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• US: /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/
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• Canada: /ˈɒθəɹaɪz/
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• Canada: /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/
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• rhymes with -aɪz
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 TH ER0 AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: autorizoj — to grant power or permission
• Albanian: lejoj — to grant power or permission
• Belarusian: упаўнава́жваць (upawnavážvacʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Belarusian: упаўнава́жыць (upawnavážycʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Bulgarian: упълномощавам (upǎlnomoštavam) — to grant power or permission
• Bulgarian: разрешавам (razrešavam) — to grant power or permission
• Bulgarian: одобрявам (odobrjavam) — to grant power or permission
• Catalan: autoritzar — to grant power or permission
• Chinese Mandarin: 授權 /授权 (shòuquán) — to grant power or permission
• Danish: bemyndige — to grant power or permission
• Danish: autorisere — to grant power or permission
• Danish: befuldmægtige — to grant power or permission
• Dutch: machtigen — to grant power or permission
• Estonian: volitama — to grant power or permission
• Estonian: lubama — to grant power or permission
• Finnish: valtuuttaa — to grant power or permission
• Finnish: antaa lupa — to grant power or permission
• French: autoriser — to grant power or permission
• Galician: autorizar — to grant power or permission
• German: autorisieren — to grant power or permission
• German: berechtigen — to grant power or permission
• German: befugen — to grant power or permission
• German: ermächtigen — to grant power or permission
• German: bevollmächtigen — to grant power or permission
• Hebrew: הסמיך (hismíkh) — to grant power or permission
• Hungarian: felhatalmaz — to grant power or permission
• Hungarian: feljogosít — to grant power or permission
• Hungarian: meghatalmaz — to grant power or permission
• Interlingua: autorisar — to grant power or permission
• Italian: autorizzare — to grant power or permission
• Japanese: 公認する (kōnin suru) — to grant power or permission
• Japanese: 許可する (kyoka suru) — to grant power or permission
• Korean: 허가하다 (heogahada) — to grant power or permission
• Latin: auctōrizō — to grant power or permission
• Māori: whakamana — to grant power or permission
• Norwegian: bemyndige — to grant power or permission
• Norwegian: gi fullmakt — to grant power or permission
• Occitan: autorizar — to grant power or permission
• Portuguese: autorizar — to grant power or permission
• Portuguese: deixar — to grant power or permission
• Russian: уполномо́чивать (upolnomóčivatʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Russian: уполномо́чить (upolnomóčitʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Russian: авторизо́вывать (avtorizóvyvatʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Russian: авторизова́ть (avtorizovátʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Russian: одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Russian: одо́брить (odóbritʹ) — to grant power or permission
• Serbo-Croatian: autorizírati — to grant power or permission
• Serbo-Croatian: ovlástiti — to grant power or permission
• Slovene: pooblastiti — to grant power or permission
• Slovene: pooblaščati — to grant power or permission
• Spanish: autorizar — to grant power or permission
• Swedish: auktorisera — to grant power or permission
• Swedish: bemyndiga — to grant power or permission
• Swedish: befullmäktiga — to grant power or permission
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жувати (upovnovážuvaty) — to grant power or permission
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жити (upovnovážyty) — to grant power or permission
• Welsh: awdurdodi — to grant power or permission
• Yiddish: אויטאָריזירן (oytorizirn) — to grant power or permission
• Finnish: antaa lupa — to permit
• Finnish: myöntää lupa — to permit
• Finnish: sallia — to permit
• French: autoriser — to permit
• German: eine Erlaubnis erteilen für — to permit
• German: eine Befugnis erteilen für — to permit
• Hungarian: engedélyez — to permit
• Italian: autorizzare — to permit
• Japanese: 許可する (kyoka suru) — to permit
• Māori: whakamana — to permit
• Welsh: awdurdodi — to permit