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English
Etymology
From Middle English transfiguracioun, from Old French transfiguracion, Anglo-Norman transfiguraciun, and Latin transfigūrātio.
Pronunciation
Noun
transfiguration (countable and uncountable, plural transfigurations)
- A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
- A change that exalts or glorifies.
- superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.
Translations
a change that exalts or glorifies
French
Pronunciation
Noun
transfiguration f (plural transfigurations)
- transfiguration
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