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From refine + -ment.
- IPA(key): /ɹəˈfaɪnmənt/, /ɹɪˈfaɪnmənt/
- Hyphenation: re‧fine‧ment
- Rhymes: -aɪnmənt
refinement (countable and uncountable, plural refinements)
- The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- High-class style; cultivation.
- A fine or subtle distinction.
- A luxury.
1974 February 2, Nancy Walker, “Call of the Wild”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 11:There was no bathroom in the cabin. Such refinements don't exist in the woods, apparently.
act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- Bulgarian: пречистване (bg) n (prečistvane), рафиниране (bg) n (rafinirane)
- Czech: rafinace f
- Dutch: zuivering (nl)
- Finnish: jalostus (fi), puhdistus (fi), jalostaminen (fi), puhdistaminen (fi)
- Galician: refino m
- German: Verbesserung (de) f, Veredelung (de) f
- Japanese: みやび (ja) (miyabi)
- Macedonian: прочистување n (pročistuvanje), рафинирање n (rafiniranje)
- Portuguese: refino (pt) m
- Romanian: rafinare (ro) f, rafinaj (ro) n
- Spanish: refinación f
- Swedish: förfining (sv) c
- Turkish: arıtma (tr), arıtım (tr), düzeltme (tr), tasfiye (tr), temizleme (tr)
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high-class style; cultivation
- Bulgarian: финес (bg) (fines)
- Danish: raffinement (da) n
- Finnish: hienostuneisuus (fi), hienokäytöksisyys, sivistyneisyys (fi)
- French: raffinement (fr)
- German: Veredeln n, Veredelung (de) f
- Hungarian: kifinomultság (hu)
- Japanese: みやび (ja) (miyabi)
- Latin: urbānitās f
- Macedonian: префинетост f (prefinetost)
- Manchu: ᡧᡠ (šu)
- Ottoman Turkish: طبیعت (tabiʼat)
- Polish: elegancja (pl) f
- Portuguese: refino (pt) m, refinamento (pt) m, fineza (pt) f, finura (pt) f, requinte (pt) m, finesse f
- Romanian: rafinament (ro) n, finețe (ro) f, delicatețe (ro) f
- Spanish: refinamiento (es) m
- Swedish: förfining (sv) c, raffinemang (sv) n
- Turkish: arıtma (tr), arıtım (tr)
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fine or subtle distinction
