appear

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpɪə/
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• General-American: /əˈpɪɹ/
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• General-American: [əˈphɪɹ]
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• Scotland: /əˈpiːɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 P IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin appāreō (“to appear”), from ad (“to”) + pāreō (“to come forth, to become visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh2-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh2- (“protect”).

263 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: duket — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Chungli Ao: adok — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Arabic: ظَهَرَ (ẓahara) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Armenian: հայտնվել (haytnvel) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Basque: azaldu — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Basque: agertu — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Belarusian: з'яўля́цца (zʺjawljácca) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Belarusian: з'яві́цца (zʺjavícca) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Bulgarian: появя́вам се (pojavjávam se) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Bulgarian: появя́ се (pojavjá se) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Bulgarian: пока́звам се (pokázvam se) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Bulgarian: пока́жа се (pokáža se) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Catalan: aparèixer — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Catalan: sortir — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Chinese Cantonese: 出現 /出现 (ceot1 jin6) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Chinese Mandarin: 出現 /出现 (chūxiàn) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ngazidja Comorian: hwoneha — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ngazidja Comorian: udhwahiri — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Czech: objevovat se — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Czech: objevit se — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Danish: forekomme — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Danish: synes — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Danish: opstå — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Dutch: verschijnen — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Esperanto: aperi — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Estonian: ilmuma — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ewe: dze — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Finnish: ilmestyä — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Finnish: tulla näkyviin — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• French: apparaître — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• French: paraître — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Galician: aparecer — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Galician: asomar — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Gallurese: apparí — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• German: erscheinen — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• German: auftauchen — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Greek: εμφανίζομαι (emfanízomai) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιφαίνομαι (epiphaínomai) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ancient Greek: φαίνομαι (phaínomai) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ancient Greek: εἴδομαι (eídomai) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Haitian Creole: parèt — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Hebrew: הופיע (hofía) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Hungarian: feltűnik — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Hungarian: megjelenik — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Icelandic: birta — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Icelandic: birtast — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ido: aparar — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ingrian: näyttiissä — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Interlingua: apparer — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Italian: apparire — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Japanese: 現れる (arawareru) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Khmer: ដួច (duəc) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Khmer: លេច (lɨc) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Korean: 나타나다 (natanada) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: videor — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: appareo — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: compareo — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: pareo — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: coorior — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: orior — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: provenio — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: prodeo — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latin: exsisto — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Latvian: parādīties — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Livonian: nägțõ — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Macedonian: се појавува (se pojavuva) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Macedonian: се појави (se pojavi) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Maltese: deher — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Māori: whakaaranga — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Māori: puta — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Māori: tahakura — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Māori: kautorohī — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Māori: whetūrangi — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Māori: poke — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Eastern Mari: шочаш (šočaš) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppstå — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Norwegian Bokmål: dukke opp — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Old English: ætīewan — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Persian: پدیدار شدن (padidâr šodan) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Persian: ظاهر شدن (zâher šodan) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Persian: نمایادن — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Polish: zjawiać się — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Polish: zjawić się — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Polish: pojawiać się — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Polish: pojawić się — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Polish: ukazywać się — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Polish: ukazać się — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Portuguese: aparecer — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Portuguese: surgir — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Quechua: qispiy — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Romanian: apărea — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Russian: появля́ться (pojavljátʹsja) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Russian: появи́ться (pojavítʹsja) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Sanskrit: काशते (kāśate) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Campidanese Sardinian: apparriri — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Campidanese Sardinian: apparessiri — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Campidanese Sardinian: cumparriri — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Sardinian: cumpàrrere — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Sardinian: appàrrere — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Sassarese: apparí — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Scottish Gaelic: nochd — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Serbo-Croatian: pojaviti se — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Serbo-Croatian: ukazati se — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Serbo-Croatian: doći na vidjelo — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Slovak: objaviť sa — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Slovak: ukázať sa — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Spanish: aparecer — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Spanish: figurar — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Spanish: aparir — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Swedish: framträda — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Swedish: komma i ljuset — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Swedish: komma i dagen — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Swedish: dyka upp — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Thai: ปรากฏ (bpraa-gòt) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Tok Pisin: kamap — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Turkish: belirmek — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ukrainian: з'явля́тися (zʺjavljátysja) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ukrainian: з'яви́тися (zʺjavýtysja) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ukrainian: виникати (vynykaty) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Ukrainian: виникнути (vynyknuty) — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Vietnamese: xuất hiện — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Walloon: aparexhe — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Welsh: ymddangos — to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
