absorb

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔːb/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔːb/
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• General-American: /æbˈsɔɹb/
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• General-American: /æbˈzɔɹb/
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• General-American: /əbˈsɔɹb/
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• General-American: /əbˈzɔɹb/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)b
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B Z AO1 R B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbeō (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) + sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srebh- (“to sip”). Compare French absorber.

305 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: opsuig — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Afrikaans: absorbeer — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Arabic: اِتَّسَعَ (ittasaʕa) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Arabic: اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Arabic: احتوى (eḥtawā) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Armenian: կլանել (klanel) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Bulgarian: поглъщам (poglǎštam) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Catalan: absorbir — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸收 (xīshōu) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Czech: absorbovat — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Czech: pohltit — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Czech: vstřebat — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Danish: absorbere — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Danish: opsuge — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Danish: optage — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Dutch: absorberen — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Dutch: (in zich) opnemen — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Esperanto: sorbi — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Finnish: imeä — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Finnish: imaista (momentane) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Finnish: niellä — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Finnish: nielaista (momentane) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• French: absorber — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Galician: absorber — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• German: absorbieren — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• German: (in sich) aufnehmen — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ancient Greek: ἀποικειόω (apoikeióō) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Hebrew: ספג (safág) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Hindi: सोखना (sokhnā) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Hungarian: elnyel — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Hungarian: magába olvaszt — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Hungarian: beolvaszt — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Indonesian: serap — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Italian: assorbire — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Italian: incorporare — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Italian: includere — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Japanese: 吸収する (kyūshū suru) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Malay: serap — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Norwegian: absorbere — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Norwegian: oppsluke — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Polish: pochłaniać — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Polish: pochłonąć — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Polish: absorbować — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Polish: zaabsorbować — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Portuguese: absorver — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Romanian: absorbi — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Russian: поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Russian: вбира́ть (vbirátʹ) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Russian: вобра́ть (vobrátʹ) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Serbo-Croatian: apsorbírati — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Serbo-Croatian: апсорби́рати — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Serbo-Croatian: apsorbovati — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Serbo-Croatian: апсорбовати — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Serbo-Croatian: ùpiti — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀пити — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Spanish: absorber — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Swedish: absorbera — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Swedish: uppsluka — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ukrainian: поглина́ти (pohlynáty) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ukrainian: погли́нути (pohlýnuty) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ukrainian: вбира́ти (vbyráty) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ukrainian: ввібра́ти (vvibráty) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ukrainian: вбра́ти (vbráty) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Ukrainian: абсорбува́ти (absorbuváty) — to include so that it no longer has separate existence
• Arabic: اِسْتَنْفَدَ (istanfada) — to consume completely
• Catalan: absorbir — to consume completely
• Chinese Mandarin: 完全吸收 (wánquán xīshōu) — to consume completely
• Dutch: consumeren — to consume completely
• Dutch: opgebruiken — to consume completely
• Finnish: kuluttaa — to consume completely
• Finnish: nielaista — to consume completely
• German: konsumieren — to consume completely
• German: aufbrauchen — to consume completely
• Italian: assorbire — to consume completely
• Japanese: 処理する (shori suru) — to consume completely
• Norwegian: absorbere — to consume completely
