Dictionary

transfiguration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
2. (countable, uncountable) A change that exalts or glorifies.
3. (countable, uncountable) superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.

Forms

Deriveds

retransfiguration

Synonyms

transformation · transformation · development · transmogrification · development · transmutation · transfiguration · transfiguration · sea change · conversion · transfigurement · metamorphosis

Translations (24)

tl balatkayo (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · ru преображе́ние (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · pl transfiguracja (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · pt transfiguração (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · tl malikmata (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · id transfigurasi (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · el μεταμόρφωση (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · hu átalakítás (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · id perubahan bentuk (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · hu átalakulás (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · pl przeobrażenie (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · hu átváltozás (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · ru преображе́ние (a change that exalts or glorifies) · bg преобразование (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · ru преобразова́ние (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · pl przekształcenie (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · bg преображе́ние (a change that exalts or glorifies) · tl malikmata (a change that exalts or glorifies) · hu színeváltozás (a change that exalts or glorifies) · ru видоизменение (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · de Umgestaltung (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · bg метаморфоза (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · pl przemienienie (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis) · sv förvandling (a major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis)