"infatuation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-infatuation.wav [UK] Forms: infatuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} infatuation (countable and uncountable, plural infatuations)
  1. An immensely strong love or sexual attraction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (An unreasoning love or attraction): безразсъдна любов (bezrazsǎdna ljubov) [feminine] (Bulgarian), infatuació [feminine] (Catalan), geliefde (Dutch), vlam (Dutch), hullaantuminen (Finnish), ihastuminen (Finnish), béguin (French), amourette (French), Schwärmerei [feminine] (German), Vernarrtheit [feminine] (German), Besessenheit [feminine] (German), Versessenheit [feminine] (German), मोह (moh) (Hindi), आसक्ति (āsakti) (Hindi), मुग्धता (mugdhatā) (Hindi), सम्मोह (sammoh) (Hindi), विमोह (vimoh) (Hindi), 열병 (yeolbyeong) (Korean), непро́мислен страст (neprómislen) [feminine] (Macedonian), стра́сна вљу́беност (strásna) [feminine] (Macedonian), unuora (Maori), whakamaimoa (Maori), mate kanehe (Maori), Veblindunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), zauroczenie [neuter] (Polish), paixão (Portuguese), страсть f strast’ (bezrassúdnaja) (alt: безрассудная (bezrassudnaja)) (Russian), влюблённость f vljubljónnost’ (strástnaja) (alt: страстная (strastnaja)) (Russian), увлече́ние f uvlečénije (slepóje) (alt: слепое (slepoje)) (Russian), अचित्ति (acitti) [feminine] (Sanskrit), encaprichamiento [masculine] (Spanish), förälskelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-infatuation-en-noun-7IqYhfNM Disambiguation of 'An unreasoning love or attraction': 83 15 2
  2. (obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates): увлечение (uvlečenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), влюбеност (vljubenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), infatuació [feminine] (Catalan), 迷戀 (Chinese Cantonese), 迷恋 (mai⁴ lyun²) (Chinese Cantonese), 迷戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 迷恋 (míliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), waanzinnige verliefdheid (Dutch), hullaantuminen (Finnish), ihastuminen (Finnish), engouement [masculine] (French), paixón [feminine] (Galician), Vernarrtheit [feminine] (German), besinnungslose Verliebtheit [feminine] (German), Betörung [feminine] (German), Verblendung [feminine] (German), πάθος (páthos) [neuter] (Greek), belehabarodás (Hungarian), infatuazione [feminine] (Italian), 夢中 (muchū) (alt: むちゅう) (Japanese), 心酔 (shinsui) (alt: しんすい) (Japanese), ほれ込み (horekomi) (alt: ほれこみ) (Japanese), のぼせ上がり (noboseagari) (alt: のぼせあがり) (Japanese), за́нес (zánes) [masculine] (Macedonian), вљу́беност (vljúbenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), koharatanga (Maori), enfatuamento [feminine] (Portuguese), enfatuação [feminine] (Portuguese), paixão (Portuguese), увлече́ние (uvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), влюблённость (vljubljónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), страсть (strastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), मोहन (mohana) [neuter] (Sanskrit), залуђеност [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zaluđenost [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pasión [feminine] (Spanish), förälskelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-infatuation-en-noun-LjoZQWrF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 64 4 Disambiguation of 'The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates': 2 91 7
  3. Something which infatuates. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-infatuation-en-noun--qTAcDnF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: crush, squish Related terms: fatuity, fatuous, infatuate, infatuated

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          "roman": "moh",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "āsakti",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "word": "आसक्ति"
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          "roman": "sammoh",
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          "roman": "vimoh",
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeolbyeong",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "word": "열병"
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neprómislen",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "непро́мислен страст"
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "strásna",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стра́сна вљу́беност"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "word": "unuora"
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "word": "mate kanehe"
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
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          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "word": "paixão"
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          "alt": "безрассудная (bezrassudnaja)",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezrassúdnaja",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "word": "страсть f strast’"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "alt": "страстная (strastnaja)",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "strástnaja",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
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          "alt": "слепое (slepoje)",
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          "roman": "acitti",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
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          "word": "encaprichamiento"
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          "_dis1": "83 15 2",
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        "(obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness."
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          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uvlečenie",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vljubenost",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "влюбеност"
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          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "infatuació"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "迷戀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mai⁴ lyun²",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "迷恋"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "迷戀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "míliàn",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "迷恋"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "waanzinnige verliefdheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "hullaantuminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "ihastuminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "engouement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paixón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Vernarrtheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "besinnungslose Verliebtheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Betörung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verblendung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "páthos",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πάθος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "belehabarodás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "infatuazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "alt": "むちゅう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muchū",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "夢中"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "alt": "しんすい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinsui",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "心酔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "alt": "ほれこみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "horekomi",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "ほれ込み"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "alt": "のぼせあがり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "noboseagari",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "のぼせ上がり"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zánes",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "за́нес"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vljúbenost",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вљу́беност"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "koharatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "enfatuamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "enfatuação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "word": "paixão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvlečénije",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "увлече́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vljubljónnostʹ",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "влюблённость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 91 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "strastʹ",
          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
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          "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pasión"
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          "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uvlečenie",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vljubenost",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "влюбеност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infatuació"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "迷戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mai⁴ lyun²",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "迷恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "迷戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míliàn",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "迷恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "waanzinnige verliefdheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "hullaantuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "ihastuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "engouement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paixón"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vernarrtheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "besinnungslose Verliebtheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Betörung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verblendung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "páthos",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πάθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "belehabarodás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infatuazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むちゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muchū",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "夢中"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinsui",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "心酔"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほれこみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "horekomi",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "ほれ込み"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のぼせあがり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "noboseagari",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "のぼせ上がり"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zánes",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́нес"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vljúbenost",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вљу́беност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "koharatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enfatuamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enfatuação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "word": "paixão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvlečénije",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "увлече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vljubljónnostʹ",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "влюблённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strastʹ",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "страсть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mohana",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "मोहन"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "залуђеност"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "zaluđenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förälskelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezrazsǎdna ljubov",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безразсъдна любов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infatuació"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "geliefde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "vlam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "hullaantuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "ihastuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "béguin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "amourette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwärmerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vernarrtheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Besessenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Versessenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "moh",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "मोह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āsakti",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "आसक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mugdhatā",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "मुग्धता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sammoh",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "सम्मोह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vimoh",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "विमोह"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeolbyeong",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "열병"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neprómislen",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непро́мислен страст"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "strásna",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стра́сна вљу́беност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "unuora"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "whakamaimoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "mate kanehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Veblindunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zauroczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "paixão"
    },
    {
      "alt": "безрассудная (bezrassudnaja)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezrassúdnaja",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "страсть f strast’"
    },
    {
      "alt": "страстная (strastnaja)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strástnaja",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "влюблённость f vljubljónnost’"
    },
    {
      "alt": "слепое (slepoje)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slepóje",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "word": "увлече́ние f uvlečénije"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "acitti",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अचित्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encaprichamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "An unreasoning love or attraction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förälskelse"
    }
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  "subsection": "noun",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.