Dictionary

repercussion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Queensland
• /ˌɹɛp.ɚˈkʌʃ.ən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɹiː.pəˈkɐʃ.ən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
   • You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
   • Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter:
   • the repercussion of sound
3. (countable, uncountable) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
4. (countable, uncountable) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

repercussionless

Synonyms

consequence (consequence) · aftereffect (consequence)

Translations (41)

zh 後果 /后果 (consequence, result of action) · nb etterdønning (consequence, result of action) · mi whakarara (consequence, result of action) · pt repercussão (consequence, result of action) · ar تَدَاعِي (consequence, result of action) · de Auswirkung (consequence, result of action) · cs dopad (consequence, result of action) · ru после́дствие (consequence, result of action) · ar أَثَّر (consequence, result of action) · de Widerhall (consequence, result of action) · da følge (consequence, result of action) · fr répercussion (consequence, result of action) · cs následek (consequence, result of action) · bg отзвук (act of driving back, or the state of being driven back) · pl reperkusja (consequence, result of action) · tr yankı (consequence, result of action) · fi reperkussio (music: rapid reiteration of the same sound) · el αντίκτυπος (consequence, result of action) · fi seuraus (consequence, result of action) · tr tesir (consequence, result of action) · da konsekvens (consequence, result of action) · bg последица (consequence, result of action) · de Nachwirkung (consequence, result of action) · es consecuencia (consequence, result of action) · sv återverkan (consequence, result of action) · is eftirmál (consequence, result of action) · tr etki (consequence, result of action) · el επίπτωση (consequence, result of action) · is eftirköst (consequence, result of action) · la repercussio (consequence, result of action) · zh 連帶影響 /连带影响 (consequence, result of action) · ca conseqüència (consequence, result of action) · de Echo (consequence, result of action) · da eftervirkning (consequence, result of action) · hy հետևանք (consequence, result of action) · tr yansıma (consequence, result of action) · it ripercussione (consequence, result of action) · it conseguenza (consequence, result of action) · fr conséquence (consequence, result of action) · fi jälkiseuraus (consequence, result of action) · de Rückwirkung (consequence, result of action)