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vaccination

/væksəˈneɪʃən/vak-suh-NAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/væksəˈneɪʃən/vak-suh-NAY-shuhn

Meaningthe act of vaccinating

Common meaning: treatment with a vaccine

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wak-‘cry out’source
  2. Latinvacca, -ae‘a cow’
  3. Englishvaccinate‘to give a vaccine to’
  4. Englishformed in English from vaccinatevaccination‘treatment with a vaccine’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from vaccinate + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VACCINATE, p.678 · scan

Roots

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