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• /əˈvɔɪd/
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From Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, Old French esvuidier (“to empty out”), from es- + vuidier, from Vulgar Latin *vocitāre < Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately related to Latin vacuus. Displaced native Old English forbūgan (literally “to bend away from”).

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shmang — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Basque: itzuri — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Catalan: evitar — to try not to be hit; to give way
• French: éviter — to try not to be hit; to give way
• German: ausweichen — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Hungarian: elkerül — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Italian: schivare — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Italian: evitare — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Latin: desum — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Portuguese: evitar — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Sicilian: javitari — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Sicilian: sgavitari — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Spanish: evitar — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Spanish: esquivar — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Turkish: kaçınmak — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to try not to be hit; to give way
• Albanian: mënjanoj — to keep away from
• Arabic: تَجَنَّبَ (tajannaba) — to keep away from
• Arabic: اتجنب (etganeb) — to keep away from
• Armenian: խուսափել (xusapʻel) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: уніка́ць (unikácʹ) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: ўніка́ць (wnikácʹ) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: уні́кнуць (uníknucʹ) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: ўні́кнуць (wníknucʹ) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: ухіля́цца (uxiljácca) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: ўхіля́цца (wxiljácca) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: ухілі́цца (uxilícca) — to keep away from
• Belarusian: ўхілі́цца (wxilícca) — to keep away from
• Bengali: এড়ানো (eṛanō) — to keep away from
• Bengali: পরিহার করা (porihar kora) — to keep away from
• Bulgarian: отбягвам (otbjagvam) — to keep away from
• Bulgarian: страня от (stranja ot) — to keep away from
• Burmese: ကြဉ် (krany) — to keep away from
• Catalan: evitar — to keep away from
• Chinese Mandarin: 避免 (bìmiǎn) — to keep away from
• Chinese Mandarin: 回避 (huíbì) — to keep away from
• Chinese Mandarin: 免除 (miǎnchú) — to keep away from
• Czech: vyhnout se — to keep away from
• Czech: vyhýbat se — to keep away from
• Dutch: vermijden — to keep away from
• Esperanto: eviti — to keep away from
• Estonian: vältima — to keep away from
• Estonian: hoiduma — to keep away from
• Faroese: sleppa undan — to keep away from
• Finnish: välttää — to keep away from
• Finnish: karttaa — to keep away from
• Finnish: väistää — to keep away from
• French: éviter — to keep away from
• French: fuir — to keep away from
• Galician: evitar — to keep away from
• Georgian: არიდება (arideba) — to keep away from
• Georgian: აცილება (acileba) — to keep away from
• German: meiden — to keep away from
• German: fernbleiben — to keep away from
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwandjan) — to keep away from
• Greek: αποφεύγω (apofévgo) — to keep away from
• Ancient Greek: περιφεύγω (peripheúgō) — to keep away from
• Hindi: टालना (ṭālnā) — to keep away from
• Hungarian: elkerül — to keep away from
• Hungarian: kerül — to keep away from
• Icelandic: forðast — to keep away from
• Ingrian: välttää — to keep away from
• Irish: seachain — to keep away from
• Italian: evitare — to keep away from
• Japanese: 避ける (sakeru) — to keep away from
• Japanese: 免れる (manukareru) — to keep away from
• Japanese: 斎む (imu) — to keep away from
• Kazakh: жоламау (jolamau) — to keep away from
• Kazakh: аулақ болу (aulaq bolu) — to keep away from
• Kazakh: жалтару (jaltaru) — to keep away from
• Khmer: ជៀសវាង (ciəhviəng) — to keep away from
• Korean: 피하다 (pihada) — to keep away from
• Korean: 꺼리다 (kkeorida) — to keep away from
• Lao: ຫຼີກລ້ຽງ (līk līang) — to keep away from
• Latin: vītō — to keep away from
• Latin: ēvītō — to keep away from
• Luxembourgish: evitéieren — to keep away from
• Luxembourgish: vermeiden — to keep away from
• Malay: elakkan — to keep away from
• Malay: mengelak — to keep away from
• Māori: tūraha — to keep away from
• Māori: hohoni — to keep away from
• Mongolian: зайлсхийх (zajlsxiix) — to keep away from
• Norwegian: unngå — to keep away from
• Occitan: evitar — to keep away from
• Old English: forbūgan — to keep away from
• Persian: پرهیزیدن (parhizidan) — to keep away from
• Polish: unikać — to keep away from
• Polish: uniknąć — to keep away from
• Portuguese: evitar — to keep away from
• Romanian: evita — to keep away from
• Romanian: ocoli — to keep away from
• Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — to keep away from
• Russian: избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) — to keep away from
• Russian: уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) — to keep away from
• Russian: уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) — to keep away from
• Scottish Gaelic: seachain — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: избега́вати — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзбећи — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: избјега́вати — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзбјећи — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: izbegávati — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzbeći — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: izbjegávati — to keep away from
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzbjeći — to keep away from
• Shan: ငိူင်ႉဝႄႈ (ngô̰eng wāae) — to keep away from
• Slovak: vyhnúť sa pf vyhýbať sa — to keep away from
• Spanish: evitar — to keep away from
• Swedish: undvika — to keep away from
• Thai: หลีกเลี่ยง (lìik-lîiang) — to keep away from
• Turkish: kaçınmak — to keep away from
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to keep away from
• Ukrainian: уника́ти (unykáty) — to keep away from
• Ukrainian: уни́кнути (unýknuty) — to keep away from
• Ukrainian: ухиля́тися (uxyljátysja) — to keep away from
• Ukrainian: ухили́тися (uxylýtysja) — to keep away from
• Vietnamese: tránh — to keep away from
• Vietnamese: tránh xa — to keep away from
• Vietnamese: né — to keep away from
• Albanian: shmang — to try not to do something
• Azerbaijani: saqınmaq — to try not to do something
• German: vermeiden — to try not to do something
• Marathi: टाळणे (ṭāḷṇe) — to try not to do something
• Portuguese: evitar — to try not to do something
• Spanish: evitar — to try not to do something
• Bulgarian: отменям (otmenjam) — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Bulgarian: анулирам (anuliram) — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Finnish: hylätä — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• German: entkräften — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• German: abwerten — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• German: abschwächen — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Latin: evado — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Mongolian: цуцлах (cuclax) — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Russian: отменя́ть (otmenjátʹ) — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Russian: отмени́ть (otmenítʹ) — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Russian: аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ) — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate
• Turkish: savuşturmak — (law) to defeat or evade; to invalidate