Meanings
nounexpectoration (usually uncountable, plural expectorations)
plural expectorations
- uncountableusuallymedicineThe action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek χρέμμα
- χρέμμα (khrémma)that which is expectorated
Bulgarian храчка, откашляне
- храчка (hračka)that which is expectorated
- откашляне (otkašljane)the act
Catalan expectoració
- expectoracióthe act
Finnish yskös, yskösten irtoaminen
- yskösthat which is expectorated
- yskösten irtoaminenthe act
French expectoration, expectoration
- expectorationthat which is expectorated
- expectorationthe act
German Expektoration, Auswurf
- Expektorationthat which is expectorated
- Auswurfthat which is expectorated
- Expektorationthe act
Icelandic uppgangur, hráki
- uppgangurthat which is expectorated
- hrákithat which is expectorated
- hrækingthe act
Italian espettorazione
- espettorazionethe act
Japanese 喀痰, 喀痰
- 喀痰 (kakutan)that which is expectorated
- 喀痰 (kakutan)the act
- 去痰 (kyotan)the act
Māori wharo, wharonga
- wharothat which is expectorated
- wharongathe act
Polish plwocina, odkrztuszanie
- plwocinathat which is expectorated
- odkrztuszaniethe act
Portuguese expectoração
- expectoraçãothe act
Romanian expectorație, expectorație
- expectorațiethat which is expectorated
- expectorațiethe act
- expectorarethe act
Russian мокрота́, отха́ркивание
- мокрота́ (mokrotá)that which is expectorated
- отха́ркивание (otxárkivanije)the act
- отка́шливание (otkášlivanije)the act
Spanish expectoración, expectoración
- expectoraciónthat which is expectorated
- expectoraciónthe act
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with expectoration
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
expectoration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expectoration
MLA
“expectoration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expectoration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expectoration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expectoration.
Source: expectoration on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.