attraction

English

Etymology

From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈtɹækʃən/, [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n], [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)

1. The tendency to attract.

   The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.

2. The feeling of being attracted.

   I felt a strange attraction towards the place.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.

3. (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

   The new mall should be a major attraction.

   Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.

4. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
5. (linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

Synonyms

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• charm
• pull

Antonyms

• repulsion

Derived terms

• aesthetic attraction
• attractional
• basin of attraction
• chemoattraction
• coattraction
• Coulomb attraction
• counterattraction
• fatal attraction
• genetic sexual attraction
• interattraction
• inverse attraction
• law of attraction
• local attraction
• photoattraction
• reattraction
• split attraction model
• star attraction
• tourist attraction
• unattraction

 

Translations

tendency to attract

Albanian: tërheqje (sq) Armenian: ձգողականություն (hy) (jgoġakanutʻyun) Belarusian: прыва́бнасць f (pryvábnascʹ), прыва́блівасць f (pryváblivascʹ) Bulgarian: привлека́телност (bg) f (privlekátelnost) Catalan: atracció (ca) f Cebuano: atraksyon Chinese: Mandarin: 吸引力 (zh) (xiyǐnlì) Czech: přitažlivost f Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f Esperanto: altiro Finnish: vetovoima (fi) French: attraction (fr) f Galician: atracción (gl) f Georgian: მიმზიდველობა (mimzidveloba) German: Anziehung (de) f, Anziehungskraft (de) f, Reiz (de) m, Liebreiz (de) m Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi) Hebrew: מְשִׁיכָה f (meshikha) Hindi: आकर्षण (hi) m (ākarṣaṇ) Hungarian: vonzás (hu) Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f Italian: attrazione (it) f, attrattiva (it) f Kyrgyz: тартуу (ky) (tartuu), жагымдуулук (ky) (jagımduuluk), өзүнө тарткычтык (ky) (özünö tartkıctık), кызыктыргычтык (ky) (kızıktırgıctık), жылуулук (ky) (jıluuluk), аттракцион (ky) (attraktsion), тартыш (ky) (tartış), сонундук (ky) (sonunduk), татынакайлык (ky) (tatınakaylık), жакшынакайлык (jakşınakaylık), татканткыч жем (ky) (tatkantkıc jem) Maori: hōkaka (Sexual) Polish: przyciąganie (pl) n Portuguese: atração (pt) f Romanian: atracție (ro) f Russian: привлека́тельность (ru) f (privlekátelʹnostʹ) Slovene: privlačnost f Spanish: atracción (es) f Tagalog: higom Turkish: çekim (tr), atraksiyon (tr) Ukrainian: прива́бливість f (pryváblyvistʹ)

feeling of being attracted

Albanian: atraksion (sq), joshje (sq) Belarusian: по́цяг m (pócjah) Bulgarian: привли́чане n (privlíčane), прите́гляне n (pritégljane) Catalan: atracció (ca) f Cebuano: atraksyon Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f Finnish: viehätys (fi), viehtymys, veto (fi) French: attirance (fr) f Galician: atracción (gl) f Georgian: მიზიდულობა (miziduloba) Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi) Ancient: ἐφέλκυσις f (ephélkusis) Hebrew: משיכה f (meshikha) Hindi: आकर्षण (hi) m (ākarṣaṇ) Hungarian: vonzalom (hu) Italian: attrazione (it) f Polish: przywiązanie (pl) n Portuguese: atração (pt) f Romanian: atragere (ro) f, atracție (ro) f Russian: влече́ние (ru) n (vlečénije) Turkish: çekim (tr) Ukrainian: по́тяг (uk) m (pótjah)

something which attracts

Albanian: tërheqje (sq) Belarusian: атракцыён m (atrakcyjón) (as in an amusement park) Bulgarian: атракцио́н m (atrakción) Cebuano: atraksyon Danish: seværdighed c, turistattraktion c Dutch: attractie (nl) f, trekpleister (nl) m Finnish: vetovoimatekijä (fi), attraktio (fi), vetonumero, vetonaula (fi), nähtävyys (fi) German: Attraktion (de) f Greek: θέλγητρο (el) n (thélgitro), δέλεαρ (el) n (délear), πόλος έλξης m (pólos élxis) Hebrew: אטרקציה f (atraktsia) Hindi: आकर्षण (hi) m (ākarṣaṇ) Hungarian: látnivaló (hu) Italian: attrazione (it) f Latin: illecebra f Maori: manawareka Norwegian: Bokmål: (for tourists) severdighet (no) m or f, turistattraksjon m Polish: atrakcja (pl) f Portuguese: atração (pt) f Romanian: atracție (ro) f Russian: аттракцио́н (ru) m (attrakción) (as in an amusement park), достопримечательность (ru) f (dostoprimečatelʹnostʹ) (as in place of interest) Slovene: atrakcija f Telugu: ఆకర్షణ (te) (ākarṣaṇa) Ukrainian: атракціо́н (uk) m (atrakción) (as in an amusement park)

chess: sacrifice to expose the enemy king

linguistics: type of error

Finnish: attraktio (fi)

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Irish: (please verify) caithis f

See also

• orientation

Further reading

• Attraction (grammar) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tractation

French

Etymology

From Old French attraction, from Latin attractiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁak.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

attraction f (plural attractions)

1. attraction (all senses)

Derived terms

• parc d’attractions

Descendants

• → Hungarian: attrakció

Further reading

• “attraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.