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• General-American: /kəmˈpɛɚ/
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• General-American: [kəmˈpɛɚ]
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• General-American: [kəmˈpɛɹ]
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• General-American: [kəmˈpeɚ]
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• General-American: [kəmˈpeɹ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [kəmˈpɛː]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [kəmˈpɛə]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [kəmˈpeə]
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English comparen, from Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”). Displaced native Old English metan (“to compare,” also “to measure”).

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: krahasoj — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Southern Altai: салыштырар (salïštïrar) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Southern Altai: теҥештирер (teŋeštirer) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Arabic: قَارَنَ (qārana) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Arabic: قارن (gāran, qāran) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Armenian: համեմատել (hamematel) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Assamese: ৰিজোৱা (rizüa) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Assamese: তুুলনা কৰা (tuulona kora) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Azerbaijani: müqayisə etmək — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Azerbaijani: tutuşdurmaq — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Basque: konparatu — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Belarusian: параўно́ўваць (parawnówvacʹ) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Belarusian: параўна́ць (parawnácʹ) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Bengali: তুলনা করা (tulona kora) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Bau Bidayuh: birokan — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Bulgarian: сравня́вам (sravnjávam) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Bulgarian: сравня́ (sravnjá) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Burmese: စာ (ca) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Burmese: စက် (cak) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Burmese: နှိုင်း (hnuing:) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Catalan: comparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Chinese Mandarin: 比 (bǐ) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Chinese Mandarin: 比較 /比较 (bǐjiào) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Czech: porovnávat — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Czech: porovnat — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Czech: srovnávat — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Czech: srovnat — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Danish: sammenligne — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Danish: jævnføre — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Dutch: vergelijken — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Elfdalian: iemfyör — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Esperanto: kompari — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Estonian: võrdlema — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Faroese: bera saman — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Finnish: verrata — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Finnish: vertailla — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• French: comparer — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Galician: comparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Georgian: შედარება (šedareba) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• German: vergleichen — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• German: komparieren — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 (galeikōn) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Greek: συγκρίνω (sygkríno) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Greek: παραβάλλω (paravállo) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Hebrew: השווה \ הִשְׁוָה (hishvá) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Hindi: तौलना (taulnā) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Hungarian: összehasonlít — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Hungarian: összevet — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Icelandic: bera saman — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Icelandic: miða við — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Ido: komparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Indonesian: bandingkan — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Ingrian: rinnoittaa — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Italian: paragonare — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Japanese: 比べる (kuraberu) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Japanese: 比較する (hikaku suru) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Khmer: ប្រៀបធៀប (priəp thiəp) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Khmer: ធៀប (thiəp) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Khmer: ទូរ (tuu) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Khmer: ប្រដូច (prɑɑdouc) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Khmer: ប្រៀប (priəp) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Korean: 비교하다 (bigyohada) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Korean: 비유하다 (biyuhada) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Korean: 견주다 (gyeonjuda) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Lao: ປຽບທຽບ (pīap thīap) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Latin: comparō — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Latvian: salīdzināt — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Lithuanian: lyginti — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Macedonian: споре́дува (sporéduva) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Macedonian: спо́реди (spóredi) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Macedonian: сра́внува (srávnuva) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Māori: whakatairite — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Māori: whakataurite — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Mauritian Creole: konpare — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Middle English: comparen — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Middle English: comparisounen — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Mongolian: харьцуулах (xarʹcuulax) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Norwegian: sammenligne — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Norwegian: jamføre — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: samanlikna — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Old English: metan — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Persian: مقایسه کردن (moqâyase kardan, moqâyese kardan) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Polish: porównywać — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Polish: porównać — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Portuguese: comparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Romanian: compara — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Romansh: cumparegliar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Romansh: congualar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Romansh: cumparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Russian: сра́внивать (srávnivatʹ) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Russian: сравни́ть (sravnítʹ) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Northern Sami: veardidit — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Northern Sami: buohtastahttit — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Scottish Gaelic: coimeas — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Serbo-Croatian: поредити — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Serbo-Croatian: упоредити — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Serbo-Croatian: porediti — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Serbo-Croatian: uporediti — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Slovak: porovnávať — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Slovak: porovnať — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Slovene: primerjati — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Slovene: primeriti — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Upper Sorbian: přirunać — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Spanish: comparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Spanish: parangonar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Spanish: equiparar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Spanish: cotejar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Spanish: paragonar — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Spanish: carear — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Swahili: linganisha — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Swedish: jämföra — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Swedish: sammanlikna — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Tajik: муқоиса кардан (muqoyisa kardan) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Tajik: муқиёс кардан (muqiyos kardan) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Tamil: ஒப்பிடு (oppiṭu) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Thai: เปรียบเทียบ (bprìiap-tîiap) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Tibetan: སྡུར (sdur) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Turkish: karşılaştırmak — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Turkish: kıyaslamak — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Ukrainian: порі́внювати (porívnjuvaty) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Ukrainian: порівня́ти (porivnjáty) — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Vietnamese: so sánh — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Vietnamese: so — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Welsh: cymharu — to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another
• Arabic: شَبَّهَ (šabbaha) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Bulgarian: сравня́вам (sravnjávam) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Bulgarian: сравня́ (sravnjá) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 類比 /类比 (lèibǐ) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Greek: παρομοιάζω (paromoiázo) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Greek: συγκρίνω (sygkríno) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Greek: παραβάλλω (paravállo) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Hungarian: hasonlít — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Middle English: comparen — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Middle English: comparisounen — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Slovak: porovnať — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Slovak: porovnávať — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Tamil: ஒப்பிடு (oppiṭu) — to declare two things to be similar in some respect
• Bulgarian: спря́гам (sprjágam) — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Czech: stupňovat — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Danish: gradbøje — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• German: steigern — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Hungarian: fokoz — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Macedonian: споре́дува (sporéduva) — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Polish: stopniować — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan coimeas air — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Slovak: stupňovať — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Swahili: linganisha — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Swedish: komparera — to form the three degrees of comparison of
• Albanian: njëjt — to be similar
• Bulgarian: сравнявам се (sravnjavam se) — to be similar
• Bulgarian: сравня се (sravnja se) — to be similar
• Chinese Mandarin: 可比 (kěbǐ) — to be similar
• Czech: být srovnatelný — to be similar
• Danish: stemme overens — to be similar
• Dutch: overeenstemmen — to be similar
• Finnish: vertautua — to be similar
• German: übereinstimmen — to be similar
• Hungarian: összevethető — to be similar
• Hungarian: összehasonlítható — to be similar
• Macedonian: споре́дува (sporéduva) — to be similar
• Russian: сра́вниваться (srávnivatʹsja) — to be similar
• Russian: сравни́ться (sravnítʹsja) — to be similar
• Slovak: byť porovnateľný — to be similar