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From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną (“to buy”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhūgh- (“to bend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bhewgh- (“to take away, deliver”). Cognate with Scots buy (“to buy, purchase”), obsolete Dutch beugen (“to buy”), Old Saxon buggian, buggean (“to buy”), Old Norse byggja (“to build, settle”), Gothic 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan, “to buy”). The spelling with “u” is from the Southwest, while the pronunciation with /aɪ/ is from the East Midlands.

335 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аахәара (aaxwara) — to obtain something with money
• Afrikaans: koop — to obtain something with money
• Aghwan: 𐔸𐕒𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕆𐔴𐕍𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (toguheq̇esun) — to obtain something with money
• Ahom: 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (süw) — to obtain something with money
• Ainu: ホㇰ (hok) — to obtain something with money
• Akan: tɔ — to obtain something with money
• Aklanon: bakae — to obtain something with money
• Albanian: blej — to obtain something with money
• Amharic: መግዛት (mägzat) — to obtain something with money
• Western Apache: nahiʼdiih — to obtain something with money
• Arabic: اِشْتَرَى (ištarā) — to obtain something with money
• Arabic: اشترى (ištarā) — to obtain something with money
• Arabic: اَشْترى (aštara) — to obtain something with money
• Arabic: شرى (šra) — to obtain something with money
• Arabic: اشترى (ištara) — to obtain something with money
• Arabic: شرى (šara) — to obtain something with money
• Aragonese: crompar — to obtain something with money
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ (zawen) — to obtain something with money
• Armenian: գնել (gnel) — to obtain something with money
• Armenian: առնել (aṙnel) — to obtain something with money
• Aromanian: acumpãr — to obtain something with money
• Assamese: কিনা (kina) — to obtain something with money
• Asturian: mercar — to obtain something with money
• Asturian: comprar — to obtain something with money
• Avar: бичун босизе (bičun bosize) — to obtain something with money
• Azerbaijani: almaq — to obtain something with money
• West Coast Bajau: beli — to obtain something with money
• Bangi: somba — to obtain something with money
• Bashkir: һатып алыу (hatıp alıw) — to obtain something with money
• Bashkir: алыу (alıw) — to obtain something with money
• Basque: erosi — to obtain something with money
• Belait: melei — to obtain something with money
• Belarusian: купля́ць (kupljácʹ) — to obtain something with money
• Belarusian: купі́ць (kupícʹ) — to obtain something with money
• Bengali: কেনা (kena) — to obtain something with money
• Bhojpuri: किनल (kinal) — to obtain something with money
• Breton: prenañ — to obtain something with money
• Brunei Bisaya: mali — to obtain something with money
• Bulgarian: купу́вам (kupúvam) — to obtain something with money
• Bulgarian: ку́пя (kúpja) — to obtain something with money
• Burmese: ဝယ် (wai) — to obtain something with money
• Catalan: comprar — to obtain something with money
• Cebuano: palit — to obtain something with money
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵖ (sɣ) — to obtain something with money
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵖ (aɣ) — to obtain something with money
• Chechen: эца (eca) — to obtain something with money
• Chichewa: kugúla — to obtain something with money
• Chinese Cantonese: 買 /买 (maai5) — to obtain something with money
• Chinese: мэ (me) — to obtain something with money
• Chinese: 買 /买 (bóe / bé / mái) — to obtain something with money
• Chinese Mandarin: 買 /买 (mǎi) — to obtain something with money
• Chuukese: kamö — to obtain something with money
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhula — to obtain something with money
• Cornish: prena — to obtain something with money
• Corsican: cumprà — to obtain something with money
• Crimean Tatar: satın almaq — to obtain something with money
• Czech: kupovat — to obtain something with money
• Czech: koupit — to obtain something with money
• Danish: købe — to obtain something with money
• Central Dusun: boli — to obtain something with money
• Dutch: kopen — to obtain something with money
• Dutch: aanschaffen — to obtain something with money
• Dutch: aankopen — to obtain something with money
• Edo: dẹ — to obtain something with money
• Elfdalian: tjyöpa — to obtain something with money
• Erzya: рамамс (ramams) — to obtain something with money
• Esperanto: aĉeti — to obtain something with money
• Estonian: ostma — to obtain something with money
• Evenki: гами (gami) — to obtain something with money
