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Inherited from Middle English reaccion, from Old French reaction, from Latin reāctiō, from the verb reagō, from re- (“again”) + agō (“to act”); more at re-, action; equivalent to react + -ion.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: reaksie — action in response to an event
• Albanian: reagim — action in response to an event
• Arabic: رَدّ فِعْل (radd fiʕl) — action in response to an event
• Arabic: تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul) — action in response to an event
• Armenian: ռեակցիա (ṙeakcʻia) — action in response to an event
• Azerbaijani: reaksiya — action in response to an event
• Azerbaijani: əksüləməl — action in response to an event
• Azerbaijani: təpki — action in response to an event
• Belarusian: рэа́кцыя (reákcyja) — action in response to an event
• Bengali: প্রতিক্রিয়া (protikriẏa) — action in response to an event
• Bulgarian: реа́кция (reákcija) — action in response to an event
• Catalan: reacció — action in response to an event
• Chinese Mandarin: 反應 /反应 (fǎnyìng) — action in response to an event
• Chinese Mandarin: 反動 /反动 (fǎndòng) — action in response to an event
• Czech: reakce — action in response to an event
• Danish: reaktion — action in response to an event
• Dutch: reactie — action in response to an event
• Esperanto: reakcio — action in response to an event
• Esperanto: reago — action in response to an event
• Estonian: reaktsioon — action in response to an event
• Finnish: reaktio — action in response to an event
• Finnish: vaikutus — action in response to an event
• Finnish: vastavaikutus — action in response to an event
• Finnish: vaste — action in response to an event
• French: réaction — action in response to an event
• Galician: reacción — action in response to an event
• Georgian: რეაქცია (reakcia) — action in response to an event
• German: Reaktion — action in response to an event
• Greek: αντίδραση (antídrasi) — action in response to an event
• Hebrew: תְּגוּבָה (t'guvá) — action in response to an event
• Hindi: प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriyā) — action in response to an event
• Hindi: प्रक्रिया (prakriyā) — action in response to an event
• Hungarian: reakció — action in response to an event
• Indonesian: reaksi — action in response to an event
• Irish: frithghníomhaíocht — action in response to an event
• Italian: reazione — action in response to an event
• Japanese: 反応 (hannō) — action in response to an event
• Japanese: 反動 (handō) — action in response to an event
• Japanese: リアクション (riakushon) — action in response to an event
• Kazakh: реакция (reaksiä) — action in response to an event
• Khmer: ប្រតិកម្ម (praʼtekam) — action in response to an event
• Korean: 반응 (baneung) — action in response to an event
• Korean: 반동 (bandong) — action in response to an event
• Korean: 리액션 (riaeksyeon) — action in response to an event
• Kyrgyz: реакция (reaktsiya) — action in response to an event
• Lao: ປະຕິກິລິຍາ (pa ti ki li nyā) — action in response to an event
• Lao: ປະຕິກິຣິຍາ (pa ti ki ri nyā) — action in response to an event
• Latin: reāctiō — action in response to an event
• Latvian: reakcija — action in response to an event
• Lithuanian: reakcija — action in response to an event
• Luxembourgish: Reaktioun — action in response to an event
• Macedonian: реакција (reakcija) — action in response to an event
• Malay: reaksi — action in response to an event
• Malay: tindak balas — action in response to an event
• Maltese: reazzjoni — action in response to an event
• Marathi: प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriyā) — action in response to an event
• Mongolian: урвал (urval) — action in response to an event
• Norwegian Bokmål: reaksjon — action in response to an event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reaksjon — action in response to an event
• Pannonian Rusyn: реакция (reakcija) — action in response to an event
• Persian: واکنش (vâkoneš) — action in response to an event
• Persian: رآکسیون (re-âksyon) — action in response to an event
