Afrikaans reageer | ||
Albanian reagoj | ||
Amharic ምላሽ | ||
Arabic تتفاعل | ||
Armenian արձագանքել | ||
Assamese প্ৰতিক্ৰিয়া প্ৰকাশ কৰে | ||
Aymara reaccionaña | ||
Azerbaijani reaksiya verin | ||
Bambara ka jaabi di | ||
Basque erreakzionatu | ||
Belarusian рэагаваць | ||
Bengali প্রতিক্রিয়া | ||
Bhojpuri प्रतिक्रिया देवे के बा | ||
Bosnian reagirati | ||
Bulgarian реагирайте | ||
Catalan reaccionar | ||
Cebuano reaksiyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 反应 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 反應 | ||
Corsican reagisce | ||
Croatian reagirati | ||
Czech reagovat | ||
Danish reagere | ||
Dhivehi ރިއެކްޓް ކުރާށެވެ | ||
Dogri प्रतिक्रिया देना | ||
Dutch reageer | ||
English react | ||
Esperanto reagi | ||
Estonian reageerima | ||
Ewe wɔ nu ɖe nu ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gumanti | ||
Finnish reagoida | ||
French réagir | ||
Frisian reagearje | ||
Galician reaccionar | ||
Georgian რეაგირება | ||
German reagieren | ||
Greek αντιδρώ | ||
Guarani orreacciona | ||
Gujarati પ્રતિક્રિયા | ||
Haitian Creole reyaji | ||
Hausa amsa | ||
Hawaiian pane | ||
Hebrew לְהָגִיב | ||
Hindi प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Hmong hnov mob | ||
Hungarian reagál | ||
Icelandic bregðast við | ||
Igbo meghachi omume | ||
Ilocano agtignay | ||
Indonesian reaksi | ||
Irish imoibriú | ||
Italian reagire | ||
Japanese 反応する | ||
Javanese nanggepi | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh реакция | ||
Khmer ប្រតិកម្ម | ||
Kinyarwanda reba | ||
Konkani प्रतिक्रिया करतात | ||
Korean 반응하다 | ||
Krio riak | ||
Kurdish bersivkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کاردانەوەیان هەبێت | ||
Kyrgyz реакция | ||
Lao ປະຕິກິລິຍາ | ||
Latin pugnat | ||
Latvian reaģēt | ||
Lingala kosala reaction | ||
Lithuanian reaguoti | ||
Luganda okuddamu | ||
Luxembourgish reagéieren | ||
Macedonian реагираат | ||
Maithili प्रतिक्रिया देब | ||
Malagasy rehefa | ||
Malay bertindak | ||
Malayalam പ്രതികരിക്കുക | ||
Maltese jirreaġixxu | ||
Maori tauhohe | ||
Marathi प्रतिक्रिया द्या | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯔꯤꯑꯦꯛꯇ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo react rawh | ||
Mongolian хариу үйлдэл үзүүлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တုံ့ပြန်ပါ | ||
Nepali प्रतिक्रिया दिनुहोस् | ||
Norwegian reagere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chitani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରତିକ୍ରିୟା କରନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo deebii kennuu | ||
Pashto عکس العمل | ||
Persian واکنش نشان دادن | ||
Polish reagować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) reagir | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕਰਮ | ||
Quechua reaccionar | ||
Romanian reacţiona | ||
Russian реагировать | ||
Samoan tali atu | ||
Sanskrit प्रतिक्रियां कुर्वन्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic freagairt | ||
Sepedi arabela | ||
Serbian реаговати | ||
Sesotho arabela | ||
Shona ita | ||
Sindhi ردعمل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රතික්රියා කරන්න | ||
Slovak reagovať | ||
Slovenian reagirati | ||
Somali falcelin | ||
Spanish reaccionar | ||
Sundanese ngaréaksikeun | ||
Swahili kuguswa | ||
Swedish reagera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) reaksyon | ||
Tajik вокуниш нишон диҳед | ||
Tamil எதிர்வினை | ||
Tatar реакция | ||
Telugu స్పందించలేదు | ||
Thai ตอบสนอง | ||
Tigrinya ግብረ መልሲ ምሃብ | ||
Tsonga ku angula | ||
Turkish tepki | ||
Turkmen reaksiýa beriň | ||
Twi (Akan) yɛ wɔn ade wɔ ho | ||
Ukrainian реагувати | ||
Urdu رد عمل | ||
Uyghur ئىنكاس قايتۇرۇڭ | ||
Uzbek reaktsiya berish | ||
Vietnamese phản ứng | ||
Welsh ymateb | ||
Xhosa phendula | ||
Yiddish רעאַגירן | ||
Yoruba fesi | ||
Zulu phendula |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the verb "reageer" can also mean "to notice or become aware of something". |
| Albanian | Reagoj, a word in Albanian, comes from the French word "réagir", meaning "to react". |
| Amharic | The word "ምላሽ" is also used in the context of medicine and pharmacology to describe an adverse reaction to a drug. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "تتفاعل" can also mean "to interact" or "to correspond." |
| Armenian | "Արձագանքել" in Armenian is ultimately derived from Persian "az jang" meaning "battle," and can refer to both a physical and emotional response. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "reaksiya verin" comes from the Russian word "реакция", which means "reaction". |
| Basque | The Basque word "erreakzionatu" can also mean "to become accustomed" or "to get used to something". |
| Belarusian | The word 'рэагаваць' ('react') in Belarusian can also refer to a chemical reaction or to the behavior of a person or thing under the influence of something. |
| Bengali | The word "প্রতিক্রিয়া" can also mean "response" or "feedback" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'reagirati' is derived from the Latin verb 'reagere', meaning 'to act in response'. It also has the alternate meaning of 'to resist' or 'to oppose'. |
