noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/
Canada, General-American:/ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/
Canada, General-American:/ˌɹɛp.ɚˈkʌʃ.ən/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˌɹiː.pəˈkɐʃ.ən/
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CMU ARPABET:R IY2 P ER0 K AH1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY2 P R AH0 K AH1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the repercussion of sound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: medicine, obstetrics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
a movement back from an impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَثَّر
(ʔaṯṯar)
— consequence, result of action
Arabic:
تَدَاعِي
(tadāʕī)
— consequence, result of action
Armenian:
հետեւանք
(hetewankʻ)
— consequence, result of action
Bulgarian:
последица
(posledica)
— consequence, result of action
Catalan:
conseqüència
— consequence, result of action
Chinese Mandarin:
後果 /后果
(hòuguǒ)
— consequence, result of action
Chinese Mandarin:
連帶影響 /连带影响
— consequence, result of action
Czech:
dopad
— consequence, result of action
Czech:
následek
— consequence, result of action
Danish:
eftervirkning
— consequence, result of action
Danish:
konsekvens
— consequence, result of action
Danish:
følge
— consequence, result of action
Finnish:
jälkiseuraus
— consequence, result of action
Finnish:
seuraus
— consequence, result of action
French:
conséquence
— consequence, result of action
French:
répercussion
— consequence, result of action
German:
Echo
— consequence, result of action
German:
Widerhall
— consequence, result of action
German:
Auswirkung
— consequence, result of action
German:
Nachwirkung
— consequence, result of action
German:
Rückwirkung
— consequence, result of action
Greek:
αντίκτυπος
(antíktypos)
— consequence, result of action
Greek:
επίπτωση
(epíptosi)
— consequence, result of action
Icelandic:
eftirmál
— consequence, result of action
Icelandic:
eftirköst
— consequence, result of action
Italian:
conseguenza
— consequence, result of action
Italian:
ripercussione
— consequence, result of action
Latin:
repercussio
— consequence, result of action
Māori:
whakarara
— consequence, result of action
Norwegian Bokmål:
etterdønning
— consequence, result of action
Polish:
reperkusja
— consequence, result of action
Portuguese:
repercussão
— consequence, result of action
Russian:
после́дствие
(poslédstvije)
— consequence, result of action
Spanish:
consecuencia
— consequence, result of action
Swedish:
återverkan
— consequence, result of action
Turkish:
yankı
— consequence, result of action
Turkish:
yansıma
— consequence, result of action
Turkish:
etki
— consequence, result of action
Turkish:
tesir
— consequence, result of action
Bulgarian:
отзвук
(otzvuk)
— act of driving back, or the state of being driven back
Finnish:
reperkussio
— music: rapid reiteration of the same sound
