Furcation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the place where something divides into branches

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɜːkˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/fɜːkˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɜːkˈeɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /fɜːkˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

forking

Word Forms

furcate	verb	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
fork	verb	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Furkation

der Ort, an dem sich etwas in Zweige teilt

🇪🇸Spanish

furcacion

el lugar donde algo se divide en ramas

🇮🇹Italian

forcazione

il luogo dove qualcosa si divide in rami

🇳🇱Dutch

furcatie

de plaats waar iets zich in takken verdeelt

🇵🇹Portuguese

bifurcação

o lugar onde algo se divide em ramos

🇷🇺Russian

развилка

место, где что-то разделяется на ветви

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विशाखन

वह स्थान जहाँ कोई चीज़ शाखाओं में विभाजित होती है

🇧🇩Bengali

ছিদ্র

জায়গা যেখানে কিছু শাখায় বিভক্ত হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

பிளவு

ஏதோ கிளைகளாகப் பிரியும் இடம்

🇮🇳Telugu

చీలిక

ఏదో శాఖలుగా విభజించే ప్రదేశం

🇮🇳Marathi

विच्छेदन

अशी जागा जिथे काहीतरी शाखांमध्ये विभागले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફર્કેશન

તે સ્થાન જ્યાં કંઈક શાખાઓમાં વિભાજિત થાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಛಿದ್ರಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ಶಾಖೆಗಳಾಗಿ ವಿಭಜಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಳ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിരിയിക്കൽ

എന്തെങ്കിലും ശാഖകളായി വിഭജിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਰਕਸ਼ਨ

ਉਹ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਕੁਝ ਸ਼ਾਖਾਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੰਡਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

فرکشن

وہ جگہ جہاں کوئی چیز شاخوں میں تقسیم ہوتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

分叉

某事物分成分支的地方

🇯🇵Japanese

分岐部

何かが枝に分かれる場所

🇰🇷Korean

분기

무언가가 가지로 갈라지는 곳

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự phân chia

nơi mà một cái gì đó chia thành các nhánh

🇹🇭Thai

การขนลุก

สถานที่ที่บางสิ่งแตกออกเป็นกิ่งก้าน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pencabangan

tempat di mana sesuatu terbagi menjadi cabang-cabang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مفترق

المكان الذي ينقسم فيه الشيء إلى فروع

🇮🇷Persian

فورکاسیون

جایی که چیزی به شاخه ها تقسیم می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

furkasyon

bir şeyin dallara ayrıldığı yer

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִזלוּג

המקום שבו משהו מתחלק לענפים

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The primary meaning of 'furcation' is 'the place where something divides into branches'.

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