affusion

English

Etymology

From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Noun

affusion (countable and uncountable, plural affusions)

1. The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
2. A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.

Usage notes

Sometimes confused with effusion (“an outpouring of liquid”).

Translations

pouring of liquid

• Bulgarian: обливане (oblivane)
• Italian: affusione f
• Portuguese: afusão f
• Russian: облива́ние (ru) n (oblivánije)

a method of Christian baptism

• Bulgarian: обливане (oblivane), обредно поливане
• Finnish: valelukaste
• Russian: окропле́ние (ru) n (okroplénije), опуска́ние в ку́пель n (opuskánije v kúpelʹ)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

affusion f (plural affusions)

1. affusion

Further reading

• “affusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.