"affection" meaning in Englisch

See affection in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: əˈfɛkʃən Audio: En-us-affection.ogg
  1. Zuneigung zu jemandem, Liebe zu etwas
    Sense id: de-affection-en-noun-UILCj9ux
  2. Gefühle, Liebe
    Sense id: de-affection-en-noun-vXh9NzHO
  3. Erkrankung, Leiden Tags: archaic
    Sense id: de-affection-en-noun-a5GMzhFW Topics: medicine
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: attachment, devotion, fondness Derived forms: affectionate, Adjektiv, liebevoll, zärtlich, liebebedürftig, affectionless, Adjektiv, emotionslos, gefühllos, gefühlskalt Coordinate_terms: love, passion, tenderness, inclination Translations (nur Plural, die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person): Gefühle (Deutsch), Liebe [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (sdÜ): Zuneigung zu jemandem (Deutsch), Liebe zu etwas (Deutsch), Erkrankung [feminine] (Deutsch), Leiden [neuter] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "aversion"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "grudge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "hate"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "loathing"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "rancor"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "repulsion"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "resentment"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Substantiv (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "love"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "passion"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Zuneigung zu jemandem"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tenderness"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Liebe zu etwas"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "inclination"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "affectionate"
    },
    {
      "word": "Adjektiv"
    },
    {
      "word": "liebevoll"
    },
    {
      "word": "zärtlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "liebebedürftig"
    },
    {
      "word": "affectionless"
    },
    {
      "word": "Adjektiv"
    },
    {
      "word": "emotionslos"
    },
    {
      "word": "gefühllos"
    },
    {
      "word": "gefühlskalt"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "af·fec·tion",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Zuneigung zu jemandem, Liebe zu etwas"
      ],
      "id": "de-affection-en-noun-UILCj9ux",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Gefühl",
        "jemanden/etwas sehr zu mögen/lieben und sich um sie/ihn/es zu kümmern"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Gefühle, Liebe"
      ],
      "id": "de-affection-en-noun-vXh9NzHO",
      "raw_tags": [
        "nur Plural",
        "die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Erkrankung, Leiden"
      ],
      "id": "de-affection-en-noun-a5GMzhFW",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "əˈfɛkʃən"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-affection.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-affection.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Zuneigung zu jemandem"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "attachment"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "devotion"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "fondness"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zuneigung zu jemandem"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Liebe zu etwas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n Pl."
      ],
      "sense": "nur Plural, die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Gefühle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "nur Plural, die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Liebe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erkrankung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Leiden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "affection"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "aversion"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "grudge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "hate"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "loathing"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "rancor"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "repulsion"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "resentment"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "love"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "passion"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Zuneigung zu jemandem"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tenderness"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Liebe zu etwas"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "inclination"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "affectionate"
    },
    {
      "word": "Adjektiv"
    },
    {
      "word": "liebevoll"
    },
    {
      "word": "zärtlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "liebebedürftig"
    },
    {
      "word": "affectionless"
    },
    {
      "word": "Adjektiv"
    },
    {
      "word": "emotionslos"
    },
    {
      "word": "gefühllos"
    },
    {
      "word": "gefühlskalt"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "af·fec·tion",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Zuneigung zu jemandem, Liebe zu etwas"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Gefühl",
        "jemanden/etwas sehr zu mögen/lieben und sich um sie/ihn/es zu kümmern"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Gefühle, Liebe"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "nur Plural",
        "die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Erkrankung, Leiden"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "əˈfɛkʃən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-affection.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/En-us-affection.ogg/En-us-affection.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-affection.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Zuneigung zu jemandem"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "attachment"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "devotion"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "fondness"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zuneigung zu jemandem"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Liebe zu etwas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n Pl."
      ],
      "sense": "nur Plural, die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Gefühle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "nur Plural, die romantischen Empfindungen einer Person",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Liebe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erkrankung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Leiden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "affection"
}

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