transfigurement

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /trænsˈfɪɡjərmənt/ UK /trænsˈfɪɡjəmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a transformation in form or appearance, especially an exalting one

The painting depicts the saint's radiant transfigurement.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a transformation in form or... transfiguration transformation metamorphosis transmutation

Word family

Related forms transfigure transfigurate transfiguration

Etymology

From transfigure + -ment; transfigure is from Latin trānsfigūrāre ('to change in shape'), from trāns ('across') + figūra ('shape, form').

trānsfigūrāre Latin figūra Latin

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# transfigurement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /trænsˈfɪɡjərmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /trænsˈfɪɡjəmənt/

## Meanings
1. a transformation in form or appearance, especially an exalting one

## Examples
- The painting depicts the saint's radiant transfigurement.

## Synonyms
- transfiguration
- transformation
- metamorphosis
- transmutation

## Related Forms
- transfigure
- transfigurate
- transfiguration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trānsfigūrāre
- Root: figūra

## Etymology
From transfigure + -ment; transfigure is from Latin trānsfigūrāre ('to change in shape'), from trāns ('across') + figūra ('shape, form').

## AI Etymology
Transfigurement comes from transfigure + -ment; transfigure is from Latin trānsfigūrāre ('to change in shape'), from trāns ('across') + figūra ('shape, form'). The historical chain includes Latin trānsfigūrāre and Latin figūra. The quoted older senses, "to change in shape", "across", and "shape, form", supply the semantic anchors for transfigurement. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word transfigurement carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a transformation in form or appearance, especially an exalting one". Related English forms include transfigure, transfigurate, and transfiguration. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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