transfiguration
See also: Transfiguration
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edittransfiguration (countable and uncountable, plural transfigurations)
- A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
- A change that exalts or glorifies.
- superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.
Translations
edita major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis
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a change that exalts or glorifies
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French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
edittransfiguration f (plural transfigurations)
Further reading
edit- “transfiguration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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