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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæksɛs/
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• General-American: ăkʹsĕs'
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• General-American: /ˈækˌsɛs/
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• rhymes with -æksɛs
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs/
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• General-American: ək-sĕsʹ
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• General-American: /əkˈsɛs/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 K S EH2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English accesse, acces, borrowed from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus. First attested in the early 14th century. The sense "entrance" was first attested about 1380.

First attested in 1962.

243 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: معبر (maʕbar) — way or means of approaching
• Arabic: منفذ (manfaḏ) — way or means of approaching
• Armenian: մուտք (mutkʻ) — way or means of approaching
• Azerbaijani: yol — way or means of approaching
• Azerbaijani: giriş — way or means of approaching
• Azerbaijani: keçid — way or means of approaching
• Azerbaijani: əlçatım — way or means of approaching
• Belarusian: до́ступ (dóstup) — way or means of approaching
• Bulgarian: достъп (dostǎp) — way or means of approaching
• Chinese Mandarin: 通路 (tōnglù) — way or means of approaching
• Czech: přístup — way or means of approaching
• Danish: indgang — way or means of approaching
• Danish: passage — way or means of approaching
• Danish: vej — way or means of approaching
• Dutch: toegang — way or means of approaching
• Dutch: toegangsweg — way or means of approaching
• Dutch: passage — way or means of approaching
• Esperanto: aliro — way or means of approaching
• Estonian: pääs — way or means of approaching
• Finnish: pääsy — way or means of approaching
• French: accès — way or means of approaching
• Galician: acceso — way or means of approaching
• German: Zugang — way or means of approaching
• German: Eingang — way or means of approaching
• Greek: πρόσβαση (prósvasi) — way or means of approaching
• Ancient Greek: πρόσβασις (prósbasis) — way or means of approaching
• Hebrew: גישה (gisha) — way or means of approaching
• Hungarian: belépés — way or means of approaching
• Ingrian: pääsö — way or means of approaching
• Italian: accesso — way or means of approaching
• Latin: aditus — way or means of approaching
• Latvian: piekļuve — way or means of approaching
• Macedonian: достап (dostap) — way or means of approaching
• Macedonian: пристап (pristap) — way or means of approaching
• Malayalam: പ്രവേശനം (pravēśanaṁ) — way or means of approaching
• Maltese: aċċess — way or means of approaching
• Old English: tōgang — way or means of approaching
• Old English: ingang — way or means of approaching
• Polish: dostęp — way or means of approaching
• Portuguese: acesso — way or means of approaching
• Romanian: acces — way or means of approaching
• Russian: до́ступ (dóstup) — way or means of approaching
• Serbo-Croatian: приступ — way or means of approaching
• Serbo-Croatian: при́лаз — way or means of approaching
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀лаз — way or means of approaching
• Serbo-Croatian: pristup — way or means of approaching
• Serbo-Croatian: prílaz — way or means of approaching
• Serbo-Croatian: ùlaz — way or means of approaching
• Slovak: prístup — way or means of approaching
• Slovene: dostop — way or means of approaching
• Somali: marin — way or means of approaching
• Spanish: acceso — way or means of approaching
• Swahili: ufikiaji — way or means of approaching
• Swedish: ingång — way or means of approaching
• Swedish: passage — way or means of approaching
• Swedish: väg — way or means of approaching
• Ukrainian: до́ступ (dóstup) — way or means of approaching
• Urdu: رَسائی (rasā'ī) — way or means of approaching
• Urdu: پَہُن٘چ (pahunc) — way or means of approaching
• Arabic: دخول (duḵūl) — act of approaching or entering
• Arabic: ولوج (wulūj) — act of approaching or entering
• Armenian: մոտեցում (motecʻum) — act of approaching or entering
• Armenian: մոտենալը (motenalə) — act of approaching or entering
• Belarusian: падхо́д (padxód) — act of approaching or entering
• Bulgarian: достъп (dostǎp) — act of approaching or entering
• Bulgarian: подход (podhod) — act of approaching or entering
• Czech: přístup — act of approaching or entering
• Dutch: benadering — act of approaching or entering
• Estonian: pääs — act of approaching or entering
• Finnish: pääsy — act of approaching or entering
• Finnish: lähestyminen — act of approaching or entering
• French: approche — act of approaching or entering
• French: entrée — act of approaching or entering
• French: accès — act of approaching or entering
• German: Zugang — act of approaching or entering
• Greek: πρόσβαση (prósvasi) — act of approaching or entering
• Ingrian: pääsö — act of approaching or entering
• Italian: accesso — act of approaching or entering
• Malayalam: പ്രവേശനം (pravēśanaṁ) — act of approaching or entering
