resistance

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From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rezistencë — act of resisting
• Albanian: qëndresë — act of resisting
• Arabic: مُقَاوَمَة (muqāwama) — act of resisting
• Armenian: դիմադրություն (dimadrutʻyun) — act of resisting
• Asturian: resistencia — act of resisting
• Azerbaijani: müqavimət — act of resisting
• Bashkir: ҡаршылыҡ (qarşılıq) — act of resisting
• Belarusian: супраціўле́нне (supraciwljénnje) — act of resisting
• Belarusian: супраці́ў (supracíw) — act of resisting
• Bulgarian: съпротивле́ние (sǎprotivlénie) — act of resisting
• Burmese: ခုခံခြင်း (hku.hkamhkrang:) — act of resisting
• Catalan: resistència — act of resisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵抗 (dǐkàng) — act of resisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 反抗 (fǎnkàng) — act of resisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵抗力 (dǐkànglì) — act of resisting
• Czech: odpor — act of resisting
• Danish: modstand — act of resisting
• Dutch: weerstand — act of resisting
• Dutch: verzet — act of resisting
• Esperanto: rezisto — act of resisting
• Estonian: vastupanu — act of resisting
• Finnish: vastarinta — act of resisting
• Finnish: vastustuskyky — act of resisting
• French: résistance — act of resisting
• Galician: resistencia — act of resisting
• Georgian: წინააღმდეგობა (c̣inaaɣmdegoba) — act of resisting
• German: Widerstand — act of resisting
• Greek: αντίσταση (antístasi) — act of resisting
• Ancient Greek: ἀντίστασις (antístasis) — act of resisting
• Hebrew: הִתְנַגְּדוּת (hitnag'dút) — act of resisting
• Hindi: विरोध (virodh) — act of resisting
• Hindi: प्रतिरोध (pratirodh) — act of resisting
• Hindi: मुक़ाबला (muqāblā) — act of resisting
• Hungarian: ellenállás — act of resisting
• Indonesian: penentangan — act of resisting
• Indonesian: resistensi — act of resisting
• Italian: resistenza — act of resisting
• Japanese: 抵抗 (teikō) — act of resisting
• Japanese: 反抗 (hankō) — act of resisting
• Kazakh: қарсылық (qarsylyq) — act of resisting
• Khmer: កំណៀច (kɑmniəc) — act of resisting
• Korean: 저항 (jeohang) — act of resisting
• Korean: 반항 (banhang) — act of resisting
• Northern Kurdish: berxwedan — act of resisting
• Kyrgyz: каршылык (karşılık) — act of resisting
• Lao: ຄວາມຕ້ານທານ (khuām tān thān) — act of resisting
• Latvian: pretestība — act of resisting
• Latvian: pretspēks — act of resisting
• Latvian: pretspars — act of resisting
• Lithuanian: pasipriešinimas — act of resisting
• Lithuanian: priešinimasis — act of resisting
• Luxembourgish: Widderstand — act of resisting
• Macedonian: отпор (otpor) — act of resisting
• Malay: rintangan — act of resisting
• Malay: penentangan — act of resisting
• Malayalam: പ്രതിരോധം (pratirōdhaṁ) — act of resisting
• Malayalam: ചെറുക്കൽ (ceṟukkal) — act of resisting
• Māori: ātetenga — act of resisting
• Middle English: resistence — act of resisting
• Mongolian: эсэргүүцэл (esergüücel) — act of resisting
• Mongolian: ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠦᠴᠡᠯ (esergüčel) — act of resisting
• Norwegian Bokmål: motstand — act of resisting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motstand — act of resisting
• Old English: anbyrdnes — act of resisting
• Old English: andwig — act of resisting
• Pashto: مقاومت (moqāwemát) — act of resisting
• Persian: مقاومت (moqâvemat) — act of resisting
• Persian: مقابله (moqâbele) — act of resisting
• Persian: پایداری (pāydāri) — act of resisting
• Polish: opór — act of resisting
• Polish: sprzeciw — act of resisting
• Portuguese: resistência — act of resisting
• Romanian: rezistare — act of resisting
• Romanian: opunere — act of resisting
• Romanian: rezistență — act of resisting
• Russian: сопротивле́ние (soprotivlénije) — act of resisting
• Russian: отпо́р (otpór) — act of resisting
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀тпор — act of resisting
• Serbo-Croatian: òtpor — act of resisting
• Sicilian: risistenza — act of resisting
• Slovak: odpor — act of resisting
• Slovene: odpor — act of resisting
• Spanish: resistencia — act of resisting
• Spanish: oposición — act of resisting
• Swedish: motstånd — act of resisting
• Tajik: муқовимат (muqovimat) — act of resisting
• Tajik: муқобилат (muqobilat) — act of resisting
• Tajik: зиддият (ziddiyat) — act of resisting
• Tatar: каршылык (qarşılıq) — act of resisting
• Thai: การต่อต้าน (gaan-dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan) — act of resisting
• Turkish: mukavemet — act of resisting
• Turkish: direnç — act of resisting
• Turkish: rezistans — act of resisting
• Turkish: direniş — act of resisting
• Turkmen: garşylyk — act of resisting
• Ukrainian: о́пір (ópir) — act of resisting
• Ukrainian: спро́тив (sprótyv) — act of resisting
• Urdu: مزاحمت (muzāhimat) — act of resisting
• Urdu: مقابله (muqāblā) — act of resisting
• Uyghur: قارشىلىق (qarshiliq) — act of resisting
• Uzbek: qarshilik — act of resisting
• Vietnamese: sự chống cự — act of resisting
• Vietnamese: sự đề kháng — act of resisting
• Armenian: դիմադրություն (dimadrutʻyun) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Asturian: resistencia — force that tends to oppose motion
• Azerbaijani: müqavimət — force that tends to oppose motion
• Bulgarian: съпротивле́ние (sǎprotivlénie) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Catalan: resistència — force that tends to oppose motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 阻力 (zǔlì) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Danish: modstand — force that tends to oppose motion
• Finnish: vastus — force that tends to oppose motion
• Galician: resistencia — force that tends to oppose motion
• Georgian: უკუქმედება (uḳukmedeba) — force that tends to oppose motion
• German: Widerstand — force that tends to oppose motion
