atténuation

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin attenuātiōnem (“a diminishing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: atténuations Hyphenation: a‧tté‧nua‧tion === Noun === atténuation f (plural atténuations) attenuation Synonym: réduction Antonym: amplification === Further reading === “atténuation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012