abrasion

abrasion

See also: Abrasion, abrasión, and abrașiôn

English

Etymology

First attested in 1656.. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Noun

abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.][1]
2. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]
3. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.][1]
4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.][1]
5. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.][1]
6. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

• abrasion platform

Related terms

• abrade

Translations

act of abrading

Bulgarian: изтъркване (bg) n (iztǎrkvane), изтриване (bg) n (iztrivane) Catalan: abrasió f Dutch: afschuring m Finnish: hionta (fi) French: abrasion (fr) f Georgian: გაცვეთა (gacveta), გახეხვა (gaxexva), ცვეთა (cveta) German: Abrasion (de) f, Abschürfen n, Abtragen n, Abnutzung (de) Greek: απόξεση (el) f (apóxesi), εκτριβή f (ektriví) Hindi: रगड़न (ragṛan) Italian: abrasione (it) Latin: abrāsiō f Macedonian: три́ење n (tríenje) Portuguese: abrasamento (pt) m, raspagem (pt) f, abrasão (pt) Romagnol: abrașiôn f Romanian: abraziune (ro) f Russian: тре́ние (ru) n (trénije), истира́ние (ru) n (istiránije) Slovak: odieranie, obrusovanie Spanish: abrasión (es) f

substance rubbed off

Dutch: abrasie (nl) m, brandingserosie m Finnish: hiomapöly, hiomajäte

geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock

Bulgarian: абра́зия (bg) f (abrázija) Finnish: kuluma (fi) French: abrasion (fr) f German: Abrasion (de) f, Abrieb (de) n, Abtrag m Greek: αποξύρηση f (apoxýrisi) Hungarian: erózió (hu), abrázió (hu) Latvian: abrāzija f, viļņgrauze f Macedonian: абра́зија f (abrázija) Polish: abrazja (pl) m Portuguese: abrasão (pt) f Romanian: abraziune (ro) f Russian: абра́зия (ru) f (abrázija) Serbo-Croatian: abrázija f Slovak: abrázia Spanish: erosión (es) f, abrasión (es) f Vietnamese: sự bào mòn

abraded, scraped, or worn area

Finnish: kuluma (fi) Greek: Ancient: τρῖμμα n (trîmma) Macedonian: гребна́тина f (grebnátina) Serbo-Croatian: ogrebòtina (sh) f

medicine: superficial wound

Armenian: քերվածք (hy) (kʿervackʿ) Bulgarian: ожулване n (ožulvane) Catalan: abrasió f Czech: odřenina (cs) f Dutch: schaafwond (nl) c Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hiertymä French: abrasion (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Abrasion (de) f, Abschürfung (de) f Greek: εκδορά (el) f (ekdorá), γρατζουνιά (el) f (gratzouniá), Japanese: please add this translation if you can Khmer: ការដាច់រយះ (kaa dac rɔyeah) Lithuanian: nubrozdinimas m Macedonian: жу́лење n (žúlenje) Maori: riwha Mongolian: шалбархай (šalbarxaj), зулгархай (mn) (zulgarxaj) Polish: przetarcie n Portuguese: abrasão (pt) f Romanian: abraziune (ro) f Russian: сса́дина (ru) f (ssádina) Slovak: odrenina Spanish: abrasión (es) f, rasguño (es) m, raspadura f Swedish: skrubbsår (sv) n Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: chỗ bị trầy

dentistry: wearing away of the surface of the tooth

Finnish: kuluminen (fi) Slovak: abrázia

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Interlingua: (please verify) abrasion Italian: (please verify) abrasione (it) f Vietnamese: (please verify) sự làm trầy, (please verify) sự cọ xơ ra, (please verify) chỗ bị trầy da, (please verify) sự mài mòn

See also

• contusion
• laceration

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrasion”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

Anagrams

• Robainas, abronias, arabinos

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abrasiō (“a scraping”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

abrasion f (plural abrasions)

1. abrasion

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• abornais