• Bulgarian: явя́вам се (javjávam se) — to come before the public
• Bulgarian: явя́ се (javjá se) — to come before the public
• Chinese Mandarin: 露面 (lòumiàn) — to come before the public
• Ngazidja Comorian: upvenuha — to come before the public
• Czech: objevovat se — to come before the public
• Czech: objevit se — to come before the public
• Dutch: verschijnen — to come before the public
• Dutch: zijn opwachting maken — to come before the public
• Dutch: haar opwachting maken — to come before the public
• Dutch: optreden — to come before the public
• Finnish: ilmestyä — to come before the public
• French: apparaître — to come before the public
• Galician: aparecer — to come before the public
• German: erscheinen — to come before the public
• German: auftauchen — to come before the public
• Hebrew: הופיע (hofía) — to come before the public
• Latin: coorior — to come before the public
• Latin: orior — to come before the public
• Latin: prōveniō — to come before the public
• Portuguese: aparecer — to come before the public
• Portuguese: surgir — to come before the public
• Russian: явля́ться (javljátʹsja) — to come before the public
• Russian: яви́ться (javítʹsja) — to come before the public
• Russian: представа́ть (predstavátʹ) — to come before the public
• Russian: предста́ть (predstátʹ) — to come before the public
• Scottish Gaelic: nochd — to come before the public
• Serbo-Croatian: nastupiti — to come before the public
• Slovak: objaviť sa — to come before the public
• Spanish: aparecer — to come before the public
• Swedish: framträda — to come before the public
• Bulgarian: явя́вам се (javjávam se) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Bulgarian: явя́ се (javjá se) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Chinese Mandarin: 出庭 (chūtíng) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Dutch: verschijnen — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Finnish: ilmestyä — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Finnish: näyttäytyä — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Galician: comparecer — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Galician: aparecer — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• German: erscheinen — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• German: auftreten — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Latin: compāreō — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Latin: coorior — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Latin: orior — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Latin: prōveniō — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Polish: stawić się — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Polish: stanąć — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Portuguese: comparecer — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Russian: явля́ться (javljátʹsja) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Russian: яви́ться (javítʹsja) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Russian: представа́ть (predstavátʹ) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Russian: предста́ть (predstátʹ) — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Serbo-Croatian: istupiti — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Slovak: postaviť sa — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Slovak: stáť — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Slovak: prísť — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Spanish: comparecer — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Spanish: apersonarse — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Spanish: personarse — to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
• Czech: objevit se — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Dutch: blijken — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Finnish: ilmestyä — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Finnish: näyttää — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• German: erscheinen — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• German: einleuchten — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιφαίνομαι (epiphaínomai) — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: videor — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: pāreō — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: appāreō — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: adpāreō — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: coorior — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: orior — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Latin: provenio — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Māori: whakaaranga — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Māori: tahakua — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Māori: poke — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Old English: ætīewan — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Persian: آشکارادن — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Portuguese: parecer — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Russian: ви́деться (vídetʹsja) — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Russian: приви́деться (privídetʹsja) — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Slovak: zdať sa — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Slovak: vyzerať — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Spanish: aparecer — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Tok Pisin: kamap — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Ukrainian: ввижатися (vvyžatysja) — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Ukrainian: видаватися (vydavatysja) — to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
• Arabic: ظَهَرَ (ẓahara) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Arabic: بَدَا (badā) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Catalan: semblar — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Chinese Mandarin: 好像 (hǎoxiàng) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Chinese Mandarin: 顯得 /显得 (xiǎnde) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Czech: vypadat — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Dutch: lijken — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Esperanto: aspekti — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Finnish: näyttää — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Finnish: vaikuttaa — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• French: sembler — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• French: paraître — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• German: erscheinen — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• German: aussehen — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Greek: φαίνομαι (faínomai) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Ancient Greek: φαίνομαι (phaínomai) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Ancient Greek: εἴδομαι (eídomai) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Ancient Greek: δοκέω (dokéō) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Haitian Creole: sanble — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Haitian Creole: parèt — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Hebrew: נראה (nir'á) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Hindi: दिखना (dikhnā) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Hungarian: látszik — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Hungarian: tűnik — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Ido: aspektar — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Irish: taibhsigh — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Japanese: ...らしい (...rashii) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Japanese: ...そう (...-sō) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Japanese: ...ように見える (...yō ni mieru) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Japanese: 思われる (omowareru) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Lao: ປະກົດ (pa kot) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Latin: coorior — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Latin: orior — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Latin: prōveniō — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Latin: simulō — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Latin: similō — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Latin: videor — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Māori: ngia — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Polish: zdawać się — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Portuguese: parecer — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Portuguese: aparentar — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Portuguese: semelhar — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Quechua: rikuriy — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Romanian: părea — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Romanian: da impresia — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Russian: каза́ться (kazátʹsja) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Russian: показа́ться (pokazátʹsja) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Santali: ᱧᱮᱞ (ñel) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Scottish Gaelic: coimhead — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Slovak: vyzerať — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Spanish: parecer — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Swedish: se ut — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
• Urdu: دکھایا (dikhānā) — to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look