desertion

See also: Desertion and désertion

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French désertion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜːʃən/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʃən

Noun

desertion (countable and uncountable, plural desertions)

1. The act of deserting.

Related terms

▼ English terms derived from the PIE root *ser-‎ (0 c, 21 e)

  assert

  assertion

  assertive

  assort

  consort

  desert

  deserter

  desertion

  dissertation

  ensorcell

  exert

  insert

  insertable

  insertion

  sere

  series

  sermon

  sermonette

  serry

  sort

  uninsertable

Translations

deserting

• Armenian: դասալքություն (hy) (dasalkʿutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: изоставяне (bg) (izostavjane), напускане (bg) (napuskane), дезертьорство (bg) (dezertjorstvo)
• Catalan: deserció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遗弃 (zh), 开小差 (zh), 逃亡 (zh)

• Dutch: desertie (nl) f, vaandelvlucht (nl)
• French: désertion (fr) f
• German: Fahnenflucht (de) f, Desertion (de) f, Desertation f
• Greek: λιποταξία (el) f (lipotaxía)
• Hebrew: עריקה‎ (he) f ('ariqa)
• Indonesian: desersi (id)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: desertering m or f

• Portuguese: deserção (pt) f
• Romanian: dezertare (ro) f
• Russian: ухо́д (ru) m (uxód), оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije), дезерти́рство (ru) n (dezertírstvo)
• Spanish: deserción (es) f
• Swedish: desertering c
• Ukrainian: дезертирство (dezertyrstvo), залишення (zalyšennja), занедбаність (uk) (zanedbanistʹ)

Anagrams

• detersion, enteroids, interdose

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Danish

Noun

desertion c (singular definite desertionen, plural indefinite desertioner)

1. desertion

Declension

Declension of desertion

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	desertion	desertionen	desertioner	desertionerne
genitive	desertions	desertionens	desertioners	desertionernes

Further reading

• “desertion” in Den Danske Ordbog