excitement

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭk-sītʹmənt, IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

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Etymology

excite +‎ -ment

Noun

excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)

1. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
   • E.A. Poe, The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':

     By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement.

2. (countable) something that excites.

Translations

state of being excited

• Bengali: উত্তেজনা (uttejna)
• Bulgarian: възбуда (bg) f (vǎzbuda), вълнение (bg) n (vǎlnenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興奮 (zh), 兴奋 (zh) (xīngfèn), 激動 (zh), 激动 (zh) (jīdòng)

• Czech: vzrušení n
• Finnish: jännitys (fi)
• French: excitation (fr) f
• Georgian: აგზნება (agzneba), აღელვება (aɣelveba), აღტკინება (aɣṭḳineba)
• German: Aufregung (de) f, Begeisterung (de) f, Spannung (de) f, Erregung (de) f, Reiz (de) m, Aufgeregtheit f, Erregtheit f
• Irish: ardú m
• Italian: eccitamento (it) m, orgasmo (it) m
• Lao: ຄວາມຕື່ນເຕັ້ນ (khwaam-tyyn-ten)

• Latin: tumor m
• Luxembourgish: Opreegung f
• Macedonian: возбуда f (vozbuda)
• Norwegian: spenning (no) m, opphisselse m
• Polish: podekscytowanie
• Portuguese: excitação (pt) f
• Romanian: excitare (ro) f, excitație (ro) f
• Russian: волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: uzbuđénje (sh) n

• Spanish: entusiasmo (es) m
• Swahili: bambika (sw), msisimuko (sw)