absence

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• UK: /ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/
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• UK: /ˈæb.s(ə)n̩ts/
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• /ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/
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• /ˈæb.sn̩ts/
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• /ˈæbsɒns/ in the medical sense
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• /æbˈsɒns/ in the medical sense
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• rhymes with (in the medical sense) -ɒns
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 B S AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin absentiader. Old French absencebor. Middle English absence English absence From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“to be away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“to be”).

202 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: afwesigheid — state of being away
• Afrikaans: gebrek — state of being away
• Albanian: mungesë — state of being away
• Arabic: غِيَاب (ḡiyāb) — state of being away
• Arabic: غياب (ḡeyāb) — state of being away
• Armenian: բացակայություն (bacʻakayutʻyun) — state of being away
• Asturian: ausencia — state of being away
• Azerbaijani: yoxluq — state of being away
• Belarusian: адсу́тнасць (adsútnascʹ) — state of being away
• Bulgarian: отсъ́ствие (otsǎ́stvie) — state of being away
• Catalan: absència — state of being away
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺席 (quēxí) — state of being away
• Chinese Mandarin: 不在 (bùzài) — state of being away
• Cornish: estrik — state of being away
• Czech: nepřítomnost — state of being away
• Czech: absence — state of being away
• Danish: fravær — state of being away
• Danish: mangel — state of being away
• Dutch: afwezigheid — state of being away
• Dutch: verstek — state of being away
• Esperanto: foresto — state of being away
• Estonian: puudumine — state of being away
• Finnish: poissaolo — state of being away
• Finnish: ero — state of being away
• French: absence — state of being away
• Galician: ausencia — state of being away
• Georgian: არდასწრება (ardasc̣reba) — state of being away
• Georgian: გამოუცხადებლობა (gamoucxadebloba) — state of being away
• German: Abwesenheit — state of being away
• German: Absenz — state of being away
• Greek: απουσία (apousía) — state of being away
• Ancient Greek: ἀπουσία (apousía) — state of being away
• Hebrew: הֵעָדֵר (he'adér) — state of being away
• Hindi: अनुपस्थिति (anupasthiti) — state of being away
• Hungarian: távollét — state of being away
• Hungarian: távolmaradás — state of being away
• Icelandic: fjarvera — state of being away
• Ido: absenteso — state of being away
• Indonesian: ketidakhadiran — state of being away
• Interlingua: absentia — state of being away
• Irish: neamhláithreacht — state of being away
• Irish: asláithreacht — state of being away
• Italian: assenza — state of being away
• Japanese: 欠席 (kesseki) — state of being away
• Japanese: 不在 (fuzai) — state of being away
• Kazakh: болмау (bolmau) — state of being away
• Kazakh: жоқ болу (joq bolu) — state of being away
• Korean: 결석 (gyeolseok) — state of being away
• Korean: 부재 (bujae) — state of being away
• Latin: absentia — state of being away
• Latvian: prombūtne — state of being away
• Lithuanian: nebuvimas — state of being away
• Macedonian: отсуство (otsustvo) — state of being away
• Malayalam: അസാന്നിധ്യം (asānnidhyaṁ) — state of being away
• Māori: hōneatanga — state of being away
• Marathi: गैरहजेरी (gairahjerī) — state of being away
• Marathi: अनुपस्थिती (anupasthitī) — state of being away
• Middle English: absence — state of being away
• Norwegian Bokmål: fravær — state of being away
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråvær — state of being away
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråvære — state of being away
• Old English: æfweardnes — state of being away
• Persian: غیاب (ġeyâb) — state of being away
• Persian: غیبت (ġeybat) — state of being away
• Polish: nieobecność — state of being away
• Polish: absencja — state of being away
• Portuguese: ausência — state of being away
• Romanian: absență — state of being away
• Russian: отсу́тствие (otsútstvije) — state of being away
• Russian: отлу́чка (otlúčka) — state of being away
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-làthaireachd — state of being away
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀дсуство — state of being away
• Serbo-Croatian: одсу́тно̄ст — state of being away
• Serbo-Croatian: òdsustvo — state of being away
• Serbo-Croatian: odsútnōst — state of being away
• Slovak: neprítomnosť — state of being away
• Slovene: odsotnost — state of being away
• Spanish: ausencia — state of being away
• Spanish: absencia (disused) — state of being away
• Swedish: frånvaro — state of being away
• Swedish: bortavaro — state of being away
• Swedish: bortovaro — state of being away
• Turkish: yokluk — state of being away
• Turkish: gıyap — state of being away
• Ukrainian: відсу́тність (vidsútnistʹ) — state of being away
• Urdu: غیر موجودگی (ġair maujūdgī) — state of being away
• Urdu: غائب (ġā'ib) — state of being away
• Urdu: غیر حاضری (ġair ḥāẓirī) — state of being away
• Uzbek: yoʻqlik — state of being away
• Welsh: absenoldeb — state of being away
• Danish: fravær — failure to be present where one is expected
• Danish: udeblivelse — failure to be present where one is expected
• Finnish: poissaolo — failure to be present where one is expected
• Gujarati: ગેરહાજરી (gerhājrī) — failure to be present where one is expected
• Hungarian: hiányzás — failure to be present where one is expected
• Hungarian: mulasztás — failure to be present where one is expected
• Italian: mancanza — failure to be present where one is expected
• Marathi: गैरहजेरी (gairahjerī) — failure to be present where one is expected
• Middle English: absence — failure to be present where one is expected
• Polish: nieobecność — failure to be present where one is expected
• Polish: absencja — failure to be present where one is expected
• Portuguese: falta — failure to be present where one is expected
• Spanish: absencia (disused) — failure to be present where one is expected
• Urdu: غیر حاضری (ġair ḥāẓirī) — failure to be present where one is expected
• Welsh: absenoldeb — failure to be present where one is expected
