eructation

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ērūctātiōnem, accusative of ērūctātiō (“a belching forth, burp”), from ērūctāre (“to belch, burp”). Compare Middle English eructuacioun (“belching, burp”), borrowed from the same root. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪ.ɹʌkˈteɪ.ʃən/ === Noun === eructation (countable and uncountable, plural eructations) The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth. An erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected from the depths of the earth. ==== Related terms ==== eruct === References === Noah Webster (1828), “eructation”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.