eructation

Other forms of eructation

plural

eructations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eructation

What does eructation mean?

eructation means "(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eructation?

eructation has 5 syllables: e-ruc-ta-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for eructation?

Close synonyms include eruption, extravasation, belch, belching, burp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eructation a common word?

eructation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.