perception

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛpʃn̩/
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• General-American: /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
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• rhymes with -ɛpʃən
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From Middle English percepcioun, from Middle French percepcion, from Latin perceptiō (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipiō (“to perceive, observe”); see perceive.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: উপলব্ধি (upolobdhi) — the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
• Bulgarian: възприя́тие (vǎzprijátie) — the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
• Finnish: havainto — the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
• Finnish: havaitseminen — the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
• Hungarian: észlelés — the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
• Northern Kurdish: têgihîştin — the organisation, identification, and interpretation of sensory information
• Afrikaans: persepsie — conscious understanding of something
• Afrikaans: waarneming — conscious understanding of something
• Arabic: اِدْرََاك حَسِّيّ (idraāk ḥassiyy) — conscious understanding of something
• Azerbaijani: qavrayış — conscious understanding of something
• Bengali: উপলব্ধি (upolobdhi) — conscious understanding of something
• Bengali: অনুধাবন (onudhabon) — conscious understanding of something
• Bulgarian: схващане (shvaštane) — conscious understanding of something
• Bulgarian: разбиране (razbirane) — conscious understanding of something
• Catalan: percepció — conscious understanding of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 知覺 /知觉 (zhījué) — conscious understanding of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 感知 (gǎnzhī) — conscious understanding of something
• Czech: vnímání — conscious understanding of something
• Danish: opfattelse — conscious understanding of something
• Dutch: perceptie — conscious understanding of something
• Dutch: gewaarwording — conscious understanding of something
• Dutch: waarneming — conscious understanding of something
• Finnish: havainnointi — conscious understanding of something
• Finnish: havaintokyky — conscious understanding of something
• Finnish: -tunne — conscious understanding of something
• French: perception — conscious understanding of something
• Galician: percepción — conscious understanding of something
• Georgian: აღქმა (aɣkma) — conscious understanding of something
• Georgian: შეცნობა (šecnoba) — conscious understanding of something
• Georgian: შემეცნება (šemecneba) — conscious understanding of something
• German: Wahrnehmung — conscious understanding of something
• Greek: αντίληψη (antílipsi) — conscious understanding of something
• Hungarian: felfogás — conscious understanding of something
• Hungarian: megértés — conscious understanding of something
• Irish: braistint — conscious understanding of something
• Italian: percezione — conscious understanding of something
• Japanese: 知覚 (chikaku) — conscious understanding of something
• Latvian: uztvere — conscious understanding of something
• Maltese: perċezzjoni — conscious understanding of something
• Polish: percepcja — conscious understanding of something
• Polish: postrzeganie — conscious understanding of something
• Polish: spostrzeganie — conscious understanding of something
• Portuguese: percepção — conscious understanding of something
• Portuguese: perceção — conscious understanding of something
• Romanian: percepție — conscious understanding of something
• Romanian: percepere — conscious understanding of something
• Romanian: discernere — conscious understanding of something
• Romanian: discernământ — conscious understanding of something
• Russian: восприя́тие (vosprijátije) — conscious understanding of something
• Russian: перце́пция (percépcija) — conscious understanding of something
• Scottish Gaelic: toirt fa-near — conscious understanding of something
• Serbo-Croatian: percèpcija — conscious understanding of something
• Serbo-Croatian: predodžba — conscious understanding of something
• Slovak: vnímanie — conscious understanding of something
• Spanish: percepción — conscious understanding of something
• Swedish: uppfattning — conscious understanding of something
• Swedish: förnimmelse — conscious understanding of something
• Tagalog: watas — conscious understanding of something
• Thai: การรับรู้ (gaan-ráp-rúu) — conscious understanding of something
• Ottoman Turkish: ادراك (idrak) — conscious understanding of something
• Ukrainian: сприйняття́ (spryjnjattjá) — conscious understanding of something
• Ukrainian: перце́пція (percépcija) — conscious understanding of something
• Urdu: حسی ادراک — conscious understanding of something
• Vietnamese: tri giác — conscious understanding of something
• Bulgarian: зрение (zrenie) — vision (ability)
• Catalan: percepció — vision (ability)
• Dutch: zicht — vision (ability)
• Dutch: waarneming — vision (ability)
• Finnish: näkökyky — vision (ability)
• Finnish: näkö — vision (ability)
• Finnish: näköaisti — vision (ability)
• French: perception — vision (ability)
• Greek: όραση (órasi) — vision (ability)
• Hungarian: látás — vision (ability)
• Portuguese: percepção — vision (ability)
• Portuguese: perceção — vision (ability)
• Romanian: percepție — vision (ability)
• Scottish Gaelic: toirt fa-near — vision (ability)
• Serbo-Croatian: percèpcija — vision (ability)
• Serbo-Croatian: vȋd — vision (ability)
• Bulgarian: възприятие (vǎzprijatie) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Catalan: percepció — that which is detected by the five senses
• Czech: vjem — that which is detected by the five senses
• Finnish: aistimus — that which is detected by the five senses
• Finnish: havainto — that which is detected by the five senses
• French: perception — that which is detected by the five senses
• Georgian: აღქმა (aɣkma) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Greek: αντίληψη (antílipsi) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Greek: διορατικότητα (dioratikótita) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Greek: αίσθηση (aísthisi) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Ancient Greek: αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Hebrew: תפיסה (tfissa) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Hebrew: קליטה (klita) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Hungarian: érzékelés — that which is detected by the five senses
• Hungarian: észlelés — that which is detected by the five senses
• Italian: percezione — that which is detected by the five senses
• Italian: sentore — that which is detected by the five senses
• Portuguese: percepção — that which is detected by the five senses
• Portuguese: perceção — that which is detected by the five senses
• Romanian: percepție — that which is detected by the five senses
• Russian: восприя́тие (vosprijátije) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Russian: реце́пция (recépcija) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Scottish Gaelic: toirt fa-near — that which is detected by the five senses
• Serbo-Croatian: percèpcija — that which is detected by the five senses
• Slovak: vnem — that which is detected by the five senses
• Spanish: percepción — that which is detected by the five senses
• Ukrainian: сприйняття́ (spryjnjattjá) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Ukrainian: чуття́ (čuttjá) — that which is detected by the five senses
• Urdu: حواس خمسہ کا ادراک — that which is detected by the five senses