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• Received-Pronunciation: bŏrʹō
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹəʊ/
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• Northumbria: /ˈbɒɹə/
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• Scotland: /ˈbɔɹo/
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• General-American: bärʹō
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• General-American: /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/
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• Canada: bôrʹo
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• Canada: bōrʹō
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• Canada: /ˈboɹ.oʊ/
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• rhymes with -ɒɹəʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhergh- (“to take care”). Cognate with Dutch borgen (“to borrow, trust”), German borgen (“to borrow, lend”), Danish borge (“to vouch”). Related to Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at bury.

From Middle English borwe, borgh, from Old English borh, borg, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to borrow, lend”) (related to Etymology 1, above).

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: caiguda — deviation of a rolling golfball
• Irish: cúiteamh — deviation of a rolling golfball
• Aklanon: hueam — receive temporarily
• Albanian: huazoj — receive temporarily
• Arabic: اِسْتَعَارَ (istaʕāra) — receive temporarily
• Armenian: փոխ առնել (pʻox aṙnel) — receive temporarily
• Armenian: փոխառել (pʻoxaṙel) — receive temporarily
• Armenian: պարտք վերցնել (partkʻ vercʻnel) — receive temporarily
• Aromanian: mprumut — receive temporarily
• Asi: huyam — receive temporarily
• Azerbaijani: borc almaq — receive temporarily
• Azerbaijani: borc götürmək — receive temporarily
• Belarusian: пазыча́ць (pazyčácʹ) — receive temporarily
• Belarusian: пазы́чыць (pazýčycʹ) — receive temporarily
• Bulgarian: заемам (zaemam) — receive temporarily
• Bulgarian: вземам назаем (vzemam nazaem) — receive temporarily
• Burmese: ငှား (hnga:) — receive temporarily
• Catalan: manllevar — receive temporarily
• Catalan: amprar — receive temporarily
• Chinese Mandarin: 借 (jiè) — receive temporarily
• Chinese Mandarin: 貸 /贷 (dài) — receive temporarily
• Chinese Mandarin: 摘 (zhāi) — receive temporarily
• Chinese Mandarin: 借用 (jièyòng) — receive temporarily
• Chinese Mandarin: 假借 (jiăjiè) — receive temporarily
• Ngazidja Comorian: -azima — receive temporarily
• Czech: půjčovat si — receive temporarily
• Czech: půjčit si — receive temporarily
• Danish: låne — receive temporarily
• Drung: nga — receive temporarily
• Drung: svkyi — receive temporarily
• Dutch: lenen — receive temporarily
• Dutch: ontlenen — receive temporarily
• Esperanto: prunti — receive temporarily
• Estonian: laenama — receive temporarily
• Finnish: lainata — receive temporarily
• Finnish: ottaa lainaksi — receive temporarily
• French: emprunter — receive temporarily
• Georgian: სესხება (sesxeba) — receive temporarily
• German: borgen — receive temporarily
• German: ausleihen — receive temporarily
• German: leihen — receive temporarily
• Greek: δανείζομαι (daneízomai) — receive temporarily
• Ancient Greek: δανείζομαι (daneízomai) — receive temporarily
• Hebrew: שָׁאַל (sha'ál) — receive temporarily
• Hindi: उधार लेना (udhār lenā) — receive temporarily
• White Hmong: qev — receive temporarily
• Hungarian: kölcsönkér — receive temporarily
• Icelandic: fá lánað — receive temporarily
• Ingrian: lainata — receive temporarily
• Irish: faigh ar iasacht — receive temporarily
• Italian: prendere in prestito — receive temporarily
• Iu Mien: gaav — receive temporarily
• Jamaican Creole: baro — receive temporarily
• Jamaican Creole: bara — receive temporarily
• Jamaican Creole: baara — receive temporarily
• Japanese: 借りる (kariru) — receive temporarily
• Khasi: pankylliang — receive temporarily
• Khmer: ខ្ចី (kcəy) — receive temporarily
• Korean: 빌리다 (billida) — receive temporarily
• Korean: 일시적으로 받는 — receive temporarily
• Lao: ຢືມ (yư̄m) — receive temporarily
• Latin: mūtuor — receive temporarily
• Latvian: aizņemties — receive temporarily
• Lithuanian: skolintis — receive temporarily
• Lithuanian: pasiskolinti — receive temporarily
• Lushootseed: ʔalbiw̓əb — receive temporarily
• Macedonian: позајмува (pozajmuva) — receive temporarily
• Macedonian: позајми (pozajmi) — receive temporarily
• Malay: pinjam — receive temporarily
• Māori: mino — receive temporarily
• Middle English: borwen — receive temporarily
• Mongolian: зээлэх (zeelex) — receive temporarily
• Norman: emprunter — receive temporarily
• Norwegian Bokmål: låne — receive temporarily
• Occitan: manlevar — receive temporarily
• Old English: borgian — receive temporarily
• Pacoh: manh — receive temporarily
• Persian: قرض گرفتن (qarz gereftan) — receive temporarily
• Polish: pożyczać — receive temporarily
• Polish: pożyczyć — receive temporarily
• Portuguese: emprestar — receive temporarily
• Portuguese: tomar emprestado — receive temporarily
• Portuguese: pegar emprestado — receive temporarily
• Portuguese: pedir emprestado — receive temporarily
• Romanian: împrumuta — receive temporarily
• Russian: занима́ть (zanimátʹ) — receive temporarily
• Russian: заня́ть (zanjátʹ) — receive temporarily
• Russian: заи́мствовать (zaímstvovatʹ) — receive temporarily
• Russian: позаи́мствовать (pozaímstvovatʹ) — receive temporarily
