reluctance

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• /ɹɪˈlʌktəns/
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Etymology tree English reluct Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English reluctance From reluct + -ance. From Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”) + -ance, from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”).

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неохота (neohota) — unwillingness to do something
• Bulgarian: нежелание (neželanie) — unwillingness to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 勉强 — unwillingness to do something
• Danish: utilbøjelighed — unwillingness to do something
• Dutch: tegenzin — unwillingness to do something
• Esperanto: malvolo — unwillingness to do something
• Esperanto: sindetenemo — unwillingness to do something
• Estonian: vastumeelsus — unwillingness to do something
• Finnish: vastahakoisuus — unwillingness to do something
• Finnish: haluttomuus — unwillingness to do something
• French: réticence — unwillingness to do something
• German: Widerstreben — unwillingness to do something
• German: Widerwillen — unwillingness to do something
• German: Widerwille — unwillingness to do something
• Greek: επιφυλακτικότητα (epifylaktikótita) — unwillingness to do something
• Hindi: अनिच्छा (anicchā) — unwillingness to do something
• Irish: drogall — unwillingness to do something
• Irish: mífhonn — unwillingness to do something
• Irish: leisce — unwillingness to do something
• Italian: riluttanza — unwillingness to do something
• Māori: horokukū — unwillingness to do something
• Māori: koroukore — unwillingness to do something
• Norwegian Bokmål: motvilje — unwillingness to do something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motvilje — unwillingness to do something
• Polish: niechęć — unwillingness to do something
• Portuguese: relutância — unwillingness to do something
• Portuguese: hesitação — unwillingness to do something
• Romanian: repulsie — unwillingness to do something
• Russian: неохо́та (neoxóta) — unwillingness to do something
• Russian: нежела́ние (neželánije) — unwillingness to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: nevoljkost — unwillingness to do something
• Spanish: reluctancia — unwillingness to do something
• Spanish: renuencia — unwillingness to do something
• Spanish: reaciedad — unwillingness to do something
• Tamil: தயக்கம் (tayakkam) — unwillingness to do something
• Turkish: isteksizlik — unwillingness to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 犹豫 (yóuyù) — hesitancy in taking some action
• Czech: váhavost — hesitancy in taking some action
• Dutch: tegenzin — hesitancy in taking some action
• Finnish: haluttomuus — hesitancy in taking some action
• German: Zögern — hesitancy in taking some action
• German: Zaudern — hesitancy in taking some action
• German: Zögerlichkeit — hesitancy in taking some action
• Irish: leisce — hesitancy in taking some action
• Polish: wahanie — hesitancy in taking some action
• Portuguese: relutância — hesitancy in taking some action
• Portuguese: hesitação — hesitancy in taking some action
• Romanian: ezitare — hesitancy in taking some action
• Romanian: codire — hesitancy in taking some action
• Serbo-Croatian: oklijevanje — hesitancy in taking some action
• Tamil: தயக்கம் (tayakkam) — hesitancy in taking some action
• Bulgarian: магнитно съпротивление (magnitno sǎprotivlenie) — magnetic resistance
• Catalan: reluctància — magnetic resistance
• Chinese Mandarin: 磁阻 (cízǔ) — magnetic resistance
• Dutch: magnetische weerstand — magnetic resistance
• Finnish: reluktanssi — magnetic resistance
• French: réluctance — magnetic resistance
• Polish: reluktancja — magnetic resistance
• Polish: rezystencja magnetyczna — magnetic resistance
• Polish: opór magnetyczny — magnetic resistance
• Portuguese: relutância — magnetic resistance
• Romanian: reluctanță — magnetic resistance
• Spanish: reluctancia — magnetic resistance