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• /ˈkæn.sl̩/
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From Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (modern French chanceler (“to stagger, sway”)), from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellō (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancellus (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).

258 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kansellasie — cancellation
• Azerbaijani: ləğv — cancellation
• Danish: aflysning — cancellation
• Danish: afbestilling — cancellation
• Danish: annullering — cancellation
• Dutch: annulatie — cancellation
• French: annulation — cancellation
• German: Lösch-Mitteilung — cancellation
• German: Cancel-Anweisung — cancellation
• Greek: ακύρωση (akýrosi) — cancellation
• Greek: ματαίωση (mataíosi) — cancellation
• Hindi: निरसन (nirsan) — cancellation
• Italian: cancellazione — cancellation
• Italian: annullamento — cancellation
• Italian: cassazione — cancellation
• Italian: timbro postale — cancellation
• Italian: obliteratore — cancellation
• Portuguese: anulação — cancellation
• Spanish: funa — cancellation
• German: Undelete — printing: suppression on striking out of matter
• Indonesian: judul pengganti — printing: suppression on striking out of matter
• Afrikaans: doodtrek — cross out
• Azerbaijani: üstündən xətt çəkmək — cross out
• Azerbaijani: üstündən qələm çəkmək — cross out
• Bulgarian: задрасквам (zadraskvam) — cross out
• Bulgarian: зачерквам (začerkvam) — cross out
• Chinese Mandarin: 划 (huá) — cross out
• Chinese Mandarin: 勾 — cross out
• Czech: škrtnout — cross out
• Czech: škrtat — cross out
• Danish: strege ud — cross out
• Danish: stryge — cross out
• Dutch: doorhalen — cross out
• Dutch: schrappen — cross out
• Estonian: kustutama — cross out
• Finnish: yliviivata — cross out
• Georgian: გადახაზვა (gadaxazva) — cross out
• Georgian: წაშლა (c̣ašla) — cross out
• German: ausstreichen — cross out
• German: durchstreichen — cross out
• German: kanzellieren — cross out
• Greek: διαγράφω (diagráfo) — cross out
• Hindi: निरस्त (nirast) — cross out
• Hungarian: kihúz — cross out
• Hungarian: áthúz — cross out
• Hungarian: töröl — cross out
• Hungarian: kitöröl — cross out
• Irish: síog — cross out
• Italian: depennare — cross out
• Italian: cancellare — cross out
• Italian: eliminare — cross out
• Norwegian Bokmål: stryke — cross out
• Polish: skreślić — cross out
• Portuguese: riscar — cross out
• Romanian: anula — cross out
• Russian: зачёркивать (začórkivatʹ) — cross out
• Russian: зачеркну́ть (začerknútʹ) — cross out
• Slovak: škrtnúť — cross out
• Slovak: škrtať — cross out
• Spanish: tachar — cross out
• Swedish: stryka (över) — cross out
• Tajik: хат задан (xat zadan) — cross out
• Thai: ขีดฆ่า (kìit-kâa) — cross out
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیمق (kazımak) — cross out
• Welsh: croesi allan — cross out
• Afrikaans: kanselleer — invalidate, annul
• Arabic: أَلْغَى (ʔalḡā) — invalidate, annul
• Arabic: أَبْطَلَ (ʔabṭala) — invalidate, annul
• Armenian: չեղարկել (čʻeġarkel) — invalidate, annul
• Azerbaijani: ləğv etmək — invalidate, annul
• Belarusian: касава́ць (kasavácʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Belarusian: скасо́ўваць (skasówvacʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Belarusian: скасава́ць (skasavácʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Belarusian: адмяня́ць (admjanjácʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Belarusian: адмяні́ць (admjanícʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Bulgarian: отменям (otmenjam) — invalidate, annul
• Bulgarian: анулирам (anuliram) — invalidate, annul
• Catalan: cancel·lar — invalidate, annul
• Chinese Cantonese: 取消 (ceoi2 siu1) — invalidate, annul
• Chinese Mandarin: 取消 (qǔxiāo) — invalidate, annul
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢除 /废除 (fèichú) — invalidate, annul
• Cornish: hedhi — invalidate, annul
• Czech: zrušit — invalidate, annul
• Czech: stornovat — invalidate, annul
• Danish: annullere — invalidate, annul
• Danish: afbestille — invalidate, annul
• Danish: aflyse — invalidate, annul
• Dutch: annuleren — invalidate, annul
