology)
• Greek: εκσκαφή (el) f (ekskafí)
• Ido: exkavo (io), exkavado (io)

• Italian: scavo (it) m
• Latin: excavatio f
• Malay: penggalian, pengorekan, ekskavasi
• Portuguese: escavação f
• Russian: копание (ru) n (kopánije), рытьё n (rytʹjó), экскавация (ru) f (ekskavácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: cladhach m
• Spanish: excavación (es) f
• Swedish: utgrävning c

cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping

• Bulgarian: изкоп (bg) m (izkop)
• Dutch: bouwput m
• Finnish: kuoppa (fi)

• Ido: exkavuro (io)
• Portuguese: escavação f
• Russian: яма (ru) f (jáma), котлован (ru) m (kotlován), углубление (ru) n (uglublénije)

uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel

• Bulgarian: изкоп (bg) m (izkop)
• Finnish: kuoppa (fi)
• German: Ausschachtung f

• Ido: kavajo (io)
• Russian: окоп (ru) m (okóp)

material dug out in making a channel or cavity

• Finnish: kaivuujäte

• German: Aushub (de) m

archaeological excavation

• Bulgarian: разкопки (bg) pl (razkopki)
• Catalan: excavació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挖掘 (zh) (wājué), 發掘, 发掘 (zh) (fājué)

• Dutch: opgraving (nl) f
• Finnish: kaivaus
• French: excavation (fr) f

• Georgian: გათხრა (gat’xra), გათხრები (gat’xrebi)
• German: Ausgrabung (de) f
• Greek: ανασκαφή (el) f (anaskafí)
• Italian: scavo (it) m
• Japanese: 発掘 (はっくつ, hakkutsu)
• Latin: excavatio f
• Portuguese: escavação f
• Russian: раскопки (ru) f pl (raskópki)
• Spanish: excavación (es) f
• Swedish: utgrävning c

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Noun

excavation f (plural excavations)

1. excavation

External links

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