"fascination" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fæsɪˈneɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fascination.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fascinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”) Morphologically fascinate + -ion Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|grc|βασκαίνιεν|gloss=to speak ill of; to curse}} Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”), {{suffix|en|fascinate|ion|nocat=1}} fascinate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fascination (countable and uncountable, plural fascinations)
  1. (archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Synonyms: enchantment, witchcraft Translations (the act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft): чар (čar) [feminine] (Bulgarian), очарование (očarovanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fascinació [feminine] (Catalan), 魅惑 (mèihuò) (Chinese Mandarin), okouzlení [neuter] (Czech), fascinace [feminine] (Czech), lumous (Finnish), tenho (Finnish), fascination [feminine] (French), fascinación [feminine] (Galician), Faszination [feminine] (German), fascinazione (Italian), fascinasjon (Norwegian), forheksing (Norwegian), fortrylling (Norwegian), malsċrung [feminine] (Old English), fascinação [feminine] (Portuguese), beò-ghlacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fascinación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fascination-en-noun-M8ImxxtN Disambiguation of 'the act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft': 93 3 4
  2. The state or condition of being fascinated. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state or condition of being fascinated): очарованост (očarovanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fascinació [feminine] (Catalan), okouzlení [neuter] (Czech), fascinace [feminine] (Czech), fascinatie [feminine] (Dutch), hurma (Finnish), fascination [feminine] (French), fascino (Italian), fascinert [feminine] (Norwegian), forhekset (Norwegian), fortryllet (Norwegian), fascynacja [feminine] (Polish), fascinação [feminine] (Portuguese), fascínio [masculine] (Portuguese), beò-ghlacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fascinación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fascination-en-noun-nSN4YG6r Disambiguation of 'the state or condition of being fascinated': 1 98 1
  3. Something which fascinates. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which fascinates; a charm; a spell): обаяние (obajanie) (Bulgarian), 迷惑力 (Chinese Mandarin), kouzlo [neuter] (Czech), passione (Italian), beò-ghlacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-fascination-en-noun-Bg0DukiN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 11 82 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 21 67 Disambiguation of 'that which fascinates; a charm; a spell': 13 7 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dread fascination

Noun [French]

IPA: /fa.si.na.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-fascination.wav Forms: fascinations [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} fascination f (plural fascinations)
  1. fascination Tags: feminine Related terms: fasciner
    Sense id: en-fascination-fr-noun-5V6wdFoR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} fascination c, {{sv-noun|c}} fascination c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fascination [indefinite, nominative, singular], fascinationen [definite, nominative, singular], fascinationer [indefinite, nominative, plural], fascinationerna [definite, nominative, plural], fascinations [genitive, indefinite, singular], fascinationens [definite, genitive, singular], fascinationers [genitive, indefinite, plural], fascinationernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. fascination (intense interest or something that causes it) Tags: common-gender Related terms: fascinera (english: fascinate), fascinerande (english: fascinating)
    Sense id: en-fascination-sv-noun-mBUl39bI Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "魅惑"
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