• Esperanto: nuligi — invalidate, annul
• Estonian: tühistama — invalidate, annul
• Finnish: mitätöidä — invalidate, annul
• Finnish: kumota — invalidate, annul
• Finnish: peruuttaa — invalidate, annul
• French: annuler — invalidate, annul
• French: résilier — invalidate, annul
• French: se désabonner — invalidate, annul
• French: mettre fin — invalidate, annul
• French: décommander — invalidate, annul
• West-Frisian: annulearje — invalidate, annul
• Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba) — invalidate, annul
• Georgian: ანულირება (anulireba) — invalidate, annul
• German: annullieren — invalidate, annul
• German: streichen — invalidate, annul
• German: stornieren — invalidate, annul
• German: absagen — invalidate, annul
• German: canceln — invalidate, annul
• German: abbestellen — invalidate, annul
• German: kanzellieren — invalidate, annul
• German: abbschdelle — invalidate, annul
• Greek: ακυρώνω (akyróno) — invalidate, annul
• Ancient Greek: ἀναιρέω (anairéō) — invalidate, annul
• Hebrew: ביטל (bitél) — invalidate, annul
• Hindi: निरस्त (nirast) — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: visszavon — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: töröl — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: érvénytelenít — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: megszüntet — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: felfüggeszt — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: megsemmisít — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: lemond — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: visszamond — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: sztorníroz — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: storníroz — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: felbont — invalidate, annul
• Hungarian: felmond — invalidate, annul
• Irish: cealaigh — invalidate, annul
• Italian: invalidare — invalidate, annul
• Italian: annullare — invalidate, annul
• Italian: recidere — invalidate, annul
• Italian: cassare — invalidate, annul
• Japanese: 取り消す (torikesu) — invalidate, annul
• Japanese: 取り止める (toriyameru) — invalidate, annul
• Japanese: キャンセルする (kyanseru-suru) — invalidate, annul
• Japanese: 破棄する (haki suru) — invalidate, annul
• Korean: 취소하다 (chwisohada) — invalidate, annul
• Latin: rescindō — invalidate, annul
• Malay: batal — invalidate, annul
• Malayalam: റദ്ദാക്കുക (ṟaddākkuka) — invalidate, annul
• Malayalam: ഒഴിവാക്കുക (oḻivākkuka) — invalidate, annul
• Norwegian Bokmål: avbestille — invalidate, annul
• Norwegian Bokmål: avbryte — invalidate, annul
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppheve — invalidate, annul
• Norwegian Bokmål: avlyse — invalidate, annul
• Polish: odwołać — invalidate, annul
• Polish: anulować — invalidate, annul
• Portuguese: anular — invalidate, annul
• Portuguese: invalidar — invalidate, annul
• Portuguese: cancelar — invalidate, annul
• Romanian: anula — invalidate, annul
• Russian: отменя́ть (otmenjátʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Russian: отмени́ть (otmenítʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Russian: аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ) — invalidate, annul
• Serbo-Croatian: otkazati — invalidate, annul
• Serbo-Croatian: otkazivati — invalidate, annul
• Slovak: zrušiť — invalidate, annul
• Slovak: rušiť — invalidate, annul
• Spanish: cancelar — invalidate, annul
• Spanish: funar — invalidate, annul
• Swahili: ghairi — invalidate, annul
• Swedish: annullera — invalidate, annul
• Swedish: avbryta — invalidate, annul
• Swedish: upphäva — invalidate, annul
• Tajik: қатъ кардан (qat' kardan) — invalidate, annul
• Thai: ยกเลิก (yók-lə̂ək) — invalidate, annul
• Tigrinya: ኣትርፍ (ʾatrəf) — invalidate, annul
• Turkish: iptal etmek — invalidate, annul
• Ottoman Turkish: ابطال ایتمك (ibtâl etmek) — invalidate, annul
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak) — invalidate, annul
• Ukrainian: касува́ти (kasuváty) — invalidate, annul
• Ukrainian: скасо́вувати (skasóvuvaty) — invalidate, annul
• Ukrainian: скасува́ти (skasuváty) — invalidate, annul
• Vietnamese: hủy — invalidate, annul
• Vietnamese: hủy bỏ — invalidate, annul
• Volapük: nosükön — invalidate, annul
