tension

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• General-American: /ˈtɛnʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnʃn̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: tĕnʹ-shn
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɛnʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: T EH1 N SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension Borrowed from Middle French tension, from Latin tēnsiō.

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: опъ́ване (opǎ́vane) — condition of being held in a state between two or more forces
• Bulgarian: разтя́гане (raztjágane) — condition of being held in a state between two or more forces
• Esperanto: tensio — condition of being held in a state between two or more forces
• Maltese: tensjoni — condition of being held in a state between two or more forces
• Russian: натяже́ние (natjažénije) — condition of being held in a state between two or more forces
• Welsh: tensiwn — condition of being held in a state between two or more forces
• Arabic: تَوَتُّر (tawattur) — psychological state
• Armenian: լարում (larum) — psychological state
• Bulgarian: безпоко́йство (bezpokójstvo) — psychological state
• Catalan: tensió — psychological state
• Chinese Mandarin: 緊張 /紧张 (jǐnzhāng) — psychological state
• Chinese Mandarin: 不安 (bù'ān) — psychological state
• Czech: napětí — psychological state
• Danish: spænding — psychological state
• Dutch: spanning — psychological state
• Esperanto: streĉo — psychological state
• Finnish: jännitys — psychological state
• Finnish: jännite — psychological state
• French: tension — psychological state
• Georgian: დაძაბულობა (daʒabuloba) — psychological state
• German: Spannung — psychological state
• Ancient Greek: συντονία (suntonía) — psychological state
• Hebrew: מֶתַח (métakh) — psychological state
• Hindi: तनाव (tanāv) — psychological state
• Hungarian: feszültség — psychological state
• Ido: tenso — psychological state
• Ido: tenseso — psychological state
• Irish: teannas — psychological state
• Italian: tensione — psychological state
• Japanese: 緊張 (kinchō) — psychological state
• Japanese: 不安 (fuan) — psychological state
• Korean: 긴장 (ginjang) — psychological state
• Korean: 불안 (buran) — psychological state
• Latin: intentiō — psychological state
• Maltese: tensjoni — psychological state
• Māori: tanuku — psychological state
• Norwegian Bokmål: spenning — psychological state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spenning — psychological state
• Iranian Persian: تَنِش (taneš) — psychological state
• Portuguese: tensão — psychological state
• Romanian: tensiune — psychological state
• Romanian: încordare — psychological state
• Russian: напряжённость (naprjažónnostʹ) — psychological state
• Russian: напряже́ние (naprjažénije) — psychological state
• Russian: натя́нутость (natjánutostʹ) — psychological state
• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh — psychological state
• Slovak: napätie — psychological state
• Spanish: tensión — psychological state
• Swedish: spänning — psychological state
• Turkish: gerginlik — psychological state
• Ukrainian: напру́га (naprúha) — psychological state
• Ukrainian: напру́ження (naprúžennja) — psychological state
• Urdu: کَشِیدَگی (kaśīdagī) — psychological state
• Urdu: تَناؤ (tanāo) — psychological state
• Welsh: tensiwn — psychological state
• Arabic: شَدّ (šadd) — state of an elastic object
• Belarusian: нацяжэ́нне (nacjažénnje) — state of an elastic object
• Belarusian: нацяжэ́ньне (nacjažénʹnje) — state of an elastic object
• Belarusian: расцяжэ́нне (rascjažénnje) — state of an elastic object
• Belarusian: расьцяжэ́ньне (rasʹcjažénʹnje) — state of an elastic object
• Belarusian: ро́сцяг (róscjah) — state of an elastic object
• Belarusian: ро́сьцяг (rósʹcjah) — state of an elastic object
• Chinese Mandarin: 張力 /张力 (zhānglì) — state of an elastic object
• Danish: spænding — state of an elastic object
• Dutch: spanning — state of an elastic object
• Esperanto: tensio — state of an elastic object
• Finnish: jännitys — state of an elastic object
• French: tension — state of an elastic object
• French: traction — state of an elastic object
• Georgian: გაჭიმვა (gač̣imva) — state of an elastic object
• Georgian: ჭიმვა (č̣imva) — state of an elastic object
• German: Spannung — state of an elastic object
• Greek: εφελκυσμός (efelkysmós) — state of an elastic object
• Hindi: खिंचाव (khiñcāv) — state of an elastic object
• Hindi: तान (tān) — state of an elastic object
