Meanings
inflation1
nouninflation (countable and uncountable, plural inflations)
plural inflations
- countableuncountableeconomicsAn increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
- countableuncountableUndue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
- countableuncountableastronomyAn extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
Inflation2
proper noun
- astronomyThe inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the speed of light. One of the ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when most formulations of Big Bang theory start their timelines.
Synonyms: Age of Inflation, Epoch of Inflation, Era of Inflation, Inflationary Age, Inflationary Epoch, Inflationary Era
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the speed of light. One of the ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when most formulations of Big Bang theory start their timelines.
Similar
Age of InflationEpoch of InflationEra of InflationInflationary AgeInflationary EpochInflationary Era
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nouna general and progressive increase in prices
Similar
rising prices
Opposite
Broader
economic process
nounlack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
inflation · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
- Proto-Italic*flāō
- Latinflō
- Latinīnflō
- Latinīnflātiō
- Old Frenchinflation
- Englishinflation
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans inflasie
- inflasieincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Arabic تَضَخُّم, زِيَادَة
- تَضَخُّم (taḍaḵḵum)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- زِيَادَة (ziyāda)undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades
- تَضَخُّم (taḍaḵḵum)expansion or increase in size
Bengali মুদ্রাস্ফীতি
- মুদ্রাস্ফীতি (mudraśphiti)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Bulgarian инфла́ция, разшире́ние
- инфла́ция (inflácija)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- разшире́ние (razširénie)inflation of the universe
- наду́ване (nadúvane)expansion or increase in size
Catalan inflació, inflament
- inflacióincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- inflamentexpansion or increase in size
Chinese Cantonese 通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀
- 通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀 (tung¹ fo³ paang⁴ zoeng³)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Chinese Mandarin 通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀, 通脹 /通胀
- 通貨膨脹 /通货膨胀 (tōnghuòpéngzhàng)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- 通脹 /通胀 (tōngzhàng)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Czech inflace
- inflaceincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Danish inflation
- inflationincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Dutch inflatie, uitdijing
- inflatieincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- uitdijinginflation of the universe
- opblazenexpansion or increase in size
Esperanto inflacio, inflacio
- inflacioincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- inflacioexpansion or increase in size
Estonian inflatsioon
- inflatsioonincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Finnish inflaatio, yliarviointi
- inflaatioincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- yliarviointiundue expansion or increase, as of academic grades
- inflaatioinflation of the universe
- laajenemineninflation of the universe
- laajentuminenexpansion or increase in size
French inflation, inflation
- inflationincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- inflationexpansion or increase in size
German Inflation, Geldentwertung
- Inflationincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- Geldentwertungincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- Schwemmeundue expansion or increase, as of academic grades
- Inflationinflation of the universe
- Aufblasenexpansion or increase in size
- Aufblähungexpansion or increase in size
- Inflationexpansion or increase in size
Greek πληθωρισμός, φούσκωμα
- πληθωρισμός (plithorismós)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- φούσκωμα (foúskoma)expansion or increase in size
Hebrew אִינְפְלַצְיָה
- אִינְפְלַצְיָה (inflátsya)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Hindi मुद्रास्फीति
- मुद्रास्फीति (mudrāsphīti)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Hungarian infláció, tágulás
- inflációincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- tágulásinflation of the universe
- felfújásexpansion or increase in size
- felfúvódásexpansion or increase in size
Icelandic verðbólga
- verðbólgaincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Indonesian inflasi, pengembangan
- inflasiincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- pengembanganexpansion or increase in size
- pengembunganexpansion or increase in size
- inflasiexpansion or increase in size
Irish boilsciú, séideadh
- boilsciúincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- séideadhexpansion or increase in size
- teannadhexpansion or increase in size
Italian inflazione
- inflazioneincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Japanese インフレ, インフレーション
- インフレ (infure)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- インフレーション (infurēshon)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- 膨張 (bōchō)expansion or increase in size
- 膨らみ (fukurami)expansion or increase in size
Korean 인플레이션, 인플레
- 인플레이션 (inpeulleisyeon)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- 인플레 (inpeulle)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- 통화 팽창 (tonghwa paengchang)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- 팽창 (paengchang)inflation of the universe
- 팽창 (paengchang)expansion or increase in size
Latvian inflācija
- inflācijaincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Lithuanian infliacija
- infliacijaincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Malay inflasi
- inflasiincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Māori whakapikinga utu, pikiutu
- whakapikinga utuincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- pikiutuincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- pikiututangaincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- whakamakohatangaexpansion or increase in size
Norwegian inflasjon
- inflasjonexpansion or increase in size
Norwegian Bokmål inflasjon, oppblåsing
- inflasjonincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- oppblåsingexpansion or increase in size
Polish inflacja
- inflacjaincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Portuguese inflação, inflamento
- inflaçãoincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- inflamentoexpansion or increase in size
Romanian inflație, inflație
- inflațieincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- inflațieexpansion or increase in size
Russian инфля́ция, расшире́ние
- инфля́ция (infljácija)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- расшире́ние (rasširénije)inflation of the universe
- надува́ние (naduvánije)expansion or increase in size
- вздува́ние (vzduvánije)expansion or increase in size
- вспу́чивание (vspúčivanije)expansion or increase in size
- раздува́ние (razduvánije)expansion or increase in size
Slovak inflácia
- infláciaincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Spanish inflación, inflado
- inflaciónincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- infladoexpansion or increase in size
- hinchadoexpansion or increase in size
- hinchamientoexpansion or increase in size
Swahili mfumuko wa bei, mfumuko
- mfumuko wa beiincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- mfumukoexpansion or increase in size
Swedish inflation, uppblåsning
- inflationincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- uppblåsningexpansion or increase in size
Tagalog implasyon, bintog
- implasyonincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- bintogexpansion or increase in size
- pagbintogexpansion or increase in size
Tamil பணவீக்கம், அண்ட விரிவடைதல்
- பணவீக்கம் (paṇavīkkam)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- அண்ட விரிவடைதல் (aṇṭa virivaṭaital)inflation of the universe
- வீக்கம் (vīkkam)expansion or increase in size
- வளர்ச்சி (vaḷarcci)expansion or increase in size
Thai เงินเฟ้อ, ภาวะเงินเฟ้อ
- เงินเฟ้อ (ngən-fə́ə)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- ภาวะเงินเฟ้อ (paa-wá ngən-fə́ə)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Turkish enflasyon, şişme
- enflasyonincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- şişmeexpansion or increase in size
Ukrainian інфля́ція, надува́ння
- інфля́ція (infljácija)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- надува́ння (naduvánnja)expansion or increase in size
Urdu اِفْراطِ زَر
- اِفْراطِ زَر (ifrāt-i zar)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Vietnamese (sự) tăng giá, lạm phát
- (sự) tăng giáincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- lạm phátincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- (sự) thổi phồngexpansion or increase in size
Welsh chwyddiant
- chwyddiantincrease in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Yiddish אינפֿלאַציע
- אינפֿלאַציע (inflatsye)increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with inflation
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APA
inflation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflation
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“inflation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflation.
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