compel

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• /kəmˈpɛl/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin compellerebor. Middle French compellirbor. Middle English compellen English compel From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English nīedan.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: съби́рам (sǎbíram) — drive together, round up
• Dutch: bijeendrijven — drive together, round up
• Dutch: samendrijven — drive together, round up
• Finnish: ajaa kokoon — drive together, round up
• Finnish: koota — drive together, round up
• Russian: собира́ть (sobirátʹ) — drive together, round up
• Armenian: ենթարկել (entʻarkel) — overpower
• Bulgarian: подчиня́вам (podčinjávam) — overpower
• Czech: podrobit — overpower
• Czech: podrobovat — overpower
• Dutch: bedwingen — overpower
• Finnish: alistaa — overpower
• Galician: domear — overpower
• German: bezwingen — overpower
• German: unterwerfen — overpower
• Russian: подчиня́ть (podčinjátʹ) — overpower
• Arabic: أَكْرَهَ (ʔakraha) — force, constrain or coerce
• Arabic: أَجْبَرَ (ʔajbara) — force, constrain or coerce
• Arabic: اِضْطَرَّ (iḍṭarra) — force, constrain or coerce
• Armenian: ստիպել (stipel) — force, constrain or coerce
• Armenian: հարկադրել (harkadrel) — force, constrain or coerce
• Azerbaijani: məcbur etmək — force, constrain or coerce
• Belarusian: прымуша́ць (prymušácʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Belarusian: прыму́сіць (prymúsicʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Belarusian: змуша́ць (zmušácʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Belarusian: зму́сіць (zmúsicʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Bulgarian: принужда́вам (prinuždávam) — force, constrain or coerce
• Bulgarian: прину́дя (prinúdja) — force, constrain or coerce
• Bulgarian: заста́вям (zastávjam) — force, constrain or coerce
• Bulgarian: заста́вя (zastávja) — force, constrain or coerce
• Catalan: obligar — force, constrain or coerce
• Catalan: forçar — force, constrain or coerce
• Chinese Mandarin: 強迫 /强迫 (qiǎngpò, qiángpò) — force, constrain or coerce
• Czech: nutit — force, constrain or coerce
• Czech: donutit — force, constrain or coerce
• Czech: přinutit — force, constrain or coerce
• Danish: tvinge — force, constrain or coerce
• Danish: nødsage — force, constrain or coerce
• Dutch: dwingen — force, constrain or coerce
• Esperanto: devigi — force, constrain or coerce
• Finnish: pakottaa — force, constrain or coerce
• Finnish: ajaa — force, constrain or coerce
• French: contraindre — force, constrain or coerce
• French: forcer — force, constrain or coerce
• Galician: apremar — force, constrain or coerce
• Galician: domear — force, constrain or coerce
• Galician: obrigar — force, constrain or coerce
• German: zwingen — force, constrain or coerce
• German: nötigen — force, constrain or coerce
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anaqiujan) — force, constrain or coerce
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (baidjan) — force, constrain or coerce
• Greek: αναγκάζω (anagkázo) — force, constrain or coerce
• Greek: υποχρεώνω (ypochreóno) — force, constrain or coerce
• Ancient Greek: ἀναγκάζω (anankázō) — force, constrain or coerce
• Hindi: विवश करना (vivaś karnā) — force, constrain or coerce
• Italian: forzare — force, constrain or coerce
• Italian: costringere — force, constrain or coerce
• Italian: obbligare — force, constrain or coerce
• Japanese: 強いる (shiiru) — force, constrain or coerce
• Korean: 강요하다 (gang'yohada) — force, constrain or coerce
• Latin: compellō — force, constrain or coerce
• Macedonian: присилува (prisiluva) — force, constrain or coerce
• Macedonian: принудува (prinuduva) — force, constrain or coerce
• Māori: ā — force, constrain or coerce
• Māori: uruhi — force, constrain or coerce
• Mongolian: албадах (albadax) — force, constrain or coerce
• Norwegian: tvinge — force, constrain or coerce
• Norwegian Bokmål: nødsage — force, constrain or coerce
• Norwegian Bokmål: avtvinge — force, constrain or coerce
• Old English: nīedan — force, constrain or coerce
• Old Norse: nauðga — force, constrain or coerce
• Polish: zmuszać — force, constrain or coerce
• Polish: zmusić — force, constrain or coerce
• Portuguese: forçar — force, constrain or coerce
• Portuguese: obrigar — force, constrain or coerce
• Russian: заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Russian: заста́вить (zastávitʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Russian: принужда́ть (prinuždátʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Russian: прину́дить (prinúditʹ) — force, constrain or coerce
• Serbo-Croatian: си̏лити — force, constrain or coerce
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝсилити — force, constrain or coerce
• Serbo-Croatian: sȉliti — force, constrain or coerce
• Serbo-Croatian: prìsiliti — force, constrain or coerce
• Slovak: nútiť — force, constrain or coerce
• Slovak: donútiť — force, constrain or coerce
• Slovak: prinútiť — force, constrain or coerce
• Slovene: prisiliti — force, constrain or coerce
• Spanish: compeler — force, constrain or coerce
• Swedish: tvinga — force, constrain or coerce
• Ukrainian: приму́шувати (prymúšuvaty) — force, constrain or coerce
• Ukrainian: приму́сити (prymúsyty) — force, constrain or coerce
• Ukrainian: зму́шувати (zmúšuvaty) — force, constrain or coerce
• Ukrainian: зму́сити (zmúsyty) — force, constrain or coerce
• Armenian: պարտադրել (partadrel) — exact by force
• Bulgarian: принужда́вам (prinuždávam) — exact by force
• Bulgarian: наси́лвам (nasílvam) — exact by force
• Czech: přinutit — exact by force
• Czech: přinucovat — exact by force
• Czech: vynutit — exact by force
• Czech: vynucovat — exact by force
• Dutch: afdwingen — exact by force
• Finnish: johtaa — exact by force
• Finnish: johdattaa — exact by force
• French: obliger — exact by force
• German: zwingen — exact by force
• Hindi: विवश करना (vivaś karnā) — exact by force
• Māori: uruhi — exact by force
• Norwegian Bokmål: avtvinge — exact by force
• Norwegian Bokmål: tvinge — exact by force
• Russian: обя́зывать (objázyvatʹ) — exact by force
• Russian: вынужда́ть (vynuždátʹ) — exact by force
• Russian: обяза́ть (objazátʹ) — exact by force
• Russian: вы́нудить (výnuditʹ) — exact by force