English
Etymology
From Middle French dépendance.
Morphologically depend + -ence.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɛndəns/
Noun
dependence (countable and uncountable, plural dependences)
- The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.
He had a deep dependence on her for guidance.
- An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.
Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.
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Translations
state of being dependent
- Albanian: varësi (sq) f
- Arabic: اِسْتِنَاد m (istinād)
- Azerbaijani: asılılıq (az)
- Belarusian: зале́жнасць f (zaljéžnascʹ), зале́жнасьць f (zaljéžnasʹcʹ)
- Bulgarian: зави́симост (bg) f (zavísimost)
- Catalan: dependència (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 依賴性 / 依赖性 (zh) (yīlàixìng)
- Czech: závislost (cs) f
- Danish: afhængighed (da) c, tillid c
- Dutch: afhankelijkheid (nl) f, nood (nl) f
- Esperanto: dependeco
- Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)
- French: dépendance (fr) f
- Georgian: დამოკიდებულება (damoḳidebuleba)
- German: Abhängigkeit (de) f
- Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
- Hebrew: תְּלוּת (he) f (tlut)
- Hindi: निर्भरता f (nirbhartā)
- Hungarian: függés (hu)
- Irish: spleáchas m, spleá f, tuilleamaí m
- Italian: dipendenza (it) f
- Japanese: 依存 (ja) (いぞん, izon)
- Kazakh: тәуелділік (täueldılık)
- Korean: 의존(依存) (ko) (uijon)
- Latvian: atkarība f
- Macedonian: зависност f (zavisnost)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: avhengighet (no) m or f
- Odia: ଅବଲମ୍ବନ (or) (abalambana)
- Polish: zależność (pl) f, bluszczowatość f, bluszczowość f
- Portuguese: dependência (pt) f
- Romanian: dependență (ro) f
- Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̀висно̄ст f, за́висно̄ст f
- Roman: òvisnōst (sh) f, závisnōst (sh) f
- Sicilian: dipinnenzia
- Slovak: závislosť f
- Slovene: odvisnost f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wótwisnosć f
- Spanish: dependencia (es) f
- Swahili: utegemezi
- Swedish: beroende (sv) n, avhängighet (sv) c
- Ukrainian: зале́жність f (zaléžnistʹ)
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irresistible need
- Arabic: إِدْمَان (ar) m (ʔidmān)
- Belarusian: зале́жнасць f (zaljéžnascʹ)
- Bulgarian: зави́симост (bg) f (zavísimost)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 成癮 / 成瘾 (zh) (chéngyǐn)
- Czech: závislost (cs) f
- Danish: afhængighed (da) c
- Dutch: verslaving (nl) f, afhankelijkheid (nl) f
- Esperanto: manio, pasio
- Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)
- French: dépendance (fr) f
- Georgian: დამოკიდებულება (damoḳidebuleba)
- German: Abhängigkeit (de) f
- Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi), εθισμός (el) m (ethismós)
- Hindi: आश्रित (hi) (āśrit)
- Japanese: 嗜癖 (しへき, shiheki), 中毒 (ja) (ちゅうどく, chūdoku)
- Kazakh: тәуелділік (täueldılık)
- Korean: 중독(中毒) (ko) (jungdok)
- Latvian: atkarība f
- Portuguese: vício (pt) m, dependência (pt)
- Romanian: subjugare (ro) f, dependență (ro) f, subordonare (ro) f
- Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̀висно̄ст f
- Roman: òvisnōst (sh) f
- Slovak: závislosť f
- Spanish: dependencia (es) f
- Swedish: beroende (sv) n
- Ukrainian: зале́жність f (zaléžnistʹ), адди́кція f (addýkcija)
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