inflatie

See also: inflație

Dutch

Etymology

The medical sense is borrowed from Latin īnflātiō. The other senses are a semantic loan from English inflation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnˈflaː.(t)si/

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• Hyphenation: in‧fla‧tie

Noun

inflatie f (plural inflaties, diminutive inflatietje n)

1. (obsolete, medicine) stomach bloat
2. (economics) inflation, increase in the general price level

   Antonym: deflatie

3. (cosmology) cosmic inflation, the expansion of the universe after the Big Bang

Derived terms

• bestedingsinflatie
• desinflatie
• graaiflatie
• hyperinflatie
• inflatiecorrectie
• inflatiespiraal
• inflationair
• inflatoir
• kerninflatie
• krimpflatie
• stagflatie

Related terms

• deflatie
• infleren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: inflasi

Further reading

• inflatie on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl