Traduction
/tɹʌˈdʌkʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of converting text from one language to another. uncountable
- 2 A malign or defamatory statement. countable
- 3 An act of defaming, maligning or slandering. uncountable
- 4 Act of passing on to one's future generations. uncountable
Etymology
From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“I lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“I lead”). By surface analysis, traduce + -ion.