aim

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The verb is from Middle English amen, aimen, eimen (“to guess at, to estimate, to aim”), borrowed from Old French esmer, aesmer, asmer, from Latin ad- plus aestimare (“to estimate”), the compound perhaps being originally formed in Medieval Latin (adaestimare), perhaps in Old French. The noun is from Middle English ame, from Old French aesme, esme.

264 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 瞄準 /瞄准 (miáozhǔn) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Finnish: tähtäys — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• French: visée — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• French: mire — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• German: Zielen — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Greek: σκόπευση (skópefsi) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Greek: σημάδι (simádi) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Irish: aimsiú — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Italian: mira — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Japanese: 狙い (nerai) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Kazakh: көздеу (közdeu) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Kazakh: нысана (nysana) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Korean: 조준하다 (jojunhada) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Portuguese: pontaria — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Portuguese: mira — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Romanian: ochire — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Russian: прице́л (pricél) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Spanish: puntería — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Spanish: pajero — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Tamil: குறி (kuṟi) — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Vietnamese: ngắm — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Vietnamese: nhắm — pointing of a weapon towards a particular point or object
• Armenian: նպատակ (npatak) — point intended to be hit
• Belarusian: цэль (celʹ) — point intended to be hit
• Belarusian: мішэ́нь (mišénʹ) — point intended to be hit
• Bulgarian: цел (cel) — point intended to be hit
• Bulgarian: мише́на (mišéna) — point intended to be hit
• Bulgarian: прице́л (pricél) — point intended to be hit
• Chinese Mandarin: 標的 /标的 (biāodì) — point intended to be hit
• Chinese Mandarin: 靶子 (bǎzi) — point intended to be hit
• Czech: terč — point intended to be hit
• Dutch: doel — point intended to be hit
• Finnish: tähtäyspiste — point intended to be hit
• Finnish: maali — point intended to be hit
• French: cible — point intended to be hit
• Galician: fito — point intended to be hit
• Galician: sisto — point intended to be hit
• German: Ziel — point intended to be hit
• German: Zielscheibe — point intended to be hit
• German: Schießscheibe — point intended to be hit
• Greek: στόχος (stóchos) — point intended to be hit
• Hindi: लक्ष्य (lakṣya) — point intended to be hit
• Hungarian: cél — point intended to be hit
• Hungarian: célpont — point intended to be hit
• Ido: skopo — point intended to be hit
• Italian: obiettivo — point intended to be hit
• Kazakh: нысана (nysana) — point intended to be hit
• Korean: 목표 (mokpyo) — point intended to be hit
• Macedonian: нишан (nišan) — point intended to be hit
• Malayalam: ലക്ഷ്യം (lakṣyaṁ) — point intended to be hit
• Malayalam: ഉന്നം (unnaṁ) — point intended to be hit
• Māori: whāinga — point intended to be hit
• Polish: tarcza — point intended to be hit
• Polish: cel — point intended to be hit
• Portuguese: alvo — point intended to be hit
• Romanian: țintă — point intended to be hit
• Romanian: țel — point intended to be hit
• Romanian: obiectiv — point intended to be hit
• Russian: цель (celʹ) — point intended to be hit
• Russian: мише́нь (mišénʹ) — point intended to be hit
• Scottish Gaelic: amas — point intended to be hit
• Serbo-Croatian: ме́та — point intended to be hit
• Serbo-Croatian: нѝшан — point intended to be hit
• Serbo-Croatian: méta — point intended to be hit
• Serbo-Croatian: nìšan — point intended to be hit
• Slovak: terč — point intended to be hit
• Slovene: tarča — point intended to be hit
• Spanish: objetivo — point intended to be hit
• Tamil: குறி (kuṟi) — point intended to be hit
• Tamil: இலக்கு (ilakku) — point intended to be hit
• Telugu: లక్ష్యము (lakṣyamu) — point intended to be hit
• Turkish: hedef — point intended to be hit
• Turkish: nişan — point intended to be hit
• Ukrainian: ціль (cilʹ) — point intended to be hit
• Ukrainian: міше́нь (mišénʹ) — point intended to be hit
• Arabic: هَدَف (hadaf) — intention; purpose
• Armenian: նպատակ (npatak) — intention; purpose
• Bashkir: маҡсат (maqsat) — intention; purpose
• Bashkir: ниәт (niət) — intention; purpose
• Belarusian: мэ́та (méta) — intention; purpose
• Belarusian: цэль (celʹ) — intention; purpose
• Belarusian: наме́р (namjér) — intention; purpose
• Bengali: মকসদ (mokśod) — intention; purpose
• Bulgarian: цел (cel) — intention; purpose
• Bulgarian: намере́ние (namerénie) — intention; purpose
• Catalan: fi — intention; purpose
• Cebuano: tuyo — intention; purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 目標 /目标 (mùbiāo) — intention; purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 目的 (mùdì) — intention; purpose
