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From Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, adfectus (“a state of mind or body produced by some (external) influence, especially sympathy or love”), from afficere (“to act upon, influence”).

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, af- + Latin -fect.

From Middle English affecten, from Anglo-Norman affecter (“strive after”), Middle French affecter (“feign”), and their source, Latin affectāre (“to strive after, aim to do, pursue, imitate with dissimulation, feign”), frequentative of afficere (“to act upon, influence”) (see Etymology 1, above).

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: афе́кт (afékt) — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Catalan: afecte — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Dutch: affect — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Esperanto: afekcio — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Finnish: affekti — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• German: Affekt — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Greek: αίσθηση (aísthisi) — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Hungarian: affektus — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Hungarian: érzelmi változás/jelenség — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Hungarian: felindultság — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Indonesian: afek — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Indonesian: emosi — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Indonesian: perasaan — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Norwegian: affekt — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Polish: afekt — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Portuguese: afeto — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Russian: аффе́кт (affékt) — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Serbo-Croatian: aфект — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Serbo-Croatian: afekt — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Slovene: afekt — psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus
• Arabic: أَثَّرَ (ʔaṯṯara) — to influence or alter
• Asturian: afeutar — to influence or alter
• Belarusian: уплываць (uplyvacʹ) — to influence or alter
• Bulgarian: действам (dejstvam) — to influence or alter
• Bulgarian: въздействам (vǎzdejstvam) — to influence or alter
• Catalan: afectar — to influence or alter
• Chinese Cantonese: 影響 /影响 (jing2 hoeng2) — to influence or alter
• Chinese Mandarin: 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) — to influence or alter
• Cornish: nasya — to influence or alter
• Czech: ovlivnit — to influence or alter
• Danish: påvirke — to influence or alter
• Dutch: beïnvloeden — to influence or alter
• Esperanto: efektivigi — to influence or alter
• Faroese: ávirka — to influence or alter
• Finnish: vaikuttaa — to influence or alter
• French: affecter — to influence or alter
• French: toucher — to influence or alter
• Galician: afectar — to influence or alter
• German: beeinflussen — to influence or alter
• Greek: επηρεάζω (epireázo) — to influence or alter
• Greek: επιδρώ (epidró) — to influence or alter
• Hungarian: hat — to influence or alter
• Hungarian: kihat — to influence or alter
• Hungarian: érint — to influence or alter
• Hungarian: befolyásol — to influence or alter
• Hungarian: hatással van — to influence or alter
• Irish: téigh i bhfeidhm ar — to influence or alter
• Irish: cuir isteach ar — to influence or alter
• Italian: influenzare — to influence or alter
• Italian: condizionare — to influence or alter
• Italian: alterare — to influence or alter
• Malayalam: ബാധിക്കുക (bādhikkuka) — to influence or alter
• Māori: kawekawe — to influence or alter
• Norwegian: influere — to influence or alter
• Norwegian: gå utover — to influence or alter
• Norwegian Bokmål: påvirke — to influence or alter
• Portuguese: afetar — to influence or alter
• Russian: влия́ть (vlijátʹ) — to influence or alter
• Russian: возде́йствовать (vozdéjstvovatʹ) — to influence or alter
• Russian: меня́ть (menjátʹ) — to influence or alter
• Scots: affek — to influence or alter
• Serbo-Croatian: utjecati — to influence or alter
• Spanish: afectar — to influence or alter
• Spanish: incidir — to influence or alter
• Swedish: påverka — to influence or alter
• Swedish: influera — to influence or alter
• Tocharian B: yām- — to influence or alter
• Ukrainian: впливати (vplyvaty) — to influence or alter
• Ukrainian: вплинути (vplynuty) — to influence or alter
• Welsh: effeithio ar — to influence or alter
• Bulgarian: засягам (zasjagam) — to move to emotion
• Bulgarian: вълнувам (vǎlnuvam) — to move to emotion
• Danish: berøre — to move to emotion
• Danish: røre — to move to emotion
• Dutch: ontroeren — to move to emotion
• Dutch: emotioneren — to move to emotion
• Esperanto: kortuŝi — to move to emotion
• Finnish: liikuttaa — to move to emotion
• French: affecter — to move to emotion
• French: émouvoir — to move to emotion
• German: rühren — to move to emotion
• German: bewegen — to move to emotion
• Greek: συγκινώ (sygkinó) — to move to emotion
• Hungarian: megindít — to move to emotion
• Hungarian: megérint — to move to emotion
• Hungarian: elszomorít — to move to emotion
• Hungarian: hatással van — to move to emotion
• Italian: commuovere — to move to emotion
• Japanese: 感動させる (kandō saseru) — to move to emotion
• Norwegian: affektere — to move to emotion
• Polish: afektować — to move to emotion
• Portuguese: comover — to move to emotion
• Russian: волнова́ть (volnovátʹ) — to move to emotion
• Russian: тро́гать (trógatʹ) — to move to emotion
• Scots: affek — to move to emotion
• Spanish: afectar — to move to emotion
• Spanish: conmover — to move to emotion
• Swedish: beröra — to move to emotion
• Swedish: röra — to move to emotion
• Bulgarian: поразявам (porazjavam) — to infect or harm
• Czech: postihnout — to infect or harm
• Danish: påvirke — to infect or harm
• Danish: skade — to infect or harm
• Dutch: aantasten — to infect or harm
• Finnish: vahingoittaa — to infect or harm
• French: affecter — to infect or harm
• Greek: προσβάλλω (prosvállo) — to infect or harm
• Greek: βλάπτω (vlápto) — to infect or harm
• Hungarian: károsít — to infect or harm
• Hungarian: árt — to infect or harm
• Italian: colpire — to infect or harm
• Malayalam: ബാധിക്കുക (bādhikkuka) — to infect or harm
• Norwegian: affektere — to infect or harm
• Polish: zaafektować — to infect or harm
• Portuguese: afetar — to infect or harm
• Russian: поража́ть (poražátʹ) — to infect or harm
• Spanish: afectar — to infect or harm
• Swedish: påverka — to infect or harm
• Swedish: skada — to infect or harm
• Swedish: drabba — to infect or harm
• Finnish: pitää — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• German: mögen — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• German: leiden können — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• German: gernhaben — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• Polish: afektować — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• Russian: люби́ть (ljubítʹ) — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• Russian: предпочита́ть (predpočitátʹ) — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• Russian: нра́виться (nrávitʹsja) — to feel affection for; to like, be fond of
• Bulgarian: преструвам се (prestruvam se) — to make a false display of
• Bulgarian: имитирам (imitiram) — to make a false display of
• Dutch: veinzen — to make a false display of
• Esperanto: afekti — to make a false display of
• Finnish: esittää — to make a false display of
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to make a false display of
• French: feindre — to make a false display of
• German: vortäuschen — to make a false display of
• German: fingieren — to make a false display of
• German: vorgaukeln — to make a false display of
• Greek: προσποιούμαι (prospoioúmai) — to make a false display of
• Greek: κάνω (káno) — to make a false display of
• Italian: fingere — to make a false display of
• Portuguese: fingir — to make a false display of
• Russian: притворя́ться (pritvorjátʹsja) — to make a false display of
• Russian: де́лать вид (délatʹ vid) — to make a false display of
• Russian: прики́дываться (prikídyvatʹsja) — to make a false display of
• Spanish: fingir — to make a false display of
• Swedish: åstadkomma — to make a false display of
• Swedish: fingera — to make a false display of