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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛkt/
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• /əˈfɛkt/ weak vowel merger
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• Australian: /ɪˈfekt/
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• New-Zealand: /əˈfekt/
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• Malaysia, Singapore: /iˈfɛkt/
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• homophone: affect (weak vowel merger)
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 F EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IY1 F EH0 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: AH0 F EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin effectuslbor. Old French effectbor. Middle English effect English effect Of the noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (“an effect, tendency, purpose”), from efficiō (“accomplish, complete, effect”); see effect as a verb. Displaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin effectus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Medieval Latin effectuōder. Middle English effecten English effect Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.

283 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: efekt — result of an action
• Albanian: ndikim — result of an action
• Arabic: تَأْثِير (taʔṯīr) — result of an action
• Arabic: أَثَر (ʔaṯar) — result of an action
• Armenian: էֆեկտ (ēfekt) — result of an action
• Armenian: ազդեցություն (azdecʻutʻyun) — result of an action
• Asturian: efeutu — result of an action
• Azerbaijani: əsər — result of an action
• Azerbaijani: effekt — result of an action
• Bashkir: һөҙөмтә (höźömtə) — result of an action
• Bashkir: нәтижә (nətijə) — result of an action
• Belarusian: эфе́кт (efjékt) — result of an action
• Belarusian: вы́нік (výnik) — result of an action
• Belarusian: рэзульта́т (rezulʹtát) — result of an action
• Bengali: ফলাফল (pholaphol) — result of an action
• Bengali: প্রভাব (probhab) — result of an action
• Bengali: আসর (aśor) — result of an action
• Bulgarian: резулта́т (rezultát) — result of an action
• Bulgarian: сле́дствие (slédstvie) — result of an action
• Bulgarian: ефе́кт (efékt) — result of an action
• Burmese: အကျိုး (a.kyui:) — result of an action
• Catalan: efecte — result of an action
• Chinese Cantonese: 效果 (haau6 gwo2) — result of an action
• Chinese Mandarin: 效果 (xiàoguǒ) — result of an action
• Chinese Mandarin: 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) — result of an action
• Chinese Mandarin: 結果 /结果 (jiéguǒ) — result of an action
• Czech: účinek — result of an action
• Czech: efekt — result of an action
• Danish: effekt — result of an action
• Danish: virkning — result of an action
• Dutch: effect — result of an action
• Dutch: werking — result of an action
• Esperanto: efiko — result of an action
• Esperanto: rezulto — result of an action
• Estonian: mõju — result of an action
• Estonian: toime — result of an action
• Estonian: tagajärg — result of an action
• Finnish: seuraus — result of an action
• Finnish: vaikutus — result of an action
• French: effet — result of an action
• Galician: efecto — result of an action
• Georgian: ეფექტი (epekṭi) — result of an action
• German: Auswirkung — result of an action
• German: Wirkung — result of an action
• Greek: αποτέλεσμα (apotélesma) — result of an action
• Greek: επίδραση (epídrasi) — result of an action
• Greek: πραγματοποίηση (pragmatopoíisi) — result of an action
• Gujarati: અસર (asar) — result of an action
• Gujarati: પરિણામ (pariṇām) — result of an action
• Gujarati: પ્રભાવ (prabhāv) — result of an action
• Hebrew: תּוֹצָאָה (totsa'á) — result of an action
• Hindi: असर (asar) — result of an action
• Hindi: प्रभाव (prabhāv) — result of an action
• Hungarian: hatás — result of an action
• Hungarian: effektus — result of an action
• Ido: efekto — result of an action
• Irish: éifeacht — result of an action
• Italian: effetto — result of an action
• Japanese: 効果 (kōka) — result of an action
• Japanese: 影響 (eikyō) — result of an action
• Japanese: 結果 (kekka) — result of an action
• Japanese: 作用 (sayō) — result of an action
• Kazakh: әсер (äser) — result of an action
• Kazakh: нәтиже (nätije) — result of an action
• Khmer: ផល (phɑl) — result of an action
• Khmer: លទ្ធផល (latthĕəʼphɑɑl) — result of an action
• Korean: 효과 (hyogwa) — result of an action
• Korean: 영향 (yeonghyang) — result of an action
• Korean: 결과 (gyeolgwa) — result of an action
• Korean: 작용 (jagyong) — result of an action
• Northern Kurdish: tesîr — result of an action
• Kyrgyz: натыйжа (natıyja) — result of an action
• Kyrgyz: эффект (effekt) — result of an action
• Ladin: fazion — result of an action
• Ladin: efet — result of an action
• Lao: ຜົນ (phon) — result of an action
• Lao: ຜົນກະທົບ (phon ka thop) — result of an action
• Latin: effectus — result of an action
• Latin: fructus — result of an action
• Latvian: efekts — result of an action
• Latvian: iedarbība — result of an action
• Latvian: iedarbe — result of an action
• Malay: kesan — result of an action
• Māori: rara — result of an action
• Māori: pānga — result of an action
