Contraction

//kənˈtɹækʃn̩//

Translations of "contraction" (38 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Afrikaans	verkleining((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	—
Breton	gwaskadenn(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)	—
Bulgarian	контракция(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), свиване((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), свиване(shortening of a muscle during its use), скъсяване((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), съкращение(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	kontrakcija, svivane, svivane, skǎsjavane, sǎkraštenie
Burmese	ကျုံ့ခြင်း((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), ကျုံ့ခြင်း(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together), ချုံ့ခြင်း((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), ချုံ့ခြင်း(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)	kyum.hkrang:, kyum.hkrang:, hkyum.hkrang:, hkyum.hkrang:
Catalan	contracció((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), contracció(shortening of a muscle during its use), contracció(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), contracció(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), contracció(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Chinese Mandarin	收縮 /收缩((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	shōusuō
Danish	sammentrækning(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), sammentrækning(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Dutch	samentrekking(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), wee(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)	—
Finnish	kontraktio(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together), kontraktio(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), kontraktio(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), lihassupistus(shortening of a muscle during its use), lyhennemerkki(shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity), lähentyminen(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together), supistumamuoto(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), supistuminen((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), supistuminen(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), supistus(shortening of a muscle during its use), supistus(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), synnytyssupistus(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), taantuma(period of economic decline or negative growth), tarttuminen(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), tartunta(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease)	—
French	contraction((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), contraction(shortening of a muscle during its use), contraction(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), contraction(period of economic decline or negative growth), contraction(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), contraction(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
German	Abnahme((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Abnehmen((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Abschwung(period of economic decline or negative growth), Annahme(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative)), Anspannung(shortening of a muscle during its use), Ansteckung(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), Einschnürung(shortening of a muscle during its use), Erwerb(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative)), Erwerb(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), Geburtswehe(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), Infektion(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative)), Infektion(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), Kontamination(act of incurring debt; act of acquiring something (generally negative)), Kontraktion((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Kontraktion(shortening of a muscle during its use), Kontraktion(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), Kontraktur(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together), Kontraktur(shortening of a muscle during its use), Minderung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Rezession(period of economic decline or negative growth), Rückgang(period of economic decline or negative growth), Schrumpfen((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Schrumpfung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Schrumpfung(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together), Schrumpfung(period of economic decline or negative growth), Schwinden((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Schwindung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Stauchung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Verengung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Verengung(shortening of a muscle during its use), Verkleinerung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Verkürzung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Verkürzung(shortening of a muscle during its use), Wehe(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), Zusammenziehen(shortening of a muscle during its use), Zusammenziehung((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), Zusammenziehung(shortening of a muscle during its use), Zusammenziehung(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), Zusammenziehung(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), Zuziehung(shortening of a muscle during its use)	—
Hebrew	התכווצות((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), התכווצות(shortening of a muscle during its use)	hitkavtzut, hitkavtzut
Hungarian	fertőzés(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), fertőződés(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), fájás(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), izom-összehúzódás(shortening of a muscle during its use), kontrakció(shortening of a muscle during its use), megfertőződés(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), méhösszehúzódás(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), recesszió(period of economic decline or negative growth), szóösszevonás(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), szülési fájás(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), visszaesés(period of economic decline or negative growth), összehúzás((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), összehúzódás((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), összehúzódás(shortening of a muscle during its use), összevont alak(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), összevonás(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), összevonódás(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)	—
Indonesian	kontraksi((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	—
Italian	contrazione((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), contrazione(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), contrazione(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Japanese	収縮((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), 攣縮(shortening of a muscle during its use), 短縮形(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), 約音化(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), 陣痛(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)	shūshuku, renshuku, tanshuku-kei, yakuon-ka, jintsū
Korean	단축((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), 단축어(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), 위축(shortening of a muscle during its use)	danchuk, danchugeo, wichuk
Kyrgyz	кыскаруу(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), кыскаруу((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	kıskaruu, kıskaruu
Latin	contractiō((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	—
Macedonian	за́раза(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), заразу́вање(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), контра́кција(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), скрату́вање((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), скрату́вање(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	záraza, zarazúvanje, kontrákcija, skratúvanje, skratúvanje
Māori	kukutinga(shortening of a muscle during its use), kukutinga(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)	—
Northern Kurdish	girjbûn(shortening of a muscle during its use)	—
Norwegian	forminskning((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), kontraksjon((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), kontraksjon(shortening of a muscle during its use), sammentrekning(shortening of a muscle during its use), sammentrekning(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), sammentrekning(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Occitan	contraccion((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), contraccion(shortening of a muscle during its use), contraccion(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), contraccion(period of economic decline or negative growth), contraccion(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)	—
Polish	forma ściągnięta(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), kontrakcja(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Portuguese	contração(process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease), contração((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), contração(shortening of a muscle during its use), contração(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), contração(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), contração(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), crispação(shortening of a muscle during its use)	—
Romanian	contracție((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	—
Russian	сжа́тие((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), сжа́тие(shortening of a muscle during its use), сокраще́ние((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), сокраще́ние(shortening of a muscle during its use), сокраще́ние(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), сокраще́ние(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark), стяже́ние(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	sžátije, sžátije, sokraščénije, sokraščénije, sokraščénije, sokraščénije, stjažénije
Serbo-Croatian	kontràkcija(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), trúdovi(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), контра̀кција(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), тру́дови(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)	—
Spanish	contracción((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), contracción(shortening of a muscle during its use), contracción(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), contracción(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), contracción(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Swedish	kontraktion((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), kontraktion(shortening of a muscle during its use), minskning((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), sammandragning(shortening of a muscle during its use), sammandragning(strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth), sammandragning(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Tagalog	daginsin((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	—
Tajik	дардгирӣ((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	dardgiri
Thai	การหดตัว((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume)	—
Turkish	kısaltma(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), kısaltma(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—
Ukrainian	скорочення(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	skoročennja
Uzbek	qisqarish((sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume), qisqarish(stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together)	—
Welsh	cyfangiad(shortening of a muscle during its use), cywasgiad(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost), cywasgiad(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)	—

