affection

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌ.fɛk.ʃən/

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Noun

affection (plural affections)

1. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
2. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
3. 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.
4. 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

5. (medicine) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. --Dunglison.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

affectional affectionate affectionated

affectionately affectionateness affectioned

Related terms

affect affectation

affecter affective

Translations

act of affecting

Greek: συγκίνηση (el) (sinkínisi) f.

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

state of being affected

Bulgarian: привързаност (bg), обич (bg) 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 (zh), 慈爱 (zh) (cí'ài) Finnish: tunne, tuntemus, mielenliikutus, liikuttuminen 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. Scottish Gaelic: rùn (gd) m.

kind feeling

Bulgarian: обич (bg) Catalan: afecte (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 喜愛 (zh), 喜爱 (zh) (xǐ'ài) Finnish: myönteinen tunne, mieltymys, kiintymys, hellyys Greek: στοργή (el) (storgí) f., τρυφερότητα (el) (triferótita) f. Hebrew: חיבה (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 (mamata), అనురాగం (anuraagam)

morbid symptom

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

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

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

Verb

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

1. 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.

External links

• affection at OneLook Dictionary Search
• affection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• affection in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911