• Farefare: da — to obtain something with money
• Faroese: keypa — to obtain something with money
• Finnish: ostaa — to obtain something with money
• Franco-Provençal: achetar — to obtain something with money
• French: acheter — to obtain something with money
• North Frisian: kuupe — to obtain something with money
• West-Frisian: keape — to obtain something with money
• West-Frisian: keapje — to obtain something with money
• Friulian: comprâ — to obtain something with money
• Galician: mercar — to obtain something with money
• Galician: comprar — to obtain something with money
• Georgian: ყიდვა (q̇idva) — to obtain something with money
• German: kaufen — to obtain something with money
• Gilaki: هین (he:n) — to obtain something with money
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bugjan) — to obtain something with money
• Greek: αγοράζω (agorázo) — to obtain something with money
• Ancient Greek: ἀγοράζω (agorázō) — to obtain something with money
• Ancient Greek: ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai) — to obtain something with money
• Greenlandic: sivoq — to obtain something with money
• Gujarati: ખરીદવું (kharīdvũ) — to obtain something with money
• Haitian Creole: achte — to obtain something with money
• Hausa: sáyṓ — to obtain something with money
• Hawaiian: kūʻai — to obtain something with money
• Hebrew: קָנָה (kaná) — to obtain something with money
• Higaonon: palit — to obtain something with money
• Hindi: क्रय (kray) — to obtain something with money
• Hindi: ख़रीदना (xarīdnā) — to obtain something with money
• Hindi: कीनना (kīnnā) — to obtain something with money
• White Hmong: yuav — to obtain something with money
• Hungarian: vásárol — to obtain something with money
• Hungarian: vesz — to obtain something with money
• Ibanag: gatang — to obtain something with money
• Icelandic: kaupa — to obtain something with money
• Ido: komprar — to obtain something with money
• Ilocano: gumatang — to obtain something with money
• Ilocano: manggatang — to obtain something with money
• Ilocano: gatangen — to obtain something with money
• Indonesian: membeli — to obtain something with money
• Ingrian: ostaa — to obtain something with money
• Ingrian: lunastaa — to obtain something with money
• Ingrian: lunata — to obtain something with money
• Ingush: эца (eca) — to obtain something with money
• Interlingua: comprar — to obtain something with money
• Interlingua: emer — to obtain something with money
• Irish: ceannaigh — to obtain something with money
• Isan: ซื้อ — to obtain something with money
• Isnag: xatang — to obtain something with money
• Isoko: dẹ — to obtain something with money
• Istriot: cunprà — to obtain something with money
• Italian: comprare — to obtain something with money
• Italian: comperare (desueto) — to obtain something with money
• Italian: acquistare — to obtain something with money
• Iu Mien: maaiz — to obtain something with money
• Ivatan: manadiw — to obtain something with money
• Japanese: 買う (kau) — to obtain something with money
• Japanese: 購入する (kōnyū suru) — to obtain something with money
• Javanese: tuku — to obtain something with money
• Javanese: tumbas — to obtain something with money
• Javanese: mundhut — to obtain something with money
• Jeju: 사다 (sada) — to obtain something with money
• Kabyle: aɣ — to obtain something with money
• Kaingang: kajãm — to obtain something with money
• Kambera: kei — to obtain something with money
• Kapampangan: sali — to obtain something with money
• Kapampangan: sumali — to obtain something with money
• Kazakh: сатып алу (satyp alu) — to obtain something with money
• Khmer: ទិញ (tɨñ) — to obtain something with money
• Khün: ᨪᩨ᩶ — to obtain something with money
• Kongo: kusumba — to obtain something with money
• Korean: 사다 (sada) — to obtain something with money
• Korean: 구입하다 (gu'iphada) — to obtain something with money
• Kumyk: алмакъ (almaq) — to obtain something with money
• Central Kurdish: کڕین (krrîn) — to obtain something with money
• Northern Kurdish: kirîn — to obtain something with money
• Northern Kurdish: standin — to obtain something with money
• Kyrgyz: сатып алуу (satıp aluu) — to obtain something with money
• Ladin: comprer — to obtain something with money
• Lao: ຊື້ (sư̄) — to obtain something with money
• Latgalian: pierkt — to obtain something with money
• Latin: emō — to obtain something with money
• Latin: sūmō — to obtain something with money
• Latvian: pirkt — to obtain something with money
• Latvian: nopirkt — to obtain something with money
• Ligurian: acatâ — to obtain something with money
• Lingala: somba — to obtain something with money
• Lithuanian: pirkti — to obtain something with money
• Lombard: crompâ — to obtain something with money
• Low German: köpen — to obtain something with money