• Russian: получа́ть заём (polučátʹ zajóm) — receive temporarily
• Russian: получи́ть заём (polučítʹ zajóm) — receive temporarily
• Russian: брать взаймы́ (bratʹ vzajmý) — receive temporarily
• Russian: взять взаймы́ (vzjatʹ vzajmý) — receive temporarily
• Russian: брать в долг (bratʹ v dolg) — receive temporarily
• Russian: взять в долг (vzjatʹ v dolg) — receive temporarily
• Russian: ода́лживать (odálživatʹ) — receive temporarily
• Russian: одолжи́ть (odolžítʹ) — receive temporarily
• Scots: borrae — receive temporarily
• Serbo-Croatian: позајмити — receive temporarily
• Serbo-Croatian: pozajmiti — receive temporarily
• Shan: ယိမ် (yǐm) — receive temporarily
• Shan: ယိုမ် (yǔem) — receive temporarily
• Sicilian: fàrisi mpristari — receive temporarily
• Slovak: požičiavať si — receive temporarily
• Slovak: pozičať si — receive temporarily
• Slovene: sposoditi — receive temporarily
• Slovene: izposoditi — receive temporarily
• Spanish: pedir prestado — receive temporarily
• Spanish: tomar prestado — receive temporarily
• Spanish: emprestar — receive temporarily
• Spanish: sacar prestado — receive temporarily
• Swedish: låna — receive temporarily
• Tagalog: humiram — receive temporarily
• Tagalog: manghiram — receive temporarily
• Tagalog: hiramin — receive temporarily
• Tagalog: hiraman — receive temporarily
• Tboli: dóm — receive temporarily
• Telugu: అప్పుచేయు (appucēyu) — receive temporarily
• Thai: ยืม (yʉʉm) — receive temporarily
• Thai: ขอยืม (kɔ̌ɔ-yʉʉm) — receive temporarily
• Thai: กู้ (gûu) — receive temporarily
• Turkish: ödünç almak — receive temporarily
• Ukrainian: позича́ти (pozyčáty) — receive temporarily
• Ukrainian: пози́чити (pozýčyty) — receive temporarily
• Vietnamese: mượn — receive temporarily
• Vietnamese: vay — receive temporarily
• Welsh: benthyca — receive temporarily
• Yiddish: לײַען (layen) — receive temporarily
• Zhuang: ciq — receive temporarily
• Zyphe: hlang — receive temporarily
• Bulgarian: възприемам (vǎzpriemam) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Finnish: lainata — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Finnish: omaksua — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Hebrew: שָׁאַל (sha'ál) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Hebrew: אימץ (i'méts) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Italian: adottare — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Italian: ispirarsi — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Māori: nopenope — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Polish: zapożyczać — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Polish: zapożyczyć — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Portuguese: adoptar — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Portuguese: adotar — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Russian: заи́мствовать (zaímstvovatʹ) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Russian: позаи́мствовать (pozaímstvovatʹ) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Slovak: prevziať — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Slovak: preberať — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Ukrainian: запози́чувати (zapozýčuvaty) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Ukrainian: запозича́ти (zapozyčáty) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Ukrainian: запози́чити (zapozýčyty) — adopt (an idea) as one's own
• Bulgarian: заимствам (zaimstvam) — copy a word from another language
• Catalan: manllevar — copy a word from another language
• Catalan: amprar — copy a word from another language
• Danish: låne — copy a word from another language
• Esperanto: prunti — copy a word from another language
• Finnish: lainata — copy a word from another language
• French: emprunter — copy a word from another language
• German: entlehnen — copy a word from another language
• Hebrew: שָׁאַל (sha'ál) — copy a word from another language
• Hebrew: אימץ (i'méts) — copy a word from another language
• Interlingua: imprestar — copy a word from another language
• Italian: importare — copy a word from another language
• Japanese: 借用語 (shakuyō-go) — copy a word from another language
• Khakas: փոխառել — copy a word from another language
• Māori: mino — copy a word from another language
• Polish: zapożyczać — copy a word from another language
• Polish: zapożyczyć — copy a word from another language
• Russian: заи́мствовать (zaímstvovatʹ) — copy a word from another language
• Slovak: prevziať — copy a word from another language
• Slovak: preberať — copy a word from another language
• Spanish: calcar — copy a word from another language
• Turkish: iktibas etmek — copy a word from another language
• Turkish: nakletmek — copy a word from another language
• Turkish: ödünçlemek — copy a word from another language
• Ukrainian: запози́чувати (zapozýčuvaty) — copy a word from another language
• Ukrainian: запозича́ти (zapozyčáty) — copy a word from another language
• Ukrainian: запози́чити (zapozýčyty) — copy a word from another language
• Vietnamese: mượn — copy a word from another language
• Bulgarian: пренасям (prenasjam) — in a subtraction
• Finnish: lainata — in a subtraction
• French: retenir — in a subtraction
• German: übertragen — in a subtraction
• Middle English: borwen — in a subtraction
• Portuguese: transportar — in a subtraction
• Swedish: låna — in a subtraction
• Telugu: అప్పు చేయు (appu cēyu) — in a subtraction