secretion

See also: sécrétion

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iːʃən

Etymology 1

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.

Noun

secretion (countable and uncountable, plural secretions)

(countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
(uncountable) The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.

Derived terms

Translations

secreted substance

Arabic: إِفْرَاز m (ʔifrāz), مُفْرَزَة f (mufraza)
Bulgarian: секреция (bg) f (sekrecija)
Catalan: secreció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分泌物 (zh) (fēnmìwù)
Czech: výměšek (cs) m, sekret m
Danish: sekret
Esperanto: sekreciaĵo
Finnish: erite (fi)
French: sécrétion (fr) f
Galician: secreción (gl) f
German: Absonderung (de) f, Sekret (de) n
Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi)
Ancient: ἔκκρισις f (ékkrisis), ἰκμάς (ikmás)
Hindi: स्राव (hi) m (srāv)
Hungarian: váladék (hu)
Indonesian: sekret
Italian: secrezione (it)
Japanese: 分泌物 (ja) (ぶんぴぶつ, bunpitsubutsu, ぶんぴつぶつ, bunpibutsu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: derdan (ku) f
Macedonian: лачевина f (lačevina), секрет m (sekret)
Malay: kumuh (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sekret n

Nynorsk: sekret n
Polish: wydzielina (pl) f
Portuguese: secreção (pt) f
Romanian: secreție (ro) f
Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), секре́ция (ru) f (sekrécija)
Spanish: secreción (es) f
Swedish: sekret (sv) n
Ukrainian: ви́ділення n (výdilennja)

act of secreting

Arabic: إِفْرَاز m (ʔifrāz)
Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) n (otdeljane)
Catalan: secreció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分泌 (zh) (fēnmì)
Czech: vylučování n, vyměšování n, sekrece (cs) f
Dutch: secretie (nl) f
Esperanto: sekrecio
Finnish: eritys (fi)
French: sécrétion (fr) f
Galician: secreción (gl) f
German: Sekretion (de) f
Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi)
Hindi: रिसना (hi) (risnā)
Hungarian: elválasztás (hu)
Indonesian: sekresi (id)
Italian: secrezione (it)
Japanese: 分泌 (ja) (ぶんぴつ, bunpitsu, ぶんぴ, bunpi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: derdan (ku)
Macedonian: лачење n (lačenje), излачување n (izlačuvanje), секреција f (sekrecija)
Malay: ڤريمبيسن (perémbésan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utskillelse m
Persian: ترشح (fa) (taraššoh)
Portuguese: secreção (pt) f
Romanian: secretare (ro) f, secreționare, secrețiere f
Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), секре́ция (ru) f (sekrécija)
Spanish: secreción (es) f
Swedish: sekretion (sv) c, utsöndring (sv) c, insöndring (sv) c (to the blood)
Ukrainian: ви́ділення n (výdilennja), секре́ція f (sekrécija)

Etymology 2

Noun

secretion (plural secretions)

The act of hiding something.
Synonyms: secreting, spiriting away

Translations

act of hiding

Bulgarian: укриване n (ukrivane)
Finnish: piilottaminen (fi), piilottelu
French: mettre au secret (fr)
Greek: απόκρυψη (el) f (apókrypsi), συγκάλυψη (el) f (sygkálypsi)

Anagrams

erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, resection, tricosene

Interlingua

Noun

secretion (plural secretiones)

secretion