• Bulgarian: ли́пса (lípsa) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Catalan: absència — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Czech: nepřítomnost — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Czech: absence — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Danish: fravær — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Danish: mangel — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Dutch: afwezigheid — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Dutch: ontbreken — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Dutch: gemis — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Dutch: tekort — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Finnish: puute — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Finnish: puuttuminen — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• French: absence — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• French: manque — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Georgian: არარსებობა (ararseboba) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Georgian: უქონლობა (ukonloba) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Georgian: ნაკლებობა (naḳleboba) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• German: Abwesenheit — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• German: Fehlen — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Gujarati: ગેરહાજરી (gerhājrī) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Hungarian: hiány — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Ido: absenteso — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Irish: uireasa — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Irish: ceal — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Italian: assenza — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Italian: mancanza — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Italian: difetto — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Japanese: 欠落 (ketsuraku) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Japanese: 不保持 (fuhoji) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Latin: absentia — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Malayalam: അഭാവം (abhāvaṁ) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Māori: korenga — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Māori: kore — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Marathi: अभाव (abhāv) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Norwegian Bokmål: fravær — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Norwegian Bokmål: mangel — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråvær — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråvære — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mangel — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Old English: wana — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Polish: nieobecność — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Polish: brak — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Polish: absencja — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Portuguese: ausência — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Portuguese: falta — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Romanian: absență — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Russian: отсу́тствие (otsútstvije) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Russian: нехва́тка (nexvátka) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Scottish Gaelic: easbhaidh — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀дсуство — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Serbo-Croatian: ма́њак — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Serbo-Croatian: òdsustvo — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Serbo-Croatian: mánjak — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Slovene: odsotnost — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Spanish: ausencia — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Spanish: falta — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Spanish: absencia (disused) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Swedish: frånvaro — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Swedish: brist — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Swedish: avsaknad — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Turkish: yokluk — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Ottoman Turkish: نقصان (noksan) — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Welsh: diffyg — lack; deficiency; non-existence
• Bulgarian: отсъ́ствие (otsǎ́stvie) — inattention to things present
• Catalan: absència — inattention to things present
• Czech: nepřítomnost — inattention to things present
• Danish: åndsfravær — inattention to things present
• Dutch: verstrooidheid — inattention to things present
• Finnish: hajamielisyys — inattention to things present
• Finnish: poissaolo — inattention to things present
• French: absence — inattention to things present
• German: Abwesenheit — inattention to things present
• Hungarian: szórakozottság — inattention to things present
• Hungarian: elkalandozás — inattention to things present
• Japanese: 無頓着 (mutonchaku) — inattention to things present
• Norwegian Bokmål: åndsfravær — inattention to things present
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åndsfråvær — inattention to things present
• Portuguese: falta de atenção — inattention to things present
• Romanian: neatenție — inattention to things present
• Russian: рассе́янность (rasséjannostʹ) — inattention to things present
• Scottish Gaelic: dearmad-inntinne — inattention to things present
• Slovene: odsotnost — inattention to things present
• Spanish: ausencia — inattention to things present
• Spanish: absencia (disused) — inattention to things present
• Finnish: tiedottomuus — medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness
• German: Absence — medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness
• Irish: neamhláithreacht — medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness
• Italian: assenza — medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness
• French: absence — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• French: absence du fer — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• Italian: invito aperto — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• Italian: ferro libero — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• Portuguese: ausência — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• Portuguese: ausência de ferro — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• Spanish: ausencia de hierro — fencing: lack of contact between blades
• Spanish: ausencia — fencing: lack of contact between blades