attraction

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɹækʃən/, [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n], [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)

1. The tendency to attract.

   The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.

2. 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.

3. (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.

4. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
5. (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.

Synonyms

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• charm
• pull

Antonyms

• repulsion

Derived terms

• basin of attraction
• Coulomb attraction
• fatal attraction
• genetic sexual attraction
• law of attraction
• local attraction
• tourist attraction

 

See also

• orientation

Translations

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)
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• 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 tartkıctık), кызыктыргычтык (ky) (kızıktırgıctık), жылуулук (ky) (jıluuluk), аттракцион (ky) (attraktsion), тартыш (ky) (tartış), сонундук (ky) (sonunduk), татынакайлык (ky) (tatınakaylık), жакшынакайлык (jakşınakaylık), татканткыч жем (ky) (tatkantkıc 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)
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• 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)
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• 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)

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} caithis f
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Anagrams

• tractation

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French

Etymology

From Old French attraction, from Latin attractiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

attraction f (plural attractions)

1. attraction (all senses)

Derived terms

• parc d’attractions

Descendants

• → Hungarian: attrakció

Further reading

• “attraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.