noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
Canada, General-American:/ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/
California:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
rhymes with -ækʃən
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N T ER0 AE1 K SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:IH2 N ER0 AE1 K SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Be aware of interactions between different medications.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A conversation or exchange between people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transaction
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fundamental interaction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical phenomenon
Narrower terms: electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, strong interaction, strong force, color force, weak interaction, weak force
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.
Across languages
Translations
121 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
interaksie
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Albanian:
bashkëveprim
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Arabic:
تَآثُر
(taʔāṯur)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Arabic:
تَفَاعُل
(tafāʕul)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Armenian:
փոխազդեցություն
(pʻoxazdecʻutʻyun)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Belarusian:
узаемадзе́янне
(uzajemadzjéjannje)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Belarusian:
узаемадзе́яньне
(uzajemadzjéjanʹnje)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Bulgarian:
взаимоде́йствие
(vzaimodéjstvie)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Catalan:
interacció
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Chinese Mandarin:
相互作用
(xiānghù zuòyòng)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Czech:
interakce
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Danish:
vekselvirkning
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Danish:
interaktion
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Dutch:
wisselwerking
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Dutch:
interactie
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Esperanto:
interagado
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Esperanto:
interago
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Finnish:
vuorovaikutus
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Finnish:
kanssakäyminen
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
French:
interaction
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Galician:
interacción
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Georgian:
ინტერაქცია
(inṭerakcia)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Georgian:
ურთიერთქმედება
(urtiertkmedeba)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Georgian:
ურთიერთზეგავლენა
(urtiertzegavlena)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Georgian:
ურთიერთკავშირი
(urtiertḳavširi)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
German:
Interaktion
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
German:
Wechselwirkung
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Greek:
αλληλεπίδραση
(allilepídrasi)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Greek:
διάδραση
(diádrasi)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Hebrew:
יַחֲסֵי גּוֹמְלִין
(yakhaséy gomlín)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Hebrew:
אִינְטֶרְאַקְצְיָה
(interáktsiya)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Hungarian:
kölcsönhatás
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Hungarian:
interakció
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Icelandic:
víxlverkun
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Icelandic:
gagnverkun
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Ido:
interago
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
idirghníomhaíocht
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
idirghníomhú
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
idirghníomh
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
idirghníomhúchán
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
imghníomhú
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
idirfheidhm
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish:
imoibriú
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Italian:
interazione
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Japanese:
相互作用
(sōgosayō)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Korean:
상호작용
(sanghojagyong)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Latin:
interaction
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Latvian:
mijiedarbība
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Macedonian:
заемоде́јство
(zaemodéjstvo)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Macedonian:
интеракција
(interakcija)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Malay:
saling tindak
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Malay:
interaksi
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Maltese:
interazzjoni
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Māori:
pāhekohekotanga
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Norwegian Bokmål:
interaksjon
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Norwegian Bokmål:
samspill
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Norwegian Bokmål:
vekselvirkning
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Norwegian Nynorsk:
interaksjon
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Norwegian Nynorsk:
samspel
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Iranian Persian:
تَفاعُل
(tafâ'ol)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Iranian Persian:
بَرْهَمکُنِش
(barham-koneš)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Polish:
interakcja
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Portuguese:
interação
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Romanian:
interacțiune
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Romanian:
interacționare
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Russian:
взаимоде́йствие
(vzaimodéjstvije)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Scottish Gaelic:
eadar-oibreachadh
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Scottish Gaelic:
eadar-obrachadh
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Serbo-Croatian:
интера̀кција
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Serbo-Croatian:
interàkcija
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Slovak:
interakcia
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Slovene:
interakcija
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Spanish:
interacción
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Spanish:
interrelación
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Spanish:
coacción
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Swedish:
växelverkan
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Swedish:
interaktion
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Tagalog:
tambilos
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Ukrainian:
взаємоді́я
(vzajemodíja)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Urdu:
تَفاعُل
(tafā'ul)
— situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Afrikaans:
interaksie
— conversation or exchange between people
Albanian:
bashkëveprim
— conversation or exchange between people
Arabic:
مُخَالَطَة
(muḵālaṭa)
— conversation or exchange between people
Arabic:
تَفَاعُل
(tafāʕul)
— conversation or exchange between people
Arabic:
اِخْتِلَاط
(iḵtilāṭ)
— conversation or exchange between people
Belarusian:
зно́сіны
(znósiny)
— conversation or exchange between people
Bulgarian:
общу́ване
(obštúvane)
— conversation or exchange between people
Bulgarian:
обще́ние
(obšténie)
— conversation or exchange between people
Catalan:
interacció
— conversation or exchange between people
Chinese Mandarin:
相互作用
(xiānghù zuòyòng)
— conversation or exchange between people
Chinese Mandarin:
互動 /互动
(hùdòng)
— conversation or exchange between people
Chinese Mandarin:
交流
(jiāoliú)
— conversation or exchange between people
Czech:
komunikace
— conversation or exchange between people
Dutch:
interactie
— conversation or exchange between people
Finnish:
keskustelu
— conversation or exchange between people
French:
interaction
— conversation or exchange between people
Galician:
interacción
— conversation or exchange between people
Georgian:
ინტერაქცია
(inṭerakcia)
— conversation or exchange between people
Georgian:
ურთიერთობა
(urtiertoba)
— conversation or exchange between people
German:
Interaktion
— conversation or exchange between people
Greek:
αλληλεπίδραση
(allilepídrasi)
— conversation or exchange between people
Ancient Greek:
ὁμιλία
(homilía)
— conversation or exchange between people
Irish:
caidreamh
— conversation or exchange between people
Italian:
interazione
— conversation or exchange between people
Japanese:
相互作用
(sōgosayō)
— conversation or exchange between people
Korean:
상호작용
(sanghojagyong)
— conversation or exchange between people
Macedonian:
општење
(opštenje)
— conversation or exchange between people
Maltese:
interazzjoni
— conversation or exchange between people
Māori:
tauwhitiwhiti
— conversation or exchange between people
Māori:
taunekeneke
— conversation or exchange between people
Norwegian Bokmål:
interaksjon
— conversation or exchange between people
Norwegian Bokmål:
samhandling
— conversation or exchange between people
Polish:
komunikacja
— conversation or exchange between people
Portuguese:
interação
— conversation or exchange between people
Romanian:
interacțiune
— conversation or exchange between people
Russian:
обще́ние
(obščénije)
— conversation or exchange between people
Serbo-Croatian:
интера̀кција
— conversation or exchange between people
Serbo-Croatian:
interàkcija
— conversation or exchange between people
Slovak:
komunikácia
— conversation or exchange between people
Slovene:
občevanje
— conversation or exchange between people
Ukrainian:
спілкува́ння
(spilkuvánnja)
— conversation or exchange between people