absent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
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• US: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
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• US: ăb'sənt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /æbˈsɛnt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: ăbsĕnt'
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• US: /æbˈsɛnt/
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• rhymes with -ɛnt
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 B S AH0 N T 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 absēnsder. Old French ausentder. Middle French absentbor. ▲ Latin absēnsbor. Middle English absent English absent From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

From Middle English absenten, from Old French absenter, from Late Latin absentāre (“keep away, be away”).

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: afwesig — being away from a place
• Arabic: غَائِب (ḡāʔib) — being away from a place
• Armenian: բացակա (bacʻaka) — being away from a place
• Asturian: ausente — being away from a place
• Belarusian: адсу́тны (adsútny) — being away from a place
• Belarusian: адсу́тнічаць (adsútničacʹ) — being away from a place
• Bulgarian: отсъ́стващ (otsǎ́stvašt) — being away from a place
• Catalan: absent — being away from a place
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺席 (quēxí) — being away from a place
• Czech: nepřítomný — being away from a place
• Danish: fraværende — being away from a place
• Dutch: afwezig — being away from a place
• Dutch: weg — being away from a place
• Dutch: absent — being away from a place
• Estonian: puuduv — being away from a place
• Finnish: puuttuva — being away from a place
• Finnish: poissa (oleva) — being away from a place
• French: absent — being away from a place
• Galician: ausente — being away from a place
• Georgian: არდამსწრე (ardamsc̣re) — being away from a place
• Georgian: არმყოფი (armq̇opi) — being away from a place
• German: abwesend — being away from a place
• Greek: απών (apón) — being away from a place
• Ancient Greek: οἰχόμενος (oikhómenos) — being away from a place
• Gujarati: ગેરહાજર (gěrhājar) — being away from a place
• Hindi: अनुपस्थित (anupasthit) — being away from a place
• Hindi: ग़ैरहाज़िर (ġairhāzir) — being away from a place
• Hungarian: távol lévő — being away from a place
• Ido: absenta — being away from a place
• Italian: assente — being away from a place
• Japanese: いない (inai) — being away from a place
• Japanese: 欠席する (kesseki suru) — being away from a place
• Korean: 없는 (eomneun) — being away from a place
• Korean: 결석하는 (gyeolseokhaneun) — being away from a place
• Latin: absēns — being away from a place
• Macedonian: отсутен (otsuten) — being away from a place
• Malay: absen — being away from a place
• Maltese: nieqes — being away from a place
• Māori: ngaro — being away from a place
• Māori: kaitu — being away from a place
• Māori: tamō — being away from a place
• Māori: matangaro — being away from a place
• Marathi: गैरहजर (gairhaj̈ar) — being away from a place
• Norwegian Bokmål: fraværende — being away from a place
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråverande — being away from a place
• Old English: æfweard — being away from a place
• Persian: غایب (ġâyeb) — being away from a place
• Polish: nieobecny — being away from a place
• Portuguese: ausente — being away from a place
• Romanian: absent — being away from a place
• Romanian: neprezent — being away from a place
• Russian: отсу́тствующий (otsútstvujuščij) — being away from a place
• Russian: отсу́тствовать (otsútstvovatʹ) — being away from a place
• Serbo-Croatian: neprisutan — being away from a place
• Serbo-Croatian: неприсутан — being away from a place
• Serbo-Croatian: odsutan — being away from a place
• Slovak: neprítomný — being away from a place
• Slovene: odsoten — being away from a place
• Spanish: ausente — being away from a place
• Spanish: absente (disused) — being away from a place
• Swedish: frånvarande — being away from a place
• Tagalog: liban — being away from a place
• Tagalog: huwat — being away from a place
• Thai: ไม่อยู่ (mâi yùu) — being away from a place
• Thai: หายหัว (hǎai-hǔua) — being away from a place
