reluctance

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From reluct +‎ -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈlʌktəns/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: re‧luc‧tance

Noun

reluctance (countable and uncountable, plural reluctances)

1. Unwillingness to do something.
2. Hesitancy in taking some action.
3. (physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

Derived terms

• reluctance motor

Related terms

• reluctant, adjective
• reluctantly, adverb

Translations

unwillingness to do something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勉强 (zh)

• Danish: utilbøjelighed c
• Dutch: tegenzin (nl) m
• Esperanto: sindetenemo
• Estonian: vastumeelsus
• Finnish: vastahakoisuus (fi), haluttomuus (fi)
• French: réticence (fr) f
• German: Widerstreben (de) n
• Greek: επιφυλακτικότητα (el) f (epifylaktikótita)
• Irish: drogall m
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• Italian: riluttanza (it)
• Maori: horokukū, koroukore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motvilje m

  Nynorsk: motvilje m

• Polish: niechęć (pl) f
• Portuguese: relutância (pt) f, hesitação (pt) f
• Romanian: repulsie (ro) f
• Russian: неохо́та (ru) f (neoxóta), нежела́ние (ru) n (neželánije)
• Spanish: reluctancia (es) f
• Turkish: isteksizlik (tr)

hesitancy in taking some action

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 犹豫 (zh) (yóuyù)

• Czech: váhavost f
• Dutch: tegenzin (nl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: haluttomuus (fi)
• Portuguese: relutância (pt) f, hesitação (pt) f
• Romanian: ezitare (ro) f, codire (ro) f

magnetic resistance

• Catalan: reluctància
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磁力阻抗

• Dutch: magnetische weerstand
• Finnish: reluktanssi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: réluctance (fr) f
• Portuguese: relutância (pt) f
• Romanian: reluctanță (ro) f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} магни́тное сопротивле́ние n (magnítnoje soprotivlénije)
• Spanish: reluctancia (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} reluctantia
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} leisciúlacht f, ^{(please verify)} aimhleisce f, ^{(please verify)} dochma m, ^{(please verify)} doic f, ^{(please verify)} doicheall m, ^{(please verify)} doilíos m, ^{(please verify)} draighean m, ^{(please verify)} drogall m, ^{(please verify)} leisce f, ^{(please verify)} leointíocht f, ^{(please verify)} mífhonn m, ^{(please verify)} neamhfhonn m, ^{(please verify)} neamhthoil f, ^{(please verify)} scóchas m, ^{(please verify)} staigínteacht f, ^{(please verify)} támáilteacht f