aggression

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• US: /əˈɡɹɛʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 G R EH1 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-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ghredh-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder. Middle French aggressionbor. English aggression From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aggressie — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Albanian: agresion — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Arabic: عُدْوَان (ʕudwān) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Armenian: ագրեսիա (agresia) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Azerbaijani: təcavüz — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Belarusian: агрэ́сія (ahrésija) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Bulgarian: агре́сия (agrésija) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Bulgarian: нападе́ние (napadénie) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Catalan: agressió — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Chinese Mandarin: 侵略 (qīnlüè) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Crimean Tatar: tecavuz — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Crimean Tatar: agressiya — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Czech: agrese — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Danish: aggression — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Dutch: agressie — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Esperanto: agreso — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Estonian: agressioon — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Finnish: hyökkäys — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• French: agression — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Galician: agresión — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Georgian: აგრესია (agresia) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• German: Aggression — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• German: Angriff — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Greek: επιθετικότητα (epithetikótita) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Hebrew: תּוֹקְפָנוּת (tokfanút) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Hungarian: agresszió — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Indonesian: agresi — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Italian: aggressione — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Japanese: 侵略 (shinryaku) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Khmer: អធិក្រម (ʼaʼthikrɑm) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Khmer: ការឈ្លានពាន (kaa chliən piən) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Khmer: អន្តរាគមន៍ (ʼɑntaʼraakum) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Korean: 침략 (chimnyak) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Central Kurdish: دەس درێژی (des drêjî) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Lao: ການຮຸກຮານ (kān huk hān) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Latvian: agresija — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Lithuanian: agrèsija — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Malay: pencerobohan — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Mongolian: түрэмгийлэл (türemgiilel) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Norwegian Bokmål: aggresjon — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Occitan: agression — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Persian: تَجاوُز (tajâvoz) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Persian: پرخاش (parxāš) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Polish: agresja — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Portuguese: agressão — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Romanian: agresiune — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Russian: агре́ссия (agréssija) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Russian: нападе́ние (napadénije) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Serbo-Croatian: агрѐсија — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Serbo-Croatian: agrèsija — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Slovak: agresia — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Slovene: agresija — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Spanish: agresión — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Swedish: aggression — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Tajik: таҷовуз (tajovuz) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Tajik: агрессия (agressiya) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Thai: ความก้าวร้าว (kwaam-gâao-ráao) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Thai: การรุกราน (gaan-rúk-raan) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Turkish: saldırganlık — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Ukrainian: агре́сія (ahrésija) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Vietnamese: xâm lược — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Yiddish: אַגרעסיע (agresye) — act of initiating hostilities or invasion
• Afrikaans: aggressie — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Arabic: عِدْوَان (ʕidwān) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Armenian: ագրեսիվություն (agresivutʻyun) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Bulgarian: агреси́вност (agresívnost) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Chinese Mandarin: 侵略 (qīnlüè) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Crimean Tatar: tecavuz — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Crimean Tatar: agressiya — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Dutch: agressie — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Finnish: väkivaltaisuus — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Finnish: hyökkäävyys — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• French: agression — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• German: Aggression — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Italian: aggressione — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Japanese: 侵略 (shinryaku) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Kazakh: басқыншылық (basqynşylyq) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Korean: 침략 (chimnyak) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Persian: پرخاش (parxāš) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Portuguese: agressão — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Romanian: agresiune — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Russian: агре́ссия (agréssija) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Russian: агресси́вность (agressívnostʹ) — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Serbo-Croatian: агрѐсија — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Serbo-Croatian: agrèsija — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Slovak: agresivita — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Slovak: agresívnosť — the practice or habit of launching attacks
• Armenian: ագրեսիա (agresia) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Bulgarian: агре́сия (agrésija) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻擊 /攻击 (gōngjī, gōngjí) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Crimean Tatar: tecavuz — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Crimean Tatar: agressiya — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Finnish: väkivaltaisuus — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Finnish: hyökkäävyys — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• French: agression — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• German: Aggression — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Greek: επιθετικότητα (epithetikótita) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Italian: aggressione — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Japanese: 攻撃 (kōgeki) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Khmer: ការឈ្លានពាន (kaa chliən piən) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Korean: 공격 (gonggyeok) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Manx: aggair — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Navajo: hashké nídzin — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Persian: پرخاش (parxāš) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Portuguese: agressão — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Romanian: agresiune — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Russian: агре́ссия (agréssija) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Russian: нападе́ние (napadénije) — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Scottish Gaelic: miann còmhraig — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Serbo-Croatian: агрѐсија — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Serbo-Croatian: agrèsija — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Slovak: agresia — hostile or destructive behavior or actions
• Spanish: agresión — hostile or destructive behavior or actions