• Maltese: aċċess — act of approaching or entering
• Old English: tōgang — act of approaching or entering
• Polish: dostęp — act of approaching or entering
• Portuguese: acesso — act of approaching or entering
• Romanian: apropiere — act of approaching or entering
• Romanian: acces — act of approaching or entering
• Russian: подхо́д (podxód) — act of approaching or entering
• Slovene: pristop — act of approaching or entering
• Swedish: åtkomst — act of approaching or entering
• Ukrainian: підхі́д (pidxíd) — act of approaching or entering
• Arabic: حق ولوج (ḥaq wulūj) — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Bulgarian: достъп (dostǎp) — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Czech: přístup — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Dutch: toegang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Dutch: toegangsrecht — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Dutch: toelating — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Estonian: pääs — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Finnish: pääsy — right or ability of approaching or entering
• German: Zugang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• German: Zutritt — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Greek: ελευθεροκοινωνία (eleftherokoinonía) — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Hungarian: hozzáférés — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Hungarian: bejárás — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Ingrian: pääsö — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Norwegian Bokmål: adgang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilgang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åtgang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilgang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Old English: tōgang — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Polish: dostęp — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Polish: akces — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Polish: akcesja — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Portuguese: acesso — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Romanian: acces — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Slovene: dostop — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Swahili: ufikiaji — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Swedish: tillgång — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Swedish: tillträde — right or ability of approaching or entering
• Dutch: instemming — admission to sexual intercourse
• Swedish: tillgänglighet — admission to sexual intercourse
• Bulgarian: прираст (prirast) — increase by addition
• Dutch: toevoeging — increase by addition
• Dutch: aanwinst — increase by addition
• Finnish: laajennus — increase by addition
• Bulgarian: пристъп (pristǎp) — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Dutch: toeval — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Dutch: aanval — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Finnish: kohtaus — onset, attack or fit of disease
• French: accès — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Greek: παροξυσμός (paroxysmós) — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Greek: ξέσπασμα (xéspasma) — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Greek: έκρηξη (ékrixi) — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Latvian: lēkme — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Norwegian: anfall — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Portuguese: acesso — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Swedish: anfall — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Swedish: utbrott — onset, attack or fit of disease
• Bulgarian: изблик (izblik) — outburst of an emotion
• Dutch: aanval — outburst of an emotion
• Dutch: uitval — outburst of an emotion
• Finnish: kohtaus — outburst of an emotion
• French: accès — outburst of an emotion
• German: Ausbruch — outburst of an emotion
• German: Gefühlsausbruch — outburst of an emotion
• German: Anfall — outburst of an emotion
• Greek: παροξυσμός (paroxysmós) — outburst of an emotion
• Greek: ξέσπασμα (xéspasma) — outburst of an emotion
• Greek: έκρηξη (ékrixi) — outburst of an emotion
• Norwegian: anfall — outburst of an emotion
• Norwegian: utbrudd — outburst of an emotion
• Portuguese: acesso — outburst of an emotion
• Swedish: anfall — outburst of an emotion
• Swedish: utbrott — outburst of an emotion
• Bulgarian: достъп (dostǎp) — right to visit one's child
• Danish: samværdsret — right to visit one's child
• Dutch: bezoekrecht — right to visit one's child
• Finnish: tapaamisoikeus — right to visit one's child
• German: Umgangsrecht — right to visit one's child
• Hungarian: láthatás — right to visit one's child
• Norwegian: besøksrett — right to visit one's child
• Swedish: umgängesrätt — right to visit one's child
• Abkhaz: анеирҭа (anejrta) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Bulgarian: достъп (dostǎp) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Chinese Mandarin: 存取 (cúnqǔ) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Dutch: toegang — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Esperanto: atingo — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Finnish: haku — computing: process of locating data in memory
