conceive

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• /kənˈsiːv/
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From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mendoj — to develop an idea
• Albanian: krijoj — to develop an idea
• Arabic: خَرَجَ بِ (ḵaraja bi) — to develop an idea
• Armenian: հղանալ (hġanal) — to develop an idea
• Bulgarian: замислям (zamisljam) — to develop an idea
• Catalan: concebre — to develop an idea
• Chinese Mandarin: 設想 /设想 (shèxiǎng) — to develop an idea
• Chinese Mandarin: 構想 /构想 (gòuxiǎng) — to develop an idea
• Czech: koncipovat — to develop an idea
• Czech: vymyslet — to develop an idea
• Czech: formulovat — to develop an idea
• Dutch: krijgen — to develop an idea
• Esperanto: koncepti — to develop an idea
• Finnish: kehitellä — to develop an idea
• Finnish: suunnitella — to develop an idea
• French: concevoir — to develop an idea
• Galician: argallar — to develop an idea
• German: konzipieren — to develop an idea
• German: erdenken — to develop an idea
• German: ersinnen — to develop an idea
• Greek: συλλαμβάνω (syllamváno) — to develop an idea
• Greek: διανοούμαι (dianooúmai) — to develop an idea
• Hungarian: elképzel — to develop an idea
• Hungarian: kigondol — to develop an idea
• Hungarian: kieszel — to develop an idea
• Hungarian: kiagyal — to develop an idea
• Hungarian: kitalál — to develop an idea
• Hungarian: elgondol — to develop an idea
• Italian: concepire — to develop an idea
• Italian: sviluppare — to develop an idea
• Italian: ideare — to develop an idea
• Japanese: 思い付く (omoitsuku) — to develop an idea
• Korean: 마음에 품다 (ma'eume pumda) — to develop an idea
• Latin: concipiō — to develop an idea
• Latin: imaginor — to develop an idea
• Middle English: conceyven — to develop an idea
• Norwegian Bokmål: unnfange — to develop an idea
• Portuguese: conceber — to develop an idea
• Russian: замышлять (zamyšljatʹ) — to develop an idea
• Serbo-Croatian: zamisliti — to develop an idea
• Spanish: concebir — to develop an idea
• Turkish: yaratmak — to develop an idea
• Ukrainian: заду́мувати (zadúmuvaty) — to develop an idea
• Bulgarian: схващам (shvaštam) — to understand someone
• Bulgarian: разбирам (razbiram) — to understand someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 理解 (lǐjiě) — to understand someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 懂 (dǒng) — to understand someone
• Czech: pochopit — to understand someone
• Czech: chápat — to understand someone
• Danish: forstå — to understand someone
• Dutch: begrijpen — to understand someone
• Estonian: käsitama — to understand someone
• Finnish: ymmärtää — to understand someone
• German: empfangen — to understand someone
• German: verstehen — to understand someone
• Greek: καταλαβαίνω (katalavaíno) — to understand someone
• Greek: αντιλαμβάνομαι (antilamvánomai) — to understand someone
• Greek: εννοώ (ennoó) — to understand someone
• Hungarian: megért — to understand someone
• Italian: concepire — to understand someone
• Korean: 이해하다 (ihaehada) — to understand someone
• Latin: teneo — to understand someone
• Middle English: conceyven — to understand someone
• Portuguese: compreender — to understand someone
• Russian: понима́ть (ponimátʹ) — to understand someone
• Serbo-Croatian: shvatiti — to understand someone
• Spanish: concebir — to understand someone
• Turkish: anlamak — to understand someone
• Ukrainian: розумі́ти (rozumíty) — to understand someone
• Arabic: حَبِلَ (ḥabila) — to become pregnant
• Armenian: հղիանալ (hġianal) — to become pregnant
• Bulgarian: забременя́вам (zabremenjávam) — to become pregnant
• Bulgarian: забремене́я (zabremenéja) — to become pregnant
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷孕 /怀孕 (huáiyùn) — to become pregnant
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷 /怀 (huái) — to become pregnant
• Chinese Mandarin: 有喜 (yǒu xǐ) — to become pregnant
• Mwali Comorian: urenga mimba — to become pregnant
• Ngazidja Comorian: urenga hamili — to become pregnant
• Czech: počít — to become pregnant
• Czech: otěhotnět — to become pregnant
• Danish: undfange — to become pregnant
• Dutch: zwanger worden — to become pregnant
• Egyptian: E9-wr:r-B2 (jwr) — to become pregnant
• Esperanto: gravediĝi — to become pregnant
• Esperanto: koncipi — to become pregnant
• Estonian: rasestuma — to become pregnant
• Finnish: tulla raskaaksi — to become pregnant
• French: concevoir — to become pregnant
• French: tomber enceinte — to become pregnant
• German: empfangen — to become pregnant
• German: schwanger werden — to become pregnant
• Greek: συλλαμβάνω (syllamváno) — to become pregnant
• Greek: μένω έγκυος (méno égkyos) — to become pregnant
• Hungarian: teherbe esik — to become pregnant
• Italian: concepire — to become pregnant
• Japanese: 妊娠する (ninshin suru) — to become pregnant
• Japanese: 孕む (haramu) — to become pregnant
• Korean: 임신하다 (imsinhada) — to become pregnant
• Māori: whakaira tangata — to become pregnant
• Māori: tō — to become pregnant
• Māori: tinaku — to become pregnant
• Middle English: conceyven — to become pregnant
• Norwegian Bokmål: unnfange — to become pregnant
• Portuguese: conceber — to become pregnant
• Russian: бере́менеть (berémenetʹ) — to become pregnant
• Russian: забере́менеть (zaberémenetʹ) — to become pregnant
• Russian: зача́ть (začátʹ) — to become pregnant
• Serbo-Croatian: začeti — to become pregnant
• Slovene: zanositi — to become pregnant
• Spanish: concebir — to become pregnant
• Tagalog: maglihi — to become pregnant
• Turkish: gebe kalmak — to become pregnant
• Turkish: hamile kalmak — to become pregnant
• Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎗𐎊 (hry) — to become pregnant
• Ukrainian: завагі́тніти (zavahítnity) — to become pregnant
• Welsh: beichiogi — to become pregnant