inflatie

See also: inflație

Dutch

Etymology

The medical sense is borrowed from Latin īnflātiō. The other senses are a semantic loan from English inflation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnˈflaː.(t)si/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧fla‧tie

Noun

inflatie f (plural inflaties, diminutive inflatietje n)

  1. (obsolete, medicine) stomach bloat
  2. (economics) inflation, increase in the general price level
    Antonym: deflatie
  3. (cosmology) cosmic inflation, the expansion of the universe after the Big Bang

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: inflasi

Further reading