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eructation

/ɪ.ɹʌkˈteɪ.ʃən/

eructation noun: the act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.

Noun

eructation (countable and uncountable, plural eructations)

  1. The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
    • His eyes were as restless as his limbs, and seemed ever to be seeking for something upon which they could definitely alight, and not finding it. He performed eructations with the disarming naturalness of a baby.1914, Arnold Bennett, The Price of Love
    • "Move along, you coxcomb," Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 10, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 211
  2. An erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected from the depths of the earth.

eructation meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

eructation in Tamil

ஏப்பம்

eructation in Urdu

ڈکار

eructation in Telugu

eructation, belching
ఉద్గారము udgāramu

Forms of eructation

pluraleructations

Origin of eructation

Learned borrowing from Latin ērūctātiōnem, accusative of ērūctātiō (“a belching forth, burp”), from ērūctāre (“to belch, burp”). Compare Middle English eructuacioun (“belching, burp”), borrowed from the same root.

Questions about eructation

What does eructation mean?
Eructation means the act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
What is eructation in Tamil?
Eructation in Tamil is ஏப்பம். See Eructation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eructation?
Eructation is a noun.
How do you pronounce eructation?
Eructation is pronounced /ɪ.ɹʌkˈteɪ.ʃən/.
What is the plural of eructation?
The plural of eructation is eructations.

Words near eructation in the dictionary

  1. eruct
  2. eructate
  3. eructated
  4. eructates
  5. eructating
  6. eructation
  7. eructations
  8. eructative
  9. eructed
  10. eructing
  11. eruction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eructation (page history and authors); eructation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eructation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉద్గారము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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