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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹi/ haplology
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɑɹ.bɪˌtɹɛɹ.i/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈɑɹ.bɪˌt͡ʃɹ̊ɛɹ.i]
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• Australian: /ˈɐː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/
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• Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɐː.bə.tɹə.ɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 R B AH0 T R EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AA1 R B IH0 T R EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin arbiter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arbitrāriusder. Middle English arbitrarie English arbitrary From Middle English arbitrarie, Latin arbitrārius (“arbitrary, uncertain”), from arbiter (“witness, on-looker, listener, judge, overseer”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arbitrar — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Arabic: اِعْتِبَاطِيّ (iʕtibāṭiyy) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Asturian: arbitrariu — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Belarusian: адво́льны (advólʹny) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Bulgarian: произволен (proizvolen) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Bulgarian: своеволен (svoevolen) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Catalan: arbitrari — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Czech: libovolný — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Czech: arbitrární — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Danish: vilkårlig — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Danish: arbitrær — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Dutch: willekeurig — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Dutch: arbitrair — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Finnish: mielivaltainen — based on individual discretion or judgment
• French: arbitraire — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Galician: arbitrario — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Georgian: დაუსაბუთებელი (dausabutebeli) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• German: willkürlich — based on individual discretion or judgment
• German: nach Ermessen — based on individual discretion or judgment
• German: in freiem Ermessen — based on individual discretion or judgment
• German: frei — based on individual discretion or judgment
• German: Ermessens- — based on individual discretion or judgment
• German: arbiträr — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Greek: αυθαίρετος (afthaíretos) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Hindi: यादृच्छिक (yādŕcchik) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Hungarian: önkényes — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Icelandic: geðþóttalegur — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Ido: arbitriala — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Irish: ar togradh — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Irish: aondeonach — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Italian: arbitrario — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Italian: arbitraria — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Japanese: 恣意的な (shiiteki-na) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Latin: arbitrārius — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Macedonian: произволен (proizvolen) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Norwegian Bokmål: vilkårlig — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vilkårleg — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Polish: arbitralny — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Polish: umowny — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Polish: dowolny — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Portuguese: arbitrário — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Portuguese: arbitrária — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Romanian: arbitrar — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Russian: произво́льный (proizvólʹnyj) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Slovak: arbitrárny — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Spanish: arbitrario — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Swedish: godtycklig — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Swedish: arbiträr — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Tagalog: alitakdain — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Thai: ดุลยพินิจ (dun-là-yá-pí-nít) — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Turkish: keyfî — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Turkish: isteğe bağlı — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Turkish: ihtiyarî — based on individual discretion or judgment
• Chinese Mandarin: 任意 (rènyì) — determined by impulse
• Chinese Mandarin: 随机决定 — determined by impulse
• Czech: náladový — determined by impulse
• Danish: vilkårlig — determined by impulse
• Dutch: willekeurig — determined by impulse
• Esperanto: hazarda — determined by impulse
• Finnish: mielivaltainen — determined by impulse
• Finnish: umpimähkäinen — determined by impulse
• Finnish: omavaltainen — determined by impulse
• French: arbitraire — determined by impulse
• Georgian: თვითნებური (tvitneburi) — determined by impulse
• German: willkürlich — determined by impulse
• German: arbiträr — determined by impulse
• German: eigenwillig — determined by impulse
• German: unbegründet — determined by impulse
• German: launenhaft — determined by impulse
• German: launisch — determined by impulse
• Greek: αυθαίρετος (afthaíretos) — determined by impulse
• Greek: δεσποτικός (despotikós) — determined by impulse
• Greek: αυταρχικός (aftarchikós) — determined by impulse
• Greek: παρορμητικός (parormitikós) — determined by impulse
• Greek: αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) — determined by impulse
• Greek: αυθαίρετος αριθμός — determined by impulse
• Greek: τυπογραφικό στοιχείο εκτός "οικογένειας" — determined by impulse
• Greek: παράταιρο και ανομοιογενές στοιχείο — determined by impulse
• Hebrew: שרירותי (shriruty) — determined by impulse
• Hebrew: שרירותית (shrirutyt) — determined by impulse
• Indonesian: sembarang — determined by impulse
• Indonesian: siapa saja — determined by impulse
• Indonesian: apa saja — determined by impulse
• Indonesian: mana saja — determined by impulse
• Italian: arbitrario — determined by impulse
• Japanese: 任意 (nin-i) — determined by impulse
• Japanese: 不特定多数 (futokutei-tasū) — determined by impulse
• Latin: arbitrārius — determined by impulse
• Norwegian: vilkårlig — determined by impulse
• Portuguese: arbitrário — determined by impulse
• Romanian: arbitrar — determined by impulse
• Romanian: impulsiv — determined by impulse
• Russian: произво́льный (proizvólʹnyj) — determined by impulse
• Spanish: arbitrario — determined by impulse
• Swedish: godtycklig — determined by impulse
• Swedish: arbiträr — determined by impulse
• Tagalog: alitakdain — determined by impulse
• Thai: ตามอําเภอใจ (dtaam-am-pəə-jai) — determined by impulse
• Turkish: keyfî — determined by impulse
• Turkish: dürtüsel — determined by impulse
• Armenian: կամայական (kamayakan) — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Bulgarian: произволен (proizvolen) — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Dutch: willekeurig — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Finnish: mielivaltainen — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Finnish: satunnainen — mathematics: any out of all possible
• French: quelconque — mathematics: any out of all possible
• German: beliebig — mathematics: any out of all possible
• German: frei wählbar — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Hungarian: tetszőleges — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Norwegian: vilkårlig — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Norwegian: tilfeldig — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Polish: dowolny — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Russian: произвольный (proizvolʹnyj) — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Swedish: godtycklig — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Tagalog: alitakdain — mathematics: any out of all possible
• Finnish: välitys- — determined by arbiter