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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/
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Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”).

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَذَر (ḥaḏar) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Arabic: حِيطَة (ḥīṭa) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Arabic: اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Bulgarian: внимание (vnimanie) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Catalan: advertència — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Danish: advarsel — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Dutch: waarschuwing — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Finnish: varoitus — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Finnish: neuvo — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Finnish: ohjenuora — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Georgian: გაფრთხილება (gaprtxileba) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• German: Warnung — precept or warning against evil or danger
• German: Vorsicht — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Greek: προσοχή (prosochí) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Greek: προφύλαξη (profýlaxi) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Greek: προσεκτικότητα (prosektikótita) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Hindi: चेतावनी (cetāvnī) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Hungarian: figyelmeztetés — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Hungarian: óvás — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Italian: cautela — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Latin: cautēla — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Māori: tūpato — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Māori: o(w))hiti — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Mizo: vaukhanna — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Navajo: sínízid — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Norwegian Bokmål: advarsel — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Occitan: avertiment — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Old English: wærsċipe — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Polish: ostrzeżenie — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Polish: przestroga — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Portuguese: advertência — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Romagnol: cautēla — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Romanian: grijă — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Romanian: precauție — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Russian: предостереже́ние (predosterežénije) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Russian: предупрежде́ние (predupreždénije) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Serbo-Croatian: опрез (oprez) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Tagalog: paingat — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Thai: คําเตือน (kam-dtʉʉan) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Ukrainian: попере́дження (poperédžennja) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Ukrainian: пересторо́га (perestoróha) — precept or warning against evil or danger
• Arabic: حَذَر (ḥaḏar) — careful attention, prudence
• Azerbaijani: ehtiyat — careful attention, prudence
• Bengali: সতর্কীকরণ (śotorkikron) — careful attention, prudence
• Bulgarian: предпазливост (predpazlivost) — careful attention, prudence
• Bulgarian: благоразумие (blagorazumie) — careful attention, prudence
• Catalan: cautela — careful attention, prudence
• Catalan: compte — careful attention, prudence
• Chinese Mandarin: 謹慎 /谨慎 (jǐnshèn) — careful attention, prudence
• Danish: forsigtighed — careful attention, prudence
• Danish: varsomhed — careful attention, prudence
• Dutch: voorzichtigheid — careful attention, prudence
• Dutch: voorzorg — careful attention, prudence
• Dutch: omzichtigheid — careful attention, prudence
• Dutch: terughoudendheid — careful attention, prudence
• Finnish: varovaisuus — careful attention, prudence
• Finnish: huomio — careful attention, prudence
• Finnish: huolellisuus — careful attention, prudence
• Finnish: tarkkaavaisuus — careful attention, prudence
• Georgian: სიფრთხილე (siprtxile) — careful attention, prudence
• Georgian: გაფრთხილება (gaprtxileba) — careful attention, prudence
• Georgian: წინდახედულობა (c̣indaxeduloba) — careful attention, prudence
• German: Vorsicht — careful attention, prudence
• German: Achtsamkeit — careful attention, prudence
• German: Behutsamkeit — careful attention, prudence
• Greek: περίσκεψη (perískepsi) — careful attention, prudence
• Greek: προσοχή (prosochí) — careful attention, prudence
• Hindi: सावधानी (sāvdhānī) — careful attention, prudence
• Hindi: चेतावनी (cetāvnī) — careful attention, prudence
• Hindi: सतर्कता (satarkatā) — careful attention, prudence
• Hindi: सजगता (sajagtā) — careful attention, prudence
• Hungarian: óvatosság — careful attention, prudence
• Italian: cautela — careful attention, prudence
• Italian: prudenza — careful attention, prudence
• Japanese: 注意 (chūi) — careful attention, prudence
• Korean: 조심 (josim) — careful attention, prudence
• Korean: 주의 (juui) — careful attention, prudence
• Latin: cautiō — careful attention, prudence
• Latin: cautela — careful attention, prudence
• Māori: whakatūpato — careful attention, prudence
• Mizo: fimkhurna — careful attention, prudence
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsiktighet — careful attention, prudence
• Norwegian Bokmål: varsomhet — careful attention, prudence
• Norwegian Bokmål: aktpågivenhet — careful attention, prudence
• Occitan: cautèla — careful attention, prudence
• Polish: ostrożność — careful attention, prudence
• Polish: roztropność — careful attention, prudence
• Polish: przezorność — careful attention, prudence
• Polish: uwaga — careful attention, prudence
• Portuguese: cuidado — careful attention, prudence
• Portuguese: caução — careful attention, prudence
• Portuguese: cautela — careful attention, prudence
• Romagnol: cautēla — careful attention, prudence
• Russian: осторо́жность (ostoróžnostʹ) — careful attention, prudence
• Spanish: cuidado — careful attention, prudence
• Spanish: cautela — careful attention, prudence
• Spanish: caución — careful attention, prudence
• Swedish: försiktighet — careful attention, prudence
• Tagalog: paingat — careful attention, prudence
• Thai: ข้อควรระวัง — careful attention, prudence
• Volapük: prüd — careful attention, prudence
• Zazaki: ihtiyat — careful attention, prudence
• Catalan: caució — security; guaranty; bail
• Danish: sikkerhed — security; guaranty; bail
• Danish: garanti — security; guaranty; bail
• Danish: kaution — security; guaranty; bail
• Dutch: borg — security; guaranty; bail
• Dutch: borgsom — security; guaranty; bail
• Dutch: garantie — security; guaranty; bail
• Dutch: waarborg — security; guaranty; bail
• French: caution — security; guaranty; bail
• German: Kaution — security; guaranty; bail
• Greek: προσοχή (prosochí) — security; guaranty; bail
• Greek: προφύλαξη (profýlaxi) — security; guaranty; bail
• Hungarian: óvadék — security; guaranty; bail
• Mizo: zakhamna — security; guaranty; bail
• Norwegian Bokmål: kausjon — security; guaranty; bail
• Portuguese: garantia — security; guaranty; bail
• Russian: поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) — security; guaranty; bail
• Spanish: fianza — security; guaranty; bail
• Spanish: caución — security; guaranty; bail
• Zazaki: emel — security; guaranty; bail
• Bulgarian: предупреждавам (predupreždavam) — to warn
• Danish: advare — to warn
• Dutch: waarschuwen — to warn
• Dutch: manen — to warn
• Esperanto: atentigi — to warn
• Finnish: varoittaa — to warn
• Finnish: neuvoa — to warn
• Finnish: teroittaa — to warn
• French: avertir — to warn
• German: warnen — to warn
• German: verwarnen — to warn
• Greek: προειδοποιώ (proeidopoió) — to warn
• Hindi: चेताना (cetānā) — to warn
• Hungarian: figyelmeztet — to warn
• Hungarian: óv — to warn
• Māori: whakatūpato — to warn
• Māori: whakao(w)hiti — to warn
• Khiamniungan Naga: î-pōng — to warn
• Norwegian Bokmål: advare — to warn
• Norwegian Bokmål: fraråde — to warn
• Portuguese: advertir — to warn
• Spanish: advertir — to warn
• Tagalog: paingatan — to warn
• Thai: เตือน (dtʉʉan) — to warn
• Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ ایتمك (ikâz etmek) — to warn
• Ukrainian: попере́джувати (poperédžuvaty) — to warn
• Ukrainian: попереджа́ти (poperedžáty) — to warn
• Ukrainian: попереди́ти (poperedýty) — to warn
• Ukrainian: перестеріга́ти (peresteriháty) — to warn
• Ukrainian: перестерегти́ (peresterehtý) — to warn