inertia

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From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). Something close to the modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: inerci — in physics
• Arabic: عَطَالَة (ʕaṭāla) — in physics
• Azerbaijani: ətalət — in physics
• Bulgarian: инерция (inercija) — in physics
• Catalan: inèrcia — in physics
• Chinese Mandarin: 慣性 /惯性 (guànxìng) — in physics
• Czech: setrvačnost — in physics
• Dutch: inertie — in physics
• Dutch: traagheid — in physics
• Esperanto: inerteco — in physics
• Esperanto: inerteca forto — in physics
• Esperanto: inertforto — in physics
• Estonian: inerts — in physics
• Estonian: inertsus — in physics
• Finnish: hitaus — in physics
• Finnish: inertia — in physics
• Finnish: vitka — in physics
• Finnish: jatkavuus — in physics
• French: inertie — in physics
• German: Trägheit — in physics
• German: Beharrungsvermögen — in physics
• German: Beharrung — in physics
• Greek: αδράνεια (adráneia) — in physics
• Hawaiian: ehuō — in physics
• Hindi: अक्रियता (akriytā) — in physics
• Hungarian: tehetetlenség — in physics
• Irish: táimhe — in physics
• Italian: inerzia — in physics
• Japanese: 慣性 (kansei) — in physics
• Kazakh: инерция (inersiä) — in physics
• Khmer: និចលភាព (nĭchlôphéap) — in physics
• Latin: inertia — in physics
• Latvian: inerce — in physics
• Malay: inersia — in physics
• Malayalam: ജഡത്വം (jaḍatvaṁ) — in physics
• Māori: tūpuku — in physics
• Norwegian: treghet — in physics
• Norwegian: treighet — in physics
• Polish: bezwładność — in physics
• Polish: inercja — in physics
• Portuguese: inércia — in physics
• Romanian: inerție — in physics
• Russian: ине́рция (inɛ́rcija) — in physics
• Scottish Gaelic: do-mhùthadh — in physics
• Spanish: inercia — in physics
• Swedish: tröghet — in physics
• Tagalog: tigal — in physics
• Tamil: சடத்துவம் (caṭattuvam) — in physics
• Tamil: நிலைமம் (nilaimam) — in physics
• Telugu: జడత్వము (jaḍatvamu) — in physics
• Thai: ความเฉื่อย (kwaam-chʉ̀ai) — in physics
• Turkish: eylemsizlik — in physics
• Ukrainian: іне́рція (inércija) — in physics
• Vietnamese: quán tính — in physics
• Arabic: عَطَالَة (ʕaṭāla) — unwillingness to take action
• Bulgarian: мудност (mudnost) — unwillingness to take action
• Bulgarian: вялост (vjalost) — unwillingness to take action
• Catalan: inèrcia — unwillingness to take action
• Dutch: daadloosheid — unwillingness to take action
• Estonian: tegevusetus — unwillingness to take action
• Estonian: loidus — unwillingness to take action
• Finnish: vastahakoisuus — unwillingness to take action
• German: Trägheit — unwillingness to take action
• German: Schwerfälligkeit — unwillingness to take action
• German: Unbeweglichkeit — unwillingness to take action
• Hindi: निष्क्रियता (niṣkriytā) — unwillingness to take action
• Hungarian: tétlenség — unwillingness to take action
• Irish: spadántacht — unwillingness to take action
• Italian: inerzia — unwillingness to take action
• Japanese: 惰性 (dasei) — unwillingness to take action
• Latin: inertia — unwillingness to take action
• Polish: inercja — unwillingness to take action
• Polish: bezwładność — unwillingness to take action
• Portuguese: inércia — unwillingness to take action
• Russian: ине́ртность (inɛ́rtnostʹ) — unwillingness to take action
• Russian: вя́лость (vjálostʹ) — unwillingness to take action
• Scottish Gaelic: leisg — unwillingness to take action
• Scottish Gaelic: do-mhùthadh — unwillingness to take action
• Spanish: inercia — unwillingness to take action
• Swedish: tröghet — unwillingness to take action
• Thai: ความเฉื่อยชา — unwillingness to take action
• Turkish: atalet — unwillingness to take action
• Welsh: llesgedd — unwillingness to take action
• Welsh: syrthni — unwillingness to take action
• Finnish: velttous — in medicine
• Finnish: inertia — in medicine
• German: Reglosigkeit — in medicine
• German: Schwerfälligkeit — in medicine
• German: Trägheit — in medicine
• Māori: whakapahoho — in medicine