attention

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• /əˈtɛn.ʃn̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 T EH1 N 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 *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin attendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin attentiōbor. Middle English attencioun English attention From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend. Equivalent to attend + -tion.

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Gatitu — military command
• Chinese Mandarin: 立正 (lìzhèng) — military command
• Czech: pozor — military command
• Danish: giv agt — military command
• Dutch: geef acht — military command
• Finnish: asento — military command
• Finnish: sento — military command
• Finnish: tseno — military command
• French: garde à vous — military command
• German: Achtung — military command
• Hebrew: הקשב (hakshév) — military command
• Hungarian: vigyázz — military command
• Hungarian: hapták — military command
• Indonesian: siap — military command
• Italian: attenti — military command
• Japanese: 気を付け (ki o tsuke) — military command
• Korean: 주의 (juui) — military command
• Macedonian: внима́ние (vnimánie) — military command
• Malay: sedia — military command
• Polish: baczność — military command
• Russian: сми́рно (smírno) — military command
• Spanish: atención — military command
• Swedish: giv akt — military command
• Swedish: givakt — military command
• Tagalog: humanda — military command
• Tagalog: manda — military command
• Thai: แถวตรง (tɛ̌ɛo-dtrong) — military command
• Zazaki: diqet — military command
• Finnish: huomio — call for people to pay special heed
• German: Achtung — call for people to pay special heed
• German: Vorsicht — call for people to pay special heed
• German: Aufgepasst — call for people to pay special heed
• German: Wahrschau — call for people to pay special heed
• Hebrew: זהירות (zehirút) — call for people to pay special heed
• Latvian: uzmanību — call for people to pay special heed
• Macedonian: внима́ние (vnimánie) — call for people to pay special heed
• Māori: paiahahā — call for people to pay special heed
• Polish: uwaga — call for people to pay special heed
• Romanian: atenție! — call for people to pay special heed
• Russian: внима́ние (vnimánije) — call for people to pay special heed
• Swedish: lystring — call for people to pay special heed
• Swedish: hör upp — call for people to pay special heed
• Ukrainian: увага (uvaha) — call for people to pay special heed
• Albanian: re — mental focus
• Albanian: reja — mental focus
• Albanian: vëmendje — mental focus
• Arabic: اِهْتِمَام (ihtimām) — mental focus
• Arabic: اِنْتِبَاه (intibāh) — mental focus
• Arabic: تَوَجُّه (tawajjuh) — mental focus
• Armenian: ուշադրություն (ušadrutʻyun) — mental focus
• Azerbaijani: diqqət — mental focus
• Bashkir: иғтибар (iğtibar) — mental focus
• Belarusian: ува́га (uváha) — mental focus
• Belarusian: ўва́га (wváha) — mental focus
• Bulgarian: внима́ние (vnimánie) — mental focus
• Chinese Cantonese: 注意 (zyu3 ji3) — mental focus
• Chinese Mandarin: 注意 (zhùyì) — mental focus
• Czech: pozornost — mental focus
• Danish: opmærksomhed — mental focus
• Danish: bevågenhed — mental focus
• Dutch: aandacht — mental focus
• Dutch: aandachtigheid — mental focus
• Dutch: attentie — mental focus
• Esperanto: atento — mental focus
• Estonian: tähelepanu — mental focus
• Farefare: guusgo — mental focus
• Finnish: huomio — mental focus
• Finnish: tarkkaavaisuus — mental focus
• French: attention — mental focus
• West-Frisian: oandacht — mental focus
• West-Frisian: attinsje — mental focus
• Galician: atención — mental focus
• Gallurese: isméru — mental focus
• Gallurese: appéntu — mental focus
• Gallurese: afficcu — mental focus
• Georgian: ყურადღება (q̇uradɣeba) — mental focus
• Georgian: გულისყური (gulisq̇uri) — mental focus
• German: Aufmerksamkeit — mental focus
• German: Beachtung — mental focus
• German: Wachsamkeit — mental focus
• Greek: προσοχή (prosochí) — mental focus
• Ancient Greek: φροντίς (phrontís) — mental focus
• Ancient Greek: μελέτη (melétē) — mental focus
