preparation

See also: préparation

English

Alternative forms

• præparation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: prep‧a‧ra‧tion

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)

1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

   I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.

2. (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
3. (countable) That which is prepared.
   1. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

      The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

   2. (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
   3. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
4. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
5. Devotional exercises introducing an office.
6. (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Derived terms

• biopreparation
• cryopreparation
• cytopreparation
• impreparation
• maxipreparation
• minipreparation
• nanopreparation
• nonpreparation
• overpreparation
• phytopreparation
• preparation room
• preparational
• preparationism
• preparationist
• repreparation
• underpreparation
• unpreparation

 

Related terms

• prepare

Translations

act of preparing

• Arabic: تَحْضِير‎ m (taḥḍīr), إِعْدَاد‎ m (ʔiʕdād), تَجْهِيز‎ m (tajhīz), اِسْتِعْدَاد‎ m (istiʕdād)
• Armenian: պատրաստում (hy) (patrastum), պատրաստություն (hy) (patrastutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: hazırlıq (az)
• Belarusian: падгато́ўка f (padhatóŭka), падгатава́нне n (padhatavánnje)
• Bengali: এন্তেজাম (bn) (entezam)
• Bulgarian: подгото́вка (bg) f (podgotóvka), приготовле́ния (bg) n pl (prigotovlénija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 準備／准备 (zh) (zhǔnbèi)

• Czech: příprava (cs) f
• Danish: forberedelse c, præparation c, tilberedning c
• Dutch: voorbereiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: pretigo
• Estonian: ettevalmistus
• Finnish: valmistelu (fi), valmistautuminen; esikäsittely; preparointi
• French: préparation (fr) f
• Galician: preparación (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Vorbereitung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (manwiþa), 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 m (muns)
• Greek: παρασκευή (el) f (paraskeví)

  Ancient: παρασκευή f (paraskeuḗ), σκευασία f (skeuasía)

• Haitian Creole: preparasyon
• Hebrew: הֲכָנָה‎ f (hakhaná)
• Hindi: तैयारी (hi) f (taiyārī)
• Hungarian: előkészítés (hu)
• Interlingua: preparation
• Irish: inleadh m, réamhtheacht f, ullmhú m, oirchill f
• Italian: preparazione (it) f
• Japanese: 準備 (ja) (じゅんび, junbi), 支度 (ja) (したく, shitaku)
• Khmer: ការរៀបចំ (kaariəpcɑm)
• Korean: 준비(準備) (ko) (junbi)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: подготовка f (podgotovka), приготвување n (prigotvuvanje)
• Malay: penyediaan
• Maori: whakariteritenga
• Middle English: forgreithing
• Nepali: तयारी (tayārī), तर्जुमा (tarjumā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forarbeid n, forberedelse (no) m, tilberedning m or f

  Nynorsk: forarbeid n, førearbeid n

• Old English: ġearwung f
• Persian: آمادگی‎ (fa) (âmâdegi), تدارک‎ (fa) (tadârok), تهیه‎ (fa) (tahiyye)
• Polish: przygotowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: preparação (pt) f
• Romanian: preparare (ro) f, pregătire (ro) f
• Russian: подгото́вка (ru) f (podgotóvka), приготовле́ние (ru) n (prigotovlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: deasachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: при̏права f, при̏према f

  Roman: prȉprava (sh) f, prȉprema (sh) f

• Slovak: príprava (sk) f
• Slovene: priprava f
• Spanish: preparación (es) f
• Swahili: tayari (sw), mapema (sw), utayarishi (sw)
• Swedish: förberedelse (sv) c
• Tajik: омодагӣ (omodagī), тайёр (tg) (tayyor)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: hazırlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: підгото́вка f (pidhotóvka), підготува́ння n (pidhotuvánnja), підгото́влення n (pidhotóvlennja), готува́ння n (hotuvánnja), підготовля́ння n (pidhotovljánnja)
• Urdu: تیاری‎ f (taiyārī)
• Uzbek: tayyorgarlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự chuẩn bị (vi)

that which is prepared

• French: préparation (fr) f, concoction (fr) f

substance

• Belarusian: прэпара́т m (preparát)
• Bulgarian: препара́т m (preparát)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 配製品／配制品 (pèizhìpǐn), 藥劑／药剂 (zh) (yàojì)

• Czech: preparát m
• Danish: præparat n
• Dutch: preparaat (nl) n
• Finnish: valmiste (fi); preparaatti (fi)
• French: préparation (fr) f
• Georgian: პრეპარატი (ṗreṗaraṭi)
• German: Präparat (de) n
• Italian: preparazione (it) f
• Kazakh: препарат (preparat)
• Polish: preparat (pl) m
• Portuguese: preparação (pt) f
• Romanian: preparat (ro) n
• Russian: препара́т (ru) m (preparát)
• Spanish: preparación (es) f
• Ukrainian: препара́т m (preparát)

music: object placed between strings of a piano

• Finnish: esine (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} preparació (ca) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} при̏према f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} prȉprema (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} prisprema

Anagrams

• paraprotein

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾe.pa.ɾaˈtsjon/

Noun

preparation (plural preparationes)

1. preparation