• Ido: tenso — state of an elastic object
• Ido: tenseso — state of an elastic object
• Indonesian: tegangan — state of an elastic object
• Italian: tensione — state of an elastic object
• Japanese: 張力 (chōryoku) — state of an elastic object
• Korean: 장력 (jangnyeok) — state of an elastic object
• Latin: tēnsiō — state of an elastic object
• Māori: renarena — state of an elastic object
• Iranian Persian: کِشِش (kešeš) — state of an elastic object
• Polish: naciąg — state of an elastic object
• Portuguese: tensão — state of an elastic object
• Romanian: tensiune — state of an elastic object
• Romanian: încordare — state of an elastic object
• Russian: натяже́ние (natjažénije) — state of an elastic object
• Russian: растяже́ние (rastjažénije) — state of an elastic object
• Spanish: tensión — state of an elastic object
• Tagalog: binit — state of an elastic object
• Telugu: తన్యత (tanyata) — state of an elastic object
• Ukrainian: ро́зтяг (róztjah) — state of an elastic object
• Ukrainian: на́тяг (nátjah) — state of an elastic object
• Welsh: tensiwn — state of an elastic object
• Albanian: tension — voltage
• Arabic: جُهْد (juhd) — voltage
• Arabic: فُولْتِيَّة (voltiyya) — voltage
• Armenian: լարում (larum) — voltage
• Azerbaijani: gərginlik — voltage
• Belarusian: напру́жанне (naprúžannje) — voltage
• Belarusian: напру́жаньне (naprúžanʹnje) — voltage
• Belarusian: напру́га (naprúha) — voltage
• Belarusian: вальта́ж (valʹtáž) — voltage
• Bhojpuri: तनाव (tanāv) — voltage
• Bulgarian: напреже́ние (naprežénie) — voltage
• Burmese: ဗို့အား (bui.a:) — voltage
• Chinese Cantonese: 電壓 /电压 (din6 aat3) — voltage
• Chinese: 電壓 /电压 (tiān-ap) — voltage
• Chinese Mandarin: 電壓 /电压 (diànyā) — voltage
• Czech: napětí — voltage
• Danish: spænding — voltage
• Dutch: spanning — voltage
• Esperanto: tensio — voltage
• Estonian: pinge — voltage
• Finnish: jännite — voltage
• French: tension — voltage
• Georgian: ძაბვა (ʒabva) — voltage
• German: Spannung — voltage
• Greek: τάση (tási) — voltage
• Hebrew: מֶתַח (métakh) — voltage
• Hindi: विभवांतर (vibhvāntar) — voltage
• Hungarian: feszültség — voltage
• Icelandic: rafspenna — voltage
• Icelandic: spenna — voltage
• Icelandic: straumstyrkur — voltage
• Indonesian: tegangan — voltage
• Indonesian: voltase — voltage
• Indonesian: spaning — voltage
• Irish: teannas — voltage
• Italian: tensione — voltage
• Italian: voltaggio — voltage
• Japanese: 電圧 (den'atsu) — voltage
• Kazakh: кернеу (kerneu) — voltage
• Khmer: តង់ស្យុង (tɑngsyong) — voltage
• Korean: 전압 (jeonap) — voltage
• Kyrgyz: чыңалуу (cıŋaluu) — voltage
• Lao: ຄວາມດັນໄຟຟ້າ (khuām dan fai fā) — voltage
• Latvian: spriegums — voltage
• Latvian: voltāža — voltage
• Lithuanian: įtampa — voltage
• Macedonian: напон (napon) — voltage
• Macedonian: волта́жа (voltáža) — voltage
• Malay: voltan — voltage
• Malay: tegangan — voltage
• Maltese: vultaġġ — voltage
• Mongolian: хүчдэл (xüčdel) — voltage
• Norwegian Bokmål: spenning — voltage
• Iranian Persian: وُلْتاژ (voltâž) — voltage
• Polish: napięcie — voltage
• Polish: woltaż — voltage
• Portuguese: tensão — voltage
• Portuguese: voltagem — voltage
• Romanian: tensiune — voltage
• Romanian: voltaj — voltage
• Russian: напряже́ние (naprjažénije) — voltage
• Russian: вольта́ж (volʹtáž) — voltage
• Serbo-Croatian: на́пон — voltage
• Serbo-Croatian: nápon — voltage
• Slovak: napätie — voltage
• Slovene: napetost — voltage
• Spanish: tensión — voltage
• Swedish: spänning — voltage
• Tagalog: boltahe — voltage
• Tajik: шиддат (šiddat) — voltage
• Thai: แรงดันไฟฟ้า (rɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa) — voltage
• Thai: โวลเตจ (woon-dtèet) — voltage
• Turkish: gerilim — voltage
• Ukrainian: напру́га (naprúha) — voltage
• Ukrainian: напру́ження (naprúžennja) — voltage
• Ukrainian: вольта́ж (volʹtáž) — voltage
• Urdu: وولْٹیج (volṭej) — voltage
• Urdu: تَناؤ (tanāo) — voltage
• Urdu: جُہْد (juhd) — voltage
• Uzbek: kuchlanish — voltage
• Vietnamese: điện áp — voltage
• Vietnamese: hiệu điện thế — voltage
• Bulgarian: опъвам (opǎvam) — place an object in tension
• Bulgarian: напрягам (naprjagam) — place an object in tension
• Danish: spænde — place an object in tension
• Danish: stramme — place an object in tension
• Esperanto: streĉi — place an object in tension
• Finnish: jännittää — place an object in tension
• Ido: tensar — place an object in tension
• Portuguese: tensionar — place an object in tension
• Spanish: tensionar — place an object in tension