• Polish: reakcja — action in response to an event
• Portuguese: reação — action in response to an event
• Romanian: reacție — action in response to an event
• Russian: реа́кция (reákcija) — action in response to an event
• Sanskrit: प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriyā) — action in response to an event
• Sanskrit: प्रक्रिया (prakriyā) — action in response to an event
• Serbo-Croatian: реа̀кција — action in response to an event
• Serbo-Croatian: reàkcija — action in response to an event
• Slovak: reakcia — action in response to an event
• Slovene: reakcija — action in response to an event
• Spanish: reacción — action in response to an event
• Swahili: mmenyuko — action in response to an event
• Swedish: reaktion — action in response to an event
• Tagalog: reaksyon — action in response to an event
• Tajik: таассур (taassur) — action in response to an event
• Tajik: реаксия (reaksiya) — action in response to an event
• Tajik: вокуниш (vokuniš) — action in response to an event
• Telugu: ప్రతిచర్య (praticarya) — action in response to an event
• Telugu: ప్రతిక్రియ (pratikriya) — action in response to an event
• Thai: ปฏิกิริยา (bpà-dtì-gì-rí-yaa) — action in response to an event
• Turkish: tepki — action in response to an event
• Turkish: reaksiyon — action in response to an event
• Turkmen: reaksiýa — action in response to an event
• Ukrainian: реа́кція (reákcija) — action in response to an event
• Uzbek: reaksiya — action in response to an event
• Uzbek: sezish — action in response to an event
• Vietnamese: phản ứng — action in response to an event
• Welsh: adwaith — action in response to an event
• Welsh: ymateb — action in response to an event
• Afrikaans: reaksie — chemical transformation
• Arabic: تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul) — chemical transformation
• Armenian: փոխազդեցություն (pʻoxazdecʻutʻyun) — chemical transformation
• Armenian: ռեակցիա (ṙeakcʻia) — chemical transformation
• Belarusian: рэа́кцыя (reákcyja) — chemical transformation
• Bulgarian: реа́кция (reákcija) — chemical transformation
• Catalan: reacció — chemical transformation
• Chinese Mandarin: 反應 /反应 (fǎnyìng) — chemical transformation
• Czech: reakce — chemical transformation
• Danish: reaktion — chemical transformation
• Finnish: reaktio — chemical transformation
• French: réaction — chemical transformation
• Georgian: რეაქცია (reakcia) — chemical transformation
• German: Reaktion — chemical transformation
• Greek: αντίδραση (antídrasi) — chemical transformation
• Icelandic: hvörf — chemical transformation
• Icelandic: hvarf — chemical transformation
• Irish: imoibriú — chemical transformation
• Italian: reazione — chemical transformation
• Japanese: 反応 (hannō) — chemical transformation
• Kazakh: реакция (reaksiä) — chemical transformation
• Korean: 반응 (baneung) — chemical transformation
• Luxembourgish: Reaktioun — chemical transformation
• Malay: tindak balas — chemical transformation
• Malay: reaksi — chemical transformation
• Māori: tauhohenga — chemical transformation
• Marathi: अभिक्रिया (abhikriyā) — chemical transformation
• Norwegian Bokmål: reaksjon — chemical transformation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reaksjon — chemical transformation
• Portuguese: reação — chemical transformation
• Romanian: reacție — chemical transformation
• Russian: реа́кция (reákcija) — chemical transformation
• Spanish: reacción — chemical transformation
• Tagalog: balibilos — chemical transformation
• Telugu: చర్య (carya) — chemical transformation
• Thai: ปฏิกิริยา (bpà-dtì-gì-rí-yaa) — chemical transformation
• Turkish: tepkime — chemical transformation
• Ukrainian: реа́кція (reákcija) — chemical transformation
• Vietnamese: phản ứng — chemical transformation
• Welsh: adwaith — chemical transformation
• Welsh: ymateb — chemical transformation
• Azerbaijani: irtica — reactionary politics
• Azerbaijani: reaksiya — reactionary politics
• Bulgarian: реакционерство (reakcionerstvo) — reactionary politics
• Finnish: taantumus — reactionary politics
• German: Reaktion — reactionary politics
• Hungarian: reakció — reactionary politics