Afrikaans

verkleining

Breton

gwaskadenn

Bulgarian

контракция, свиване, свиване, скъсяване, съкращение

kontrakcija, svivane, svivane, skǎsjavane, sǎkraštenie

Burmese

ကျုံ့ခြင်း, ကျုံ့ခြင်း, ချုံ့ခြင်း, ချုံ့ခြင်း

kyum.hkrang:, kyum.hkrang:, hkyum.hkrang:, hkyum.hkrang:

Catalan

contracció, contracció, contracció, contracció, contracció

Chinese Mandarin

收縮 /收缩

shōusuō

Danish

sammentrækning, sammentrækning

Dutch

samentrekking, wee

Finnish

kontraktio, kontraktio, kontraktio, lihassupistus, lyhennemerkki, lähentyminen, supistumamuoto, supistuminen, supistuminen, supistus, supistus, synnytyssupistus, taantuma, tarttuminen, tartunta

French

contraction, contraction, contraction, contraction, contraction, contraction

German

Abnahme, Abnehmen, Abschwung, Annahme, Anspannung, Ansteckung, Einschnürung, Erwerb, Erwerb, Geburtswehe, Infektion, Infektion, Kontamination, Kontraktion, Kontraktion, Kontraktion, Kontraktur, Kontraktur, Minderung, Rezession, Rückgang, Schrumpfen, Schrumpfung, Schrumpfung, Schrumpfung, Schwinden, Schwindung, Stauchung, Verengung, Verengung, Verkleinerung, Verkürzung, Verkürzung, Wehe, Zusammenziehen, Zusammenziehung, Zusammenziehung, Zusammenziehung, Zusammenziehung, Zuziehung

Hebrew

התכווצות, התכווצות

hitkavtzut, hitkavtzut

Hungarian

fertőzés, fertőződés, fájás, izom-összehúzódás, kontrakció, megfertőződés, méhösszehúzódás, recesszió, szóösszevonás, szülési fájás, visszaesés, összehúzás, összehúzódás, összehúzódás, összevont alak, összevonás, összevonódás