Action
German (Berlin)
/ˈɛk.(t)ʃən/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) action fast-paced, often violent activity
- (uncountable) a genre characterised by such activity
- (countable)
Etymology
Borrowed from English action derived from Latin actio.
Origin
Latin
actio
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ActionScript English
- actant English
- action English
- action-packed English
- actionable English
- actional English
- actionee English
- actioner English
- actionfest English
- actionism English
- actionist English
- actionize English
- actionless English
- actionlet English
- actionlike English
- actionness English
- actiony English
- actious English
- backaction English
- bioaction English
- counteraction English
- ecoaction English
- hyperaction English
- interaction English
- microaction English
- misaction English
- nonaction English
- overaction English
- preaction English
- retroaction English
- self-action English
- superaction English
- unaction English
- underaction English
- actio Latin
- āctum Latin
- akció Hungarian
- actie Dutch, Flemish
- экшн Russian
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- aksje Norwegian Bokmål
- aksjon Norwegian Bokmål
- アクション Japanese
- アクション映画 Japanese
- aksje Norwegian Nynorsk
- aksjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- accion Middle English
- aicsean Irish
- actie Middle Dutch
- aiccion Bourguignon