epilation

epilation

See also: épilation and Epilation

English

Etymology

From French épilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛpɪˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

epilation (countable and uncountable, plural epilations)

1. The loss of hair.
2. The removal of hair from human or animal skin; depilation.
   • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎:

     These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women).

Synonyms

• depilation

Related terms

• epilator

Translations

loss of hair

Chinese: Mandarin: 脱毛 (zh) (tuōmáo), 脫髮／脱发 (zh) (tuōfà) Finnish: karvanlähtö (fi) French: Old French: depilacion f German: Haarausfall (de) m Japanese: 脱毛 (ja) (だつもう, datsumō) Russian: выпаде́ние воло́с n (vypadénije volós), облысе́ние (ru) n (oblysénije)

removal of hair

Bulgarian: обезкосмяване n (obezkosmjavane) Catalan: depilació f Chinese: Mandarin: 脱毛法 (tuōmáofǎ) Danish: depilation c Finnish: karvanpoisto (fi) French: épilation (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Epilation (de) f Greek: αποτρίχωση (el) f (apotríchosi) Hindi: केशलूंचन (keślūñcan) Icelandic: háreyðing f Japanese: 脱毛 (ja) (だつもう, datsumō) Russian: эпиля́ция (ru) f (epiljácija), удале́ние воло́с n (udalénije volós) Turkish: epilasyon (tr)

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