• Ancient Greek: προσοχή (prosokhḗ) — mental focus
• Haitian Creole: atansyon — mental focus
• Hebrew: תְּשׂוּמַת לֵב (t'sumát lev) — mental focus
• Hebrew: קשב (késhev) — mental focus
• Hindi: ध्यान (dhyān) — mental focus
• Hungarian: figyelem — mental focus
• Hungarian: odafigyelés — mental focus
• Icelandic: athygli — mental focus
• Irish: aoidh — mental focus
• Italian: attenzione — mental focus
• Japanese: 注意 (chūi) — mental focus
• Japanese: 注目 (chūmoku) — mental focus
• Kazakh: зейін (zeiın) — mental focus
• Kazakh: назар (nazar) — mental focus
• Korean: 주의 (juui) — mental focus
• Korean: 주목 (jumok) — mental focus
• Central Kurdish: ئاگاداری (agadarî) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: ыкылас (ıkılas) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: ынта (ınta) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: назар (nazar) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: көңүл (köŋül) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: көңүл буруу (köŋül buruu) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: дит (dit) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: ыклас (ıklas) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: кунт (kunt) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: урмат (urmat) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: дыкат (dıkat) — mental focus
• Kyrgyz: көңүл бургула! (köŋül burgula) — mental focus
• Latin: attentiō — mental focus
• Latvian: uzmanība — mental focus
• Lithuanian: dėmesys — mental focus
• Macedonian: внима́ние (vnimánie) — mental focus
• Macedonian: внима́телност (vnimátelnost) — mental focus
• Malayalam: ശ്രദ്ധ (śraddha) — mental focus
• Maltese: attenzjoni — mental focus
• Mongolian: анхаарал (anxaaral) — mental focus
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppmerksomhet — mental focus
• Norwegian Bokmål: akt — mental focus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: merksemd — mental focus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åtgaum — mental focus
• Pannonian Rusyn: увага (uvaha) — mental focus
• Pannonian Rusyn: повага (povaha) — mental focus
• Pannonian Rusyn: позорносц (pozornosc) — mental focus
• Pannonian Rusyn: меркованє (merkovanje) — mental focus
• Dari: تَوَجُّهْ (tawajjuh) — mental focus
• Dari: دِقَّت (diqqat) — mental focus
• Dari: اِنْتِبَاه (intibāh) — mental focus
• Iranian Persian: تَوَجُّهْ (tavajjoh) — mental focus
• Iranian Persian: دِقَّت (deġġat) — mental focus
• Iranian Persian: اِنْتِباه (entebâh) — mental focus
• Plautdietsch: Acht (nds) — mental focus
• Plautdietsch: Achtunk — mental focus
• Polish: uwaga — mental focus
• Portuguese: atenção — mental focus
• Romanian: atenție — mental focus
• Russian: внима́ние (vnimánije) — mental focus
• Russian: внима́тельность (vnimátelʹnostʹ) — mental focus
• Campidanese Sardinian: attentzione — mental focus
• Campidanese Sardinian: isméru — mental focus
• Sardinian: coidadu — mental focus
• Sardinian: attentzione — mental focus
• Sardinian: isméru — mental focus
• Sardinian: appéntu — mental focus
• Sassarese: attintzione — mental focus
• Sassarese: appéntu — mental focus
• Scottish Gaelic: aire — mental focus
• Scottish Gaelic: suim — mental focus
• Scottish Gaelic: èisteachd — mental focus
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀жња — mental focus
• Serbo-Croatian: позо́рно̄ст — mental focus
• Serbo-Croatian: pàžnja — mental focus
• Serbo-Croatian: pozórnōst — mental focus
• Slovak: pozornosť — mental focus
• Slovene: pozornost — mental focus
• Spanish: atención — mental focus
• Swedish: uppmärksamhet — mental focus
• Tagalog: lingil — mental focus
• Tajik: таваҷҷӯҳ (tavajjüh) — mental focus
• Tajik: диққат (diqqat) — mental focus
• Tajik: интибоҳ (intiboh) — mental focus
• Tamil: கவனம் (kavaṉam) — mental focus
• Tamil: நாட்டம் (nāṭṭam) — mental focus
• Tatar: игътибар (iğtibar) — mental focus
• Thai: ความสนใจ (kwaam-sǒn-jai) — mental focus
• Thai: การเอาใจใส่ (gaan-ao-jai-sài) — mental focus
• Turkish: dikkat — mental focus
• Turkish: tetik — mental focus
• Turkish: özen — mental focus
