affection

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• /əˈfɛk.ʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 F EH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affectiōnem, from affectiō; equivalent to affect + -ion.

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: afecte — act of affecting
• Danish: påvirkning — act of affecting
• Finnish: vaikuttaminen — act of affecting
• Finnish: liikuttaminen — act of affecting
• Finnish: vahingoittaminen — act of affecting
• Galician: afecto — act of affecting
• Greek: συγκίνηση (sygkínisi) — act of affecting
• Hungarian: hatás — act of affecting
• Hungarian: kihatás — act of affecting
• Hungarian: benyomás — act of affecting
• Latvian: ietekmēšana — act of affecting
• Latvian: ietekme — act of affecting
• Portuguese: afetação — act of affecting
• Spanish: afecto — act of affecting
• Spanish: afección — act of affecting
• Bulgarian: привързаност (privǎrzanost) — state of being affected
• Bulgarian: обич (obič) — state of being affected
• Danish: påvirkning — state of being affected
• Finnish: liikutus — state of being affected
• Finnish: vahingoittuneisuus — state of being affected
• Greek: συγκίνηση (sygkínisi) — state of being affected
• Latvian: ietekme — state of being affected
• Polish: afekt — state of being affected
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachd — state of being affected
• Finnish: ominaisuus — attribute, quality or property
• Hungarian: tulajdonság — attribute, quality or property
• Chinese Mandarin: 慈愛 /慈爱 (cí'ài) — any emotion
• Czech: afekt — any emotion
• Czech: pocit — any emotion
• Czech: emoce — any emotion
• Danish: affekt — any emotion
• Danish: følelse — any emotion
• Finnish: tunne — any emotion
• Finnish: tuntemus — any emotion
• Finnish: mielenliikutus — any emotion
• Gallurese: affettu — any emotion
• German: Zuneigung — any emotion
• Hindi: स्नेह (sneh) — any emotion
• Hindi: प्यार (pyār) — any emotion
• Hungarian: érzelem — any emotion
• Hungarian: érzület — any emotion
• Italian: affetto — any emotion
• Japanese: 愛情 (aijō) — any emotion
• Latvian: pieķeršanās — any emotion
• Latvian: mīlestība — any emotion
• Portuguese: afeição — any emotion
• Russian: эмоция (emocija) — any emotion
• Sardinian: ameddu — any emotion
• Sassarese: affettu — any emotion
• Scottish Gaelic: rùn — any emotion
• Turkish: eğilim — any emotion
• Turkish: meyil — any emotion
• Basque: maitasun — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Belarusian: пяшчо́тнасць (pjaščótnascʹ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Belarusian: прыхі́льнасць (pryxílʹnascʹ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Belarusian: прывя́занасць (pryvjázanascʹ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Bhojpuri: नेह (nēh) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Bulgarian: обич (obič) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Catalan: afecte — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Chinese Mandarin: 喜愛 /喜爱 (xǐ'ài) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Egyptian: st-t:ib (st-jb) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Esperanto: korinklino — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Esperanto: simpatio — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Esperanto: ŝato — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Finnish: mieltymys — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Finnish: kiintymys — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Galician: cariño — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Galician: afecto — feeling of love or strong attachment
• German: Rührung — feeling of love or strong attachment
• German: Zuneigung — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Greek: στοργή (storgí) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Greek: τρυφερότητα (tryferótita) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Haitian Creole: afeksyon — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Hebrew: חיבה (khiba) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Hindi: स्नेह (sneh) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Hungarian: szeretet — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Hungarian: vonzalom — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Indonesian: afeksi — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Irish: caithis — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Italian: affetto — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Japanese: 愛情 (aijō) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Latvian: pieķeršanās — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Malay: afeksi — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Māori: matihere — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Māori: konakona — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Māori: āka — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Middle English: loverede — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Polish: afekt — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Portuguese: afeição — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Portuguese: afeto — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Russian: любо́вь (ljubóvʹ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Russian: привя́занность (privjázannostʹ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Scottish Gaelic: rùn — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachd — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Spanish: cariño — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Spanish: apego — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Spanish: afecto — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Spanish: afección — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Telugu: మమత (mamata) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Telugu: అనురాగం (anurāgaṁ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Tocharian B: larauñe — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Turkish: duygulanmak — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Turkish: duygusal yakınlık — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Turkish: eğilim — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Turkish: meyil — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Ottoman Turkish: محبت (muhabbet) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Ukrainian: прихи́льність (pryxýlʹnistʹ) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Yiddish: ליבשאַפֿט (libshaft) — feeling of love or strong attachment
• Catalan: afecció — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Finnish: affektio — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Finnish: tauti — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Finnish: vaiva — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Greek: ασθένεια (asthéneia) — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Greek: πάθηση (páthisi) — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Latvian: afekts — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Polish: afekcja — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom
• Portuguese: afecção — (archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom