relegation

See also: relégation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relēgātiō, relēgātiōnis.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

relegation (countable and uncountable, plural relegations)

The act of being relegated
1. (sports) Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
  Antonym: promotion
2. demotion in a hierarchy, for example in business
  Antonym: promotion
3. demotion of status etc.

Derived terms

relegation zone

Translations

act of being relegated

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: изпадане (bg) n (izpadane)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: degradatie (nl)
Finnish: alennus (fi)
French: relégation (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Abstieg (de) m, Absteigen (de) n
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: lefokozás (hu), leminősítés (hu), száműzetés (hu)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: degradacja (pl) f
Portuguese: despromoção f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

sports: moving from one division to a lower one

Catalan: descens m
French: relégation (fr) f
Galician: descenso (gl) m
German: Abstieg (de) f, Relegation (de) f
Hungarian: kiesés (hu)
Portuguese: despromoção f (Portugal), rebaixamento (pt) m (Brazil)
Spanish: descenso (es) m

See also

religation

Anagrams

regelation

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