influence

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.flu.əns/
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• US, nonstandard: /ɪnˈflu.əns/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N F L UW0 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin īnfluōder. Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.

269 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndikim — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Arabic: نَفُوذ (nafūḏ) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Arabic: تَأْثِير (taʔṯīr) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Armenian: ազդեցություն (azdecʻutʻyun) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Azerbaijani: nüfuz — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Azerbaijani: təsir — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Bashkir: йоғонто (yoğonto) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Belarusian: уплы́ў (uplýw) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Belarusian: ўплыў (wplyw) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Bengali: প্রভাব (probhab) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Bengali: আসর (aśor) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Breton: levezon — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Bulgarian: влия́ние (vlijánie) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Bulgarian: възде́йствие (vǎzdéjstvie) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Burmese: လွှမ်းမိုးမှု (hlwam:mui:hmu.) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Catalan: influència — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Chinese Cantonese: 影響 /影响 (jing2 hoeng2) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Czech: vliv — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Danish: indflydelse — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Dutch: invloed — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Dutch: impact — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Esperanto: influo — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Estonian: mõju — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Finnish: vaikutus — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Finnish: vaikutusvalta — power to affect, control or manipulate
• French: influence — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Galician: influencia — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Georgian: გავლენა (gavlena) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Georgian: ზეგავლენა (zegavlena) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• German: Einfluss — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Greek: επιρροή (epirroḯ) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Ancient Greek: δύναμις (dúnamis) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Hebrew: הַשְׁפָּעָה (hashpa'á) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Hindi: प्रभाव (prabhāv) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Hindi: असर (asar) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Hungarian: befolyás — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Icelandic: áhrif — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Indonesian: pengaruh — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Irish: tionchar — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Italian: influenza — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Italian: ascendente — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Japanese: 影響力 (eikyōryoku) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Japanese: 影響 (eikyō) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Kazakh: әсер (äser) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Kazakh: ықпал (yqpal) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Khmer: ឥទ្ធិពល (ʼətthipŭəl) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Korean: 영향력 (yeonghyangnyeok) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Korean: 영향 (yeonghyang) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Northern Kurdish: tesîr — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Kyrgyz: таасир (taasir) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Kyrgyz: асер (aser) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Lao: ອິດທິພົນ (ʼit thi phon) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Latin: auctōritās — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Latvian: ietekme — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Latvian: iedarbība — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Latvian: iedarbe — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Lithuanian: įtaka — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Macedonian: влијание (vlijanie) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Malagasy: fianjadiana — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Malay: pengaruh — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Malayalam: സ്വാധീനം (svādhīnaṁ) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Māori: awe — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Māori: aweawe — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Māori: awenga — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Mongolian: нөлөө (nölöö) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Norwegian Bokmål: innflytelse — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Pashto: نفوذ (nofūz) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Dari: نُفُوذ (nufūz) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Dari: تَأْثِیر (ta'sīr) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Iranian Persian: نُفوذ (nofuz) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Iranian Persian: تَأْثیر (ta'sir) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Polish: wpływ — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Portuguese: influência — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Romanian: influență — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Russian: влия́ние (vlijánije) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Russian: влия́тельность (vlijátelʹnostʹ) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Russian: возде́йствие (vozdéjstvije) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhachd — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏тјеца̄ј — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏тица̄ј — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕtjecāj — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕticāj — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Slovak: vplyv — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Slovene: vpliv — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Lower Sorbian: wliw — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Upper Sorbian: wliw — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Spanish: influencia — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Swedish: inflytande — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Tagalog: impluwensiya — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Tajik: нуфуз (nufuz) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Tajik: таъсир (ta'sir) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Tatar: тәэсир (täʹsir) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Tatar: йогынты (yoğıntı) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Telugu: ప్రభావము (prabhāvamu) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Thai: อิทธิพล (ìt-tí-pon) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Turkish: nüfuz — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Turkish: tesir — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Ottoman Turkish: نفوذ (nüfuz) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Ottoman Turkish: تأثیر (tesir) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Turkmen: täsir — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Tutong: pengaru — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Ukrainian: вплив (vplyv) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Ukrainian: упли́в (uplýv) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Urdu: اَثَر (asar) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Urdu: نُفُوذ (nufūz) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Urdu: تاثِیر (tāsīr) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Uyghur: تەسىر (tesir) — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Uzbek: taʼsir — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Uzbek: taʻsir qilish — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Uzbek: nufuz — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Vietnamese: ảnh hưởng — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Volapük: flun — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Welsh: dylanwad — power to affect, control or manipulate
• Arabic: تَأْثِير (taʔṯīr) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Basque: eragin — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Bulgarian: възде́йствие (vǎzdéjstvie) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Catalan: influència — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Chinese Mandarin: 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Dutch: invloed — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Dutch: beïnvloeding — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Finnish: vaikutus — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• French: influence — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Galician: influencia — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Georgian: გავლენა (gavlena) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Georgian: ზეგავლენა (zegavlena) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Georgian: ზემოქმედება (zemokmedeba) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• German: Beeinflussung — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Greek: επιρροή (epirroḯ) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Greek: επήρεια (epíreia) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Hebrew: הַשְׁפָּעָה (hashpa'á) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Indonesian: pengaruh — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Indonesian: dampak — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Italian: influenza — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Japanese: 影響 (eikyō) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Korean: 영향 (yeonghyang) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Malay: pengaruh — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Malayalam: സ്വാധീനം (svādhīnaṁ) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Māori: kawekawenga — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Māori: kawekawe — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Māori: awenga — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Polish: wpływ — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Portuguese: influência — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Romanian: influențare — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Romanian: influență — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Russian: влия́ние (vlijánije) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Russian: де́йствие (déjstvije) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Russian: возде́йствие (vozdéjstvije) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Slovene: vpliv — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Spanish: influencia — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Swedish: påverkan — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Tagalog: impluwensiya — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Turkish: etki — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Turkish: tesir — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Ukrainian: вплив (vplyv) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Ukrainian: упли́в (uplýv) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Ukrainian: впливання (vplyvannja) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Welsh: dylanwad — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Yiddish: השפּעה (hashpoe) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Yiddish: באַאײַנפֿלוסונג (baaynflusung) — action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
• Catalan: influència — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Dutch: invloed — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Finnish: vaikuttaja — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Galician: influencia — person or thing exerting such power or action
• German: Einfluss — person or thing exerting such power or action
• German: Beeinflusser — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Greek: επιρροή (epirroḯ) — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Irish: tionchar — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Japanese: 有力者 (yūryokusha) — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Malay: pengaruh — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Portuguese: influência — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Romanian: influențător — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Slovene: vpliv — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Lower Sorbian: wliw — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Spanish: influencia — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Swedish: inflytande — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Turkish: influencer — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Vietnamese: ảnh hưởng — person or thing exerting such power or action
• Dutch: invloed — (astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies
• Finnish: vaikutus — (astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies
• German: Einfluss — (astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies
• Greek: επιρροή (epirroḯ) — (astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies
• Slovene: vpliv — (astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies
• Bulgarian: инду́кция (indúkcija) — electrostatic induction
• Dutch: inductie — electrostatic induction
• Finnish: sähköstaattinen induktio — electrostatic induction
• Greek: επιρροή (epirroḯ) — electrostatic induction
• Polish: indukcja — electrostatic induction
• Romanian: inducție — electrostatic induction
• Romanian: influență — electrostatic induction
• Russian: инду́кция (indúkcija) — electrostatic induction
• Arabic: أَثَّرَ (ʔaṯṯara) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Belarusian: уплыва́ць (uplyvácʹ) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Bulgarian: влия́я (vlijája) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Burmese: လွှမ်းမိုး (hlwam:mui:) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Catalan: influenciar — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Catalan: influir — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Chinese Mandarin: 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Czech: ovlivňovat — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Czech: ovlivnit — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Danish: påvirke — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Dutch: beïnvloeden — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Esperanto: influi — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Finnish: vaikuttaa — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• French: influencer — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• French: influer — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• West-Frisian: beynfloedzje — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Georgian: გავლენა (gavlena) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• German: beeinflussen — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Greek: επηρεάζω (epireázo) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Hungarian: befolyásol — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Interlingua: influentiar — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Irish: téigh i bhfeidhm ar — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Italian: influenzare — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Japanese: 影響する (eikyō suru) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Kalmyk: үлмәлх (ülmälx) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Korean: 영향을 미치다 (yeonghyang'eul michida) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Latin: afficio — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Macedonian: влијае (vlijae) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Malayalam: സ്വാധീനിക്കുക (svādhīnikkuka) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Māori: kawe — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Māori: kawekawe — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Māori: whakaawe — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Māori: whakaaweawe — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Occitan: influir — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Polish: wpływać — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Polish: wpłynąć — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Polish: oddziaływać — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Portuguese: influenciar — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Portuguese: influir — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Romanian: influența — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Romanian: înrâuri — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Russian: влия́ть (vlijátʹ) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Russian: повлия́ть (povlijátʹ) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀тицати — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀тјецати — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Serbo-Croatian: ùticati — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Serbo-Croatian: ùtjecati — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Slovak: ovplyvňovať — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Slovak: ovplyvniť — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Slovene: vplivati — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Spanish: influir — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Spanish: influenciar — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Swedish: påverka — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Swedish: influera — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Ukrainian: вплива́ти (vplyváty) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Ukrainian: впли́нути (vplýnuty) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Vietnamese: ảnh hưởng — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Volapük: flunön — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Yiddish: באַאײַנפֿלוסן (baaynflusn) — transitive: to exert an influence upon
• Belarusian: уплыва́ць (uplyvácʹ) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Bulgarian: възде́йствам (vǎzdéjstvam) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Catalan: influir — intransitive: to exert influence
• Chinese Mandarin: 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Dutch: invloed uitoefenen — intransitive: to exert influence
• Finnish: vaikuttaa — intransitive: to exert influence
• German: beeinflussen — intransitive: to exert influence
• Greek: επηρεάζομαι (epireázomai) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Hungarian: befolyásol — intransitive: to exert influence
• Italian: influire — intransitive: to exert influence
• Polish: wpływać — intransitive: to exert influence
• Portuguese: influenciar — intransitive: to exert influence
• Russian: влия́ть (vlijátʹ) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Russian: возде́йствовать (vozdéjstvovatʹ) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Russian: де́йствовать (déjstvovatʹ) — intransitive: to exert influence
• Spanish: influir — intransitive: to exert influence
• Spanish: incidir — intransitive: to exert influence
• Swedish: påverka — intransitive: to exert influence
• Swedish: influera — intransitive: to exert influence