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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Late Latin ablūtiō (“washing, cleansing, ablution”), from abluō (“I wash off, cleanse”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from lavō (“I wash, bathe; wet, moisten”), from Proto-Italic *lawāō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).
Cognate with English ablution, French ablution, Italian abluzione, Portuguese ablução and Spanish ablución.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ablʉˈʃuːn/
- Rhymes: -uːn
- Hyphenation: ab‧lu‧sjon
Noun
ablusjon m (definite singular ablusjonen, indefinite plural ablusjoner, definite plural ablusjonene)
- (Roman Catholicism) ablution (the rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion)
1902, Samtiden:han var efter sin ablution straks færdig- he was immediately finished after his ablution
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