"repercussion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/ [UK], /ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/ [US], /ˌɹɛ.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/ [US] Audio: en-au-repercussion.ogg [Australia] Forms: repercussions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|répercussion}} Middle French répercussion, {{uder|en|la|repercussio||rebounding; repercussion}} Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), {{m|la|repercutio||cause to rebound, reflect, strike against}} repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), {{m|la|re-|}} re-, {{m|la|percutio||beat, strike}} percutio (“beat, strike”), {{m|la|per-||thoroughly}} per- (“thoroughly”), {{m|la|quatio||shake}} quatio (“shake”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} repercussion (countable and uncountable, plural repercussions)
  1. A consequence or ensuing result of some action. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (consequence): aftereffect, consequence Translations (consequence, result of action): أَثَّر (ʔaṯṯar) [masculine] (Arabic), تَدَاعِي (tadāʕī) [masculine] (Arabic), հետևանք (hetewankʻ) (Armenian), последица (posledica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), conseqüència [feminine] (Catalan), 後果 (Chinese Mandarin), 后果 (hòuguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 連帶影響 (Chinese Mandarin), 连带影响 (Chinese Mandarin), efterfølge [common-gender] (Danish), jälkiseuraus (Finnish), seuraus (Finnish), conséquence (French), répercussion (French), Echo [neuter] (German), Widerhall [masculine] (German), Auswirkung [feminine] (German), Nachwirkung [feminine] (German), Rückwirkung [feminine] (German), αντίκτυπος (antíktypos) [masculine] (Greek), επίπτωση (epíptosi) [feminine] (Greek), eftirmál [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), eftirköst [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), conseguenza (Italian), ripercussione (Italian), repercussio [feminine] (Latin), whakarara (Maori), etterdønning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), reperkusja [feminine] (Polish), repercussão [feminine] (Portuguese), после́дствие (poslédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), consecuencia (Spanish), återverkan (Swedish), yankı (Turkish), yansıma (Turkish), etki (Turkish), tesir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-repercussion-en-noun-BL0w1y~b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 30 10 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 28 23 13 21 Disambiguation of 'consequence': 87 4 1 2 5 Disambiguation of 'consequence, result of action': 82 4 2 6 5
  2. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of driving back, or the state of being driven back): отзвук (otzvuk) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-repercussion-en-noun-yRi2v0Wk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 30 10 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 28 23 13 21 Disambiguation of 'act of driving back, or the state of being driven back': 1 86 4 2 7
  3. (music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: rapid reiteration of the same sound): reperkussio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-repercussion-en-noun-F33PZNcg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 30 10 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 28 23 13 21 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: rapid reiteration of the same sound': 1 7 82 3 7
  4. (medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-repercussion-en-noun-9sLM4SLd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 30 10 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 28 23 13 21 Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. (obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Obstetrics
    Sense id: en-repercussion-en-noun-7Q30dXeF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 30 10 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 28 23 13 21 Topics: medicine, obstetrics, sciences

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      "word": "後果"
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      "roman": "hòuguǒ",
      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "后果"
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      "word": "連帶影響"
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      "code": "zh",
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "连带影响"
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
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      "word": "conséquence"
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "répercussion"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eftirköst"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "conseguenza"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "ripercussione"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "whakarara"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "etterdønning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "после́дствие"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "consecuencia"
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "återverkan"
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
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      "sense": "consequence, result of action",
      "word": "tesir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otzvuk",
      "sense": "act of driving back, or the state of being driven back",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отзвук"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "music: rapid reiteration of the same sound",
      "word": "reperkussio"
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