• Welsh: canslo — invalidate, annul
• Afrikaans: kanselleer — mark to prevent reuse
• Bulgarian: унищожавам (uništožavam) — mark to prevent reuse
• Danish: stemple — mark to prevent reuse
• French: oblitérer — mark to prevent reuse
• German: entwerten — mark to prevent reuse
• German: abstempeln — mark to prevent reuse
• German: entwerten (postage) — mark to prevent reuse
• Greek: ακυρώνω (akyróno) — mark to prevent reuse
• Hungarian: érvénytelenít — mark to prevent reuse
• Hungarian: lepecsétel — mark to prevent reuse
• Italian: obliterare — mark to prevent reuse
• Italian: annullare — mark to prevent reuse
• Russian: погаша́ть (pogašátʹ) — mark to prevent reuse
• Russian: погаси́ть (pogasítʹ) — mark to prevent reuse
• Swedish: stämpla — mark to prevent reuse
• Welsh: canslo — mark to prevent reuse
• Afrikaans: uitkanselleer — offset, equalize
• Czech: vyrušit — offset, equalize
• Danish: ophæve — offset, equalize
• Finnish: kumota — offset, equalize
• Finnish: poistaa — offset, equalize
• French: neutraliser — offset, equalize
• French: compenser — offset, equalize
• German: aufheben — offset, equalize
• German: auslöschen — offset, equalize
• Greek: αντισταθμίζω (antistathmízo) — offset, equalize
• Italian: neutralizzare — offset, equalize
• Italian: compensare — offset, equalize
• Italian: filtrare — offset, equalize
• Portuguese: neutralizar — offset, equalize
• Russian: отсека́ть (otsekátʹ) — offset, equalize
• Russian: отсе́чь (otséčʹ) — offset, equalize
• Swedish: upphäva — offset, equalize
• Swedish: släcka ut — offset, equalize
• Swedish: ta ut — offset, equalize
• Welsh: canslo — offset, equalize
• Afrikaans: kanselleer — remove a common factor
• Bulgarian: съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) — remove a common factor
• Czech: krátit — remove a common factor
• Danish: forkorte — remove a common factor
• Dutch: schrappen — remove a common factor
• Estonian: taandama — remove a common factor
• Finnish: supistaa — remove a common factor
• French: éliminer — remove a common factor
• French: annuler — remove a common factor
• Georgian: შეკვეცა (šeḳveca) — remove a common factor
• Georgian: გაბათილება (gabatileba) — remove a common factor
• German: kürzen — remove a common factor
• Hungarian: egyszerűsít — remove a common factor
• Polish: skrócić — remove a common factor
• Portuguese: eliminar — remove a common factor
• Russian: сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) — remove a common factor
• Russian: сократи́ть (sokratítʹ) — remove a common factor
• Slovak: krátiť — remove a common factor
• Swedish: förkorta — remove a common factor
• Tagalog: payiin — remove a common factor
• Tajik: кам кардан (kam kardan) — remove a common factor
• Welsh: canslo — remove a common factor
• Afrikaans: kanselleer — stop production
• German: einstellen — stop production
• Hungarian: felfüggeszti a gyártását — stop production
• Indonesian: bungkus — stop production
• Indonesian: menghentikan — stop production
• Malayalam: റദ്ദാക്കുക (ṟaddākkuka) — stop production
• Polish: wstrzymać — stop production
• Slovak: zrušiť — stop production
• Slovak: rušiť — stop production
• Welsh: canslo — stop production
• German: weglassen — printing, dated: suppress or omit
• German: auslöschen — slang: kill
• Afrikaans: kanselleer — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• German: canceln — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• German: kanzellieren — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• German: (Unterstützung) streichen — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Hungarian: hanyagol — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Hungarian: kizár — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Hungarian: kitaszít — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Hungarian: kiközösít — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Hungarian: kitagad — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Portuguese: cancelar — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Spanish: funar — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Spanish: cancelar — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)
• Vietnamese: phong sát — cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable)