affection

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Etymology

From French affection, from Latin affectionem, from affectio; see affect.

Pronunciation

Noun

affection (plural affections)

The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
Kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; settled good will.
Usage note: often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)"; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
(medicine) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. --Dunglison.

Synonyms

(kind feeling): attachment, fondness, kindness, love, passion, tenderness

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

act of affecting

Greek: συγκίνηση (el) (sinkínisi) f

Latvian: ietekmēšana (lv) f, ietekme (lv) f

state of being affected

Bulgarian: привързаност (bg) (privǎrzanost), обич (bg) (obič)
Finnish: ominaisuus (fi)
Greek: συγκίνηση (el) (sinkínisi) f

Latvian: ietekme (lv) f (in locative as to show that narrator is the object)
Scottish Gaelic: tlachd (gd) f

attribute

emotion

Chinese:
Mandarin: 慈愛 (cmn), 慈爱 (cmn) (cí'ài)
Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi), mielenliikutus (fi), liikuttuminen (fi)
German: Zuneigung (de) f
Hungarian: vonzalom (hu)
Italian: affetto (it) m
Japanese: 愛情 (ja) (あいじょう, aijō)
Latvian: pieķeršanās (lv) f, mīlestība (lv) f
Portuguese: afeição (pt) f

Russian: любовь (ru) (ljubóv’) f, нежность (ru) (néžnost') f, эмоции (ru) (emócii) f pl
Sardinian:
Gallurese Sardinian: affettu

Logudorese Sardinian: ameddu

Sassarese Sardinian: affettu
Scottish Gaelic: rùn (gd) m
Turkish: eğilim (tr), meyil (tr)

kind feeling

Bulgarian: обич (bg) (obič)
Catalan: afecte (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喜愛 (cmn), 喜爱 (cmn) (xǐ'ài)
Finnish: myönteinen tunne, mieltymys (fi), kiintymys, hellyys
German: Rührung (de) f, Zuneigung (de) f
Greek: στοργή (el) (storgí) f, τρυφερότητα (el) (triferótita) f
Hebrew: חיבה (he) (khiba) f

Japanese: 愛情 (ja) (あいじょう, aijō)
Latvian: pieķeršanās (lv) f
Portuguese: afeição (pt) f, afeto (pt) m
Russian: любовь (ru) (ljubóv’) f, привязанность (ru) (privjázannost') f
Scottish Gaelic: rùn (gd) m, tlachd (gd) f
Spanish: cariño (es) m
Telugu: మమత (te) (mamata), అనురాగం (te) (anuraagam)
Turkish: duygulanmak (tr), duygusal yakınlık (tr), eğilim (tr), meyil (tr)

morbid symptom

Catalan: afecció (ca) f
Finnish: affektio (fi)
Greek: ασθένεια (el) (asthénia) f, πάθηση (el) (páthisi) f

Latvian: afekts (lv) m
Portuguese: afecção (pt) f

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ميل
Ido: afeciono
Korean: 애정, 호의
Spanish: cariño
Norwegian: affeksjon
Dutch: genegenheid

Verb

affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioned, simple past and past participle affectioning)

to feel an affection, emotion or love for.

Translations

Note

Note: The verb affect has so many meanings that giving translations for the act of affecting and the state of being affected often makes no sense as a dozen different verbs may be required to cover affect in another language.