• Czech: cíl — intention; purpose
• Dutch: doel — intention; purpose
• Dutch: oogmerk — intention; purpose
• Dutch: bedoeling — intention; purpose
• Esperanto: celo — intention; purpose
• Finnish: aikomus — intention; purpose
• Finnish: tarkoitus — intention; purpose
• Finnish: tavoite — intention; purpose
• French: objectif — intention; purpose
• French: ambition — intention; purpose
• French: but — intention; purpose
• Galician: obxectivo — intention; purpose
• German: Ziel — intention; purpose
• Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — intention; purpose
• Greek: στόχος (stóchos) — intention; purpose
• Ancient Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — intention; purpose
• Hindi: उद्देश्य (uddeśya) — intention; purpose
• Hindi: इरादा (irādā) — intention; purpose
• Hindi: लक्ष्य (lakṣya) — intention; purpose
• Hungarian: cél — intention; purpose
• Hungarian: célkitűzés — intention; purpose
• Hungarian: szándék — intention; purpose
• Indonesian: tujuan — intention; purpose
• Irish: aidhm — intention; purpose
• Italian: obiettivo — intention; purpose
• Italian: scopo — intention; purpose
• Italian: priorità — intention; purpose
• Japanese: 目標 (mokuhyō) — intention; purpose
• Japanese: 目的 (mokuteki) — intention; purpose
• Korean: 목표 (mokpyo) — intention; purpose
• Korean: 목적 (mokjeok) — intention; purpose
• Macedonian: цел (cel) — intention; purpose
• Macedonian: мета (meta) — intention; purpose
• Malay: tujuan — intention; purpose
• Malay: توجوان — intention; purpose
• Malayalam: ലക്ഷ്യം (lakṣyaṁ) — intention; purpose
• Malayalam: ഉന്നം (unnaṁ) — intention; purpose
• Māori: whāinga — intention; purpose
• Khiamniungan Naga: vāthāh — intention; purpose
• Polish: cel — intention; purpose
• Portuguese: objetivo — intention; purpose
• Romanian: scop — intention; purpose
• Romanian: intenție — intention; purpose
• Russian: цель (celʹ) — intention; purpose
• Russian: наме́рение (namérenije) — intention; purpose
• Sanskrit: अर्थ (artha) — intention; purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: amas — intention; purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: ци̑љ — intention; purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: ме́та — intention; purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: cȋlj — intention; purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: méta — intention; purpose
• Slovak: cieľ — intention; purpose
• Slovene: cilj — intention; purpose
• Spanish: objetivo — intention; purpose
• Spanish: intención — intention; purpose
• Spanish: meta — intention; purpose
• Spanish: finalidad — intention; purpose
• Spanish: pretensión — intention; purpose
• Swedish: sikte — intention; purpose
• Tamil: குறிக்கோள் (kuṟikkōḷ) — intention; purpose
• Tamil: நோக்கம் (nōkkam) — intention; purpose
• Turkish: maksat — intention; purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: مقصد (maksad) — intention; purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: هدف (hedef) — intention; purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: غایه (gaye) — intention; purpose
• Turkmen: maksat — intention; purpose
• Ukrainian: мета́ (metá) — intention; purpose
• Ukrainian: на́мір (námir) — intention; purpose
• Ukrainian: ціль (cilʹ) — intention; purpose
• Asturian: apuntar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Asturian: amotar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Azerbaijani: tuşlamaq — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Belarusian: цэ́ліцца (célicca) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Belarusian: прыцэ́львацца (prycélʹvacca) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Belarusian: прыцэ́ліцца (prycélicca) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Bulgarian: це́ля се (célja se) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Bulgarian: прице́лвам се (pricélvam se) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Bulgarian: прице́ля се (pricélja se) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Catalan: apuntar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞄準 /瞄准 (miáozhǔn) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Czech: mířit — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Czech: namířit — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Czech: zamířit — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Danish: rette — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Dutch: richten — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Esperanto: celi — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Finnish: tähdätä — to point or direct a missile weapon
• French: viser — to point or direct a missile weapon