• Ukrainian: ува́га (uváha) — mental focus
• Urdu: تَوَجُّہ (tavajju) — mental focus
• Urdu: تَوَجُّہْ (tavajjuh) — mental focus
• Urdu: دِھیان (dhiyān) — mental focus
• Uyghur: دىققەت (diqqet) — mental focus
• Uzbek: diqqat — mental focus
• Uzbek: eʼtibor — mental focus
• Uzbek: tavajjuh — mental focus
• Vietnamese: chú ý — mental focus
• Welsh: ystyriaeth — mental focus
• Yiddish: אויפֿמערקזאַמקייט (oyfmerkzamkeyt) — mental focus
• Bulgarian: уха́жване (uhážvane) — romantic interest
• Chinese Mandarin: 殷勤 (yīnqín) — romantic interest
• Danish: opmærksomhed — romantic interest
• Dutch: attenties — romantic interest
• Finnish: huomionosoitus — romantic interest
• French: attention — romantic interest
• French: attentions — romantic interest
• Galician: atención — romantic interest
• German: Aufmerksamkeit — romantic interest
• Greek: φροντίδα (frontída) — romantic interest
• Greek: περιποίηση (peripoíisi) — romantic interest
• Hindi: आकर्षण (ākarṣaṇ) — romantic interest
• Hungarian: figyelmesség — romantic interest
• Macedonian: додвору́вање (dodvorúvanje) — romantic interest
• Polish: atencja — romantic interest
• Polish: względy — romantic interest
• Portuguese: atenção — romantic interest
• Romanian: atenție — romantic interest
• Russian: внима́ние (vnimánije) — romantic interest
• Russian: уха́живания (uxáživanija) — romantic interest
• Slovene: pozornost — romantic interest
• Spanish: atención — romantic interest
• Ottoman Turkish: دقت (dikkat) — romantic interest
• Ottoman Turkish: بال (bâl) — romantic interest
• Bulgarian: внима́ние (vnimánie) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Catalan: atenció — state of alertness in the standing position
• Chinese Mandarin: 立正 (lìzhèng) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Czech: pozor — state of alertness in the standing position
• Dutch: paraatheid — state of alertness in the standing position
• Finnish: asento — state of alertness in the standing position
• French: attention — state of alertness in the standing position
• French: garde à vous — state of alertness in the standing position
• German: Achtung — state of alertness in the standing position
• German: Habachtstellung — state of alertness in the standing position
• German: Habtachtstellung — state of alertness in the standing position
• Greek: προσοχή (prosochí) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Hebrew: הקשב (hakshév) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Hindi: सावधान (sāvdhān) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Hungarian: vigyázzállás — state of alertness in the standing position
• Hungarian: (in the phrase "vigyázzban áll") vigyázz — state of alertness in the standing position
• Hungarian: hapták — state of alertness in the standing position
• Italian: allerta — state of alertness in the standing position
• Italian: sull'attenti — state of alertness in the standing position
• Italian: attenti — state of alertness in the standing position
• Japanese: 気を付け (ki o tsuke) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Macedonian: внима́ние (vnimánie) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Māori: matika — state of alertness in the standing position
• Māori: whakamatika — state of alertness in the standing position
• Norwegian Bokmål: akt — state of alertness in the standing position
• Iranian Persian: خَبَرْدار (xabardâr) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Polish: baczność — state of alertness in the standing position
• Portuguese: sentido — state of alertness in the standing position
• Romanian: drepți (poziție de drepți) — state of alertness in the standing position
• Russian: сто́йка «сми́рно» — state of alertness in the standing position
• Serbo-Croatian: позо́рно̄ст — state of alertness in the standing position
• Serbo-Croatian: pozórnōst — state of alertness in the standing position
• Slovene: pozor — state of alertness in the standing position
• Swedish: uppmärksamhet — state of alertness in the standing position
• Swedish: givakt — state of alertness in the standing position
• Thai: แถวตรง (tɛ̌ɛo-dtrong) — state of alertness in the standing position