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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɛə/
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• General-American: kâr
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• General-American: /kɛɚ/
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• General-American: [khe(ə̯)ɹ]
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• General-American: [khɛ(ə̯)ɹ]
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• dialectal: kêr
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• dialectal: /kɪə(ɹ)/
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• Australian: /keː/
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• New-Zealand: /keə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /kiə/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /keɹ/
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• /kɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• homophone: Keir (cheer–chair merger)
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• homophone: cur (fair–fur merger)
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh2r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Middle English care English care From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh2r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with Old Saxon cara, kara (“concern, action”), Middle High German kar (“sorrow, lamentation”), Icelandic kör (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara, “concern, care”). Related also to Dutch karig (“scanty”), German karg (“sparse, meagre, barren”), Latin garriō, Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus). See also chary.

From Middle English caren, carien, from Old English carian (“to sorrow, grieve, be troubled, be anxious, to care for, heed”), from Proto-West Germanic *karōn (“to care”), from Proto-Germanic *karōną (“to care”). Cognate with Old Saxon karōn (“to lament”), Middle High German karen, karn (“to complain, lament, grieve, mourn”), archaic German karen (“to groan, gasp”), Alemannic German karen, kären (“to groan, gasp”), Swedish kära (“to fall in love”), Icelandic kæra (“to care, like”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (karōn, “to be concerned”).

355 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: re — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Albanian: reja — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Arabic: اِهْتِمَام (ihtimām) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Armenian: խնամք (xnamkʻ) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Armenian: հոգ (hog) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Azerbaijani: diqqət — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Azerbaijani: qayğı — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Belarusian: кло́пат (klópat) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Belarusian: турбо́та (turbóta) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Bengali: পরোয়া (porōẇa) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Bengali: এহতেমাম (ehtemam) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Bulgarian: грижа (griža) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Bulgarian: отговорност (otgovornost) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Catalan: cura — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Catalan: compte — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Chinese Mandarin: 關懷 /关怀 (guānhuái) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Czech: péče — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Danish: forsigtighed — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Danish: omtanke — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Danish: omsorg — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Dutch: zorg — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Esperanto: zorgo — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Esperanto: atento — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Finnish: huolellisuus — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Finnish: varovaisuus — close attention, concern or responsibility
• French: souci — close attention, concern or responsibility
• French: soin — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: cudio — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: coido — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: coidado — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: gabexo — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: femenza — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: xeito — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: cadillo — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Galician: cura — close attention, concern or responsibility