• German: zielen — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hadza: tanche — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hindi: साधना (sādhnā) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hungarian: céloz — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hungarian: megcéloz — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hungarian: célba vesz — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hungarian: irányít — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Hungarian: ráirányít — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Indonesian: bidik — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Indonesian: membidik — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Ingrian: tarkata — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Ingrian: tarkoittaa — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Irish: aimsigh — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Italian: puntare — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Italian: mirare — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Japanese: 狙う (nerau) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Kazakh: көздеу (közdeu) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Khmer: តម្រង់ (tɑmrɑng) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Luxembourgish: biichten — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Macedonian: цели (celi) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Māori: kero — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Māori: whakakeko — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Māori: titiro whakakeko — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Polish: celować — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Polish: wycelować — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Polish: mierzyć — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Portuguese: mirar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Portuguese: apontar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Russian: це́литься (célitʹsja) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Russian: прице́ливаться (pricélivatʹsja) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Russian: наце́ливать (nacélivatʹ) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Russian: прице́литься (pricélitʹsja) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Russian: направля́ть (napravljátʹ) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: amais — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Slovak: mieriť — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Slovak: zamieriť — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: asestar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: encañonar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: baraustar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: encarar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: abocar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: empistolar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Spanish: apuntar — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Swedish: sikta — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Tamil: குறி வை (kuṟi vai) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Thai: เล็ง (leng) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: نشانلامق (nişanlamak) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Ukrainian: ці́литися (cílytysja) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Ukrainian: приці́люватися (prycíljuvatysja) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Ukrainian: приці́литися (prycílytysja) — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Vietnamese: nhắm — to point or direct a missile weapon
• Belarusian: пра́гнуць (práhnucʹ) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Belarusian: намага́цца (namahácca) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Bulgarian: стремя́ се (stremjá se) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Bulgarian: домо́гвам се (domógvam se) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Catalan: apuntar — to direct the intention or purpose
• Czech: zamýšlet — to direct the intention or purpose
• Esperanto: celi — to direct the intention or purpose
• Finnish: pyrkiä — to direct the intention or purpose
• French: viser — to direct the intention or purpose
• French: cibler — to direct the intention or purpose
• German: zielen — to direct the intention or purpose
• Hungarian: céloz — to direct the intention or purpose
• Hungarian: megcéloz — to direct the intention or purpose
• Hungarian: törekszik — to direct the intention or purpose
• Hungarian: szándékozik — to direct the intention or purpose
• Hungarian: igyekszik — to direct the intention or purpose
• Irish: aimsigh — to direct the intention or purpose
• Italian: puntare — to direct the intention or purpose
• Italian: tendere — to direct the intention or purpose
• Italian: indirizzare — to direct the intention or purpose
• Japanese: 目指す (mezasu) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Khmer: មានបំណង (miən bɑmnɑɑng) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Old Church Slavonic: направити (napraviti) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Portuguese: apontar — to direct the intention or purpose
• Portuguese: almejar — to direct the intention or purpose
• Russian: стреми́ться (stremítʹsja) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Russian: домога́ться (domogátʹsja) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Russian: име́ть в виду́ (imétʹ v vidú) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Russian: ме́тить (métitʹ) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: amais — to direct the intention or purpose
• Spanish: pretender — to direct the intention or purpose
• Spanish: encaminar — to direct the intention or purpose
• Spanish: abocar — to direct the intention or purpose
• Tamil: நோக்கு (nōkku) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Ukrainian: пра́гнути (práhnuty) — to direct the intention or purpose
• Ukrainian: намага́тися (namahátysja) — to direct the intention or purpose