extinção

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) extinguishment (act of putting out a fire)
2. (feminine) extinction; annihilation; eradication; destruction
3. (feminine) abolition (act of abolishing)
4. (feminine) extinction (the disappearance of a species from a region, or as a whole)
5. (feminine) the act of slaking lime to produce slaked lime
6. (feminine) extinction (absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation)

Concepten

uitsterven

blussing

uitsterving

het uitsterven

Synoniemen

desaparecimento

perdida

atenuação

desaparição

Vertalingen

extinction

extinction

extinció

extinción

estinzione

extermination

desaparición

exterminación

extermini

exterminació

sterminio

spegnimento

exterminio

εξαφάνιση

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/is.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Latijn: extinctio

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin extīnctiōnem, from extīnctus, perfect passive participle of extīnguō (“to extinguish”).