compromise

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈkɔmpɹəˌmɑez/
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• Australian: [ˈkɔmpɹəˌmɑe̯z]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈkɔ̟mpɹəˌmɑe̯z]
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• rhymes with -aɪz
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From Middle French compromis, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin compromissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”), prop. neuter of Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”); see promise.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Arabic: حَل وَسَط (ḥal wasaṭ) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Arabic: تَسْوِيَة (taswiya) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Armenian: փոխզիջում (pʻoxziǰum) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Armenian: կոմպրոմիս (kompromis) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Azerbaijani: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Azerbaijani: güzəşt — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Belarusian: кампрамі́с (kampramís) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Bulgarian: компро́мис (komprómis) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Catalan: compromís — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Chinese Cantonese: 妥協 /妥协 — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Chinese Cantonese: 折衷 (zit3 cung1) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Chinese Mandarin: 妥協 /妥协 (tuǒxié) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Chinese Mandarin: 和解 (héjiě) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Chinese Mandarin: 折衷 (zhézhōng) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Chinese Mandarin: 折中 (zhézhōng) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Czech: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Danish: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Dutch: compromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Esperanto: kompromiso — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Estonian: kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Finnish: kompromissi — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Finnish: sovitteluratkaisu — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• French: compromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• French: concession — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Georgian: კომპრომისი (ḳomṗromisi) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• German: Kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• German: Ausgleich — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Greek: συμβιβασμός (symvivasmós) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Hebrew: פְּשָׁרָה (pshára) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Hindi: समझौता (samjhautā) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Hindi: सुलह (sulah) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Hungarian: kompromisszum — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Hungarian: kiegyezés — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Indonesian: kompromi — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Italian: compromesso — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Japanese: 妥協 (dakyō) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Japanese: 折衷 (setchū) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Japanese: 和解 — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Japanese: 譲歩 (jōho) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Japanese: 歩み寄り (ayumiyori) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Japanese: 折り合い (oriai) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Kazakh: мәміле (mämıle) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Kazakh: ымыра (ymyra) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Korean: 타협 (tahyeop) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Kyrgyz: компромисс (kompromiss) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Kyrgyz: ымала (ımala) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Latvian: kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Lithuanian: kompromisas — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Macedonian: компромис (kompromis) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Norwegian Bokmål: kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Dari: مُصَالَحَه (musālaha) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Iranian Persian: مُصالِحِه (mosâlehe) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Polish: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Portuguese: meio-termo — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Portuguese: acordo — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Portuguese: compromisso — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Portuguese: concessão — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Romanian: compromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Russian: компроми́сс (kompromíss) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Serbo-Croatian: компро̀мис — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Serbo-Croatian: kompròmis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Slovak: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Slovene: kompromis — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Spanish: convenio — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Spanish: avenencia — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Spanish: transigencia — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Swedish: kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Tagalog: kompromiso — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Tajik: созиш (soziš) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Tajik: гузашт (guzašt) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Tajik: мусолиҳа (musoliha) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Turkish: ödün — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Turkish: taviz — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Turkish: uzlaşma — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Ukrainian: компромі́с (kompromís) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Urdu: سَمْجَھوتا (samjhautā) — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Uzbek: murosa — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Uzbek: kompromiss — settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
• Bulgarian: постигам компромис (postigam kompromis) — to bind by mutual agreement
• Catalan: consensuar — to bind by mutual agreement
• Finnish: tehdä sopimus — to bind by mutual agreement
• Finnish: sopia — to bind by mutual agreement
• German: einen Kompromiss schließen — to bind by mutual agreement
• German: sich einigen — to bind by mutual agreement
• German: eine Abmachung machen — to bind by mutual agreement
• Italian: pattuire — to bind by mutual agreement
• Spanish: comprometerse — to bind by mutual agreement
• Swedish: komma överens — to bind by mutual agreement
• Turkish: anlaşmak — to bind by mutual agreement
• Turkish: uzlaşmak — to bind by mutual agreement
• Bulgarian: търся компромис (tǎrsja kompromis) — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Catalan: cedir — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Chinese Mandarin: 折中 (zhézhōng) — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Finnish: tehdä kompromissi — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Finnish: sovitella — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• German: einen Kompromiss finden — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• German: vermitteln — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Greek: συμβιβασμός (symvivasmós) — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Italian: trovare un compromesso — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Italian: pattuire — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Latin: compromitto — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Russian: идти́ на компроми́сс (idtí na kompromíss) — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Spanish: transigir — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Spanish: transar — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Swedish: kompromissa — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Swedish: komma överens — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Swedish: dagtinga — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Swedish: förhandla — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Turkish: ara bulmak — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Turkish: uzlaşmak — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Vietnamese: thoả hiệp — to adjust and settle by mutual concessions
• Azerbaijani: nüfuzdan salmaq — to pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger
• Russian: скомпромети́ровать (skomprometírovatʹ) — to pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger
• Arabic: يخترق — to breach a security system
• Chinese Mandarin: 入侵 (rùqīn) — to breach a security system
• Chinese Mandarin: 危及 (wēijí) — to breach a security system
• Finnish: murtaa — to breach a security system
• French: compromettre — to breach a security system
• German: kompromittieren — to breach a security system
• Russian: компромети́ровать (komprometírovatʹ) — to breach a security system
• Swedish: kompromettera — to breach a security system
• Turkish: ihlal etmek — to breach a security system