stagnation

See also: Stagnation

English

Etymology

From Latin stagnatus, past participle of stāgnō (“to stagnate”), from stāgnum (“standing water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæɡˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

stagnation (countable and uncountable, plural stagnations)

1. Inactivity.

   The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.

2. The state of being stagnant, without circulation.

   Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.

Derived terms

• stagflation
• stagnation point

Translations

inactivity

• Albanian: amti (sq)
• Armenian: լճացում (hy) (lčacʻum), ստագնացիա (hy) (stagnacʻia)
• Azerbaijani: durğunluq
• Bulgarian: стагнация (bg) f (stagnacija), бездействие (bg) n (bezdejstvie)
• Catalan: estancament m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 停滯／停滞 (ting⁴ zai⁶), 停滯／停滞 (ting⁴ zai⁶)

  Hokkien: 停滯／停滞 (thêng-tē)

  Mandarin: 停滯／停滞 (zh) (tíngzhì), 停滯性／停滞性 (zh) (tíngzhìxìng)

• Dutch: stagnatie (nl) f
• Finnish: pysähtyminen (fi), pysähtyneisyys, lamaantuminen (fi), lamaantuneisuus, jähmettyminen
• French: stagnation (fr) f
• German: Stagnation (de) f, Stagnierung f
• Hebrew: קיפאון (he) m (kipaón), סטגנציה (he) f (stagnátsia)
• Italian: stagnazione (it) f
• Japanese: 沈滞 (ja) (ちんたい, chintai), 不振 (ja) (ふしん, fushin)
• Kazakh: тоқырау (toqyrau)
• Macedonian: застој m (zastoj), стагнација f (stagnacija)
• Malayalam: സ്തംഭനാവസ്ഥ (stambhanāvastha)
• Maori: whakamāraritanga, patekotanga, houtetetanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stagnasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: stagnasjon m

• Ottoman Turkish: كساد (kesad)
• Polish: stagnacja (pl) f, bezrybie (pl) n, zastój (pl) m
• Portuguese: estagnação (pt) f
• Romanian: stagnare (ro) f
• Russian: засто́й (ru) m (zastój), стагна́ция (ru) f (stagnácija)
• Spanish: estancamiento (es) m
• Swedish: stagnation (sv) c
• Ukrainian: засті́й m (zastíj), стагна́ція f (stahnácija)
• Uzbek: turgʻunlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: đình trệ (停滯), đình đốn (vi) (停頓)

being stagnant

• Bulgarian: застояване n (zastojavane)
• Catalan: estancament m
• Finnish: seisominen (fi)
• Indonesian: stagnasi (id)
• Italian: ristagno (it) m
• Kazakh: тоқырау (toqyrau)
• Macedonian: застој m (zastoj), стагнација f (stagnacija)
• Malayalam: കെട്ടിക്കിടക്കൽ (keṭṭikkiṭakkal)
• Polish: stagnacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: estagnação (pt) f
• Romanian: nemișcare (ro) f
• Russian: засто́й (ru) m (zastój), вя́лость (ru) f (vjálostʹ)
• Spanish: estancamiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: засті́й m (zastíj)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} stagnatie (nl) f
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} seisak (et)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Stagnation (de) f

Anagrams

• antagonist

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staɡ.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

stagnation f (plural stagnations)

1. stagnation

Further reading

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