French Conversation · Level 37
74 words
French word
incinération
Pronunciation
IPA/ɛ̃sineʁasjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounincineration
Example
L'incinération des déchets réduit leur volume.
The incineration of waste reduces its volume.
More examples
La commune envisage l'incinération pour gérer les ordures.
The municipality is considering incineration to manage the garbage.
Core concept
A high-temperature waste-treatment process ends with ash instead of the original bulky material.
Similar words
crémation: A funeral practice of burning a dead body at high temperature and reducing it to ash.
recyclage: Treating discarded materials so usable parts can become materials again.
enfouissement: Disposing of waste by burying it in a hole or landfill.
Definition in French
Procédé consistant à brûler des déchets à haute température pour en réduire le volume et obtenir des cendres dans un but de traitement.
Word origin
French built incinération from incinérer and the noun-forming suffix -ation; incinérer traces back to Latin incinerare, from the word for ash, cinis.
Usage tips
- The verb incinérer takes its object directly, as in incinérer des déchets, without a preposition before the waste.
Other meanings
- cremationnoun