• Polish: wchłaniać — to consume completely
• Polish: wchłonąć — to consume completely
• Polish: absorbować — to consume completely
• Polish: zaabsorbować — to consume completely
• Portuguese: absorver — to consume completely
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to consume completely
• Russian: поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) — to consume completely
• Spanish: absorber — to consume completely
• Swedish: förbruka — to consume completely
• Swedish: konsumera — to consume completely
• Vietnamese: hấp thu — to consume completely
• Vietnamese: hấp thụ — to consume completely
• Afrikaans: opsuig — to suck up or drink in
• Afrikaans: absorbeer — to suck up or drink in
• Amharic: መጠጠ (mäṭäṭä) — to suck up or drink in
• Arabic: اِمْتَصَ (imtaṣa) — to suck up or drink in
• Arabic: تَشَرَّبَ (tašarraba) — to suck up or drink in
• Armenian: ներծծել (nerccel) — to suck up or drink in
• Armenian: կլանել (klanel) — to suck up or drink in
• Armenian: աբսորբել (absorbel) — to suck up or drink in
• Asturian: absorber — to suck up or drink in
• Belarusian: паглына́ць (pahlynácʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Belarusian: паглыну́ць (pahlynúcʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Bulgarian: гълтам (gǎltam) — to suck up or drink in
• Bulgarian: поглъщам (poglǎštam) — to suck up or drink in
• Catalan: absorbir — to suck up or drink in
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸入 (xīrù) — to suck up or drink in
• Cornish: dena — to suck up or drink in
• Czech: vstřebat — to suck up or drink in
• Danish: absorbere — to suck up or drink in
• Danish: opsuge — to suck up or drink in
• Danish: optage — to suck up or drink in
• Dutch: absorberen — to suck up or drink in
• Dutch: opzuigen — to suck up or drink in
• Esperanto: absorbi — to suck up or drink in
• Finnish: imeä — to suck up or drink in
• Finnish: imaista (momentane) — to suck up or drink in
• French: absorber — to suck up or drink in
• French: éponger — to suck up or drink in
• Galician: absorber — to suck up or drink in
• Georgian: შეწოვა (šec̣ova) — to suck up or drink in
• German: aufsaugen — to suck up or drink in
• Greek: απορροφώ (aporrofó) — to suck up or drink in
• Ancient Greek: ἀναπίνω (anapínō) — to suck up or drink in
• Ancient Greek: συμπίνω (sumpínō) — to suck up or drink in
• Hebrew: ספג (safág) — to suck up or drink in
• Hindi: सोखना (sokhnā) — to suck up or drink in
• Hungarian: felszív — to suck up or drink in
• Hungarian: magába szív — to suck up or drink in
• Hungarian: beiszik — to suck up or drink in
• Hungarian: elnyel — to suck up or drink in
• Hungarian: abszorbeál — to suck up or drink in
• Irish: súigh — to suck up or drink in
• Italian: assorbire — to suck up or drink in
• Italian: assorbere — to suck up or drink in
• Japanese: 吸う (suu) — to suck up or drink in
• Karakhanid: اِجْماكْ (ičmēk) — to suck up or drink in
• Latin: absorbeō — to suck up or drink in
• Māori: miti — to suck up or drink in
• Māori: mimiti — to suck up or drink in
• Māori: ngongo — to suck up or drink in
• Norwegian: absorbere — to suck up or drink in
• Portuguese: absorver — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: вбира́ть (vbirátʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: вобра́ть (vobrátʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: впи́тывать (vpítyvatʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: впита́ть (vpitátʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: вса́сывать (vsásyvatʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Russian: всоса́ть (vsosátʹ) — to suck up or drink in
• Sanskrit: धयति (dhayati) — to suck up or drink in
• Sanskrit: पिबति (pibati) — to suck up or drink in
• Scottish Gaelic: deoghail — to suck up or drink in
• Spanish: absorber — to suck up or drink in
• Swahili: kufyonza — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: absorbera — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: dra åt sig — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: fånga upp — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: suga i sig — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: suga till sig — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: suga upp — to suck up or drink in
• Swedish: ta upp — to suck up or drink in
• Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: поглина́ти (pohlynáty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: погли́нути (pohlýnuty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: вбира́ти (vbyráty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: ввібра́ти (vvibráty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: вбра́ти (vbráty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: всмо́ктувати (vsmóktuvaty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: всмокта́ти (vsmoktáty) — to suck up or drink in
• Ukrainian: абсорбува́ти (absorbuváty) — to suck up or drink in
• Vietnamese: hút — to suck up or drink in
• Zulu: -munca — to suck up or drink in
• Zulu: -munya — to suck up or drink in
• Zulu: -donsa — to suck up or drink in
• Esperanto: absorbiĝi — to be absorbed
• Thai: ซึมซับ (sʉm-sáp) — to be absorbed
• Arabic: اِتَّخَذَ (ittaḵaḏa) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Bulgarian: абсорбирам (absorbiram) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Catalan: absorbir — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸入 (xīrù) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Dutch: absorberen — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Dutch: in zich opnemen — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Dutch: intrekken — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Estonian: neelduma — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Finnish: absorboida — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Finnish: imeä — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Georgian: შეწოვა (šec̣ova) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• German: absorbieren — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: tompít — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: csillapít — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: felfog — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: abszorbeál — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: elnyel — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: felszív — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: beszív — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Hungarian: befog — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Italian: assorbire — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Norwegian: absorbere — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Portuguese: absorver — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: вбира́ть (vbirátʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: вобра́ть (vobrátʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: впи́тывать (vpítyvatʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: впита́ть (vpitátʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Russian: абсорби́ровать (absorbírovatʹ) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Spanish: absorber — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Swedish: absorbera — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Swedish: uppta — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Thai: ดูดซับ — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Turkish: absorbe etmek — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Turkish: soğurmak — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Ukrainian: абсорбува́ти (absorbuváty) — (physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
• Arabic: اِحْتَلَّ (iḥtalla) — to occupy fully
• Arabic: شَغَلَ (šaḡala) — to occupy fully
• Arabic: اِسْتَغْرَقَ (istaḡraqa) — to occupy fully
• Chinese Mandarin: 全神貫注 /全神贯注 (quánshénguànzhù) — to occupy fully
• Dutch: verdiepen — to occupy fully
• Dutch: bezighouden — to occupy fully
• Dutch: in beslag nemen — to occupy fully
• Esperanto: absorbi — to occupy fully
• Finnish: syventyä — to occupy fully
• Finnish: uppoutua — to occupy fully
• French: absorber — to occupy fully
• German: (ganz) in Anspruch nehmen — to occupy fully
• German: fesseln — to occupy fully
• Greek: απορροφώ (aporrofó) — to occupy fully
• Hebrew: שקע (shaká) — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: lefoglal — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: leköt — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: igénybe vesz — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: elmerül — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: elmélyed — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: belemélyed — to occupy fully
• Hungarian: belefeledkezik — to occupy fully
• Japanese: 吸収する (kyūshū suru) — to occupy fully
• Norwegian: oppsluke — to occupy fully
• Polish: pochłaniać — to occupy fully
• Polish: pochłonąć — to occupy fully
• Polish: absorbować — to occupy fully
• Polish: zaabsorbować — to occupy fully
• Portuguese: absorver — to occupy fully
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to occupy fully
• Russian: поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) — to occupy fully
• Spanish: absorber — to occupy fully
• Swedish: engagera — to occupy fully
• Swedish: fängsla — to occupy fully
• Swedish: helt uppta — to occupy fully
• Swedish: uppsluka — to occupy fully
• Arabic: اِسْتَوْعَبَ (istawʕaba) — to assimilate mentally
• Arabic: وَعَى (waʕā) — to assimilate mentally
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸收 (xīshōu) — to assimilate mentally
• Czech: vstřebat — to assimilate mentally
• Dutch: absorberen — to assimilate mentally
• Dutch: laten doordringen — to assimilate mentally
• Dutch: verteren — to assimilate mentally
• Finnish: omaksua — to assimilate mentally
• French: absorber — to assimilate mentally
• German: aufnehmen — to assimilate mentally
• Greek: αφομοιώνω (afomoióno) — to assimilate mentally
• Hungarian: elsajátít — to assimilate mentally
• Hungarian: magáévá tesz — to assimilate mentally
• Hungarian: magába szív — to assimilate mentally
• Japanese: 吸収する (kyūshū suru) — to assimilate mentally
• Norwegian: absorbere — to assimilate mentally
• Polish: chłonąć — to assimilate mentally
• Polish: pochłonąć — to assimilate mentally
• Portuguese: absorver — to assimilate mentally
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to assimilate mentally
• Russian: поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) — to assimilate mentally
• Russian: вбира́ть (vbirátʹ) — to assimilate mentally
• Russian: вобра́ть (vobrátʹ) — to assimilate mentally
• Russian: впи́тывать (vpítyvatʹ) — to assimilate mentally
• Russian: впита́ть (vpitátʹ) — to assimilate mentally
• Serbo-Croatian: usvòjiti — to assimilate mentally
• Swedish: tillgodogöra sig — to assimilate mentally
• Thai: ซึมซับ (sʉm-sáp) — to assimilate mentally
• Arabic: دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) — finance: to assume or pay for
• Arabic: تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala) — finance: to assume or pay for
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸收 (xīshōu) — finance: to assume or pay for
• Dutch: in last nemen — finance: to assume or pay for
• Dutch: overnemen — finance: to assume or pay for
• Finnish: kantaa — finance: to assume or pay for
• Hungarian: fedez — finance: to assume or pay for
• Hungarian: vállal — finance: to assume or pay for
• Hungarian: átvállal — finance: to assume or pay for
• Hungarian: kifizet — finance: to assume or pay for
• Hungarian: megfizet — finance: to assume or pay for
• Hungarian: áll — finance: to assume or pay for
• Japanese: 負担する (futan suru) — finance: to assume or pay for
• Norwegian: påta seg — finance: to assume or pay for
• Portuguese: aderir — finance: to assume or pay for
• Swedish: absorbera — finance: to assume or pay for
• Swedish: bestrida — finance: to assume or pay for
• Swedish: påtaga sig — finance: to assume or pay for
• Arabic: تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala) — to endure
• Arabic: قَاسَى (qāsā) — to endure
• Chinese Mandarin: 忍耐 (rěnnài) — to endure
• Dutch: ondergaan — to endure
• Finnish: kestää — to endure
• Finnish: sietää — to endure
• German: aushalten — to endure
• German: ertragen — to endure
• Norwegian: utholde — to endure
• Swedish: absorbera — to endure
• Swedish: uppta — to endure