addiction

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• /əˈdɪkˌʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 D IH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”).

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِدْمَان (ʔidmān) — the state of being addicted
• Assamese: নিচা (nisa) — the state of being addicted
• Asturian: adicción — the state of being addicted
• Azerbaijani: aludəçilik — the state of being addicted
• Belarusian: зале́жнасць (zaljéžnascʹ) — the state of being addicted
• Belarusian: адды́кцыя (addýkcyja) — the state of being addicted
• Bulgarian: зави́симост (zavísimost) — the state of being addicted
• Bulgarian: пристрасте́ност (pristrasténost) — the state of being addicted
• Catalan: addicció — the state of being addicted
• Chinese Mandarin: 成癮 /成瘾 (chéngyǐn) — the state of being addicted
• Czech: závislost — the state of being addicted
• Czech: návyk — the state of being addicted
• Danish: afhængighed — the state of being addicted
• Dutch: verslaving — the state of being addicted
• Dutch: verslaafdheid — the state of being addicted
• Esperanto: toksomanio — the state of being addicted
• Estonian: sõltuvus — the state of being addicted
• Finnish: riippuvuus — the state of being addicted
• Finnish: addiktio — the state of being addicted
• French: dépendance — the state of being addicted
• French: addiction — the state of being addicted
• Galician: adicción — the state of being addicted
• German: Abhängigkeit — the state of being addicted
• German: Sucht — the state of being addicted
• Greek: εξάρτηση (exártisi) — the state of being addicted
• Greek: εθισμός (ethismós) — the state of being addicted
• Hebrew: הִתְמַכְּרוּת (hitmak'rút) — the state of being addicted
• Hindi: व्यसन (vyasan) — the state of being addicted
• Hungarian: függőség — the state of being addicted
• Icelandic: fíkn — the state of being addicted
• Indonesian: adiksi — the state of being addicted
• Indonesian: kecanduan — the state of being addicted
• Indonesian: ketagihan — the state of being addicted
• Indonesian: ketergantungan — the state of being addicted
• Interlingua: dependentia — the state of being addicted
• Irish: andúil — the state of being addicted
• Italian: dipendenza — the state of being addicted
• Italian: assuefazione — the state of being addicted
• Japanese: 嗜癖 (shiheki) — the state of being addicted
• Korean: 중독 (jungdok) — the state of being addicted
• Korean: 탐닉 (tamnik) — the state of being addicted
• Macedonian: зависност (zavisnost) — the state of being addicted
• Malay: ketagihan — the state of being addicted
• Malay: pengagihan — the state of being addicted
• Māori: waranga — the state of being addicted
• Māori: wara — the state of being addicted
• Norman: addiction — the state of being addicted
• Norwegian Bokmål: avhengighet — the state of being addicted
• Persian: اعتیاد (e'tiyâd) — the state of being addicted
• Polish: uzależnienie — the state of being addicted
• Portuguese: vício — the state of being addicted
• Portuguese: adicção — the state of being addicted
• Romanian: adicție — the state of being addicted
• Romanian: dependență — the state of being addicted
• Russian: зави́симость (zavísimostʹ) — the state of being addicted
• Russian: адди́кция (addíkcija) — the state of being addicted
• Russian: пристра́стие (pristrástije) — the state of being addicted
• Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd — the state of being addicted
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀висно̄ст — the state of being addicted
• Serbo-Croatian: за́висно̄ст — the state of being addicted
• Serbo-Croatian: òvisnōst — the state of being addicted
• Serbo-Croatian: závisnōst — the state of being addicted
• Sikkimese: སྐྱུར་ཉོམ (skyur nyom) — the state of being addicted
• Slovak: závislosť — the state of being addicted
• Slovene: zasvojenost — the state of being addicted
• Spanish: adicción — the state of being addicted
• Spanish: vicio — the state of being addicted
• Spanish: dependencia — the state of being addicted
• Swedish: beroende — the state of being addicted
• Tagalog: adiksiyon — the state of being addicted
• Turkish: bağımlılık — the state of being addicted
• Turkish: iptila — the state of being addicted
• Ukrainian: зале́жність (zaléžnistʹ) — the state of being addicted
• Welsh: caethiwed — the state of being addicted
• Yiddish: אַדיקציע (adiktsye) — the state of being addicted
• Zazaki: mubtela — the state of being addicted
• Zazaki: fen — the state of being addicted
• Arabic: إِدْمَان (ʔidmān) — a habit or practice
• Azerbaijani: asılılıq — a habit or practice
• Bulgarian: на́вик (návik) — a habit or practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 成癮 /成瘾 (chéngyǐn) — a habit or practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 癮 /瘾 (yǐn) — a habit or practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 癮頭 /瘾头 (yǐntóu) — a habit or practice
• Czech: návyk — a habit or practice
• Danish: mani — a habit or practice
• Esperanto: manio — a habit or practice
• Finnish: riippuvuus — a habit or practice
• Finnish: himo — a habit or practice
• Finnish: addiktio — a habit or practice
• French: dépendance — a habit or practice
• German: Abhängigkeit — a habit or practice
• Greek: εξάρτηση (exártisi) — a habit or practice
• Interlingua: dependentia — a habit or practice
• Italian: dipendenza — a habit or practice
• Japanese: 中毒 (chūdoku) — a habit or practice
• Korean: 중독 (jungdok) — a habit or practice
• Norwegian Bokmål: avhengighet — a habit or practice
• Polish: nałóg — a habit or practice
• Polish: uzależnienie — a habit or practice
• Portuguese: adicção — a habit or practice
• Russian: зави́симость (zavísimostʹ) — a habit or practice
• Russian: па́губная привы́чка (págubnaja privýčka) — a habit or practice
• Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd — a habit or practice
• Spanish: adicción — a habit or practice
• Tagalog: adiksiyon — a habit or practice
• Turkish: düşkünlük — a habit or practice
• Turkish: tutku — a habit or practice
• Czech: závislost — a pathological relationship
• Danish: sygt forhold — a pathological relationship
• Danish: destruktiv relation — a pathological relationship
• Finnish: riippuvuus — a pathological relationship
• Finnish: addiktio — a pathological relationship
• Greek: εξάρτηση (exártisi) — a pathological relationship
• Polish: współuzależnienie — a pathological relationship
• Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd — a pathological relationship