ablución

See also: ablucion

Galician

Alternative forms

• abluçom, ablução (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ablūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abluˈθjoŋ/ [a.β̞luˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /abluˈθjoŋ/ [a.β̞luˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /abluˈsjoŋ/ [a.β̞luˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧blu‧ción

Noun

ablución f (plural ablucións)

1. ablution

Further reading

• “ablución”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ablūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /abluˈθjon/ [a.β̞luˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /abluˈsjon/ [a.β̞luˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ab‧lu‧ción

Noun

ablución f (plural abluciones)

1. ablution (the act of washing)
2. ablution (act of washing as a religious rite)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 17:

     La iniciación del Brujo está sujeta a cierto ritual, que le impone, entre otras cosas, las abluciones con el agua del Salto del Traiguén, a fin de que se le borre el bautismo.

     The initiation of the Witch is subject to a certain ritual, which requires, among other things, ablutions with the water of Traiguén Falls, so that the [Witch's] baptism is erased.

3. (Christianity) ablution (rinsing of the priest's hands)

Derived terms

• ablucionar

 

Further reading

• “ablución”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10