influence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪn.flu.əns/ (US, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ɪnˈflu.əns/ Hyphenation: in‧flu‧ence === Noun === influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences) The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. A person or thing exerting such power or action. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx. (electricity) Electrostatic induction. ==== Hyponyms ==== social influence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced) (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== influent influential influenza, flu ==== Translations ==== == Albanian == === Noun === influence indefinite dative/ablative singular of influencë == French == === Etymology === From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s/ === Noun === influence f (plural influences) influence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === influence inflection of influencer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “influence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”). === Noun === influence oblique singular, f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences) inundation; flooding; influx of water influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one's fate ==== Descendants ==== → English: influence French: influence === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)