askance

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• UK: /əˈskæns/
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• UK: /əˈskɑːns/
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• US: /əˈskæns/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S K AE1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”) or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”). Compare asquint, Middle English askoyn (“at a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin, schuins (“sideways”), schuiven (“to shove”), schuinte (“slope”).

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подозрително (podozritelno) — of look: with disapproval
• Catalan: de cua d'ull — of look: with disapproval
• Chinese Mandarin: 不贊成地 /不赞成地 (bù zànchéng de) — of look: with disapproval
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷疑地 /怀疑地 (huáiyí de) — of look: with disapproval
• Czech: úkosem — of look: with disapproval
• Dutch: misprijzend — of look: with disapproval
• Finnish: karsaasti — of look: with disapproval
• French: avec méfiance — of look: with disapproval
• French: de travers — of look: with disapproval
• Galician: de esguello — of look: with disapproval
• German: skeptisch — of look: with disapproval
• German: ablehnend — of look: with disapproval
• Ancient Greek: λοξός (loxós) — of look: with disapproval
• Italian: storto — of look: with disapproval
• Italian: in cagnesco — of look: with disapproval
• Japanese: 疑わしそうに (tagawashisō ni) — of look: with disapproval
• Korean: 삐딱하게 (ppittakhage) — of look: with disapproval
• Macedonian: напреку (napreku) — of look: with disapproval
• Polish: z ukosa — of look: with disapproval
• Portuguese: torto — of look: with disapproval
• Russian: с подозре́нием (s podozrénijem) — of look: with disapproval
• Russian: подозри́тельно (podozrítelʹno) — of look: with disapproval
• Russian: неодобри́тельно (neodobrítelʹno) — of look: with disapproval
• Russian: с упрёком (s uprjókom) — of look: with disapproval
• Serbo-Croatian: podozrivo — of look: with disapproval
• Spanish: con recelo — of look: with disapproval
• Swedish: misstroget — of look: with disapproval
• Bulgarian: накриво (nakrivo) — sideways, obliquely
• Bulgarian: изкосо (izkoso) — sideways, obliquely
• Chinese Mandarin: 傾斜地 /倾斜地 (qīngxié de) — sideways, obliquely
• Czech: úkosem — sideways, obliquely
• Dutch: zijdelings — sideways, obliquely
• Finnish: sivuttain — sideways, obliquely
• Finnish: nurkkasilmällä — sideways, obliquely
• Galician: de esguello — sideways, obliquely
• Galician: de reollo — sideways, obliquely
• German: schief — sideways, obliquely
• German: seitwärts — sideways, obliquely
• German: quer — sideways, obliquely
• Ancient Greek: λοξός (loxós) — sideways, obliquely
• Italian: obliquamente — sideways, obliquely
• Italian: di traverso — sideways, obliquely
• Japanese: 横目で (yokome de) — sideways, obliquely
• Japanese: 斜めに (naname ni) — sideways, obliquely
• Macedonian: накосо (nakoso) — sideways, obliquely
• Māori: korotaha — sideways, obliquely
• Māori: kōtaha — sideways, obliquely
• Polish: z ukosa — sideways, obliquely
• Portuguese: de esguelha — sideways, obliquely
• Portuguese: de soslaio — sideways, obliquely
• Portuguese: de lado — sideways, obliquely
• Russian: и́скоса (ískosa) — sideways, obliquely
• Russian: ко́со (kóso) — sideways, obliquely
• Russian: кри́во (krívo) — sideways, obliquely
• Russian: сбо́ку (sbóku) — sideways, obliquely
• Russian: на́бок (nábok) — sideways, obliquely
• Serbo-Croatian: iskosa — sideways, obliquely
• Serbo-Croatian: popr(ij)eko — sideways, obliquely
• Spanish: de reojo — sideways, obliquely
• Spanish: de través — sideways, obliquely
• Spanish: de soslayo — sideways, obliquely