| Bulgarian | " реагирайте" comes from the Latin word "reactus" and also means "to respond". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "reaccionar" can also mean "to oppose" or "to protest." |
| Cebuano | "Reaksiyon" is most likely a borrowing from Spanish "reacción" (reaction). Spanish "reacción" is itself borrowed from Latin "reactio" (recoil, reaction), which is derived from the verb "reagere" (to react). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to "to react," 反应 can also mean to "reflect" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 反應 (fǎnyìng) also means 'manifestation' or 'reflection' |
| Corsican | The term "reagisce" in Corsican derives from the Italian verb "reagire" meaning "to react". |
| Croatian | In chemistry, 'reagirati' can also mean to change form or to become unstable. |
| Czech | The word "reagovat" in Czech is derived from the Latin word "reagere", meaning "to act back" or "to respond". |
| Danish | "Reagere" in Danish originally meant "to rise" or "to lift," but has since come to mean "to react" or "to respond to a stimulus." |
| Dutch | Reageren (Dutch for 'react') can also mean 'to respond to, to answer, to reply to.' |
| Esperanto | "Reagi" also means "act", "behave", or "work" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The verb reageerima is also used to express the reaction of chemicals in a chemical process. |
| Finnish | The word 'reagoida', meaning to react in Finnish, is derived from the Swedish word 'reagera' with the same meaning. |
| French | In some contexts, "réagir" can mean "to wake up" or "to come to one's senses". |
| Frisian | The word "reagearje" comes from the Proto-Germanic root "*reakjoną", meaning "to act" or "to respond". |
| Galician | In Galician, "reaccionar" comes from the Latin "reagere" meaning "to act again," and can also mean "to oppose." |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "რეაგირება" is derived from the French word "réagir" and the Latin word "reagere", both of which mean "to act in response to something." |
| German | "Reagieren" also means "to respond" in German. |
| Greek | The Greek word “αντιδρώ” (an-tee-THRAW) is derived from “αντί” (an-TEE) meaning 'against' and “δράω” (THRAW) meaning 'to do' or 'to act'; thus, it literally translates to 'act against'. |
| Haitian Creole | Reyaji, meaning "react", derives from the French word "réagir" and can also imply a response to an attack. |
| Hausa | The word "amsa" in Hausa can also mean "to be startled" or "to be surprised". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, 'pane' also means 'window' or 'sash', reflecting the idea of a reaction as a change in perspective. |
| Hebrew | The word לְהָגִיב can also mean to answer a request for prayer and is a contraction of the two words ל and הָגִיב, meaning "to" and "to ask help or support" respectively. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "प्रतिक्रिया" (react) derives from "प्रति" (in reply to) and "क्रिया" (action), signifying a response or counteraction. |
| Hmong | The term "hnov mob" in Hmong can also refer to a sudden emotional response. |
| Hungarian | "Reagál" was influenced by Latin "re" |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "Bregða" means "To change". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "meghachi omume" can also mean "to turn away" or "to ignore". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'reaksi' means not only 'reaction' but also 'response' and 'feedback' in certain contexts |
| Irish | In Irish, "imoibriú" can also mean "to change," "to alter," or "to transform." |
| Italian | The Italian word "reagire" originally meant "to return to action" or "to counteract," but now it primarily means "to react." |
| Japanese | The kanji in "反応する" mean "opposite" and "sound" and are also used in the word "sympathy" |
| Javanese | The word "nanggepi" in Javanese can also mean "to respond" or "to answer". |
| Kannada | "ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿ" is derived from the Latin word "reactus" meaning "recoil, react", and is also related to the word "action". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "реакция" also means "response" or "reply". |
| Korean | In Korean, 반응하다 also means to respond. |
| Kurdish | The word "bersivkirin" is derived from the Persian word "berxwedan", meaning "to revolt" or "to resist". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "реакция" may also refer to a chemical reaction or a response to an event. |
| Latin | Pugnat originates from the Latin word 'pugnare', meaning 'to fight' or 'to oppose'. |
| Latvian | "Reaģēt" also means "to respond" in Latvian, with an emphasis on a verbal response, while "atbildēt" means "to answer" with a more general meaning. |
| Lithuanian | The word "reaguoti" in Lithuanian comes from the Latin word "reagere", meaning "to act back". |