• German: Sorge — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Greek: έγνοια (égnoia) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιμέλεια (epiméleia) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Hanunoo: alaga — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Hindi: परवाह (parvāh) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Hungarian: figyelem — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Hungarian: óvatosság — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Irish: aire — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Italian: cura — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Italian: attenzione — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Japanese: 気にする (ki ni suru) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Japanese: 気にかける (ki ni kakeru) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Central Kurdish: ئاگا (aga) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Ladino: kudio — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latgalian: ryupestis — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latgalian: ryupeste — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latgalian: klopotys — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latin: cura — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latvian: rūpe — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latvian: gādība — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latvian: gādīgums — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latvian: rūpība — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Latvian: rūpīgums — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Macedonian: грижа (griža) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Malayalam: ഉത്തരവാദിത്തം (uttaravādittaṁ) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Malayalam: ശ്രദ്ധ (śraddha) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Māori: tautiakanga — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Māori: tautiakitanga — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Mongolian: анхаарал (anxaaral) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsiktighet — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Old English: ġīeme — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Plautdietsch: Hutt — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Polish: troska — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Portuguese: cuidado — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Romanian: grijă — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Romanian: păs — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Russian: забо́та (zabóta) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Scottish Gaelic: aire — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Scottish Gaelic: suim — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Serbo-Croatian: skrb — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Slovak: opatrnosť — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Spanish: cuidado — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Spanish: esmero — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Spanish: primor — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Swedish: omtanke — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Swedish: omsorg — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Swedish: vård — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Tagalog: pakialam — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Tamil: அக்கறை (akkaṟai) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Tocharian B: snauki — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Turkish: dikkat — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Turkish: özen — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Ottoman Turkish: دقت (dikkat) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Ottoman Turkish: بال (bâl) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Ukrainian: турбо́та (turbóta) — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Zazaki: itimad — close attention, concern or responsibility
• Armenian: հոգս (hogs) — worry
• Azerbaijani: qayğı — worry
• Belarusian: кло́пат (klópat) — worry
• Belarusian: непако́й (njepakój) — worry
• Belarusian: неспако́й (njespakój) — worry
• Belarusian: турбо́та (turbóta) — worry
• Bengali: চিন্তা (cinta) — worry
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔心 /担心 (dānxīn) — worry
• Danish: bekymring — worry
• Esperanto: zorgo — worry
• Finnish: huoli — worry
• French: souci — worry
• Ancient Greek: μέριμνα (mérimna) — worry
• Irish: sníomh — worry
• Latin: cura — worry
• Latvian: rūpe — worry
• Norwegian: nennsomhet — worry
• Old English: caru — worry
• Plautdietsch: Sorj — worry
• Russian: беспоко́йство (bespokójstvo) — worry
• Russian: забо́та (zabóta) — worry
• Russian: трево́га (trevóga) — worry
• Russian: хло́поты (xlópoty) — worry
• Serbo-Croatian: briga — worry
• Swedish: bekymmer — worry
• Turkish: kaygı — worry
• Turkish: tasa — worry
• Ukrainian: турбо́та (turbóta) — worry
• Ukrainian: неспокі́й (nespokíj) — worry
• Zazaki: qaxu — worry
• Zulu: ukukhatazeka — worry
• Bengali: যত্ন (jotno) — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Danish: vedligehold — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Finnish: hoito — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιμέλεια (epiméleia) — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Portuguese: manutenção — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Russian: ухо́д (uxód) — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Serbo-Croatian: skrb — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Serbo-Croatian: zbrinjavanje — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Slovak: starostlivosť — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Swedish: underhåll — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Turkish: bakım — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Zazaki: timar — maintenance, upkeep — see also maintenance
