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• ə-wā'
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈweɪ/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /əˈwɛj/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈwæɪ/
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• Scotland: /əˈwe/
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• Wales: /əˈwei/ without the pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• homophone: aweigh
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 W EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).

See aweigh.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: weg — not here; gone
• Finnish: poissa — not here; gone
• German: fort — not here; gone
• German: weg — not here; gone
• German: abwesend — not here; gone
• Greek: απών (apón) — not here; gone
• Icelandic: fjarverandi — not here; gone
• Khmer: មិននៅ (mɨn nɨv) — not here; gone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: unna — not here; gone
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — not here; gone
• Polish: daleko — not here; gone
• Polish: z dala — not here; gone
• Polish: nieobecny — not here; gone
• Portuguese: ausente — not here; gone
• Romanian: absent — not here; gone
• Russian: далеко́ (dalekó) — not here; gone
• Scots: awa — not here; gone
• Slovak: neprítomný — not here; gone
• Swedish: borta — not here; gone
• Finnish: poissa — unavailable
• German: abwesend — unavailable
• Icelandic: ekki við — unavailable
• Icelandic: fjarverandi — unavailable
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — unavailable
• Polish: niedostępny — unavailable
• Portuguese: indisponível — unavailable
• Romanian: indisponibil — unavailable
• Russian: недосту́пно (nedostúpno) — unavailable
• Slovak: nedostupný — unavailable
• Finnish: poissa — traveling; on vacation
• Finnish: lomalla — traveling; on vacation
• German: fort — traveling; on vacation
• German: weg — traveling; on vacation
• German: unterwegs — traveling; on vacation
• Icelandic: fjarverandi — traveling; on vacation
• Icelandic: í fríi — traveling; on vacation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: borte — traveling; on vacation
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — traveling; on vacation
• Polish: na wyjeździe — traveling; on vacation
• Portuguese: fora — traveling; on vacation
• Slovak: odcestovaný — traveling; on vacation
• Albanian: shkuar — from a place; hence
• Arabic: بَعِيدًا (baʕīdan) — from a place; hence
• Arabic: بعيد (beʕīd) — from a place; hence
• Belarusian: прэч (preč) — from a place; hence
• Bulgarian: дале́ч (daléč) — from a place; hence
• Catalan: fora — from a place; hence
• Cimbrian: budar — from a place; hence
• Czech: pryč — from a place; hence
• Danish: væk — from a place; hence
• Dutch: weg — from a place; hence
• Finnish: pois — from a place; hence
• Finnish: poispäin — from a place; hence
• French: loin — from a place; hence
• German: fort — from a place; hence
• German: weg — from a place; hence
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆 (af) — from a place; hence
• Greek: μακριά (makriá) — from a place; hence
• Ancient Greek: ἀπό (apó) — from a place; hence
• Ancient Greek: ἀπο- (apo-) — from a place; hence
• Icelandic: í brott — from a place; hence
• Ingrian: pois — from a place; hence
• Ingrian: pakkoo — from a place; hence
• Ingrian: väljää — from a place; hence
• Ingrian: vällää — from a place; hence
• Ingrian: poikkee — from a place; hence
• Italian: via — from a place; hence
• Japanese: 遠くに (tooku ni) — from a place; hence
• Japanese: 遠方に (empou ni) — from a place; hence
• Khmer: ឆ្ងាយ (cŋaay) — from a place; hence
• K'iche': ub'i — from a place; hence
• K'iche': ub'ik — from a place; hence
• K'iche': b'ik — from a place; hence
• Latin: hinc — from a place; hence
• Latin: a loco — from a place; hence
• Latin: loci — from a place; hence
• Latin: foras — from a place; hence
• Latin: foris — from a place; hence
• Luxembourgish: ewech — from a place; hence
• Norwegian Bokmål: bort — from a place; hence
• Norwegian Bokmål: vekk — from a place; hence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bort — from a place; hence
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — from a place; hence
• Polish: stąd — from a place; hence
• Polish: precz — from a place; hence
• Portuguese: embora — from a place; hence
• Romanian: de aici — from a place; hence
• Russian: прочь (pročʹ) — from a place; hence
• Russian: вон (von) — from a place; hence
• Russian: доло́й (dolój) — from a place; hence
• Slovak: preč — from a place; hence
• Slovene: pròč — from a place; hence
• Slovene: strán — from a place; hence
• Spanish: fuera — from a place; hence
• Swedish: bort — from a place; hence
• Swedish: iväg — from a place; hence
• Swedish: åstad — from a place; hence
• Tocharian B: at — from a place; hence
• Ukrainian: геть (hetʹ) — from a place; hence
• Ukrainian: пріч (prič) — from a place; hence
• Welsh: i ffwrdd — from a place; hence
• Welsh: bant — from a place; hence
• Finnish: päässä — at a distance in time or space
• Finnish: kuluttua — at a distance in time or space
• German: fern — at a distance in time or space
• Irish: ar shiúl — at a distance in time or space
• Khmer: ឆ្ងាយ (cŋaay) — at a distance in time or space
• Norwegian Nynorsk: unna — at a distance in time or space
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — at a distance in time or space
• Portuguese: a — at a distance in time or space
• Portuguese: daqui a — at a distance in time or space
• Spanish: lejos — at a distance in time or space
• Spanish: distar — at a distance in time or space
• Finnish: pois — aside; off; in another direction
• Finnish: poispäin — aside; off; in another direction
• German: fort — aside; off; in another direction
• German: weg — aside; off; in another direction
• Khmer: ឆ្ងាយ (cŋaay) — aside; off; in another direction
• Luxembourgish: ewech — aside; off; in another direction
• Norwegian Bokmål: bort — aside; off; in another direction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bort — aside; off; in another direction
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — aside; off; in another direction
• Portuguese: para fora — aside; off; in another direction
• Romanian: încolo — aside; off; in another direction
• Russian: прочь (pročʹ) — aside; off; in another direction
• Chinese Mandarin: 消 (xiāo) — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Finnish: pois — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• German: fort — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• German: weg — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Ancient Greek: ἀπο- (apo-) — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Khmer: ឆ្ងាយ (cŋaay) — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Luxembourgish: ewech — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Norwegian Bokmål: borte — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: borte — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Scots: awa — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Slovak: preč — from a state or condition of being; out of existence
• Finnish: pois — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• German: fort — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• German: weg — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Khmer: ចាកឆ្ងាយ (caak cŋaay) — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Latin: apage — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Luxembourgish: ewech — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bort — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Pashto: لرې (lëre) — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Portuguese: sai — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Portuguese: saia — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Portuguese: vai/vá embora — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Portuguese: suma/some daqui — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Russian: прочь (pročʹ) — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Russian: вон (von) — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Russian: доло́й (dolój) — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Spanish: fuera — equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away
• Irish: ar fad — on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away
• Khmer: នៅលើ (nɨv lǝǝ) — on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away
• Romanian: în continuare — on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away
• Slovak: ďalej — on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away
• Spanish: sin parar — on; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away