• Māori: kawekawenga — result of an action
• Mongolian: нөлөө (nölöö) — result of an action
• Mongolian: ᠨᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡ (nölüge) — result of an action
• Norman: êffet — result of an action
• Norwegian Bokmål: virkning — result of an action
• Norwegian Bokmål: effekt — result of an action
• Occitan: efèit — result of an action
• Occitan: efèct — result of an action
• Occitan: efècte — result of an action
• Occitan: efièch — result of an action
• Pashto: اثر (asár) — result of an action
• Iranian Persian: اَثَر (asar) — result of an action
• Iranian Persian: تَأْثیر (ta'sir) — result of an action
• Iranian Persian: هَنایِش (hanâyeš) — result of an action
• Polish: efekt — result of an action
• Polish: rezultat — result of an action
• Polish: wynik — result of an action
• Polish: skutek — result of an action
• Portuguese: efeito — result of an action
• Romanian: efect — result of an action
• Russian: эффе́кт (effékt) — result of an action
• Russian: результа́т (rezulʹtát) — result of an action
• Russian: возде́йствие (vozdéjstvije) — result of an action
• Russian: влия́ние (vlijánije) — result of an action
• Russian: сле́дствие (slédstvije) — result of an action
• Scottish Gaelic: buil — result of an action
• Scottish Gaelic: èifeachd — result of an action
• Scottish Gaelic: toradh — result of an action
• Serbo-Croatian: ishod — result of an action
• Serbo-Croatian: efekt — result of an action
• Serbo-Croatian: učinak — result of an action
• Serbo-Croatian: rezultat — result of an action
• Slovak: účinok — result of an action
• Slovene: učinek — result of an action
• Spanish: efecto — result of an action
• Swahili: madhara — result of an action
• Swedish: effekt — result of an action
• Swedish: resultat — result of an action
• Swedish: verkan — result of an action
• Tajik: асар (asar) — result of an action
• Tajik: таъсир (ta'sir) — result of an action
• Tajik: ҳаноиш (hanoyiš) — result of an action
• Tatar: нәтиҗә (näticä) — result of an action
• Thai: ผล (pǒn) — result of an action
• Thai: ผลกระทบ (pǒn-grà-tóp) — result of an action
• Tocharian B: oko — result of an action
• Turkish: etki — result of an action
• Turkish: tesir — result of an action
• Turkish: efekt — result of an action
• Turkmen: täsir — result of an action
• Ukrainian: ефе́кт (efékt) — result of an action
• Ukrainian: результа́т (rezulʹtát) — result of an action
• Urdu: اَثَر (asar) — result of an action
• Urdu: تاثِیر (tāsīr) — result of an action
• Uyghur: نەتىجە (netije) — result of an action
• Uzbek: taʻsir — result of an action
• Uzbek: effekt — result of an action
• Uzbek: asar — result of an action
• Uzbek: natija — result of an action
• Vietnamese: hiệu ứng — result of an action
• Welsh: effaith — result of an action
• Esperanto: efekto — impression left in the mind
• German: Eindruck — impression left in the mind
• German: Effekt — impression left in the mind
• Bulgarian: ефе́кт (efékt) — special effect in film
• Finnish: efekti — special effect in film
• French: effet — special effect in film
• German: Effekt — special effect in film
• German: Eindruck — special effect in film
• Greek: εφφέ (effé) — special effect in film
• Greek: εφέ (efé) — special effect in film
• Hebrew: אֶפֶקְט (efékt) — special effect in film
• Hebrew: פַּעֲלוּל (pa'lúl) — special effect in film
• Hungarian: effektus — special effect in film
• Japanese: 音響効果 (onkyō-kōka) — special effect in film
• Malay: kesan — special effect in film
• Malay: efek — special effect in film
• Māori: rākeitanga — special effect in film
• Iranian Persian: اِفِکْت (efekt) — special effect in film
• Portuguese: efeitos especiais — special effect in film
• Romanian: efect — special effect in film
• Russian: эффе́кт (effékt) — special effect in film
• Serbo-Croatian: dojam — special effect in film
• Serbo-Croatian: efekt — special effect in film
• Slovak: efekt — special effect in film
• Slovene: učinek — special effect in film
• Spanish: efectos — special effect in film
• Spanish: efectos especiales — special effect in film
• Swahili: madhara — special effect in film
• Swedish: effekt — special effect in film
• Turkish: efekt — special effect in film
• Finnish: efekti — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• German: Effekt — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Hebrew: אֶפֶקְט (efékt) — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Japanese: エフェクター (efekutā) — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Korean: 효과 (hyogwa) — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Portuguese: efeito sonoro — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Romanian: efect sonor — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Russian: эффе́кт (effékt) — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Serbo-Croatian: efekt — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Slovak: efekt — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Spanish: efecto — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Swahili: madhara — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Swedish: effekt — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Turkish: efekt — sound engineering: alteration in sound