• Arabic: عِنَايَة (ʕināya) — treatment of those in need
• Arabic: رِعَايَة (riʕāya) — treatment of those in need
• Arabic: رعاية (riʕāya) — treatment of those in need
• Belarusian: турбо́та (turbóta) — treatment of those in need
• Belarusian: до́гляд (dóhljad) — treatment of those in need
• Belarusian: апе́ка (apjéka) — treatment of those in need
• Bengali: সেবা (śeba) — treatment of those in need
• Bulgarian: грижи (griži) — treatment of those in need
• Chinese Mandarin: 關照 /关照 (guānzhào) — treatment of those in need
• Czech: péče — treatment of those in need
• Danish: omsorg — treatment of those in need
• Danish: pleje — treatment of those in need
• Esperanto: flegado — treatment of those in need
• Finnish: hoito — treatment of those in need
• Finnish: hoiva — treatment of those in need
• Finnish: hoitotyö — treatment of those in need
• Finnish: hoivatyö — treatment of those in need
• Finnish: hoitoala — treatment of those in need
• Finnish: hoiva-ala — treatment of those in need
• French: soin — treatment of those in need
• German: Pflege — treatment of those in need
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιμέλια (epimélia) — treatment of those in need
• Hindi: देखभाल (dekhbhāl) — treatment of those in need
• Hungarian: törődés — treatment of those in need
• Hungarian: ápolás — treatment of those in need
• Indonesian: perawatan — treatment of those in need
• Indonesian: asuhan — treatment of those in need
• Irish: cúram — treatment of those in need
• Irish: cúraimí — treatment of those in need
• Kazakh: күтім (kütım) — treatment of those in need
• Latin: cūra — treatment of those in need
• Latin: cūrātūra — treatment of those in need
• Latin: cūrātiō — treatment of those in need
• Malay: rawatan — treatment of those in need
• Malayalam: ശുശ്രൂഷ (śuśrūṣa) — treatment of those in need
• Mongolian: анхаарал (anxaaral) — treatment of those in need
• Norwegian Bokmål: pleie — treatment of those in need
• Norwegian Bokmål: omsorg — treatment of those in need
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pleie — treatment of those in need
• Norwegian Nynorsk: omsorg — treatment of those in need
• Polish: opieka — treatment of those in need
• Portuguese: atendimento — treatment of those in need
• Portuguese: assistência — treatment of those in need
• Portuguese: tratamento — treatment of those in need
• Russian: забо́та (zabóta) — treatment of those in need
• Russian: ухо́д (uxód) — treatment of those in need
• Russian: попече́ние (popečénije) — treatment of those in need
• Russian: опе́ка (opéka) — treatment of those in need
• Russian: хло́поты (xlópoty) — treatment of those in need
• Serbo-Croatian: skrb — treatment of those in need
• Serbo-Croatian: zbrinjavanje — treatment of those in need
• Slovak: starostlivosť — treatment of those in need
• Swedish: vård — treatment of those in need
• Swedish: omsorg — treatment of those in need
• Tagalog: pag-iingat — treatment of those in need
• Turkish: tedavi — treatment of those in need
• Turkish: tımar — treatment of those in need
• Ottoman Turkish: تیمار (timar) — treatment of those in need
• Ukrainian: турбо́та (turbóta) — treatment of those in need
• Ukrainian: до́гляд (dóhljad) — treatment of those in need
• Zazaki: tedawi — treatment of those in need
• Danish: pleje — state of being cared for
• Finnish: huosta — state of being cared for
• Finnish: hoiva — state of being cared for
• German: Pflege — state of being cared for
• Indonesian: perawatan — state of being cared for
• Latin: cūra — state of being cared for
• Latin: cūrātūra — state of being cared for
• Latin: cūrātiō — state of being cared for
• Malay: rawatan — state of being cared for
• Russian: попече́ние (popečénije) — state of being cared for
• Russian: ухо́д (uxód) — state of being cared for
• Serbo-Croatian: skrb — state of being cared for
• Serbo-Croatian: zbrinjavanje — state of being cared for
• Slovak: starostlivosť — state of being cared for
• Swedish: vård — state of being cared for
• Arabic: اِهْتَمَّ بِـ (ihtamma bi-) — to be concerned about
• Arabic: اهتم (ehtam) — to be concerned about
• Azerbaijani: vecinə olmaq — to be concerned about
• Azerbaijani: vecinə almaq — to be concerned about
• Azerbaijani: fikir vermək — to be concerned about
• Belarusian: турбава́цца (turbavácca) — to be concerned about
• Bulgarian: интересувам се (interesuvam se) — to be concerned about
• Catalan: preocupar-se — to be concerned about
• Chinese Mandarin: 關心 /关心 (guānxīn) — to be concerned about
• Chinese Mandarin: 小心 (xiǎoxīn) — to be concerned about
• Ngazidja Comorian: ushuhuliha — to be concerned about
• Czech: starat se — to be concerned about
• Czech: starat — to be concerned about
• Dutch: geven — to be concerned about
• Esperanto: zorgi — to be concerned about
• Estonian: huvitama — to be concerned about
• Estonian: hoolima — to be concerned about
• Finnish: välittää — to be concerned about
• Finnish: piitata — to be concerned about
• French: se soucier — to be concerned about
• French: s'intéresser — to be concerned about
• German: sorgen — to be concerned about
• German: sich sorgen — to be concerned about
• German: sich kümmern — to be concerned about
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (karōn) — to be concerned about
