remediation

See also: remédiation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English remediate

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ion

English remediation

From remediate + -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /rɪˌmiːdiˈeɪʃn/

Noun

remediation (usually uncountable, plural remediations)

1. The act or process of remedying a situation.

   The site required extensive environmental remediation before it could be used for other purposes.

Derived terms

• bioremediation
• electroremediation
• mycoremediation
• nanobioremediation
• nanoremediation
• phytoremediation
• rhizoremediation
• zooremediation

Related terms

• remedial
• remedially
• remediate
• remedy

Translations

action or process to remedy a situation

• Arabic: علاج (ar) (ʕilāj), معالجة (muʕālaja), مداواة (mudāwāh)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: remediació f
• Finnish: oikaisu (fi), korjaus (fi), parannus (fi)
• French: rattrapage (fr) m, réparation (fr) f, dépollution (fr) f (ecology)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sanierung (de) f (ecology), Wiedergutmachung (de) f
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: pemulihan (ms)
• Māori: whakaoranga, whakahaumanutanga, tāmatatanga
• Polish: rekultywacja (pl) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: восстановле́ние (ru) (vosstanovlénije), исправление (ru) (ispravlenije)
• Turkish: düzeltme (tr), iyileştirme (tr)