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recreation en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • rĕ-krē-āʹshən (Canada, General-American)
  • rĕ-krē-āʹshən (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
    • The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […] 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
    • Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels. 1972, Peter Chan, Water quality and recreational value analysis on Lake Dubay:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
recreations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

recreation facility · recreation centre · recreation center · recreation ground · recreational · recreation room · R&R · recreation hall · wreckreation

Relateds

recreate

Synonyms

leisure

Translations (59)

pt recreação (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sk rekreácia (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · nl ontspanning (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · grc ἄνεσις (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · nl recreatie (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · pl rekreacja (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · da rekreation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fi virkistys (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tl mulinsigla (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · gd cleasachd (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sl razvedrilo (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · cmn 遊藝 /游艺 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · la āvocāmentum (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · vi sự tiêu khiển (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · mi mahi rēhia (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · it ricreazione (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · pl wypoczynek (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sh рекреација (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · es recreación (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ru о́тдых (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fi vapaa-ajan toiminta (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · de Unterhaltung (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tr rekreasyon (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sh rekreacija (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ro recreație (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · io distrakto (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · bg развлечение (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · id rekreasi (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tr dinlence (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · bg забавление (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · uk відпочи́нок (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · he פנאי (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sq rekreacion (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ar اِسْتِجْمَام (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · be адпачы́нак (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fr récréation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ka განტვირთვა (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · nl recreaasje (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ro recreare (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · hu szabadidő (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ja 娯楽 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · de Erholung (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · el αναψυχή (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · cs rekreace (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · el ψυχαγωγία (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · no rekreasjon (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · he נופש (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · cmn 娛樂 /娱乐 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ru развлече́ние (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · lv atpūta (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fa تفریح (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sv rekreation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · mi mahi a te rēhia (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ka რეკრეაცია (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sv förströelse (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ka დასვენება (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ms rekreasi (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ko 오락 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tl rekreasyón (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates)

recreation en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • rē-krē-āʹshən (US)
  • /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/ (UK)
  • rē-krē-āʹshən (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English recreacion; equivalent to re- + creation.

Meanings

  1. The process of creating something again.
  2. The result of this process.
    • Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […] 2007, Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: A Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases ...:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
recreations Number=Plur lexicographic
re-creation alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

recreationist · recreationism

Relateds

recreate

Translations (9)

ja 再創造 (The process of recreating something) · el αναδημιουργία (The process of recreating something) · bg пресъздаване (The process of recreating something) · fr recréation (The process of recreating something) · cmn 再建 (The process of recreating something) · no gjenskaping (The process of recreating something) · cmn 重建 (The process of recreating something) · pt recriação (The process of recreating something) · cmn 再造 (The process of recreating something)