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (gakarōn) — to be concerned about
• Greek: νοιάζει (noiázei) — to be concerned about
• Ancient Greek: φροντίζω (phrontízō) — to be concerned about
• Hungarian: foglalkozik — to be concerned about
• Hungarian: érdekel — to be concerned about
• Icelandic: sama — to be concerned about
• Ido: suciar — to be concerned about
• Indonesian: peduli — to be concerned about
• Irish: is miste do — to be concerned about
• Italian: interessarsi — to be concerned about
• Japanese: 構う (kamau) — to be concerned about
• Japanese: 気にする (ki-ni suru) — to be concerned about
• Japanese: 気にかける (ki-ni kakeru) — to be concerned about
• Korean: 상관하다 (sanggwanhada) — to be concerned about
• Korean: 걱정하다 (geokjeonghada) — to be concerned about
• Latin: cūrō — to be concerned about
• Latin: pertineor — to be concerned about
• Lithuanian: sau rūpėti — to be concerned about
• Malay: peduli — to be concerned about
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bry seg — to be concerned about
• Old English: rēċan — to be concerned about
• Polish: martwić się — to be concerned about
• Portuguese: preocupar-se — to be concerned about
• Portuguese: importar-se — to be concerned about
• Portuguese: ligar — to be concerned about
• Russian: беспоко́иться (bespokóitʹsja) — to be concerned about
• Russian: забо́титься (zabótitʹsja) — to be concerned about
• Slovak: zaujímať — to be concerned about
• Spanish: importar — to be concerned about
• Spanish: interesar — to be concerned about
• Swedish: bry sig — to be concerned about
• Thai: สน (sǒn) — to be concerned about
• Thai: สนใจ (sǒn-jai) — to be concerned about
• Turkish: umrunda olmak — to be concerned about
• Turkish: umursamak — to be concerned about
• Ukrainian: турбува́тися (turbuvátysja) — to be concerned about
• Ukrainian: догляда́ти (dohljadáty) — to be concerned about
• Vietnamese: quan tâm — to be concerned about
• Arabic: اِهْتَمَّ بِـ (ihtamma bi-) — to look after
• Aromanian: cãshtighedzu — to look after
• Aromanian: frundisescu — to look after
• Azerbaijani: qayğısına qalmaq — to look after
• Azerbaijani: qayğı göstərmək — to look after
• Azerbaijani: baxmaq — to look after
• Belarusian: дбаць (dbacʹ) — to look after
• Belarusian: клапаці́цца (klapacícca) — to look after
• Bulgarian: грижа се (griža se) — to look after
• Catalan: tenir cura — to look after
• Chinese Mandarin: 關照 /关照 (guānzhào) — to look after
• Chinese Mandarin: 照顧 /照顾 (zhàogu) — to look after
• Czech: pečovat — to look after
• Czech: starat se — to look after
• Estonian: hoolima — to look after
• Finnish: hoitaa — to look after
• Finnish: huolehtia — to look after
• French: soigner — to look after
• German: kümmern — to look after
• German: pflegen — to look after
• Greek: φροντίζω (frontízo) — to look after
• Hawaiian: mālama — to look after
• Hungarian: törődik — to look after
• Hungarian: foglalkozik — to look after
• Hungarian: gondoskodik — to look after
• Ido: sorgar — to look after
• Italian: curare — to look after
• Japanese: 世話をする (sewa-o suru) — to look after
• Japanese: 面倒を見る (mendō-o miru) — to look after
• Japanese: 介抱する (kaihou suru) — to look after
• Korean: 보살피다 (bosalpida) — to look after
• Korean: 돌보다 (dolboda) — to look after
• Latin: curo — to look after
• Latin: tueor — to look after
• Lithuanian: rūpintis — to look after
• Malay: menjaga — to look after
• Polish: opiekować się — to look after
• Polish: troszczyć się — to look after
• Polish: dbać — to look after
• Portuguese: cuidar — to look after
• Romanian: îngriji — to look after
• Russian: забо́титься (zabótitʹsja) — to look after
• Russian: уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) — to look after
• Russian: пригля́дывать (prigljádyvatʹ) — to look after
• Russian: пригляде́ть (prigljadétʹ) — to look after
• Russian: присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) — to look after
• Russian: присмотре́ть (prismotrétʹ) — to look after
• Slovak: starať sa — to look after
• Spanish: cuidar — to look after
• Swedish: ta hand om — to look after
• Thai: ดูแล (duu-lɛɛ) — to look after
• Thai: เอาใจใส่ (ao-jai-sài) — to look after
• Turkish: bakmak — to look after
• Turkish: ilgilenmek — to look after
• Ukrainian: турбува́тися (turbuvátysja) — to look after
• Ukrainian: догляда́ти (dohljadáty) — to look after
• Ukrainian: дба́ти (dbáty) — to look after
• Vietnamese: quan tâm — to look after
• Vietnamese: chăm sóc — to look after
• Zazaki: eleqedar biyen — to look after
• Bulgarian: грижа се (griža se) — to be mindful of
• Bulgarian: безпокоя се (bezpokoja se) — to be mindful of
• Finnish: välittää — to be mindful of
• German: kümmern — to be mindful of
• Greek: νοιάζομαι (noiázomai) — to be mindful of
• Polish: obchodzić — to be mindful of
• Polish: troszczyć się — to be mindful of
• Swedish: bry (sig om) — to be mindful of
• Thai: ใส่ใจ (sài-jai) — to be mindful of
• Thai: สนใจ (sǒn-jai) — to be mindful of
• Bulgarian: обичам (običam) — to want, politely
• Finnish: tahtoa — to want, politely
• Finnish: haluta — to want, politely
• Finnish: maistua — to want, politely
• German: respektieren — to want, politely
• Hungarian: kér — to want, politely
• Hungarian: kíván — to want, politely
• Hungarian: van kedve — to want, politely
• Portuguese: gostar — to want, politely
• Spanish: gustar — to want, politely
• Thai: สนใจ (sǒn-jai) — to want, politely