excavation

English

Etymology

From Latin excavātiō ‎(“a hollowing out”), from excavō ‎(“I hollow out”), from ex + cavō ‎(“I hollow out”) < 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 (fi), 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
• Polish: wykopalisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: escavação (pt) f
• Russian: копа́ние (ru) n ‎(kopánije), рытьё (ru) n ‎(rytʹjó), экскава́ция (ru) f ‎(ekskavácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: cladhach m
• Spanish: excavación (es) f
• Swedish: utgrävning c
• Telugu: తవ్వకము (te) ‎(tavvakamu)

cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping

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

• Ido: exkavuro (io)
• Polish: wykop (pl) m
• Portuguese: escavação (pt) f
• Russian: я́ма (ru) f ‎(jáma), котлова́н (ru) m ‎(kotlován), углубле́ние (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: око́п (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 ‎(gatxra), გათხრები ‎(gatxrebi)
• 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 (pt) f
• Russian: раско́пки (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).