| Luxembourgish | "Reaktiounen" in der Luxemburger Sprache haben keinen Zusammenhang mit den gleichnamigen Reaktionen in der Chemie. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word 'реагираат' ('react') comes from the Latin word 'reagere', which means 'to act against'. The verb can also be used figuratively to mean 'to respond to' or 'to express a reaction'. |
| Malagasy | The word "rehefa" can also refer to the way that a surface reacts to light. |
| Malay | As a noun, "bertindak" can mean an action (tindakan) or step (langkah) taken to carry out something. |
| Maltese | The verb "jirreaġixxu" is derived from the Latin verb "reagere", meaning "to act back" or "to respond". It can also mean "to have an adverse reaction" or "to produce a chemical reaction" |
| Maori | Tauhohe, in addition to meaning "react," can also mean "to recoil from" or "to be startled by something." |
| Marathi | "प्रतिक्रिया द्या" can also mean to 'reply' or 'respond' to something. |
| Norwegian | The word "reagere" in Norwegian also means "to take action" or "to respond to something" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Chitani is derived from the root word 'chita' and can also mean 'notice' or 'see'. |
| Pashto | The word "عکس العمل" in Pashto can also mean "reflection" or "response to an action." |
| Persian | "واکنش نشان دادن" comes from the Persian words for “to turn back” and “back off” and also can mean “respond” |
| Polish | "Reagować" is derived from Latin "reagere" ("to act back") and is used not only to denote a reaction in chemistry but also a behavioral response. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "reagir" also means "to respond" or "to counteract". |
| Romanian | The verb "reacţiona" in Romanian also has the meaning of "responding to a stimulus". |
| Russian | В 17 веке это слово значило 'причинение боли, вреда, убытка' |
| Samoan | The word "tali atu" can also mean "to wait" or "to block" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "freagairt" can also mean "to answer" or "to respond" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "реаговати" in Serbian also means to respond or to have a certain attitude or opinion. |
| Sesotho | The word "arabela" also means "to be upset" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "ita" also means "to cause to be" or "to make to do something". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ردعمل" (react) is derived from the Arabic word "رد فعل" (reaction) and also means "response" or "answer". |
| Slovak | The verb "reagovať" in Slovak can also mean "to respond" or "to answer". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "reagirati" originally referred to the act of sneezing but has since been generalized to mean "react". |
| Somali | Falcelin also means "to be surprised" or "to be startled" in Somali. |
| Spanish | Reaccionar, from Latin "reactionare", also means "to have a chemical reaction" or "to resist or defy"} |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'ngaréaksikeun' (to react) is derived from the Indonesian word 'reaksi' (reaction). |
| Swahili | Kuguswa's other meanings include being moved with pity, compassion, or concern. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "reagera" comes from the Latin word "reagere", meaning "to act back". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Reaksiyon" in Tagalog also means a chemical reaction, the response of an organism to a stimulus, or a change in the state of a substance. |
| Tamil | எதிர்வினை could also mean resistance or opposition in the medical field. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "స్పందించలేదు" can also mean "to respond with no reaction" or "to not have a reaction at all." |
| Thai | "ตอบสนอง" may also refer to a response to a need or demand, a physical or chemical reaction, a reflexive action, or a sympathetic response to another person's emotions. |
| Turkish | Tepki, Turkish for "reaction", comes from the Arabic word "tepkī", meaning "rejection". |
| Ukrainian | The word "реагувати" in Ukrainian has Latin roots and is related to the words "react" and "action". |
| Urdu | The word "رد عمل" in Urdu can also refer to a chemical reaction or a physical response to a stimulus. |
| Uzbek | The word "reaktsiya berish" can also mean "respond" or "retaliate" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "phản ứng" in Vietnamese can also refer to a chemical reaction or an allergic response. |
| Welsh | "Ymateb" can also mean "to respond" or "to answer" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | "Phendula" also means "to answer" or "to respond". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'רעאַגירן' ('react') derives from the Russian word 'реагировать' (reagirovat), but also holds alternate meanings of 'to respond' or 'to answer', broadening its semantic range beyond the English cognate 'react'. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "fesi" also means "to move". |
| Zulu | "Phendula" in Zulu also means "to answer" or "to reply". |
| English | The word "react" derives from the Latin "reagere," meaning "to act again" or "to oppose." |