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Meaning of "tentation" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TENTATION

From Latin tentātiō, variant of temptātiōtemptation.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TENTATION

tentation  [tɛnˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tentation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TENTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tentation

Tentation

Tentation® delblush is a new commercial apple variety, that was created in France in 1979 by Georges Delbard as the result of a crossing of Grifer × Golden Delicious. New Zealand is the sole southern hemisphere grower of Tentation, providing fruit domestically and to the northern hemisphere from June to September. In the late 1990s, a selected group of New Zealand fruit growers started planting Tentation trees. It is also grown in the United Kingdom.

Definition of tentation in the English dictionary

The definition of tentation in the dictionary is a method of achieving the correct adjustment of a mechanical device by a series of trials.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENTATION

tentacle
tentacle-like
tentacled
tentacular
tentaculate
tentaculiferous
tentaculite
tentaculoid
tentaculum
tentage
tentative
tentatively
tentativeness
tented
tented arch
tenter
tenterhook
tenterhooks
tentful
tenth

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of tentation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tentation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENTATION

Find out the translation of tentation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tentation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tentation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tentation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tentation
570 millions of speakers

English

tentation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

TENTATION
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

tentation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Tentation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tentation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tentation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tentation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tenteranya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tentation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tentation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tentation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tentrem
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tentation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tentation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंबू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tentation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tentation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tentation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Tentation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tentation
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

tentation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versoeking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tenta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tentation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tentation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENTATION»

The term «tentation» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.866 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENTATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tentation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tentation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tentation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENTATION»

Discover the use of tentation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tentation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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1000 Lights: 1878-1959
A recurring theme in Edgar Brandt's work, the snake appears in his andirons, um handles, vases, jardinieres and other forms, but nowhere does he use it more powerfully than in his serpent lights: Le Serpent Naja, La Tentation, and Cobra, ...
Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell, 2005
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Flaubert's Tentation: Remapping Nineteenth-Century French ...
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Flaubert's least well-known masterpiece, the final version of his Temptation of Saint Anthony (1874) which, thanks to Foucault, has the reputation of being an arcane and erudite 'fantastic ...
Mary Orr, 2008
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The Extreme Right in France: From Pétain to Le Pen
12 13 14 Algazy, La Tentation néo-fasciste en France, p. 172. Del Boca and Giovana, op. cit., p. 175. Hoffmann, 'Paradoxes of the French Political Community' , in Hoffmann et al., In Search of France, p. 83. 15 Algazy, La Tentation néo- fasciste ...
James Shields, 2007
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Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle
127 32. La Muette de Portici, costumes for the bolero and guarache. 128 33. Le Dieu et la Bayadere, bayadere costume. 139 34. Le Dieu et la Bayadere, chorus costume. 139 35. La Tentation, the hermit. 150 36. La Tentation, Miranda. 150 37.
Marian Elizabeth Smith, 2000
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'Les Tentations de Saint Antoine' and Flaubert's Fiction: A ...
Contents. Acknowledgements 7 Note on the Manuscripts 8 Introduction 1 1 1 . The Banquet Scene 1 9 La Tentation 1849 21 La Tentation 1856 27 La Tentation 1874 28 Intertextual Relationships 33 The Table 44 The Table and the Artist 49 2.
Mary Neiland, 2001
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'Strandentwining Cable': Joyce, Flaubert, and Intertextuality
has justly been compared with the Walpurgisnacht in Goethe's Faust, to Flaubert's La Tentation de saint Antoine and to Strindberg's Dream Play.49 Occasional mentions of Flaubert's text have remained an enduring feature of critical writing on ...
Scarlett Baron, 2012
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Novel Stages: Drama and the Novel in Nineteenth-century France
See my "Hallucination and Point of View in La Tentation de saint Antoine," Nineteenth-Century French Studies 17 (1988-89): 170-85. 18. Flaubert, La Tentation de saint Antoine, final ms., 1872. Bibliotheque nationale de France, Nafr. 23671 ...
Pratima Prasad, Susan McCready, 2007
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The Sermons of John Donne
Our way to scape these arrows, these tentations, is to goe out of the way, to abandon all occasions, and conversation, that may lead into tentation. In the other place, Christ stands to it, and disputes it out [John] 10.31 with them, and puts them ...
George Reuben Potter, 1962
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The Wooster Group and Its Traditions
beginning of La tentation, for example, Flaubert's saintly protagonist says the following lines, "and as I prayed with outstretched arms I felt as if a fountain of mercy were pouring into my heart from the height of heaven. It has now dried up. Why?
Johan Callens, 2004
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The Temptation of Paul Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler as a ...
On Literary Adaptations of the Temptation of Saint Antony Bern, Jeanne, Désir et savoir dans l'œuvre de Flaubert: Etude de La tentation de saint Antoine, Lille: Université de Lille III, 1979 Flaubert, Gustave, La tentation de saint Antoine, Paris : ...
Siglind Bruhn, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tentation is used in the context of the following news items.
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L'île de la tentation : que devient Brandon, l'ex de Diana ? [Photos]
Ce 30 juillet, dans Derrière le poste à 20h55 sur D8, Enora Malagré revient sur l'émission culte L'île de la tentation. L'occasion de prendre des nouvelles de ... «Télé Star, Jul 15»
2
Peugeot : la tentation de la production pour compter de tiers
(Boursier.com) — Comment faire croître le taux d'utilisation des usines européennes de PSA Peugeot-Citroën ? En ouvrant la production à d'autres ... «Boursier.com, Jul 15»
3
Tentation Streaming New Self-Titled EP
Recently signed to Inferno Records, French metal outfit Tentation today drops a new self-titled, two-track EP, which can be heard in full below or picked up in ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
4
«La tentation de Wendy»: «Baise-moi, connard» ou comment la new …
Le plan à trois sous poppers diffusé début mai vous avait choqué ? De la rigolade, pourtant, à côté de la « new romance » (ou new adult) autour de Wendy ... «20minutes.fr, Jul 15»
5
Découvrez les extraits du roman érotique inspiré de Plus belle la vie
AVANT-PREMIÈRE TVMAG - Dans La tentation de Wendy, les lecteurs vont découvrir l'aventure de Wendy Lesage, l'esthéticienne du Mistral, avec Camille ... «Le Figaro, Jun 15»
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Tentation Posts "Bruixes" Video
French outfit Tentation has a new EP set to drop at the end of the month through Inferno Records (with a vinyl edition also to be available via Impious ... «Metal Underground, Jun 15»
7
Supprimer des RTT, une tentation pour les employeurs
Pour certains employeurs, piocher dans cette manne est une tentation pour s'adapter à l'activité, mais comme à l'AP-HP, l'idée rencontre en général une forte ... «Le Point, May 15»
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Chez les juifs de France, la tentation de l'alya
Un nombre croissant de Français juifs a pris la même décision ces derniers mois, ou sont aujourd'hui tentés de le faire. Les meurtres de la porte de Vincennes ... «Le Monde, Jan 15»
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Syrie: à Alep, des chrétiens résistent à la tentation de fuir
Dans l'église orthodoxe Mar Elias d'Alep, la diacre bénit avec son encensoir la centaine de fidèles tandis que les chants du chœur étouffent le bruit des bombes ... «La Croix, Nov 14»
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Alain Juppé: la tentation de Denise
Celui qui, tout près d'arrêter la politique, écrivit La Tentation de Venise, était un homme fini. Alors il a pu commencer à exister. En politique, il n'est jamais trop ... «L'Express, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tentation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tentation>. Apr 2024 ».
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