• Lü: ᦌᦹᧉ (sue2) — to obtain something with money
• Lutuv: calyi — to obtain something with money
• Luxembourgish: kafen — to obtain something with money
• Macedonian: ку́пува (kúpuva) — to obtain something with money
• Macedonian: купи (kupi) — to obtain something with money
• Malay: beli — to obtain something with money
• Brunei Malay: bali — to obtain something with money
• Maltese: xtara — to obtain something with money
• Manchu: ᡠᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (udambi) — to obtain something with money
• Mansaka: bili — to obtain something with money
• Māori: hoko — to obtain something with money
• Mauritian Creole: aste — to obtain something with money
• Mokilese: dupukda — to obtain something with money
• Mongolian: авах (avax) — to obtain something with money
• Mongolian: худалдаж авах (xudaldaž avax) — to obtain something with money
• Moore: ra — to obtain something with money
• Khiamniungan Naga: tùh — to obtain something with money
• Nanai: гаори (gaori) — to obtain something with money
• Navajo: nayiiłniih — to obtain something with money
• Neapolitan: accattà — to obtain something with money
• Nepali: किन्नु (kinnu) — to obtain something with money
• Norman: acater — to obtain something with money
• Norman: acataer — to obtain something with money
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpe — to obtain something with money
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøpa — to obtain something with money
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøpe — to obtain something with money
• Occitan: crompar — to obtain something with money
• Ojibwe: adaawen — to obtain something with money
• Okinawan: 買ーゆん (kōyun) — to obtain something with money
• Okinawan: 買ーいん (kōin) — to obtain something with money
• Old English: bycgan — to obtain something with money
• Old English: ceapian — to obtain something with money
• Old Norse: kaupa — to obtain something with money
• Old Norse: byggja — to obtain something with money
• Old Saxon: buggian — to obtain something with money
• Oromo: bituu — to obtain something with money
• Ossetian: ӕлхӕнын (ælxænyn) — to obtain something with money
• Pannonian Rusyn: куповац (kupovac) — to obtain something with money
• Pannonian Rusyn: купиц (kupic) — to obtain something with money
• Papiamentu: kumpra — to obtain something with money
• Pashto: پېرل (perël) — to obtain something with money
• Pashto: پېرودل (perowdël) — to obtain something with money
• Pashto: اخستل — to obtain something with money
• Dari: خَرِیدَن (xarīdan) — to obtain something with money
• Iranian Persian: خَریدَن (xaridan) — to obtain something with money
• Polish: kupować — to obtain something with money
• Polish: kupić — to obtain something with money
• Polish: nabywać — to obtain something with money
• Polish: nabyć — to obtain something with money
• Portuguese: comprar — to obtain something with money
• Portuguese: adquirir — to obtain something with money
• Punjabi: ਖ਼ਰੀਦਣਾ (xarīdṇā) — to obtain something with money
• Quechua: rantiy — to obtain something with money
• Quechua: rantii — to obtain something with money
• Romani: kinel — to obtain something with money
• Romanian: cumpăra — to obtain something with money
• Romansh: cumprar — to obtain something with money
• Romansh: cumprer — to obtain something with money
• Russian: покупа́ть (pokupátʹ) — to obtain something with money
• Russian: купи́ть (kupítʹ) — to obtain something with money
• Northern Sami: oastit — to obtain something with money
• Samoan: faʻatau — to obtain something with money
• Samogitian: pėrktė — to obtain something with money
• Sanskrit: क्रीणाति (krīṇāti) — to obtain something with money
• Sardinian: comparai — to obtain something with money
• Sardinian: comporai — to obtain something with money
• Sardinian: comporare — to obtain something with money
• Sardinian: cumporai — to obtain something with money
• Sardinian: comprai — to obtain something with money
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannaich — to obtain something with money
• Semai: belik — to obtain something with money
• Serbo-Croatian: купо̀вати — to obtain something with money
• Serbo-Croatian: ку́пити — to obtain something with money
• Serbo-Croatian: покупо̀вати — to obtain something with money
• Serbo-Croatian: kupòvati — to obtain something with money
• Serbo-Croatian: kúpiti — to obtain something with money
• Serbo-Croatian: pokupòvati — to obtain something with money
• Shan: သိုဝ်ႉ (sṵ̂e) — to obtain something with money
• Sicilian: accattari — to obtain something with money
• Sicilian: cumprari — to obtain something with money
• Sindhi: خريد ڪرڻ (xred krṇ) — to obtain something with money
• Sinhalese: ගන්නවා (gannawā) — to obtain something with money
• Slovak: kupovať — to obtain something with money
