condescend

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/
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• General-American: /ˌkɑndəˈsɛnd/
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N D IH0 S EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English condescenden, condescendre (“to deign, condescend; to accede graciously; to agree; to agree to, give consent; to make a concession, yield; etc.”), from Old French condescendre (“to descend, go down; to agree or assent to”) (modern French condescendre), from Ecclesiastical Latin condēscendere, the present active infinitive of condēscendō (“to stoop down; to condescend”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + dēscendō (“to come or go down, descend; to stoop down”) (from dē- (prefix denoting reversal or undoing) + scandō (“to ascend, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; etc.”))).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: удастоіць (udastóicʹ) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Belarusian: удастойваць (udastójvacʹ) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Bulgarian: благоволявам (blagovoljavam) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Czech: snížit se — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Finnish: alentua — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• German: herablassen — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Greek: καταδέχομαι (katadéchomai) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: méltat — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: méltóztatik — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: méltóztat — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: kegyeskedik — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: leereszkedik — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: ereszkedik — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: lesüllyed — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Hungarian: süllyed — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Italian: accondiscendere — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Macedonian: спу́шти (spúšti) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Macedonian: спу́шта (spúšta) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Macedonian: благо́воли (blagóvoli) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Māori: tapatu — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Polish: zniżać się — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Polish: zniżyć się — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Russian: снизойти́ (snizojtí) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Spanish: condescender (a) — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Swedish: bevärdiga sig — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Thai: ถ่อมตัวลง — to come down from a superior position and do something — see also deign, stoop
• Czech: povyšovat se — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Czech: vyvyšovat se — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Dutch: neerbuigend behandelen — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Dutch: bevoogden — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• German: bevormunden — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• German: herablassend behandeln — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Greek: καταδέχομαι (katadéchomai) — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Hungarian: fölényeskedik — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Hungarian: lekezel — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Italian: concedere — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Polish: traktować z góry — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Polish: potraktować z góry — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Spanish: condescender (a) — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Thai: ทําตัวเหนือใส่ — intransitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also talk down
• Spanish: huevonear — transitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also patronize
• Spanish: huevear — transitive: to treat someone as though inferior — see also patronize
• Spanish: condescender — to agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement
• Spanish: condescender (a) — to graciously give; to vouchsafe