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Definition: Disfiguration |
DisfigurationNoun1. An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration". 2. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disfiguration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Note: Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, noun. [See Disfigure, and compare to Defiguration.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: DisfigurationSynonyms: defacement (n), deformity (n), disfigurement (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Disfiguration |
| English words defined with "disfiguration": Defiguration ♦ maim. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "disfiguration": Defiguration. (references) |
| "Disfiguration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disfiguration" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "disfiguration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | deformim (deformation), shfytyrim (deformation, disfigurement, distortion), shëmtim (deformation, deformity, disfigurement, hideousness, Mar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تشويه (defacement, deformation, deformity, disfigurement, distortion, falsification, malformation, misrepresentation, perversion, torture, warp), تشوه (castrate, castration, deform, distortion, malformation), إفساد (circumvention, depravation, deterioration, infection, mutilation, perversion, vitiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обезобразяване (defacement, deformation, disfigurement), недостатък (blemish, debit, defect, deficiency, demerit, disadvantage, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hole, imperfection, kink, objection, shortcoming, vice, weakness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | znetvoření (deformation, deformity, disfigurement, malformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | défiguration (disfigurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Entstellung (defacement, deformation, disfigurement, distortion, perversion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | torzítás (deformation, distortion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfigurazione (disfigurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isfigurationday desfiguração (defacement, disforest), desafeiçoar (disaffect). (various references) обезображивание (defacement, deformation, disfigurement). (various references) unakaženje, nakaznost (malformation). (various references) desfiguración (defacement, disfigurement, misrepresentation). (various references) vanställdhet (disfigurement), vanställande (deformation, disfigurement). (various references) bozulma (breach, breakdown, breakup, confusion, corrosion, corruption, decay, declension, decomposition, deformation, degeneration, degradation, derogation, deterioration, devolution, disfigurement, disruption, dissolution, impairment, infection, pollution, putrefaction, rancidity, rancidness, rottenness, shipwreck, spoilage, taint, undoing, upset), çirkinleşme. (various references) спотворення (contortion, defacement, deformation, depravation, disfigurement), вада (blemish, blur, defect, demerit, disfigurement, fault, shortcoming, weakness), потворність (abnormality, deformation, deformity, disfigurement, eyesore, malformation, monstrosity, ugliness). (various references) sự l m xấu xí mặt m y hình dạng kỳ quái (disfigurement), sự l m méo mó (disfigurement), sự l m biến dạng (deformation, disfigurement), hình dạng xấu xí gớm guốc (disfigurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-g-i-i-i-n-o-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: figurations. | |
-3 letters: figuration, outraising. | |
-4 letters: auditions, disrating, draftings, durations, figurants, fruitions, granitoid, outdaring, outfiring, outriding, rigatonis, rigaudons, sangfroid, saturniid, strouding. | |
-5 letters: antidrug, arousing, auditing, audition, auditors, diatrons, dinosaur, distrain, drafting, drifting, duration, fairings, faitours, figurant, foisting, frosting, fruiting, fruition, fungoids, ignitors, indrafts, ingrafts, intrados, iodating, iodising, isograft, organist, outdrags, outfinds, outgains, outgrins, outrings, radioing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ..-. .. --. ..- .-. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100110 01101001 01100111 01110101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s f i g u r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0066 0069 0067 0075 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758572757387846786758180 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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