behold

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• UK: /bɪˈhəʊld/
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• Canada, General-American: /bɪˈhoʊld/
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• Canada, General-American: /biˈhoʊld/
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• rhymes with -əʊld
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• rhymes with -oʊld
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 HH OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَا (hā) — Translations
• Armenian: ահա (aha) — Translations
• Dutch: ziehier — Translations
• Dutch: ziedaar — Translations
• Esperanto: jen — Translations
• French: voici — Translations
• French: voilà — Translations
• Galician: velaquí — Translations
• Galician: velaí — Translations
• Galician: eis — Translations
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹 (sai) — Translations
• Ancient Greek: ἰδού (idoú) — Translations
• Hebrew: הִנֵּה — Translations
• White Hmong: saib seb — Translations
• Interlingua: ecce — Translations
• Italian: ecco — Translations
• Japanese: 見よ (miyo) — Translations
• Japanese: ほら (hora) — Translations
• Central Kurdish: ئەوەتا (eweta) — Translations
• Central Kurdish: ئەمەتا (emeta) — Translations
• Latin: ecce — Translations
• Old English: æfne — Translations
• Portuguese: eis — Translations
• Portuguese: vede — Translations
• Romanian: iată — Translations
• Russian: вот (vot) — Translations
• Scottish Gaelic: seall — Translations
• Spanish: he aquí — Translations
• Spanish: mirad — Translations
• Arabic: هُوَذَا (huwaḏā) — to see, to look at
• Aramaic: הא (hā, ho) — to see, to look at
• Aramaic: ܗܐ (hā, ho) — to see, to look at
• Bulgarian: гледам (gledam) — to see, to look at
• Bulgarian: виждам (viždam) — to see, to look at
• Catalan: mirar — to see, to look at
• Catalan: vigilar — to see, to look at
• Chinese Mandarin: 看 (kàn) — to see, to look at
• Danish: skue — to see, to look at
• Danish: betragte — to see, to look at
• Dutch: aanschouwen — to see, to look at
• Egyptian: p*t:r-M4-D6 (ptr) — to see, to look at
• Esperanto: rigardi — to see, to look at
• Finnish: katsoa — to see, to look at
• French: regarder — to see, to look at
• French: voir — to see, to look at
• French: observer — to see, to look at
• Galician: mirar — to see, to look at
• Galician: espreitar — to see, to look at
• Galician: ollar — to see, to look at
• German: betrachten — to see, to look at
• German: sehen — to see, to look at
• German: schauen — to see, to look at
• German: anschauen — to see, to look at
• German: ansehen — to see, to look at
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (saiƕan) — to see, to look at
• Ancient Greek: σκοπέω (skopéō) — to see, to look at
• Hebrew: הִנֵּה (hiné) — to see, to look at
• Hebrew: הֲרֵי (haréi) — to see, to look at
• Hungarian: meglát — to see, to look at
• Hungarian: észrevesz — to see, to look at
• Hungarian: megpillant — to see, to look at
• Icelandic: sjá — to see, to look at
• Ido: yen — to see, to look at
• Indonesian: lihat — to see, to look at
• Indonesian: tatap — to see, to look at
• Old Irish: ad·cí — to see, to look at
• Italian: guardare — to see, to look at
• Japanese: 見る (miru) — to see, to look at
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to see, to look at
• Latin: aspicio — to see, to look at
• Latin: tueor — to see, to look at
• Macedonian: гледа (gleda) — to see, to look at
• Macedonian: следи (sledi) — to see, to look at
• Middle English: biholden — to see, to look at
• Occitan: lucar — to see, to look at
• Occitan: véser — to see, to look at
• Occitan: veire — to see, to look at
• Occitan: agachar — to see, to look at
• Occitan: agaitar — to see, to look at
• Occitan: espiar — to see, to look at
• Occitan: mirar — to see, to look at
• Persian: نگریستن (negaristan) — to see, to look at
• Polish: ujrzeć — to see, to look at
• Portuguese: ver — to see, to look at
• Portuguese: contemplar — to see, to look at
• Romanian: vedea — to see, to look at
• Russian: смотре́ть (smotrétʹ) — to see, to look at
• Russian: гляде́ть (gljadétʹ) — to see, to look at
• Russian: увидеть (uvidetʹ) — to see, to look at
• Russian: взглянуть (vzgljanutʹ) — to see, to look at
• Sanskrit: पश्यति (paśyati) — to see, to look at
• Scottish Gaelic: amhairc — to see, to look at
• Scottish Gaelic: seall — to see, to look at
• Serbo-Croatian: posmatrati — to see, to look at
• Serbo-Croatian: gledati — to see, to look at
• Spanish: contemplar — to see, to look at
• Spanish: mirar — to see, to look at
• Spanish: observar — to see, to look at
• Swedish: skåda — to see, to look at
• Swedish: betrakta — to see, to look at
• Swedish: åskåda — to see, to look at
• Tonkawa: ˀana — to see, to look at
• Turkish: bakmak — to see, to look at