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# consecration
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsecrātiō, cōnsecrātiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkɒnsɪˈkɹeɪʃən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

consecration (countable and uncountable, plural consecrations)
* The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
** 1845, William Palmer, Origines Liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English Ritual: And a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies‎, 4th edition, volume 2, London: Francis & John Rivington, →OCLC, page 310:Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.

#### Derived terms

* deconsecration
* nonconsecration
* reconsecration

#### Related terms

* consecrate

#### See also

* sacrament
* unction
# sonâmbulo
## Galician
### Adjective

sonâmbulo (feminine sonâmbula, masculine plural sonâmbulos, feminine plural sonâmbulas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of sonámbulo

### Noun

sonâmbulo m (plural sonâmbulos, feminine sonâmbula, feminine plural sonâmbulas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of sonámbulo

### Further reading

* “sonâmbulo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French somnambule, from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈnɐ̃.bu.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈnɐ̃.bu.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈnɐ̃.bu.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈnɐ̃.bu.lu/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃bulu
* Hyphenation: so‧nâm‧bu‧lo

### Adjective

sonâmbulo (feminine sonâmbula, masculine plural sonâmbulos, feminine plural sonâmbulas)
* somnambulant

### Noun

sonâmbulo m (plural sonâmbulos)
* somnambulist, sleepwalker

### Related terms

* sonambular
* sonambúlico
* sonambulismo

### Further reading

* “sonâmbulo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “sonâmbulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “sonâmbulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
# owoc
## Polish
### Etymology

Back-formation from owoce, from Proto-Slavic *ovoťe. Compare liść.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.vɔt͡s/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔvɔt͡s
* Syllabification: o‧woc

### Noun

owoc m inan (diminutive owocek, related adjective owocowy)
* fruit (seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colorful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization)
    Synonym: (obsolete) frukt
* fruit (any sweet or sour edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary)
    Synonym: (obsolete) frukt
* (figurative) fruit (positive end result or reward of labor or effort)
    Synonym: (obsolete) frukt

#### Derived terms

* bezowocny
* bezowocowy
* owocarski
* owocny
* owocodajny
* owoconośny
* owocorodny
* owocowo-warzywny
* owocożerny
* warzywno-owocowy
* cukier owocowy
* muszka owocowa
* owocarka
* owocarnia
* owocarstwo
* owocarz
* owocek
* owocnia
* owocnica
* owocnik
* owocność
* owocobranie
* owocodajność
* owocolistek
* owocostan
* owocowanie
* owocowiec
* owocowość
* owocoznawstwo
* owocożer
* owocożerność
* owocówka
* zaowocowanie
* owocować impf
* zaowocować pf

#### Related terms

* bezowocnie
* owocnie
* owocodajnie
* owoconośnie
* owocowo

### Further reading

* owoc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* owoc in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* owoc in PWN's encyclopedia
# wood lot
## English
### Alternative forms

* woodlot

### Noun

wood lot (plural wood lots)
* (US) An area of land used for the growing of firewood and timber, often as the wooded portion of a farmstead in contrast with arable and pasture portions.
    Near-synonyms: wood; see also Thesaurus:forest

#### See also

* sugarbush
# appreciatory
## English
### Adjective

appreciatory (comparative more appreciatory, superlative most appreciatory)
* Showing appreciation; appreciative.

#### Derived terms

* appreciatorily
# pinheiro
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pineyro. By surface analysis, pinho (“pine tree, pinewood”) +‎ -eiro.
Compare Galician piñeiro.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/ [pĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/ [pĩˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /piˈɲe(j).ɾo/ [piˈɲe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈɲɐj.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piˈɲɐj.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /piˈɲej.ɾu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /piˈɲej.ɾu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /piˈɲe.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu, -eɾu
* Homophone: Pinheiro
* Hyphenation: pi‧nhei‧ro

### Noun

pinheiro m (plural pinheiros)
* pine (any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or similar)
    Synonym: (archaic) pino
* (usually in the diminutive) Christmas tree (tree decorated with hangings during Christmas)
    Synonym: árvore de Natal
* (South Brazil) Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia, a tree of South America)
    Synonyms: pinheiro-do-paraná, araucária

#### Related terms

* apinhar
* pinha
* pinhal
* pinhão
* pinheiral
* pinheirinho
# cytryna
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mela citrina, from Latin mālum citrīnum, from citrīnus, from citrus, from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros). Doublet of cedr, cedrat, cytron, cytrus, and cytryn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sɘˈtrɘ.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘna
* Syllabification: cy‧try‧na

