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suffusion

/səˈfjuːʒən/

suffusion noun: the act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.

Noun

suffusion (countable and uncountable, plural suffusions)

  1. (countable) The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.
  2. (countable) A coat, coating, film, or plating.
  3. (uncountable) The state of being wet.

suffusion meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

suffusion in Tamil

நைப்பாதல், பரப்புதல், பரவல்

suffusion in Bengali

বিচ্ছুরণ, প্লাবন

suffusion in Kannada

ಸುತ್ತಹರಡಿಕೆ, ತೇವಿಸಿಕೆ, ನೆನೆಸಿಕೆ, ಎರೆತ

Synonyms of suffusion

Forms of suffusion

pluralsuffusions

Origin of suffusion

From suffuse + -ion.

Words that rhyme with suffusion

20 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about suffusion

What does suffusion mean?
Suffusion means the act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.
What is suffusion in Tamil?
Suffusion in Tamil is நைப்பாதல், பரப்புதல், பரவல். See Suffusion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is suffusion?
Suffusion is a noun.
How do you pronounce suffusion?
Suffusion is pronounced /səˈfjuːʒən/.
What is the plural of suffusion?
The plural of suffusion is suffusions.

Words near suffusion in the dictionary

  1. suffused
  2. suffusedly
  3. suffusely
  4. suffuses
  5. suffusing
  6. suffusion
  7. suffusions
  8. suffusive
  9. sufganiya
  10. sufganiyah
  11. sufganiyot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suffusion (page history and authors); suffusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suffusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suffusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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