affectation

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AE2 F EH0 K T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Proto-Italic *adfakjō Proto-Italic *adfaktāō Latin affectō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin affectātiōder. Middle French affectationbor. ▲ Latin affectātiōbor. English affectation From Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”). By surface analysis, affect + -ation.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: преструване (prestruvane) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Chinese Mandarin: 假裝 /假装 (jiǎzhuāng) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Danish: krukkeri — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Danish: affektation — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Esperanto: afektaĵo — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Finnish: teeskentely — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• French: affectation — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• German: Geschraubtheit — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Icelandic: tildur — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Icelandic: tilgerð — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Japanese: 気取り (kidori) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Japanese: 虚飾 (kyoshoku) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Korean: 허식 (heosik) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Korean: 가장 (gajang) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Korean: 꾸밈 (kkumim) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Polish: afektacja — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Portuguese: afetação — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Russian: неесте́ственность (nejestéstvennostʹ) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Russian: притво́рство (pritvórstvo) — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Spanish: afectación — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Swedish: tillgjordhet — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Swedish: choser — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Swedish: sjåser — an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
• Bulgarian: превземане (prevzemane) — an unusual mannerism
• Chinese Mandarin: 做作 (zuòzuò) — an unusual mannerism
• Finnish: maneeri — an unusual mannerism
• French: affectation — an unusual mannerism
• Greek: νάζι (názi) — an unusual mannerism
• Portuguese: afetação — an unusual mannerism
• Russian: мане́рность (manérnostʹ) — an unusual mannerism
• Russian: неесте́ственность (nejestéstvennostʹ) — an unusual mannerism