### Noun

cytryna f (diminutive cytrynka)
* lemon (tree)
    Synonym: cytrynowiec
* lemon (fruit)

#### Derived terms

* cytrynowy
* cytrynada
* cytrynek
* cytrynian
* cytryniec
* cytrynowiec
* cytrynówka

#### Related terms

* cytrynowo

#### Descendants

* → Lithuanian: citrina
* → Ukrainian: цитри́на (cytrýna)

### Further reading

* cytryna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* cytryna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# cranky
## English
### Etymology

From crank +‎ -y. Compare Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɹæŋki/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æŋki

### Adjective

cranky (comparative crankier, superlative crankiest)
* (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition.
    Synonym: shaky
** 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness: The River of Doubt:We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.
** 1987 December 6, Kris Kleindienst, “Sex On The Table”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 21, page 6:Margaret Cerullo gave a rousing speech, despite the pesky interruptions of a cranky sound system.
* Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
    He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
* Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
** 1934 December, Robert E. Howard, “The Road to Bear Creek”, in Action Stories:Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.
* Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”)
    a cranky vessel
* (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
* (obsolete) Weak, unwell.

#### Derived terms

* crankily
* crankiness
# bimetal
## English
### Alternative forms

* bi-metal

### Etymology

From bi- +‎ metal.

### Adjective

bimetal (not comparable)
* (metallurgy) Consisting of two metals.

#### Derived terms

* bimetal strip
* bimetallic

#### Translations
### Noun

bimetal (plural bimetals)
* (metallurgy) An object consisting of two metals.
** 2013 October 22, T W Duerig, K N Melton, D Stöckel, Engineering Aspects of Shape Memory Alloys, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 211:Thermostatic Bimetals: Thermostatic bimetals are laminated composites using materials with a pronounced difference in thermal expansion'. Therefore, thermostatic bimetals change their shape whenever ambient temperature changes.
** 2020 June 29, Manish Kumar, Daniel D. Snow, Ryo Honda, Santanu Mukherjee, Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources: Challenges and Reigning Technologies, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 274:The application of bimetals synthesized with the combination of another secondary metal such as Ni, Pd, or Pt [comprise of a high reduction potential than ZVI; ZVI, −0.44 V; Ni,−0.257 V; Pd, 0.915 V; or Pt, 1.188 V; Arning and Minteer […]
** 2002 September 27, M. A. Laughton, D.F. Warne, Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, Newnes, →ISBN, page 45:The bimetals can be used in forms such as the deflection of a straight strip, the rotation of spirals or helices and the snap action of dished discs. Applications include temperature indicators, thermostatic controls, energy regulators, […]

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* limbate, timbale

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English bimetal. By surface analysis, bi- +‎ metal. First attested in 1900.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈmɛ.tal/
* Rhymes: -ɛtal
* Syllabification: bi‧me‧tal

### Noun

bimetal m inan
* (metallurgy) bimetal

#### Derived terms

* bimetaliczny
* bimetalistyczny
* bimetalowy
* bimetalista
* bimetalizm

#### Related terms

* metal

### References

* ↑ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900–1927), “bimetal”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw
* ↑ bimetal in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

### Further reading

* bimetal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bimetal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bimétal.

### Noun

bimetal n (plural bimetale)
* bimetallic
# earmuff
## English
### Alternative forms

* ear muff

### Etymology

From ear +‎ muff.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

earmuff (plural earmuffs)
* A garment to keep the ears warm.
* A garment or part worn over a single ear.
* A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
* attributive form of earmuffs.

#### Derived terms

* earmuffed
# opít
## Czech
### Etymology

From o- +‎ pít.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈopiːt]

### Verb

opít pf (imperfective opíjet)
* (transitive) to get drunk (someone else)
* (reflexive with se) to get drunk (oneself)

#### Conjugation

| Infinitive | opít, opíti | Active adjective | opivší |
| Verbal noun | — | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | indicative | imperative | imperative |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st person | opiji | opijeme | — | opijme |
| 2nd person | opiješ | opijete | opij | opijte |
| 3rd person | opije | opijou | — | — |
* The verb opít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
| Participles | Past participles | Past participles | Passive participles | Passive participles |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| masculine animate | opil | opili | opit | opiti |
| masculine inanimate | opil | opily | opit | opity |
| feminine | opila | opily | opita | opity |
| neuter | opilo | opila | opito | opita |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | — | opiv |
| feminine + neuter singular | — | opivši |
| plural | — | opivše |

