mummification

English

Etymology

From mummy +‎ -fication.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mummification (plural mummifications)

1. The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

Hypernyms

• embalming

Related terms

• mummify

Translations

the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it

• Arabic: تَحْنِيط m (taḥnīṭ)
• Bulgarian: мумуфициране n (mumuficirane)
• Catalan: momificació f
• Dutch: mummificatie (nl) f, mummificering f
• French: momification (fr) f
• Galician: momificación (gl) f
• Hungarian: mumifikálás (hu)
• Maori: whakapakokotanga
• Polish: mumifikacja (pl) f, mumifikowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: mumificação f
• Russian: мумификация (ru) f (mumifikacija)
• Spanish: momificación f
• Swedish: mumifiering c, mumifikation c