• French: accès — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Georgian: წვდომა (c̣vdoma) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• German: Zugriff — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Greek: πρόσβαση (prósvasi) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Greek: προσπέλαση (prospélasi) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Indonesian: akses — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Japanese: アクセス (akusesu) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Malay: capaian — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Norwegian: aksess — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Polish: dostęp — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Portuguese: acesso — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Russian: до́ступ (dóstup) — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Spanish: acceso — computing: process of locating data in memory
• Dutch: toegang — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Finnish: yhteys — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• French: accès — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Georgian: წვდომა (c̣vdoma) — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• German: Zugriff — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Greek: πρόσβαση (prósvasi) — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Greek: προσπέλαση (prospélasi) — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Indonesian: akses — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Italian: accesso — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Japanese: アクセス (akusesu) — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Norwegian: aksess — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Norwegian: tilgang — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Polish: dostęp — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Portuguese: acesso — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Slovene: dostop — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Spanish: acceso — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Swahili: ufikiaji — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Turkish: erişim — communication with a computer program or the Internet
• Arabic: وَلَجَ (walaja) — to gain or obtain access to
• Arabic: ذلف (ḏalafa) — to gain or obtain access to
• Arabic: نفذ (nafaḏa) — to gain or obtain access to
• Arabic: عبر (ʕabara) — to gain or obtain access to
• Bulgarian: достъпвам (dostǎpvam) — to gain or obtain access to
• Bulgarian: достъпя (dostǎpja) — to gain or obtain access to
• Catalan: accedir — to gain or obtain access to
• Danish: komme ind (i) — to gain or obtain access to
• Danish: skaffe/få adgang (til) — to gain or obtain access to
• Dutch: toegang hebben (tot) — to gain or obtain access to
• Dutch: bereiken — to gain or obtain access to
• Dutch: verkrijgen — to gain or obtain access to
• Finnish: päästä — to gain or obtain access to
• French: accéder — to gain or obtain access to
• French: avoir accès — to gain or obtain access to
• Galician: acceder — to gain or obtain access to
• Norwegian: få tilgang — to gain or obtain access to
• Occitan: accedir — to gain or obtain access to
• Portuguese: aceder — to gain or obtain access to
• Portuguese: acessar — to gain or obtain access to
• Russian: получить доступ (polučit' dostup) — to gain or obtain access to
• Slovene: dostopati — to gain or obtain access to
• Spanish: acceder — to gain or obtain access to
• Spanish: accesar — to gain or obtain access to
• Swedish: göra åtkomlig — to gain or obtain access to
• Swedish: ta fram — to gain or obtain access to
• Armenian: մատչել (matčʻel) — computing: to have access to (data)
• Bulgarian: достъпвам (dostǎpvam) — computing: to have access to (data)
• Bulgarian: достъпя (dostǎpja) — computing: to have access to (data)
• Chinese Mandarin: 訪問 /访问 (fǎngwèn) — computing: to have access to (data)
• Dutch: toegang hebben (tot) — computing: to have access to (data)
• Finnish: päästä käsiksi — computing: to have access to (data)
• French: accéder — computing: to have access to (data)
• French: avoir accès — computing: to have access to (data)
• German: Zugang haben — computing: to have access to (data)
• German: zugreifen — computing: to have access to (data)
• Hungarian: hozzáfér — computing: to have access to (data)
• Norwegian: aksessere — computing: to have access to (data)
• Portuguese: aceder — computing: to have access to (data)
• Portuguese: acessar — computing: to have access to (data)
• Serbo-Croatian: присту́пити — computing: to have access to (data)
• Serbo-Croatian: pristúpiti — computing: to have access to (data)
• Slovene: dostopati — computing: to have access to (data)
• Spanish: acceder — computing: to have access to (data)
• Spanish: accesar — computing: to have access to (data)
• Swedish: ha åtkomst — computing: to have access to (data)