#### Synonyms

* namazat, zmazat, nalít, zlít, ochmelit, ožrat, zchlastat

#### Derived terms

* opice
* opilec
* opilý
* opít rohlíkem

### Further reading

* “opíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “opíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “opít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# bactericidal
## English
### Alternative forms

* bacteriacidal, bacteriocidal

### Etymology

From bacteri(um) +‎ -cidal.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

bactericidal (not comparable)
* That kills bacteria.
** 1901 December 20, H. Watkins-Pitchford, “Rinderpest”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, number 21, page 641:It would, therefore, have seemed a natural inference that the same agent would exert a similar bactericidal effect when added to other infectious body fluids.
* Of or pertaining to a bactericide.

#### Coordinate terms

* bacteristatic
* bacteriostatic

#### Derived terms

* bactericidally
* cyanobactericidal
* microbactericidal
* mycobactericidal
* nonbactericidal
* photobactericidal

#### Translations
### Noun

bactericidal (plural bactericidals)
* A bactericide.
# bacteriological
## English
### Etymology

From bacterio- +‎ -logical.

### Adjective

bacteriological (not comparable)
* Of or pertaining to bacteriology.

#### Synonyms

* bacteriologic

#### Derived terms

* bacteriologically
* clinicobacteriological
* cytobacteriological
* histobacteriological
* mycobacteriological
# vlkodlak
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ, from *vьlkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *lakъ (“skin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvl̩kodlak]
* Hyphenation: vl‧ko‧d‧lak

### Noun

vlkodlak m anim (female equivalent vlkodlačka)
* werewolf

#### Derived terms

* vlkodlacký
* vlkodlačí

### Further reading

* “vlkodlak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “vlkodlak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “vlkodlak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# bułgarski
## Polish
### Etymology

From Bułgaria +‎ -ski.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buwˈɡar.ski/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arski
* Syllabification: buł‧gar‧ski

### Adjective

bułgarski (not comparable, no derived adverb, abbreviation bułg.)
* (relational) Bulgarian (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language)
    Hypernyms: południowosłowiański, słowiański

#### Declension

$^1$Archaic.

### Noun

bułgarski m inan
* Bulgarian (language)

#### Declension
### Derived terms

* bułgarskojęzyczny
* prabułgarski
* protobułgarski
* bułgarszczyzna
* prabułgarski
* protobułgarski

### Related terms

* Bułgar
* Bułgaria
* Bułgarka
* bułgarskość
* bułgaryzowanie
* Prabułgar
* Protobułgar
* bułgaryzować impf

### Further reading

* bułgarski in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bułgarski in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# cuvette
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cuvette.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kjuˈvɛt/
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

cuvette (plural cuvettes)
* a pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table
* (military) a cunette
* (analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer
** 2015 August 15, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Cavitation Allows High In Vitro Transfection Efficiency in the Absence of Transfection Reagents or Contrast Agents”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.
* an inner lid of a timepiece

#### Derived terms

* autocuvette
* electrocuvette
* hemocuvette
* microcuvette
* nucleocuvette

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

From cuve +‎ -ette.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.vɛt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cuvette f (plural cuvettes)
* basin, bowl; washbowl
* basin, washbasin (in bathroom)
* pan (of toilet)
* (photography) dish
* (geology) basin

#### Descendants

* → English: cuvette
* → German: Küvette
* → Portuguese: cuvete
* → Romanian: chiuvetă
* → Turkish: küvet

### Further reading

* “cuvette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# biologically
## English
### Etymology

From biological +‎ -ly.

### Adverb

biologically (not comparable)
* In a biological manner.
** 1985, Technologies to Benefit Agriculture and Wildlife: Workshop Proceedings, page 101:Working with a concept formulated in New Jersey, Open Marsh Water Management, techniques were developed that controlled mosquitoes biologically, rather than chemically, resulting in minimal physical impacts to the treated marshes, […]
** 2017, David B. Grant, Chee Yew Wong, Alexander Trautrims, Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 55:... and have built vast greenhouses dedicated to breeding and harvesting ladybirds to control pests biologically rather than chemically.
* With regard to biology.

#### Derived terms

* astrobiologically
* mechanobiologically
* pathobiologically
* unbiologically
# Lorena
## English
### Etymology

From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.

### Proper noun

Lorena
* A female given name from Italian.
** 1856 Henry Webster - Joseph Webster, Lorena (song):
    We loved each other then, Lorena,
    More than we ever dared to tell;
    And what we might have been, Lorena,
    Had but our lovings prospered well --
** 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls,

### Anagrams

* arenol, loaner, reloan

## Catalan
### Proper noun

Lorena f
* Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)

#### Holonyms

* Alsàcia-Lorena
* Gran Est

#### Derived terms

* creu de Lorena

#### Related terms

* lorenès

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loˈrɛ.na/, /loˈre.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
* Hyphenation: Lo‧rè‧na, Lo‧ré‧na

### Proper noun

La Lorena
* Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)

### Proper noun

Lorena f
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Lorena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /loˈɾẽ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /loˈɾẽ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /loˈɾe.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /luˈɾe.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: Lo‧re‧na

### Proper noun

Lorena f
* Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
* a female given name
* A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loˈɾena/ [loˈɾe.na]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: Lo‧re‧na

### Proper noun

Lorena f
* Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
* a female given name transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Lorraine

#### Related terms

* lorenés
# soup kitchen
## English
### Noun

soup kitchen (plural soup kitchens)
* A place that is established to provide soup and other basic food as a charity or in time of disaster.

#### Related terms

* soupmaker

#### Translations
### See also

* breadline
* homeless shelter
* souper
# degeneration
## English
### Etymology

From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən
* Hyphenation: de‧gen‧er‧ation

### Noun

degeneration (usually uncountable, plural degenerations)
* (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
** 1913, B. H. Carrol, An Interpretation of the English Bible:The modern cry of "more liberty and less creed" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish.
** 1987, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, page 10:Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase..
* (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
    fatty degeneration of the liver
* (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
* (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
** 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:cockle, aracus, […] and other degenerations

#### Synonyms

* (process or state of growing worse): decadence, decline, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, deterioration
* (gaming slang): nerf

#### Derived terms

* biodegeneration
* cytodegeneration
* degenerationism
* degenerationist
* hepatolenticular degeneration
* hyaline degeneration
* macular degeneration
* microdegeneration
* myelodegeneration
* myodegeneration
* neurodegeneration
* nondegeneration
* osteodegeneration
* predegeneration
* vasodegeneration
* Wallerian degeneration

#### Related terms

* degenerate
* degenerative

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

## Danish
### Noun

degeneration c (singular definite degenerationen, not used in plural form)
* degeneration

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “degeneration” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Swedish
### Noun

degeneration c
* degeneration

#### Declension
### Further reading

* degeneration in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* degeneration in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* degeneration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
# dehydration
## English
### Etymology

From de- +‎ hydration.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

dehydration (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrations)
* The act or process of removing water from something.
    Synonyms: drying, desiccation
* The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

#### Synonyms

* hypohydration

#### Derived terms

* chronic cellular dehydration
* cryodehydration
* cyclodehydration
* dehydration reaction
* redehydration
# demobilization
## English
### Alternative forms

* demobilisation

### Etymology

From de- +‎ mobilization or demobilize +‎ -ation.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

demobilization (countable and uncountable, plural demobilizations)
* The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.

#### Synonyms

* (UK) demob

#### Antonyms

* mobilization

#### Derived terms

* nondemobilization

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “demobilization”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* “demobilization”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “demobilization”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “demobilization”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
# rumormonger
## English
### Alternative forms

* rumor-monger, rumor monger (US)
* rumourmonger, rumour-monger, rumour monger (UK)

### Etymology

Compound of rumor +‎ monger.

### Noun

rumormonger (plural rumormongers)
* (American spelling) A person who spreads rumors.
    Synonyms: rumorer, rumourer
    Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
** 1947, Murray Morgan, Bridge To Russia: Those Amazing Aleutians, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 161:Then the Seventh moved to Fort Ord and practiced—although without full equipment—amphibious landings. The hot poop of the rumor mongers became, “Southwest Pacific for us, fellows.” But when the convoy sailed from San Francisco on April twenty-fourth, the ships turned north.

#### Related terms

* monger (and its derivatives)

#### Translations
### Verb

rumormonger (third-person singular simple present rumormongers, present participle rumormongering, simple past and past participle rumormongered)
* To spread rumors and gossip.