percussion

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• General-American: /pɚˈkʌʃən/
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From Middle English percussioun, from Middle French, Old French percussion, from Latin percussiō (“striking”), from percutiō (“to strike”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: стълкновение (stǎlknovenie) — collision producing a sound
• Catalan: percussió — collision producing a sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 擊發 /击发 (jīfā) — collision producing a sound
• Finnish: lyönti — collision producing a sound
• Galician: percusión — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: összeütés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: ütés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: ütközés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: összeütközés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: ütődés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: összeütődés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: lökés — collision producing a sound
• Hungarian: rázkódás — collision producing a sound
• Icelandic: samsláttur — collision producing a sound
• Icelandic: sláttur — collision producing a sound
• Icelandic: barningur — collision producing a sound
• Russian: столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) — collision producing a sound
• Russian: уда́р (udár) — collision producing a sound
• Catalan: percussió — sound produced by collision
• Chinese Mandarin: 擊發的聲音 /击发的声音 (jīfā de shēngyīn) — sound produced by collision
• Finnish: lyöntiääni — sound produced by collision
• Hungarian: csattanás — sound produced by collision
• Hungarian: gyutacs felrobbanása — detonation of percussion cap
• Bulgarian: причукване (pričukvane) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Catalan: percussió — medicine: tapping of the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 叩診 /叩诊 (kòuzhěn) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 打診 /打诊 (dǎzhěn) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Danish: perkussion — medicine: tapping of the body
• Finnish: koputtelu — medicine: tapping of the body
• Hungarian: kopogtatás — medicine: tapping of the body
• Indonesian: perkusi — medicine: tapping of the body
• Indonesian: ketukan — medicine: tapping of the body
• Japanese: 打診 (dashin) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Norwegian Bokmål: perkusjon — medicine: tapping of the body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: perkusjon — medicine: tapping of the body
• Russian: высту́кивание (vystúkivanije) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Russian: перку́ссия (perkússija) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Telugu: వాదనము (vādanamu) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Telugu: మీటుట (mīṭuṭa) — medicine: tapping of the body
• Turkish: perküsyon — medicine: tapping of the body
• Arabic: آلَة إِيقَاعِيَّة (ʔāla ʔīqāʕiyya) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Bulgarian: ударни инструменти (udarni instrumenti) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Catalan: percussió — music: section of percussion instruments
• Chinese Mandarin: 打擊樂器 /打击乐器 (dǎjī yuèqì) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Czech: bicí — music: section of percussion instruments
• Danish: slagtøj — music: section of percussion instruments
• Danish: percussion — music: section of percussion instruments
• Finnish: lyömäsoittimet — music: section of percussion instruments
• Finnish: lyömäsoitinryhmä — music: section of percussion instruments
• French: percussion — music: section of percussion instruments
• German: Perkussion — music: section of percussion instruments
• Hindi: वादन (vādan) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Hungarian: ütőhangszer — music: section of percussion instruments
• Hungarian: ütősök — music: section of percussion instruments
• Hungarian: ütők — music: section of percussion instruments
• Icelandic: slagverk — music: section of percussion instruments
• Irish: cnaguirlis — music: section of percussion instruments
• Māori: papā — music: section of percussion instruments
• Norwegian Bokmål: slagverk — music: section of percussion instruments
• Norwegian Bokmål: perkusjon — music: section of percussion instruments
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slagverk — music: section of percussion instruments
• Norwegian Nynorsk: perkusjon — music: section of percussion instruments
• Polish: perkusja — music: section of percussion instruments
• Portuguese: percussão — music: section of percussion instruments
• Russian: уда́рный инструме́нт (udárnyj instrumént) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Sanskrit: समाघात (samāghāta) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Sanskrit: वादन (vādana) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Spanish: percusión — music: section of percussion instruments
• Tagalog: pagtambulin — music: section of percussion instruments
• Telugu: వాదనము (vādanamu) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Telugu: మ్రోగించుట (mrōgiñcuṭa) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Telugu: వాయించుట (vāyiñcuṭa) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Telugu: మీటుట (mīṭuṭa) — music: section of percussion instruments
• Finnish: tärytys — engineering: repeated striking