annunciation

See also: Annunciation

English

Etymology

From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

annunciation (countable and uncountable, plural annunciations)

1. The act of annunciating.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 217:

     "Not in the least; I saw it was an abbreviation from the first annunciation of the marriage, as communicated by the earl of Rotheles; here it is."

Derived terms

• annunciation lily
• the Annunciation

 

Translations

act of annunciating

• Bulgarian: възвестяване (vǎzvestjavane)
• Catalan: anunciació f
• French: annonciation (fr)
• Georgian: ხარება (xareba)
• German: Verkündigung (de) f
• Italian: annunciazione (it) f
• Narom: annonciâtion
• Portuguese: anunciação (pt) f
• Swedish: bebådelse (sv) c
• Walloon: anonciyåcion