attraction
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahō
Latin attrahō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin attractiōder.
Old French attractionbor.
Middle English attraccioun
English attraction
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.
Base: attract
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: attractions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The tendency to attract.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
gloss: The tendency to attract.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I can't resist his attraction.
gloss: The tendency to attract.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The new mall should be a major attraction.
Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.
gloss: The tendency to attract.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place.
Our attraction to sugar makes it hard to stop eating it.
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.
gloss: The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I've always had an attraction to blondes.
I don't think my husband has ever acted on any of his attractions.
Murphy struggled with his attraction to men while remaining happily married all his life, daily negotiating the challenges of living in two locations simultaneously. These doublings of desire and emotional attachment left their trace in the multiple doublings within […] the billboard painting he made to signpost the home he created with his wife Sara […]
"I'm asexual," Yazhiisai said, the words spilling out faster than she intended. "I don't experience attraction the way most people do. I'm telling you this because I don't want there to be any surprises."
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: repulsion
Related words: orientation
Derived words: aesthetic attraction
attractional
basin of attraction
chemoattraction
coattraction
Coulomb attraction
counterattraction
fatal attraction
genetic sexual attraction
interattraction
inverse attraction
law of attraction
local attraction
paronymic attraction
photoattraction
reattraction
split attraction model
star attraction
tourist attraction
unattraction
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: tërheqje
lang: Armenian
word: ձգողականություն
roman: jgoġakanutʻyun
lang: Belarusian
word: прыва́бнасць
roman: pryvábnascʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: прыва́блівасць
roman: pryváblivascʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: привлека́телност
roman: privlekátelnost
lang: Catalan
word: atracció
lang: Cebuano
word: atraksyon
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吸引力
roman: xiyǐnlì
lang: Czech
word: přitažlivost
lang: Danish
word: tiltrækningskraft
lang: Danish
word: tække
lang: Danish
word: charme
lang: Dutch
word: aantrekkingskracht
lang: Esperanto
word: altiro
lang: Finnish
word: vetovoima
lang: French
word: attraction
lang: Galician
word: atracción
lang: Georgian
word: მიმზიდველობა
roman: mimzidveloba
lang: German
word: Anziehung
lang: German
word: Anziehungskraft
lang: German
word: Reiz
lang: German
word: Liebreiz
lang: Greek
word: έλξη
roman: élxi
lang: Hebrew
word: מְשִׁיכָה
roman: meshikha
lang: Hindi
word: आकर्षण
roman: ākarṣaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: vonzás
lang: Irish
word: imtharraingt
lang: Italian
word: attrazione
lang: Italian
word: attrattiva
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тартуу
roman: tartuu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жагымдуулук
roman: jagımduuluk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: өзүнө тарткычтык
roman: özünö tartkıctık
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кызыктыргычтык
roman: kızıktırgıctık
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жылуулук
roman: jıluuluk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: аттракцион
roman: attraktsion
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тартыш
roman: tartış
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сонундук
roman: sonunduk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: татынакайлык
roman: tatınakaylık
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жакшынакайлык
roman: jakşınakaylık
lang: Kyrgyz
word: татканткыч жем
roman: tatkantkıc jem
lang: Māori
word: hōkaka
lang: Polish
word: przyciąganie
lang: Portuguese
word: atração
lang: Romanian
word: atracție
lang: Russian
word: привлека́тельность
roman: privlekátelʹnostʹ
lang: Slovene
word: privlačnost
lang: Spanish
word: atracción
lang: Tagalog
word: higom
lang: Turkish
word: çekim
lang: Turkish
word: atraksiyon
lang: Ukrainian
word: прива́бливість
roman: pryváblyvistʹ
lang: Albanian
word: atraksion
lang: Albanian
word: joshje
lang: Belarusian
word: по́цяг
roman: pócjah
lang: Bulgarian
word: привли́чане
roman: privlíčane
lang: Bulgarian
word: прите́гляне
roman: pritégljane
lang: Catalan
word: atracció
lang: Cebuano
word: atraksyon
lang: Dutch
word: aantrekkingskracht
lang: Finnish
word: viehätys
lang: Finnish
word: viehtymys
lang: Finnish
word: veto
lang: French
word: attirance
lang: Galician
word: atracción
lang: Georgian
word: მიზიდულობა
roman: miziduloba
lang: Greek
word: έλξη
roman: élxi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐφέλκυσις
roman: ephélkusis
lang: Hebrew
word: משיכה
roman: meshikha
lang: Hindi
word: आकर्षण
roman: ākarṣaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: vonzalom
lang: Italian
word: attrazione
lang: Polish
word: przywiązanie
lang: Portuguese
word: atração
lang: Romanian
word: atragere
lang: Romanian
word: atracție
lang: Russian
word: влече́ние
roman: vlečénije
lang: Turkish
word: çekim
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́тяг
roman: pótjah
lang: Albanian
word: tërheqje
lang: Belarusian
word: атракцыён
roman: atrakcyjón
lang: Bulgarian
word: атракцио́н
roman: atrakción
lang: Cebuano
word: atraksyon
lang: Danish
word: seværdighed
lang: Danish
word: turistattraktion
lang: Dutch
word: attractie
lang: Dutch
word: trekpleister
lang: Finnish
word: vetovoimatekijä
lang: Finnish
word: attraktio
lang: Finnish
word: vetonumero
lang: Finnish
word: vetonaula
lang: Finnish
word: nähtävyys
lang: German
word: Attraktion
lang: Greek
word: θέλγητρο
roman: thélgitro
lang: Greek
word: δέλεαρ
roman: délear
lang: Greek
word: πόλος έλξης
roman: pólos élxis
lang: Hebrew
word: אטרקציה
roman: atraktsia
lang: Hindi
word: आकर्षण
roman: ākarṣaṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: látnivaló
lang: Italian
word: attrazione
lang: Latin
word: illecebra
lang: Māori
word: manawareka
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: severdighet
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: turistattraksjon
lang: Polish
word: atrakcja
lang: Portuguese
word: atração
lang: Romanian
word: atracție
lang: Russian
word: аттракцио́н
roman: attrakción
lang: Russian
word: достопримечательность
roman: dostoprimečatelʹnostʹ
lang: Slovene
word: atrakcija
lang: Telugu
word: ఆకర్షణ
roman: ākarṣaṇa
lang: Ukrainian
word: атракціо́н
roman: atrakción