exhaustion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō +‎ -tiō. Surface analysis: exhaust +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

exhaustion (usually uncountable, plural exhaustions)

1. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

   We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

2. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

   I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.

3. (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
4. (dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
5. (mathematics) An exhaustive procedure

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Derived terms

• heat exhaustion
• operational exhaustion
• proof by exhaustion

 

Related terms

• exhaust
• exhaustedness

Translations

point of complete depletion

• Belarusian: знясі́ленне n (znjasíljennje), спусташэ́нне n (spustašénnje)
• Bulgarian: изче́рпване (bg) n (izčérpvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耗盡 / 耗尽 (zh) (hàojìn), 用光 (zh) (yòngguāng), 枯竭 (zh) (kūjié)

• Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n
• Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
• Finnish: ehtyminen (fi), loppuminen (fi)
• French: épuisement (fr) m
• Georgian: გამოფიტვა (gamopiṭva), გამოლევა (gamoleva), ამოწურვა (amoc̣urva), ამოხაპვა (amoxaṗva), ამოცლა (amocla), გამოცლა (gamocla)
• German: Erschöpfung (de) f
• Greek: εξάντληση (el) f (exántlisi)

  Ancient: ἐξάντλησις f (exántlēsis)

• Ido: exhausteso (io)
• Portuguese: exaustão (pt) f, esgotamento (pt) m
• Romanian: epuizare (ro) f
• Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n (istoščénije), вы́работка (ru) f (výrabotka), исче́рпание (ru) n (isčérpanije), опустоше́ние (ru) n (opustošénije)
• Spanish: agotamiento (es) m
• Tagalog: sobrang pagod
• Ukrainian: ви́снаження n (výsnažennja), ви́черпання n (výčerpannja)

supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy

• Belarusian: знясі́ленне n (znjasíljennje), знямо́га f (znjamóha)
• Bulgarian: изтоще́ние (bg) n (iztošténie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精疲力竭 (zh) (jīngpílìjié), 精疲力盡 / 精疲力尽 (zh) (jīngpílìjìn), 累死 (zh) (lèisǐ) (colloquial)

• Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n
• Dutch: uitputting (nl) f, oververmoeidheid (nl) f
• Estonian: väsimus, väss
• Finnish: nääntymys, uupumus (fi), väsymys (fi)
• French: harassement (fr) m, épuisement (fr) m
• Georgian: დაუძლურება (dauʒlureba), დასუსტება (dasusṭeba), დაქანცულობა (dakanculoba), გადაქანცულობა (gadakanculoba), გადაღლილობა (gadaɣliloba), გამოფიტვა (gamopiṭva), (ძალის) გამოლევა ((ʒalis) gamoleva), (ძალის) დახარჯვა ((ʒalis) daxarǯva)
• German: Erschöpfung (de) f, Ermattung f
• Greek: εξάντληση (el) f (exántlisi)

  Ancient: ἀκηδία f (akēdía), ἐξάντλησις f (exántlēsis)

• Latin: dēfatīgātiō f
• Maori: kurutai, titina
• Ottoman Turkish: یورغونلق (yorgunluk), كلال (kelal)
• Polish: wycieńczenie n, wyczerpanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: exaustão (pt) f
• Romanian: epuizare (ro) f, extenuare (ro) f
• Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n (istoščénije), изнеможе́ние (ru) n (iznemožénije), изнуре́ние (ru) n (iznurénije)
• Spanish: cansancio (es) m
• Tagalog: sobrang pagod
• Ukrainian: ви́снаження n (výsnažennja), знемо́га f (znemóha), знеси́лля n (znesýllja)