attraction

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Middle English, 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]
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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.

SynonymsEdit

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charm
pull

AntonymsEdit

repulsion

TranslationsEdit

tendency to attract

Albanian: tërheqje (sq)
Bulgarian: привличане (privličane), притегляне (pritegljane)
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
Georgian: მიმზიდველობა (mimzidveloba)
German: Anziehung (de) f, Anziehungskraft (de) f, Reiz (de) m, Liebreiz (de) m
Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi)
Hebrew: משיכה‎ f (meshikha)

Hungarian: vonzás (hu)
Interlingue: atration, atraction
Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f
Italian: attrazione (it) f, attrattiva (it) f
Kyrgyz: тартуу (ky) (tartuu), жагымдуулук (ky) (cagımduuluk), өзүнө тарткычтык (ky) (özünö tartkıçtık), кызыктыргычтык (ky) (kızıktırgıçtık), жылуулук (ky) (cıluuluk), аттракцион (ky) (attraktsion), тартыш (ky) (tartış), сонундук (ky) (sonunduk), татынакайлык (ky) (tatınakaylık), жакшынакайлык (cakşınakaylık), татканткыч жем (ky) (tatkantkıç cem)
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

feeling of being attracted

Albanian: atraksion (sq), joshje (sq)
Bulgarian: привлекателност (bg) (privlekatelnost)
Catalan: atracció (ca) f
Cebuano: atraksyon
Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f
Finnish: viehätys (fi), veto (fi)
French: attirance (fr) f
Georgian: მიზიდულობა (miziduloba)
Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi)

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)
Bulgarian: атракцион (atrakcion)
Cebuano: atraksyon
Danish: seværdighed c, turistattraktion c
Dutch: attractie (nl) f, trekpleister (nl) m
Finnish: vetonumero, vetonaula, nähtävyys (fi), vetovoimatekijä
Georgian: მიმზიდველი (mimzidveli)
German: Attraktion (de) f
Greek: θέλγητρο (el) n (thélgitro), δέλεαρ (el) n (délear), πόλος έλξης m (pólos élxis)
Hebrew: אטרקציה‎ f (at'raqtzia)
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: (as in an amusement park) аттракцио́н (ru) m (attrakción)
Slovene: atrakcija f
Telugu: ఆకర్షణ (te) (ākarṣaṇa)

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