Reaction in Different Languages
Discover 'Reaction' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Reaction
Afrikaans reaksie | ||
Albanian reagim | ||
Amharic ምላሽ | ||
Arabic رد فعل | ||
Armenian արձագանք | ||
Assamese প্ৰতিক্ৰিয়া | ||
Aymara watxtasiwi | ||
Azerbaijani reaksiya | ||
Bambara reyakisɔn | ||
Basque erreakzioa | ||
Belarusian рэакцыя | ||
Bengali প্রতিক্রিয়া | ||
Bhojpuri प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Bosnian reakcija | ||
Bulgarian реакция | ||
Catalan reacció | ||
Cebuano reaksyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 反应 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 反應 | ||
Corsican reazzione | ||
Croatian reakcija | ||
Czech reakce | ||
Danish reaktion | ||
Dhivehi ވީގޮތް | ||
Dogri प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Dutch reactie | ||
English reaction | ||
Esperanto reago | ||
Estonian reaktsioon | ||
Ewe ŋuɖoɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) reaksyon | ||
Finnish reaktio | ||
French réaction | ||
Frisian reaksje | ||
Galician reacción | ||
Georgian რეაქცია | ||
German reaktion | ||
Greek αντίδραση | ||
Guarani pu'ã | ||
Gujarati પ્રતિક્રિયા | ||
Haitian Creole reyaksyon | ||
Hausa dauki | ||
Hawaiian hopena | ||
Hebrew תְגוּבָה | ||
Hindi प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Hmong kev tawm tsam | ||
Hungarian reakció | ||
Icelandic viðbrögð | ||
Igbo mmeghachi omume | ||
Ilocano reaksion | ||
Indonesian reaksi | ||
Irish imoibriú | ||
Italian reazione | ||
Japanese 反応 | ||
Javanese reaksi | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ | ||
Kazakh реакция | ||
Khmer ប្រតិកម្ម | ||
Kinyarwanda reaction | ||
Konkani प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Korean 반응 | ||
Krio we aw pɔsin biev | ||
Kurdish bersivî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کاردانەوە | ||
Kyrgyz реакция | ||
Lao ຕິກິຣິຍາ | ||
Latin reactionem | ||
Latvian reakcija | ||
Lingala eyano | ||
Lithuanian reakcija | ||
Luganda kagugumuko | ||
Luxembourgish reaktioun | ||
Macedonian реакција | ||
Maithili प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Malagasy fanehoan-kevitra | ||
Malay reaksi | ||
Malayalam പ്രതികരണം | ||
Maltese reazzjoni | ||
Maori tauhohenga | ||
Marathi प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯒꯤ ꯄꯥꯎꯈꯨꯝ | ||
Mizo tilet | ||
Mongolian урвал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တုံ့ပြန်မှု | ||
Nepali प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Norwegian reaksjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuchitapo kanthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରତିକ୍ରିୟା | ||
Oromo deebii wanta tokko | ||
Pashto عکس العمل | ||
Persian واکنش | ||
Polish reakcja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) reação | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕ੍ਰਿਆ | ||
Quechua kutichiy | ||
Romanian reacţie | ||
Russian реакция | ||
Samoan tali atu | ||
Sanskrit प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Scots Gaelic ath-bhualadh | ||
Sepedi phetogo | ||
Serbian реакција | ||
Sesotho karabelo | ||
Shona reaction | ||
Sindhi ردعمل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රතික්රියාව | ||
Slovak reakcia | ||
Slovenian reakcija | ||
Somali falcelin | ||
Spanish reacción | ||
Sundanese réaksi | ||
Swahili athari | ||
Swedish reaktion | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) reaksyon | ||
Tajik аксуламал | ||
Tamil எதிர்வினை | ||
Tatar реакция | ||
Telugu స్పందన | ||
Thai ปฏิกิริยา | ||
Tigrinya መልሲ ምሃብ | ||
Tsonga nhlamulo | ||
Turkish reaksiyon | ||
Turkmen reaksiýa | ||
Twi (Akan) anoyie | ||
Ukrainian реакція | ||
Urdu رد عمل | ||
Uyghur ئىنكاس | ||
Uzbek reaktsiya | ||
Vietnamese phản ứng | ||
Welsh adwaith | ||
Xhosa impendulo | ||
Yiddish אָפּרוף | ||
Yoruba ifaseyin | ||
Zulu ukusabela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "reaksie" derives from the Dutch word "reactie", which itself stems from the Latin word "reactus", meaning "action or motion in response to something else" |
| Albanian | "Reagim" is a derivative of the Latin word "reagere", meaning "to act in response". |
| Amharic | "ምላሽ" comes from the Ge'ez word "malas" meaning "reply". |
| Arabic | "رد فعل" literally means "return of action" in Arabic, and can also refer to a "comeback" or "retaliation" in some contexts. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "reaksiya" is derived from the Arabic word "raddah", meaning "return" or "response". |
| Basque | Erreakzioa is derived from the Latin word 'reactio', meaning 'an action in response to a stimulus' or 'a return to a previous state' |
| Belarusian | "Рэакцыя" is related to the word "рэагаваць" ( |
| Bengali | প্রতিক্রিয়া (প্রতি + ক্রিয়া) অর্থাৎ পুনরায় ক্রিয়া করা বা কর্মের ফলাফল। |
| Bosnian | The word "reakcija" also refers to a chemical change in the composition of a substance. |
| Bulgarian | "Реакция" (reaction) is a cognate of the Latin word "reactio" and can also mean "activity" or "response". |
| Catalan | The word "reacció" in Catalan stems from the Latin word "reactio", meaning "a pushing back or resisting", from the verb "reagere". |
