attraction

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract +‎ -ion.

PronunciationEdit

(US, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈtɹækʃən/, [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n], [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ækʃən

NounEdit

attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)

The tendency to attract.
The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
The feeling of being attracted.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
I felt a strange attraction towards the place.
(countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
The new mall should be a major attraction.

Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.
(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
(linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

SynonymsEdit

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charm
pull

AntonymsEdit

repulsion

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

tendency to attract

Albanian: tërheqje (sq)
Belarusian: прыва́бнасць f (pryvábnascʹ), прыва́блівасць f (pryváblivascʹ)
Bulgarian: привлека́телност (bg) f (privlekátelnost)
Catalan: atracció (ca) f
Cebuano: atraksyon
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吸引力 (zh) (xiyǐnlì)
Czech: přitažlivost f
Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f
Esperanto: altiro
Finnish: vetovoima (fi)
French: attraction (fr) f
Galician: atracción (gl) f
Georgian: მიმზიდველობა (mimzidveloba)
German: Anziehung (de) f, Anziehungskraft (de) f, Reiz (de) m, Liebreiz (de) m
Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi)
Hebrew: מְשִׁיכָה‎ f (meshikha)
Hindi: आकर्षण (hi) m (ākarṣaṇ)
Hungarian: vonzás (hu)
Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f
Italian: attrazione (it) f, attrattiva (it) f
Kyrgyz: тартуу (ky) (tartuu), жагымдуулук (ky) (jagımduuluk), өзүнө тарткычтык (ky) (özünö tartkıçtık), кызыктыргычтык (ky) (kızıktırgıçtık), жылуулук (ky) (jıluuluk), аттракцион (ky) (attraktsion), тартыш (ky) (tartış), сонундук (ky) (sonunduk), татынакайлык (ky) (tatınakaylık), жакшынакайлык (jakşınakaylık), татканткыч жем (ky) (tatkantkıç jem)
Maori: hōkaka (Sexual)
Polish: przyciąganie (pl) n
Portuguese: atração (pt) f
Romanian: atracție (ro) f
Russian: привлека́тельность (ru) f (privlekátelʹnostʹ)
Slovene: privlačnost f
Spanish: atracción (es) f
Tagalog: higom
Ukrainian: прива́бливість f (pryváblyvistʹ)

feeling of being attracted

Albanian: atraksion (sq), joshje (sq)
Belarusian: по́цяг m (pócjah)
Bulgarian: привли́чане n (privlíčane), прите́гляне n (pritégljane)
Catalan: atracció (ca) f
Cebuano: atraksyon
Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f
Finnish: viehätys (fi), veto (fi)
French: attirance (fr) f
Galician: atracción (gl) f
Georgian: მიზიდულობა (miziduloba)
Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi)
Ancient: ἐφέλκυσις f (ephélkusis)
Hebrew: משיכה‎ f (meshikha)
Hungarian: vonzalom (hu)
Italian: attrazione (it) f
Polish: przywiązanie (pl) n
Portuguese: atração (pt) f
Romanian: atragere (ro) f, atracție (ro) f
Russian: влече́ние (ru) n (vlečénije)
Ukrainian: по́тяг (uk) m (pótjah)

something which attracts

Albanian: tërheqje (sq)
Belarusian: атракцыён m (atrakcyjón) (as in an amusement park)
Bulgarian: атракцио́н m (atrakción)
Cebuano: atraksyon
Danish: seværdighed c, turistattraktion c
Dutch: attractie (nl) f, trekpleister (nl) m
Finnish: vetonumero, vetonaula (fi), nähtävyys (fi), vetovoimatekijä (fi)
German: Attraktion (de) f
Greek: θέλγητρο (el) n (thélgitro), δέλεαρ (el) n (délear), πόλος έλξης m (pólos élxis)
Hebrew: אטרקציה‎ f (atraktsia)
Hindi: आकर्षण (hi) m (ākarṣaṇ)
Hungarian: látnivaló (hu)
Italian: attrazione (it) f
Latin: illecebra f
Maori: manawareka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: (for tourists) severdighet (no) m or f, turistattraksjon m
Polish: atrakcja (pl) f
Portuguese: atração (pt) f
Romanian: atracție (ro) f
Russian: аттракцио́н (ru) m (attrakción) (as in an amusement park)
Slovene: atrakcija f
Telugu: ఆకర్షణ (te) (ākarṣaṇa)
Ukrainian: атракціо́н (uk) m (atrakción) (as in an amusement park)

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