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/

• Audio (US):

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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.]
2. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
4. (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.]
5. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
7. (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.]
8. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:injury

Derived terms

• abrasiometer
• abrasional
• abrasion platform
• airbrasion
• antiabrasion
• dermabrasion
• dermoabrasion
• microabrasion

 

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)
• Indonesian: abrasi (id), pengampelasan
• Italian: abrasione (it)
• Latin: abrāsiō f
• Macedonian: три́ење n (tríenje)
• Malay: pelelasan
• 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
• Indonesian: abrasi (id)
• Malay: lelasan

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)
• Indonesian: abrasi (id)
• Irish: scríobchaitheamh m
• Latvian: abrāzija f, viļņgrauze f
• Macedonian: абра́зија f (abrázija)
• Malay: lelasan
• 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)

• Indonesian: abrasi (id)
• Macedonian: гребна́тина f (grebnátina)
• Malay: lelasan
• Serbo-Croatian: ogrebòtina (sh) f

medicine: superficial wound

• Armenian: քերվածք (hy) (kʻervackʻ)
• 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),
• Hebrew: שְׂרִיטָה (he) f (s'ritá)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• 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

Anagrams

• Robainas, abronias, arabinos

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrasiōnem (“a scraping”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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