Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 7343 6872130 2009-06-23T03:42:13Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:es:attention]] {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|single|foot|beauty|618|attention|standing|books|knows}} ===Etymology=== < {{etyl|enm}} {{term|attencioun}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|attention|lang=la}} < {{term|attendere}}, pp. {{term|attentus||to attend, give heed to}}; see [[attend]]. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/əˈtɛn.ʃən/}}, {{SAMPA|/@"tEn.S@n/}} * {{audio|en-us-attention.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{uncountable}} [[mental|Mental]] [[focus]]. #: ''Please direct your '''attention''' to the following words.'' # {{context|countable|often plural}} An [[action]] or [[remark]] expressing [[concern]] for or [[interest]] in someone or something, especially [[romantic]] interest. #* '''1818''', [[w:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]], ''Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus'', ch. 3, #*: She attended her sickbed; her watchful '''attentions''' triumphed over the malignity of the distemper. #* '''1910''', [[w:Stephen Leacock|Stephen Leacock]], "How to Avoid Getting Married," in ''Literary Lapses'', #*: For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked '''attentions''' from a young lady. # {{context|uncountable|military}} A state of [[alertness]] in the [[standing]] position. #: ''The company will now come to '''attention'''.'' ====Derived terms==== * [[at attention]] * [[attention deficit disorder]] * [[attention line]] * [[attention span]] * [[attention whore]] * [[attentional]] * [[center of attention]]/[[centre of attention]] * [[draw attention]] * [[flow of attention]] * [[pay attention]] * [[stand to attention]] ====Related terms==== *[[attentive]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|mental focus}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{zh-ts|注意|注意}} ([[zhù]][[yì]]) * Czech: {{t-|cs|pozornost|f}} * Danish: [[opmærksomhed]] {{c}}, [[bevågenhed]] {{c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|aandacht|f}} * Estonian: {{t|et|tähelepanu}} * Finnish: [[huomio]], [[tarkkaavaisuus]] * French: {{t+|fr|attention}} * German: {{t+|de|Aufmerksamkeit|f}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|figyelem}} {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: {{t|ku|ئاگاداری|tr=agadari|sc=ku-Arab}} * Latvian: [[uzmanība]] {{f}} * [[Norwegian Bokmål]]: {{tø|nb|oppmerksomhet|c}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|uwaga|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|atenção|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|внимание|n|tr=vnimánije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|внимательность|f|cs=Cyrl|tr=vnimát'el'nost'|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|pozornost|f}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|atención|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|uppmärksamhet|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|romantic interest}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{zh-ts|殷勤|殷勤}} ([[yīn]][[qín]]) * Dutch: {{t|nl|attenties|p}} * Finnish: [[huomionosoitus]] * German: {{t+|de|Aufmerksamkeit|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[atencja]] {{f}}, [[względy]] * Portuguese: [[atenção]] {{f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|внимание|n|tr=vnimánije|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|pozornost|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|state of alertness in the standing position}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin:{{zh-ts|立正|立正}} ([[lì]][[zhèng]]) * Czech: {{t-|cs|pozor|m}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|paraatheid|f}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|asento}} * German: {{t+|de|Achtung|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|figyelem}} * Polish: [[baczność]] {{f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sentido|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|внимание|n|tr=vnimánije|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t-|sl|pozor|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|uppmärksamhet|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} <!--added {{ttbc|}}s here.--> * {{ttbc|Bulgarian}}: [[внимание]] {{n}} (1) * {{ttbc|Hebrew}}: [[תשומת לב]] (tsumat lev) {{f}}, {{he-translation|קשב|keshev}} {{m}} * {{ttbc|Icelandic}}: [[athygli]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[hati|perhatian]], [[sorot|sorotan]] * {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: attention * {{ttbc|Japanese}}: [[注目]] ([[ちゅうもく]], chūmoku), [[注意]] ([[ちゅうい]], chūi) {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[주의]] (ju-ui), [[주목]] (jumok) * {{ttbc|Lithuanian}}: [[dėmesys]] {{m}} (1) * {{ttbc|Serbian}}: [[paznja]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Slovak}}: [[pozornosť]] {{f}} (1), [[pozor]] {{m}} (2) * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[శ్రద్ధ]] * {{ttbc|Turkish}}: [[dikkat]] {{n}} (1) {{trans-bottom}} ====External links==== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==French== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-attention.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/a.tɑ̃s.jɔ̃/|lang=fr}} {{X-SAMPA|/a.tA~s.jO~/}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|f}} # [[attention]] ===Interjection=== '''attention''' # [[warning]] [[Category:French interjections]] [[Category:French nouns]] [[ar:attention]] [[de:attention]] [[et:attention]] [[el:attention]] [[es:attention]] [[fa:attention]] [[fr:attention]] [[gl:attention]] [[ko:attention]] [[hy:attention]] [[io:attention]] [[id:attention]] [[it:attention]] [[kk:attention]] [[ku:attention]] [[lt:attention]] [[li:attention]] [[hu:attention]] [[no:attention]] [[pl:attention]] [[pt:attention]] [[ru:attention]] [[simple:attention]] [[fi:attention]] [[sv:attention]] [[ta:attention]] [[te:attention]] [[tr:attention]] [[uk:attention]] [[vi:attention]] [[zh:attention]]