effect

Etymology
Of the noun: from, from (modern 🇨🇬), from , from ; see effect as a verb. Displaced, from.

Of the verb: from, partly from , from ,   of , from  +  (see  and compare , ) and partly from the noun effect.

Noun

 * 1) The result or outcome of a cause.
 * 2) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
 * 3) Execution; performance; realization; operation.
 * 4)  The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
 * 5)  An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
 * 6)  An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
 * 7)  A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
 * 8)  Belongings, usually as personal effects.
 * 9) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
 * 10)  Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
 * 11)  Manifestation; expression; sign.
 * 1)  The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
 * 2)  An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
 * 3)  An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
 * 4)  A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
 * 5)  Belongings, usually as personal effects.
 * 6) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
 * 7)  Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
 * 8)  Manifestation; expression; sign.
 * 1)  A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
 * 2)  Belongings, usually as personal effects.
 * 3) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
 * 4)  Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
 * 5)  Manifestation; expression; sign.
 * 1) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
 * 2)  Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
 * 3)  Manifestation; expression; sign.
 * 1)  Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
 * 2)  Manifestation; expression; sign.
 * 1)  Manifestation; expression; sign.

Usage notes
Not to be confused with.

Collocations
Adjectives often applied to "effect":
 * biological, chemical, cultural, economic, legal, mental, moral, nutritional, personal, physical, physiological, political and social
 * actual, bad, beneficial, catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, devastating, fatal, good, harmful, important, intended, likely, natural, negative, positive, potential, primary, real, secondary, significant, special, strong, undesirable and weak

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَأْثِير,
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: efeutu
 * Azerbaijani:, effekt
 * Bashkir: һөҙөмтә, нәтижә
 * Belarusian: эфе́кт,, рэзульта́т
 * Bengali:, ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 效果
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: effekt,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: efiko
 * Estonian: mõju, toime, tagajärg
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ეფექტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Gujarati: અસર, પરિણામ, પ્રભાવ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: éifeacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kazakh: әсер, нәтиже
 * Khmer:, លទ្ធផល
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: натыйжа,
 * Ladin: fazion, efet
 * Lao: ຜົນ, ຜົນກະທົບ
 * Latin: effectus,
 * Latvian: efekts, iedarbība, iedarbe
 * Malay:
 * Maori: rara, pānga, kawekawenga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠨᠥᠯᠦᠭᠡ
 * Norman: êffet
 * Norwegian: effekt
 * Bokmål: virkning
 * Occitan:, efèct, ,
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: buil, èifeachd, toradh
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , ,
 * Slovak: účinok
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: асар,
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:, ผลกระทบ
 * Tocharian B: oko
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: täsir
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: نەتىجە
 * Uzbek: taʻsir,, ,
 * Vietnamese: hiệu ứng
 * Welsh:


 * Esperanto:
 * German: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 音響効果
 * Korean:
 * Malay:, efek
 * Maori: rākeitanga
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: エフェクター
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese: efeito sonoro
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: voimassaolo
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: účinnosť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak:, jav
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:,  , persönliche Gegenstände
 * Irish: airnéis
 * Maori: taonga
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Lithuanian:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To make or bring about; to implement.

Usage notes
Effect is often confused with. The latter usually suggests influence over existing ideas, emotions and entities. While the former indicates the manifestation of new and/or original ideas or entities:
 * “New governing coalitions have effected major changes” indicates that major changes were made as a result of new governing coalitions.
 * “New governing coalitions have affected major changes” indicates that before new governing coalitions, major changes were in place, and that the new governing coalitions had some influence over those existing changes.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: efectuar
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, , φέρνω αποτέλεσμα
 * Ancient: ἐνεργέω, ἀνύω
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 達成する
 * Korean:
 * Latin: efficiō
 * Norwegian:
 * Piedmontese: efetué
 * Portuguese:, efectivar
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: dosiahnuť
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: sätta i verket,, , ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: dẫn đến

Etymology
From, from , from. The sense ‘(equitable) security’ borrowed from or.

Noun

 * , notably bond or stock
 * 1)  spin rotation of a ball
 * 2)  personal effect, belonging
 * 1)  spin rotation of a ball
 * 2)  personal effect, belonging

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  judgment; decree
 * 2) * punir les contrevenantz solonc l’effect des estatut
 * Punish the offender according to the decree of the statute
 * Punish the offender according to the decree of the statute