removal

English

Etymology

From remove +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmu.vəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmʉː.vəl/, /ɹəˈmʉː.vəl/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːvəl
• Hyphenation: re‧mov‧al

Noun

removal (countable and uncountable, plural removals)

1. The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
2. The relocation of a business etc.
3. The dismissal of someone from office.

   The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.

4. (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
5. (slang, euphemistic) Murder.

Synonyms

• (moving to another place): move, relocation

Derived terms

• antiremoval
• boyremoval
• card removal
• mountaintop removal
• removalist
• removal van

 

Translations

the process of moving, or the fact of being removed

• Armenian: հեռացում (hy) (heṙacʻum)
• Bulgarian: отстраняване (bg) n (otstranjavane)
• Czech: odstranění (cs) n
• Dutch: verwijdering (nl)
• Esperanto: forigo (eo)
• Finnish: poisto (fi), poistaminen (fi)
• French: enlèvement (fr) m, élimination (fr), prélèvement (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: μετάστασις f (metástasis)

• Hindi: बहिष्कार (hi) m (bahiṣkār)
• Hungarian: eltávolítás (hu), kiszedés (hu), leszedés (hu), elmozdítás (hu), eltörlés (hu), megszüntetés (hu)
• Indonesian: penghapusan (id)
• Italian: estirpazione, asportazione (it), eliminazione (it)
• Japanese: 排除 (ja), 除去 (ja)
• Latin: remotio f, ablatio (la) f, demptio f
• Middle English: translatynge, translacioun
• Polish: usunięcie (pl)
• Portuguese: remoção (pt) f, eliminação (pt)
• Russian: удаление (ru) n (udalenije)
• Spanish: remoción (es) f, eliminación (es) f, removimiento m
• Tocharian B: rutkalyñe

the relocation of a business etc

• Bulgarian: преместване (bg) n (premestvane)
• Finnish: muutto (fi), muuttaminen (fi)
• French: déménagement (fr) m
• Galician: mudanza (gl) f
• German: Umzug (de) m
• Hungarian: költözés (hu), költözködés (hu), költöztetés (hu)
• Spanish: mudanza (es) f

the dismissal of someone from office

• Armenian: հեռացում (hy) (heṙacʻum)
• Bulgarian: уволнение (bg) n (uvolnenie)
• Finnish: erottaminen (fi)
• French: destitution (fr) f
• German: Entlassung (de) f
• Hungarian: elbocsátás (hu)
• Japanese: 異動 (ja), 更迭 (ja), 左遷 (ja)
• Polish: zwolnienie (pl)
• Russian: увольнение (ru) n (uvolʹnenije)
• Spanish: remoción (es) f

a funeral ceremony

• Bulgarian: погребение (bg) n (pogrebenie)
• Japanese: 葬儀 (ja), 葬式 (ja), 告別式 (ja), 追悼式

Anagrams

• vomeral