• Slovak: kúpiť — to obtain something with money
• Slovene: kupovati — to obtain something with money
• Slovene: kupiti — to obtain something with money
• Somali: gado — to obtain something with money
• Somali: iibso — to obtain something with money
• Lower Sorbian: kupowaś — to obtain something with money
• Lower Sorbian: kupiś — to obtain something with money
• Upper Sorbian: kupować — to obtain something with money
• Upper Sorbian: kupić — to obtain something with money
• Sotho: reka — to obtain something with money
• Spanish: comprar — to obtain something with money
• Spanish: mercar — to obtain something with money
• Sundanese: meuli — to obtain something with money
• Sundanese: mésér — to obtain something with money
• Sundanese: ngagaleuh — to obtain something with money
• Swahili: kununua — to obtain something with money
• Swedish: köpa — to obtain something with money
• Tagalog: bili — to obtain something with money
• Tagalog: bilhin — to obtain something with money
• Tagalog: bumili — to obtain something with money
• Tahitian: hoʻo — to obtain something with money
• Tai Dam: ꪏꪳ꫁ — to obtain something with money
• Tai Nüa: ᥔᥪᥳ (su̇e) — to obtain something with money
• Tajik: харидан (xaridan) — to obtain something with money
• Tamil: வாங்கு (vāṅku) — to obtain something with money
• Tatar: сатып алырга (satıp alırğa) — to obtain something with money
• Tausug: bii — to obtain something with money
• Tetum: sosa — to obtain something with money
• Thai: ซื้อ (sʉ́ʉ) — to obtain something with money
• Northern Thai: ᨪᩨ᩶ — to obtain something with money
• Tibetan: ཉོས (nyos) — to obtain something with money
• Tibetan: གཟིགས (gzigs) — to obtain something with money
• Tocharian B: käry- — to obtain something with money
• Tongan: fakatau — to obtain something with money
• Tumbuka: gula — to obtain something with money
• Turkish: satın almak — to obtain something with money
• Turkish: sakmak — to obtain something with money
• Turkish: almak — to obtain something with money
• Ottoman Turkish: آلمق (almak) — to obtain something with money
• Ottoman Turkish: اشترا ایتمك (iştira etmek) — to obtain something with money
• Turkmen: satyn almak — to obtain something with money
• Tutong: meli — to obtain something with money
• Tuvan: садып алыр (sadıp alır) — to obtain something with money
• Ukrainian: купува́ти (kupuváty) — to obtain something with money
• Ukrainian: купи́ти (kupýty) — to obtain something with money
• Urdu: مول لینا (mol lenā) — to obtain something with money
• Urdu: خَرِیدْنا (xarīdnā) — to obtain something with money
• Urhobo: dẹ — to obtain something with money
• Uyghur: سېتىۋالماق (sëtiwalmaq) — to obtain something with money
• Uzbek: sotib olmoq — to obtain something with money
• Venetan: cronpar — to obtain something with money
• Venetan: conprar — to obtain something with money
• Vietnamese: mua — to obtain something with money
• Walloon: atchter — to obtain something with money
• Waray-Waray: palit — to obtain something with money
• Waray-Waray: balyo — to obtain something with money
• Welsh: prynu — to obtain something with money
• Yaghnobi: хиринак (xirinak) — to obtain something with money
• Yiddish: קויפֿן (koyfn) — to obtain something with money
• Yoruba: rà — to obtain something with money
• Zhuang: cawx — to obtain something with money
• Albanian: blej — to accept as true
• Bashkir: ышаныу (ışanıw) — to accept as true
• Chinese Mandarin: 買賬 /买账 (mǎizhàng) — to accept as true
• Czech: baštit — to accept as true
• Czech: žrát — to accept as true
• Czech: skočit — to accept as true
• Czech: sbaštit i s navijákem — to accept as true
• Dutch: slikken — to accept as true
• Finnish: niellä — to accept as true
• Finnish: uskoa — to accept as true
• French: gober — to accept as true
• German: abkaufen — to accept as true
• German: abnehmen — to accept as true
• Greek: χάβω (chávo) — to accept as true
• Greek: χάφτω (cháfto) — to accept as true
• Hindi: मानना (mānnā) — to accept as true
• Hungarian: bevesz — to accept as true
• Northern Kurdish: pejirandin — to accept as true
• Northern Kurdish: qebûl kirin — to accept as true
• Luxembourgish: ofhuelen — to accept as true
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpe — to accept as true
• Portuguese: engolir — to accept as true
• Russian: ве́рить (véritʹ) — to accept as true
• Russian: пове́рить (povéritʹ) — to accept as true
• Russian: ха́вать (xávatʹ) — to accept as true
• Russian: сха́вать (sxávatʹ) — to accept as true
• Serbo-Croatian: prihvatiti — to accept as true
• Slovak: naletieť — to accept as true
• Spanish: creer — to accept as true
• Spanish: comprar — to accept as true
• Swahili: nunua — to accept as true
• Swedish: köpa — to accept as true
• Turkish: yemek — to accept as true
• Spanish: convidar — to treat