• Ukrainian: відсу́тній (vidsútnij) — being away from a place
• Urdu: غیر حاضر (ġair hāzir) — being away from a place
• Urdu: غائب (ġā'ib) — being away from a place
• Vietnamese: vắng mặt — being away from a place
• Woiwurrung: yani'jak — being away from a place
• Afrikaans: afwesig — not existing
• Armenian: բացակա (bacʻaka) — not existing
• Bulgarian: несъществу́ващ (nesǎštestvúvašt) — not existing
• Catalan: absent — not existing
• Dutch: afwezig — not existing
• Dutch: ontbrekend — not existing
• Dutch: niet meer voorhanden — not existing
• Dutch: tekort — not existing
• Finnish: puuttuva — not existing
• Finnish: olematon — not existing
• French: absent — not existing
• Greek: ανύπαρκτος (anýparktos) — not existing
• Hungarian: hiányzó — not existing
• Ido: absenta — not existing
• Italian: assente — not existing
• Japanese: 無い (nai) — not existing
• Japanese: 持たない (motanai) — not existing
• Norwegian Bokmål: fraværende — not existing
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke-eksisterende — not existing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråverande — not existing
• Portuguese: ausente — not existing
• Portuguese: inexistente — not existing
• Romanian: absent — not existing
• Romanian: inexistent — not existing
• Romanian: neexistent — not existing
• Russian: несуществу́ющий (nesuščestvújuščij) — not existing
• Spanish: ausente — not existing
• Spanish: absente (disused) — not existing
• Swedish: frånvarande — not existing
• Ottoman Turkish: اكسیك (eksik) — not existing
• Ottoman Turkish: نقصان (noksan) — not existing
• Arabic: شارِد (šārid) — inattentive
• Armenian: անջատված (anǰatvac) — inattentive
• Bulgarian: отсъ́стващ (otsǎ́stvašt) — inattentive
• Bulgarian: невнима́телен (nevnimátelen) — inattentive
• Catalan: absent — inattentive
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺席 (quēxí) — inattentive
• Dutch: afwezig — inattentive
• Dutch: verstrooid — inattentive
• Dutch: dromerig — inattentive
• Dutch: elders met zijn gedachten — inattentive
• Finnish: poissaoleva — inattentive
• French: absent — inattentive
• German: geistig abwesend — inattentive
• Greek: αφηρημένος (afiriménos) — inattentive
• Hungarian: szórakozott — inattentive
• Italian: assente — inattentive
• Latin: amens — inattentive
• Māori: muhukai — inattentive
• Norwegian Bokmål: fraværende — inattentive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråverande — inattentive
• Portuguese: ausente — inattentive
• Romanian: neatent — inattentive
• Romanian: distrat — inattentive
• Romanian: absent — inattentive
• Russian: невнима́тельный (nevnimátelʹnyj) — inattentive
• Russian: отсу́тствующий (otsútstvujuščij) — inattentive
• Spanish: ausente — inattentive
• Spanish: distraído — inattentive
• Spanish: absente (disused) — inattentive
• Swedish: frånvarande — inattentive
• Vietnamese: lơ đãng — inattentive
• Woiwurrung: abenden ngargit — inattentive
• Dutch: behalve — without
• Dutch: zonder — without
• Dutch: uitgezonderd — without
• Dutch: in afwezigheid van — without
• Finnish: ilman — without
• Finnish: vailla — without
• Norwegian Bokmål: uten — without
• Norwegian Bokmål: unntatt — without
• Portuguese: na ausência de — without
• Catalan: absentar — to withhold from being present
• Dutch: wegblijven van — to withhold from being present
• Dutch: zich absenteren — to withhold from being present
• Dutch: niet opdagen — to withhold from being present
• Esperanto: foresti — to withhold from being present
• Finnish: olla poissa — to withhold from being present
• German: fehlen — to withhold from being present
• German: fernbleiben — to withhold from being present
• Greek: απουσιάζω (apousiázo) — to withhold from being present
• Ancient Greek: ἅπειμι (hápeimi) — to withhold from being present
• Ido: absenteskar — to withhold from being present
• Indonesian: absen — to withhold from being present
• Indonesian: alpa — to withhold from being present
• Latin: absum — to withhold from being present
• Māori: takē — to withhold from being present
• Norwegian Bokmål: absentere — to withhold from being present
• Portuguese: ausentar — to withhold from being present
• Quechua: ch'usay — to withhold from being present
• Spanish: ausentarse — to withhold from being present