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desertion

  • /dɪˈzɜːʃən/ UK
  • /dɪˈzɝʃən/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʃən

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Borrowed from Middle French désertion. By surface analysis, desert + -ion.

noun desertions

  1. countable, uncountable The act of deserting.

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noun deserting

Españoldeserción
한국어탈영 taryeong, 도망 domang, 유기 yugi
日本語逃亡 tōbō, 脱走 dassō, 遺棄 iki, 敵前逃亡 tekizen tōbō, 脱営 datsuei
中文遺棄 /遗弃 yíqì, 開小差 /开小差 kāi xiǎochāi, 逃亡 táowáng
हिन्दीपरित्याग parityāg, अपसरण apasraṇ
Portuguêsdeserção
Françaisdésertion
DeutschFahnenflucht, Desertion, Desertation
Italianodiserzione
Ελληνικάλιποταξία lipotaxía
Românădezertare
Русскийухо́д uxód, оставле́ние ostavlénije, дезерти́рство dezertírstvo
Tiếng Việtsự đào ngũ
العربيةفِرَار firār, هَجْر hajr, هَرَب harab, هِجْرَان hijrān
עבריתעֲרִיקָה 'ariqá

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@misc{desertion_2026,
  title = {desertion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/desertion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}