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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈheɪ.vjə/
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• Canada, General-American: /bɪˈheɪ.vjəɹ/
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• Australian: /bɪˈhæɪ.vjə/
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• New-Zealand: /bəˈhæɪ.vjə/
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• rhymes with -eɪvjə(ɹ)
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epider. Proto-Indo-European *h1pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven Proto-Indo-European *gheh1bh- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *ghh1bhéh1yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old French avoirbor. Middle English havour Middle English behavoure English behavior From Middle English behavoure, behaver, from behaven (modern behave), morphologically equivalent to behave + -ior. The suffix was adopted in imitation of havour (modern haviour, havior), an etymologically unrelated word that was corrupted from Anglo‐Norman Anglo-Norman aveir and Old French Old French avoir (“property, wealth”) through false association with the native English verb have. The French term derives ultimately from Latin Latin habēre (“to have, hold”). Compare Scots havings (“behavior”), from have (“to behave”). Replaced Old English ġebǣru.

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gedrag — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Albanian: sjellje — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Arabic: سُلُوك (sulūk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Arabic: تَصَرُّف (taṣarruf) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Arabic: سلوك (sulūk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Arabic: أسلوب (uslūb) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Armenian: վարք (varkʻ) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Assamese: ব্যৱহাৰ (byowohar) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Assamese: আচৰণ (asoron) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Azerbaijani: qılıq — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Azerbaijani: davranış — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Azerbaijani: rəftar — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Bashkir: ҡылыҡ (qılıq) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Bashkir: тәртип (tərtip) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Belarusian: паво́дзіны (pavódziny) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Bengali: আচরণ (acoron) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Bengali: সুলুক (śuluk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Bulgarian: поведе́ние (povedénie) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Bulgarian: държа́ние (dǎržánie) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Burmese: အပြုအမူ (a.pru.a.mu) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Burmese: အချိုး (a.hkyui:) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Catalan: conducta — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Catalan: comportament — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Chechen: лелар (lelar) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Chinese Cantonese: 行為 /行为 — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Chinese: 行為 /行为 (zh-min-nan) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Chinese Mandarin: 行為 /行为 (xíngwéi) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Chinese Mandarin: 舉止 /举止 (jǔzhǐ) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Czech: chování — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Czech: jednání — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Danish: opførsel — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Danish: adfærd — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Dutch: gedrag — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Dutch: gedragingen — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Esperanto: konduto — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Esperanto: agmaniero — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Estonian: käitumine — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Finnish: käytös — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Finnish: käyttäytyminen — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• French: comportement — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Galician: comportamento — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Georgian: ქცევა (kceva) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Georgian: საქციელი (sakcieli) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• German: Verhalten — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• German: Benehmen — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• German: Betragen — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• German: Verhaltensweise — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• German: Gebaren — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌴𐍄 (usmēt) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Greek: συμπεριφορά (symperiforá) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Gujarati: આચરણ (ācaraṇ) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hebrew: הִתְנַהֲגוּת (hitnahagút) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hindi: बर्ताव (bartāv) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hindi: व्यवहार (vyavhār) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hindi: आचरण (ācraṇ) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hindi: सलूक (salūk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hindi: सुलूक (sulūk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hindi: रवैया (ravaiyā) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hungarian: magatartás — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hungarian: viselkedés — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Hungarian: magaviselet — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Icelandic: hegðun — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Interlingua: comportamento — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Irish: iompar — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Irish: iompraíocht — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Italian: comportamento — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Japanese: 振る舞い (furumai) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Japanese: 行儀 (gyōgi) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Japanese: 行動 (kōdō) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Kazakh: мінез-құлық (mınez-qūlyq) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Kazakh: құлық (qūlyq) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Khmer: ចរិយា (caʼreyaa) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Khmer: កិរិយា (keriyaa) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Khmer: ចរិត (caʼrət) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Korean: 행위 (haeng'wi) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Korean: 행동 (haengdong) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Korean: 거동 (geodong) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Central Kurdish: ڕەفتار (reftar) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Northern Kurdish: reftar — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Kyrgyz: жүрүм-турум (jürüm-turum) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Kyrgyz: жүрүш-туруш (jürüş-turuş) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Lao: ການປະພຶດ (kān pa phưt) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Latin: actio — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Latin: actus — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Latvian: uzvedība — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Lithuanian: elgesys — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Macedonian: однесување (odnesuvanje) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Malay: perilaku — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Malayalam: സ്വഭാവം (svabhāvaṁ) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Malayalam: പെരുമാറ്റം (perumāṟṟaṁ) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Māori: whanonga — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Mongolian: байдал (bajdal) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Mongolian: зан (zan) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Mongolian: зан байдал (zan bajdal) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Mongolian: зан араншин (zan aranšin) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppførsel — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Norwegian Bokmål: adferd — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Old English: ġebǣru — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Pashto: چلند (čaland) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Pashto: سلوک (soluk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Iranian Persian: رَفْتار (raftâr) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Iranian Persian: سُلوک (soluk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Polish: zachowanie — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Polish: behawior — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Portuguese: comportamento — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Portuguese: conduta — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Romanian: comportament — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Russian: поведе́ние (povedénije) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Sanskrit: नीति (nīti) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Serbo-Croatian: пона́ша̄ње — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Serbo-Croatian: ponášānje — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Sinhalese: හැසිරීම (hæsirīma) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Slovak: vystupovanie — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Slovak: správanie — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Slovak: chovanie — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Slovene: obnašanje — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Slovene: vedenje — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Spanish: proceder — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Swedish: beteende — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Swedish: uppförande — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Swedish: åtfärd — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Sylheti: ꠛꠦꠛꠀꠞ (beboar) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tagalog: ugali — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tajik: рафтор (raftor) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tajik: кирдор (kirdor) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tajik: сулук (suluk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tatar: тотыш (totış) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tatar: тәртип (tärtip) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Telugu: ప్రవర్తన (pravartana) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Thai: พฤติกรรม (prʉ́t-dtì-gam) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Thai: จริต (jà-rìt) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Thai: กิริยา (gì-rí-yaa) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Thai: ประพฤติ (bprà-prʉ́t) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Thai: จริยา (jà-rí-yaa) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Thai: การประพฤติ (gaan-bprà-prʉ́t) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tocharian B: spārttalyñe — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Tok Pisin: pasin — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Turkish: davranış — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Turkish: tutum — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Ottoman Turkish: حركت (hareket) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Turkmen: häsiýet — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Turkmen: boluş — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Ukrainian: поведі́нка (povedínka) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Urdu: سُلُوک (sulūk) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Urdu: رَوَیَّہ (ravayya) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Uyghur: قىلىق (qiliq) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Uzbek: qiliq — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Uzbek: xulq-odat — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Uzbek: fe'latvor — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Uzbek: xulq — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Vietnamese: hành vi — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Welsh: ymddygiad — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Yiddish: אויפֿפֿיר (oyffir) — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Zhuang: hingzveiz — way an animal or human behaves or acts
• Afrikaans: gedrag — way matter or systems behave
• Arabic: سُلُوك (sulūk) — way matter or systems behave
• Bengali: আচরণ (acoron) — way matter or systems behave
• Breton: emzalc'h — way matter or systems behave
• Breton: doare d'ober — way matter or systems behave
• Bulgarian: поведе́ние (povedénie) — way matter or systems behave
• Catalan: comportament — way matter or systems behave
• Chinese Mandarin: 行為 /行为 (xíngwéi) — way matter or systems behave
• Czech: chování — way matter or systems behave
• Danish: opførsel — way matter or systems behave
• Dutch: gedrag — way matter or systems behave
• Dutch: gedragingen — way matter or systems behave
• Finnish: käytös — way matter or systems behave
• Finnish: käyttäytyminen — way matter or systems behave
• French: comportement — way matter or systems behave
• French: conduite — way matter or systems behave
• German: Verhalten — way matter or systems behave
• German: Betragen — way matter or systems behave
• German: Benehmen — way matter or systems behave
• German: Verhaltensweise — way matter or systems behave
• German: Führung — way matter or systems behave
• Greek: συμπεριφορά (symperiforá) — way matter or systems behave
• Hebrew: הִתְנַהֲגוּת (hitnahagút) — way matter or systems behave
• Hindi: आचरण (ācraṇ) — way matter or systems behave
• Hungarian: működés — way matter or systems behave
• Indonesian: tingkah laku — way matter or systems behave
• Indonesian: perilaku — way matter or systems behave
• Indonesian: sifat — way matter or systems behave
• Indonesian: kebiasaan — way matter or systems behave
• Irish: iompraíocht — way matter or systems behave
• Italian: comportamento — way matter or systems behave
• Italian: condotta — way matter or systems behave
• Japanese: 振舞い (furumai) — way matter or systems behave
• Japanese: 行儀 (gyōgi) — way matter or systems behave
• Japanese: 行動 (kōdō) — way matter or systems behave
• Japanese: 反応 (hannō) — way matter or systems behave
• Korean: 행동 (haengdong) — way matter or systems behave
• Maltese: mġiba — way matter or systems behave
• Māori: whanonga — way matter or systems behave
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppførsel — way matter or systems behave
• Polish: zachowanie — way matter or systems behave
• Polish: postępowanie — way matter or systems behave
• Polish: maniery — way matter or systems behave
• Portuguese: comportamento — way matter or systems behave
• Romanian: comportare — way matter or systems behave
• Romanian: comportament — way matter or systems behave
• Romanian: purtare — way matter or systems behave
• Russian: поведе́ние (povedénije) — way matter or systems behave
• Scottish Gaelic: dol a-mach — way matter or systems behave
• Scottish Gaelic: giùlan — way matter or systems behave
• Swahili: tabia — way matter or systems behave
• Swedish: beteende — way matter or systems behave
• Telugu: ప్రవర్తన (pravartana) — way matter or systems behave
• Telugu: నడత (naḍata) — way matter or systems behave
• Turkish: davranış — way matter or systems behave
• Afrikaans: gedrag — in biology and psychology
• Catalan: comportament — in biology and psychology
• Finnish: käyttäytyminen — in biology and psychology
• Polish: behawior — in biology and psychology
• Polish: zachowanie — in biology and psychology
• Portuguese: comportamento — in biology and psychology
• Welsh: ymddygiad — in biology and psychology