approval

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• UK: /əˈpɹuːvəl/
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• US: /əˈpɹuvəl/
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• rhymes with -uːvəl
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 P R UW1 V AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Indo-European *bhuH-der. Proto-Italic *proβwos Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *proβwāō Latin probō Latin approbōder. Old French aproverbor. Middle English aproven English approve Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English approval From approve + -al.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: miratim — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Arabic: قُبُول (qubūl) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Arabic: قَبُول (qabūl) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Arabic: مُوَافَقَة (muwāfaqa) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Arabic: تَصْدِيق (taṣdīq) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Arabic: قُبول (gubūl) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Arabic: مُوافقة (muwāfaga) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Belarusian: зацвярджэ́нне (zacvjardžénnje) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Belarusian: адабрэ́нне (adabrénnje) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Belarusian: зго́да (zhóda) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Belarusian: ухва́ла (uxvála) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Bulgarian: одобре́ние (odobrénie) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Bulgarian: разреше́ние (razrešénie) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Catalan: aprovació — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Chinese Mandarin: 贊同 /赞同 (zàntóng) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Chinese Mandarin: 批准 (pīzhǔn) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Chinese Mandarin: 贊成 /赞成 (zànchéng) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Czech: souhlas — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Czech: schválení — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Danish: godkendelse — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Dutch: goedkeuring — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Dutch: toestemming — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Dutch: instemming — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Dutch: permissie — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Esperanto: aprobo — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Estonian: heakskiitmine — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Finnish: hyväksyminen — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Finnish: hyväksyntä — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• French: agrément — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• French: approbation — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Galician: aprobación — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• German: Genehmigung — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• German: Billigung — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• German: Erlaubnis — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Greek: έγκριση (égkrisi) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Ancient Greek: ἔγκρισις (énkrisis) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Ancient Greek: εὐδόκησις (eudókēsis) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hebrew: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (ishúr) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hebrew: רְשׁוּת (r'shút) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hebrew: היתר (hetér) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hungarian: jóváhagyás — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hungarian: hozzájárulás — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hungarian: beleegyezés — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Hungarian: helybenhagyás — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Irish: ceadú — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Italian: permesso — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Italian: approvazione — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Japanese: 賛成 (sansei) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Japanese: 承認 (shōnin) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Korean: 인가 (in'ga) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Korean: 승인 (seung'in) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Korean: 찬성 (chanseong) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Kyrgyz: уруксат (uruksat) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Lithuanian: sutikimas — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Macedonian: одобрување (odobruvanje) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (aṅgīkāraṁ) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Māori: kupu whakaae — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Persian: تصویب (tasvib) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Persian: تحسین (tahsin) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Persian: قبول (qabul) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Polish: zgoda — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Polish: zatwierdzenie — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Portuguese: aprovação — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Romanian: aprobare — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Russian: одобре́ние (odobrénije) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Russian: разреше́ние (razrešénije) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Russian: утвержде́ние (utverždénije) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Serbo-Croatian: одобре́ње — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Serbo-Croatian: odobrénje — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Slovak: súhlas — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Slovak: schválenie — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Slovene: odobritev — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Spanish: aprobación — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Spanish: venia — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Spanish: beneplácito — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Swedish: godkännande — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Tajik: тасвиб (tasvib) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Tajik: таҳсин (tahsin) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Tajik: маъкул (ma'kul) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Ukrainian: затве́рдження (zatvérdžennja) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Ukrainian: схва́лення (sxválennja) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Ukrainian: зго́да (zhóda) — expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements
• Bulgarian: одобре́ние (odobrénie) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (sǎglásie) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Catalan: aprovació — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Czech: schválení — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Czech: akceptování — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Czech: souhlas — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Danish: anerkendelse — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Dutch: goedkeuring — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Esperanto: aprobo — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Finnish: hyväksyminen — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Finnish: hyväksyntä — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• French: approbation — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Galician: aprobación — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• German: Zustimmung — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (leikains) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Ancient Greek: ἀποδοχή (apodokhḗ) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Hebrew: קַבָּלָה (kabalá) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Hungarian: elismerés — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Hungarian: tetszés — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Hungarian: helyeslés — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Italian: approvazione — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Italian: plauso — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Italian: appoggio — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Italian: consenso — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Japanese: 承認 (shōnin) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Korean: 찬성 (chanseong) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Korean: 승인 (seung'in) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Kyrgyz: жактыруу (jaktıruu) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Kyrgyz: макулдук берүү (makulduk berüü) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (aṅgīkāraṁ) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Polish: aprobata — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Portuguese: aprovação — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Russian: одобре́ние (odobrénije) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Russian: согла́сие (soglásije) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Sanskrit: गूर्ति (gūrti) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Ottoman Turkish: اجابت (icabet) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Ukrainian: зго́да (zhóda) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Ukrainian: схва́лення (sxválennja) — expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones
• Korean: 시제품 (sijepum) — (chiefly philately) item sent to a collector