| Cebuano | Cebuano's "reaksyon" derives from Spanish "reacción" (reaction), cognate with English "reaction," all from Vulgar Latin "reactione" (reaction). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 反应 (fǎnyìng), meaning "reaction," can be used in chemistry, psychology, or as a general word for a response, and is related to the word 映, "to reflect or respond." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 反應 (fǎnyìng) also means 'response' or 'reflex' in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The French word "réaction" is not commonly used in Corsican; instead, the Corsican word "reazzione" is used. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "reakcija" can also mean "chemical reaction" or "nuclear reaction". |
| Czech | Reakce may also mean "change" or "transformation". |
| Danish | "Reaktion" is derived from Latin "reactio" but in Danish it is also used in the sense of "relationship". |
| Dutch | Reactie can also refer to the response of a substance or organism to a chemical or other stimulus |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "reago" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *reg- "move in a straight line, stretch out," also the source of Latin "regere" meaning "direct, guide, control." |
| Estonian | The word "reaktsioon" in Estonian also refers to a chemical reaction. |
| Finnish | The word "reaktio" can also refer to a chemical reaction in chemistry. |
| French | French "réaction" originally meant "backward movement," but now only refers to a response to a stimulus. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "reaksje" can also refer to a chemical reaction. |
| Galician | No plural form in Galician. |
| Georgian | The word "რეაქცია" comes from the Latin word "reactio", meaning "a response to an action". |
| German | "Reaktion" is also an Austrian and German surname originating from a pet form of the given name "Rebecca". |
| Greek | 'Αντίδραση' is used in Greek to describe a reaction against something, or a person's response to something. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "reyaksyon" has an alternate meaning in Haitian Creole which is "response". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'dauki' is cognate with 'daka' in Igbo and Yoruba and means 'to hit' or 'to fight'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hopena" also means "to return" or "to come back to life". |
| Hebrew | תְגוּבָה is derived from the root גוּב, which means to form or shape, and is also related to the words גוּף (body) and גוּבָּה (form or figure). |
| Hindi | The word "प्रतिक्रिया" can also mean "response" or "feedback". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev tawm tsam" is a calque from the Chinese expression "反应", meaning both "reaction" and "response". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "reakció" is derived from the Latin word "reactio" and has additional meanings such as "response" or "effect". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "viðbrögð" can also refer to a response to an emotional trigger or a chemical reaction. |
| Igbo | The compound word "mmeghachi omume" is derived from the words "mmeghachi" meaning "to push back" and "omume" meaning "deed". Alternate meanings include "resistance" and "recoil". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'reaksi' may also refer to a chemical substance that interacts with another substance, or a mixture of substances. |
| Irish | In the 1920s, the term 'imoibriú' was coined by the Irish language writer and scholar Tomás de Bhaldraithe to mean a chemical reaction, but it is now used more generally to mean any reaction. |
| Italian | The word "reazione" can also mean "attitude" or "response" in Italian. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "反応" (reaction) also means "response" or "reply". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "reaksi" can also mean "action" or "response." |
| Kannada | ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ is also the response of a substance when combined with another during a chemical reaction. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "реакция" can also mean "impression" or "opinion". |
| Khmer | The word |
| Korean | "반응(reaction)" comes from the Chinese compound 反應 (re-act) but it also means "response" in Korean, so the term was used in two ways (chemistry and medicine) |
| Kurdish | The word "bersivî" (pronounced "ber-see-vee") in Kurdish means "reaction" and derives from the verb "bersivin," meaning "to respond". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "реакция" also refers to an "action" or a "response". |
| Latin | The Latin word "reactionem" may also refer to the legal principle of an equitable remedy. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "reakcija" can also mean "response" or "answer". |
| Lithuanian | The word "reakcija" originally referred to a chemical reaction, but over time has come to mean any type of action or response. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Reaktioun" can also refer to a "reaction" or "response" in German, from which it was borrowed. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "реакција" can also mean "attitude" or "opinion". |
| Malagasy | The word "fanehoan-kevitra" can also mean "response" or "answer" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Reaksi" also means "facial expression" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "പ്രതികരണം" (pratikaranam) in Malayalam derives from Sanskrit and also means "answer" or "reply". |
