affection

Etymology
From, , , from , from , from ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act of affecting or acting upon.
 * 2) The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
 * 3) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
 * 4) An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
 * 5) A feeling of love or strong attachment.
 * 6)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1) A feeling of love or strong attachment.
 * 2)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
 * 1)  A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

Usage notes

 * In the sense of "feeling of love or strong attachment", it is often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)", for example filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
 * Not to be confused with.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Danish: påvirkning
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Latvian: ietekmēšana, ietekme
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: påvirkning
 * Finnish:, vahingoittuneisuus
 * Greek:
 * Latvian: ietekme (in locative as to show that narrator is the object)
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tlachd


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: afekt, ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:, , mielenliikutus
 * Gallurese: affettu
 * German:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: pieķeršanās,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Logudorese: ameddu
 * Sassarese: affettu
 * Scottish Gaelic: rùn
 * Turkish: ,


 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: пяшчо́тнасць, прыхі́льнасць, прывя́занасць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: simpatio, ŝato
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: caithis
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: pieķeršanās
 * Malay: afeksi
 * Maori: matihere, konakona, āka
 * Middle English: loverede
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: rùn, tlachd
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Telugu: ,
 * Tocharian B: larauñe
 * Turkish:, duygusal yakınlık, ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: ליבשאַפֿט


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: affektio, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Latvian: afekts
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Arabic:
 * Dutch:
 * Ido:
 * Korean: ,
 * Norwegian:

Verb

 * 1)  To feel affection for.

Etymology
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Noun

 * , love, fondness
 * 1) medical condition, complaint, disease