• Greek: αντίσταση (antístasi) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Hungarian: ellenállás — force that tends to oppose motion
• Indonesian: berlawanan arus — force that tends to oppose motion
• Italian: resistenza — force that tends to oppose motion
• Japanese: 抵抗力 (teikōryoku) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Korean: 저항력 (jeohangnyeok) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Malay: rintangan — force that tends to oppose motion
• Malay: hambatan — force that tends to oppose motion
• Norwegian Bokmål: motkraft — force that tends to oppose motion
• Polish: opór — force that tends to oppose motion
• Portuguese: resistência — force that tends to oppose motion
• Russian: сопротивле́ние (soprotivlénije) — force that tends to oppose motion
• Sicilian: risistenza — force that tends to oppose motion
• Spanish: resistencia — force that tends to oppose motion
• Vietnamese: sức cản — force that tends to oppose motion
• Armenian: դիմադրություն (dimadrutʻyun) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Asturian: resistencia — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Catalan: resistència — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Chinese Mandarin: 電阻 /电阻 (diànzǔ) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Czech: odpor — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Danish: modstand — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Danish: resistans — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Finnish: resistanssi — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Finnish: vastus — shortened form of electrical resistance
• French: résistance — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Galician: resistencia — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Georgian: წინაღობა (c̣inaɣoba) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• German: Widerstand — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Greek: αντίσταση (antístasi) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Hungarian: ellenállás — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Icelandic: viðnám — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Icelandic: mótstaða — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Indonesian: resistansi — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Indonesian: hambatan — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Italian: resistenza — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Japanese: 抵抗 (teikō) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Korean: 저항 (jeohang) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Latvian: pretestība — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Malayalam: പ്രതിരോധം (pratirōdhaṁ) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Malayalam: വൈദ്യുതപ്രതിരോധം (vaidyutapratirōdhaṁ) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Māori: parehiko — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Norwegian Bokmål: motstand — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Norwegian Bokmål: resistans — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Polish: opór — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Polish: rezystancja — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Polish: oporność — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Portuguese: resistência — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Russian: сопротивле́ние (soprotivlénije) — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Sicilian: risistenza — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Spanish: resistencia — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Swedish: resistans — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Tagalog: sagwil — shortened form of electrical resistance
• Armenian: դիմադրություն (dimadrutʻyun) — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Asturian: resistencia — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Bulgarian: съпроти́ва (sǎprotíva) — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Catalan: resistència — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵抗運動 /抵抗运动 (dǐkàng yùndòng) — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Czech: odboj — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Danish: modstandsbevægelse — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Dutch: verzet — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Finnish: vastarintaliike — underground organization struggling for liberation
• French: résistance — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Galician: resistencia — underground organization struggling for liberation
• German: Widerstand — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Greek: αντίσταση (antístasi) — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Ancient Greek: ἀντίστασις (antístasis) — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Hungarian: ellenállás — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Indonesian: kelompok pemberontak — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Italian: resistenza — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Middle English: resistence — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Norwegian Bokmål: motstandsbevegelse — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Polish: ruch oporu — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Portuguese: resistência — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Romanian: rezistența — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Russian: сопротивле́ние (soprotivlénije) — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Sicilian: risistenza — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Spanish: resistencia — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Swedish: motståndsrörelse — underground organization struggling for liberation
• Tibetan: བཙན་རྒོལ་གསང་ཚོགས (btsan rgol gsang tshogs) — underground organization struggling for liberation