expectoration

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

expectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)

1. (physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
2. (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Translations

the act

• Bashkir: ҡаҡырыу (qaqırıw)
• Bulgarian: откашляне n (otkašljane)
• Finnish: yskösten irtoaminen
• French: expectoration (fr) f
• Galician: expectoración (gl) f
• German: Expektoration (de) f
• Icelandic: hræking f
• Japanese: 喀痰 (ja) (かくたん, kakutan), 去痰 (きょたん, kyotan)
• Maori: wharonga
• Portuguese: expectoração f
• Romanian: expectorație (ro) f, expectorare (ro) f
• Russian: отха́ркивание (ru) n (otxárkivanije), отка́шливание (ru) n (otkášlivanije)
• Spanish: expectoración (es) f

that which is expectorated

• Bashkir: ҡаҡырыҡ (qaqırıq)
• Bulgarian: храчка f (hračka)
• Finnish: yskös (fi)
• French: expectoration (fr) f
• Galician: expectoración (gl) f
• German: Expektoration (de) f, Auswurf (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: χρέμμα n (khrémma)

• Icelandic: uppgangur m, hráki m
• Japanese: 喀痰 (ja) (かくたん, kakutan)
• Maori: wharo
• Romanian: expectorație (ro) f
• Russian: мокрота́ (ru) f (mokrotá)
• Spanish: expectoración (es) f
• Telugu: కఫము (te) (kaphamu)

See also

• mucolysis

French

Etymology

From expectorer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

expectoration f (plural expectorations)

1. expectoration

Further reading

• “expectoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.