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Meaning of deglutination | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/diːˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən/

Definitions

  1. The act of ungluing.
    uncountable, usually
  2. The removal of gluten from a cereal product.
    uncountable, usually
  3. A process by which a formerly significant part of a combined term is clipped.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Čeština deglutinace
Français déglutination

Examples

“The original meaning of πρύτανις was 'chief magistrate' which metonymically could also be used of the ‘ruler, lord’ (e.g. Zeus). It is no doubt rightly connected with the Etruscan magistrate's name purθne, eprθni. Because of this, and because Aeolic has πρότανις, Phocian and Cretan βρυτ-, it cannot be a native word but must be a borrowing. Hittite hupurtanuri- is an official's title, known from Ugarit. Laroche has interpreted it and the words tuppalanuri-, tuppanuri- as containing the adjective uri- ‘great’, so that tuppalan-uri = ‘grand des scribes’, tuppan-uri = ‘grand des tablettes’; this would leave us with a basic *huburtan- which seems to have been taken over as οπορταν-/οπροταν- or οπυρταν-/οπρυταν-, and by deglutination of the ‘article’ gave πρότανις/πρύτανις.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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