| Maltese | In the context of a chemical reaction, "reazzjoni" means "chemical reaction". |
| Maori | The word "tauhohenga" in Maori also refers to the act of "responding" or "replying". |
| Marathi | "प्रतिक्रिया" can also mean "reflection, response" or "answer, reply". |
| Mongolian | The word "урвал" can also mean "spurt", "jerk", or "sway". |
| Nepali | The Sanskrit root 'kri' in 'pratikriya' means 'to do' or 'to make', with the prefix 'prati' indicating something done in return or in response to something else |
| Norwegian | The word "reaksjon" is derived from the French word "réaction", which means "action or response". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In some cases, the word "kuchitapo kanthu" can refer to the action of performing a reaction or the chemical formula of a reaction. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "عکس العمل" can also refer to a consequence or result. |
| Persian | واکنش also means "act" or "behavior" and is derived from the Arabic word "وقوع" (occurrence). |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "reakcja" also refers to "a response to a stimulus" and "a chemical change". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "reação" derives from the Latin "reaction", meaning "action against". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "reacţie" comes from the Latin verb "reagere", meaning "to act against" or "to resist". |
| Russian | The Russian word реакция ("reaction") is related to the verb реагировать ("to react"), both of which come from the Latin word reactio, meaning "a return action." |
| Samoan | The word "tali atu" is also used in Samoan to refer to a 'consequence' or 'result'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "ath-bhualadh" also means "the reverberation of a blow". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "реакција" can also mean "response" or "reply". |
| Sesotho | Karabelo means 'action', 'response', 'attitude', 'reply' and 'retaliation' in Sesotho |
| Shona | The word reaction in Shona can also refer to a chemical or physical change |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "ردعمل" can also refer to a verbal response or the way someone behaves in a particular situation, akin to the concept of "conduct" or "behaviour" in English. |
| Slovak | "Reakcia" may also refer to the verb "to react" or the noun "behavior" |
| Slovenian | Slovenian "reakcija" originates from French "réaction" (17th century), ultimately deriving from Latin "reagere" (to act back). |
| Somali | The word "falcelin" can also refer to an act of deception |
| Spanish | The word "reacción" also has the meaning of "reply" when it comes from "responder a una pregunta" (reply to a question). |
| Sundanese | The word "réaksi" in Sundanese can also refer to a "response" or a "reply". |
| Swahili | "Athari" is a Swahili term influenced by Arabic "athar" (trace), hence denoting something that is left behind after an action. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "reaktion" can refer to the recoil of a firearm or an emotional response. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Tagalog's "reaksyon" (reaction) comes from Spanish "reacción" (reaction) via Latin "reactio" (a fighting back, re-establishment) |
| Tajik | The word "аксуламал" can also be used to describe the chemical process of oxidation. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word “எதிர்வினை” can also mean an action done in defiance of another or as a reflex to a stimulus. |
| Telugu | The word "స్పందన" can also mean "response" or "reverberation" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "ปฏิกิริยา" can also mean "a response to a stimulus" or "a chemical reaction". |
| Turkish | 'Reaksiyon' is also used to refer to a conservative or nationalist political tendency in Turkey. |
| Ukrainian | The word "реакція" also means "attitude" or "response" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "رد عمل" is derived from the Arabic word "رد," meaning "return" or "response". |
| Uzbek | While "reaktsiya" in Uzbek means "reaction" in English, it also carries the meaning of "action" and "result." |
| Vietnamese | "Phản ứng" is derived from the Chinese word "反" (fǎn), meaning "against" or "in opposition to", and "應" (yìng), meaning "to respond". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'adwaith' also means 'resilience' or 'recovery' and is closely related to the Welsh word 'adfer' meaning 'recover' or 'restore'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'impendulo' can also refer to a reply, response, or answer. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אָפּרוף" can also mean "invocation" or "citation". |
| Yoruba | The word "ifaseyin" in Yoruba has the alternative meaning of "reflection". |
| Zulu | The word 'ukusabela' (reaction) also has the meaning 'to use' and 'to apply', hinting at the dynamic and versatile nature of reactions. |
| English | In chemistry, 'reaction' refers to a change or interaction between two or more substances, while in physiology it denotes a response to a stimulus or condition. |