complication
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
complication (countable and uncountable, plural complications)
- The act or process of complicating
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper
- (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Translations
act of complicating
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the state of creating difficulties, objects or events causing difficulties
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a disease
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References
- complication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin complicatio, complicationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -sjɔ̃
- Homophone: complications
- Hyphenation: com‧pli‧ca‧tion
Antonyms
Further reading
- “complication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
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