• Finnish: efekti — sound engineering: device
• Catalan: vigència — state of being binding and enforceable
• Catalan: vigor — state of being binding and enforceable
• Finnish: voimassaolo — state of being binding and enforceable
• German: Kraft — state of being binding and enforceable
• German: Wirksamkeit — state of being binding and enforceable
• German: Gültigkeit — state of being binding and enforceable
• Greek: ισχύς (ischýs) — state of being binding and enforceable
• Hungarian: hatály — state of being binding and enforceable
• Japanese: 発効 (hakkō) — state of being binding and enforceable
• Korean: 효력 (hyoryeok) — state of being binding and enforceable
• Portuguese: vigência — state of being binding and enforceable
• Portuguese: vigor — state of being binding and enforceable
• Slovak: účinnosť — state of being binding and enforceable
• Spanish: vigencia — state of being binding and enforceable
• Spanish: vigor — state of being binding and enforceable
• Swahili: madhara — state of being binding and enforceable
• Turkish: yürürlük — state of being binding and enforceable
• Armenian: երեւույթ (erewuytʻ) — scientific phenomenon
• Bulgarian: ефект (efekt) — scientific phenomenon
• Catalan: efecte — scientific phenomenon
• Finnish: ilmiö — scientific phenomenon
• French: effet — scientific phenomenon
• German: Effekt — scientific phenomenon
• Greek: φαινόμενο (fainómeno) — scientific phenomenon
• Hebrew: אֶפֶקְט (efékt) — scientific phenomenon
• Hungarian: effektus — scientific phenomenon
• Korean: 효과 (hyogwa) — scientific phenomenon
• Portuguese: efeito — scientific phenomenon
• Romanian: efect — scientific phenomenon
• Russian: эффе́кт (effékt) — scientific phenomenon
• Serbo-Croatian: učinak — scientific phenomenon
• Serbo-Croatian: efekt — scientific phenomenon
• Slovak: efekt — scientific phenomenon
• Slovak: jav — scientific phenomenon
• Spanish: efecto — scientific phenomenon
• Swedish: effekt — scientific phenomenon
• Thai: ปรากฏการณ์ (bpraa-gòt-dtà-gaan) — scientific phenomenon
• Finnish: vaikutus — influence, association
• Finnish: ilmiö — influence, association
• Finnish: efekti — influence, association
• Bulgarian: имущество (imuštestvo) — belongings
• Finnish: tavarat — belongings
• Finnish: omaisuus — belongings
• French: effets — belongings
• German: Effekten — belongings
• German: Siebensachen — belongings
• German: persönliche Gegenstände — belongings
• Irish: airnéis — belongings
• Māori: taonga — belongings
• Portuguese: pertence — belongings
• Spanish: pertenencias — belongings
• Swedish: effekt — belongings
• Bulgarian: извършвам (izvǎršvam) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Bulgarian: осъществявам (osǎštestvjavam) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Catalan: efectuar — to make or bring about; to implement
• Dutch: bewerkstelligen — to make or bring about; to implement
• Esperanto: efektivigi — to make or bring about; to implement
• Finnish: saada aikaan — to make or bring about; to implement
• French: effectuer — to make or bring about; to implement
• Galician: efectuar — to make or bring about; to implement
• German: bewirken — to make or bring about; to implement
• German: veranlassen — to make or bring about; to implement
• Greek: εκτελώ (ekteló) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Greek: αποτελώ (apoteló) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Greek: φέρνω αποτέλεσμα (férno apotélesma) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Ancient Greek: ἐνεργέω (energéō) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Ancient Greek: ἀνύω (anúō) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Hungarian: okoz — to make or bring about; to implement
• Hungarian: előidéz — to make or bring about; to implement
• Hungarian: kivált — to make or bring about; to implement
• Hungarian: eredményez — to make or bring about; to implement
• Hungarian: megvalósít — to make or bring about; to implement
• Hungarian: elér — to make or bring about; to implement
• Italian: effettuare — to make or bring about; to implement
• Japanese: 達成する (tassei-suru) — to make or bring about; to implement
• Latin: efficiō — to make or bring about; to implement
• Māori: whakauruhi — to make or bring about; to implement
• Norwegian: forårsake — to make or bring about; to implement
• Piedmontese: efetué — to make or bring about; to implement
• Portuguese: efetuar — to make or bring about; to implement
• Portuguese: efectivar — to make or bring about; to implement
• Slovak: dosiahnuť — to make or bring about; to implement
• Spanish: efectuar — to make or bring about; to implement
• Swahili: madhara — to make or bring about; to implement
• Swedish: sätta i verket — to make or bring about; to implement
• Swedish: effektuera — to make or bring about; to implement
• Swedish: sätta igång — to make or bring about; to implement
• Swedish: verkställa — to make or bring about; to implement
• Swedish: utverka — to make or bring about; to implement
• Turkish: etki — to make or bring about; to implement
• Turkish: sonuç — to make or bring about; to implement
• Vietnamese: dẫn đến — to make or bring about; to implement