conjecture

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [khənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə]
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• Australian: /kənˈd͡ʒekt͡ʃə/
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• Australian: [khənˈd͡ʒekt͡ʃə]
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• Canada, General-American: /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: [khənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃɚ] ~ [khənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɛkt͡ʃə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N JH EH1 K CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 N JH EH1 K SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French, from Latin coniectūra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive participle of cōniciō (“throw or cast together; guess”), from con- (“together”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”); see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory, deject, abject, surjection, bijection, interject. Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)).

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَرَضِيَّة (faraḍiyya) — unproven statement; guess
• Arabic: اِفْتِرَاض (iftirāḍ) — unproven statement; guess
• Azerbaijani: fərziyyə — unproven statement; guess
• Azerbaijani: güman — unproven statement; guess
• Azerbaijani: təxmin — unproven statement; guess
• Azerbaijani: fərz — unproven statement; guess
• Azerbaijani: ehtimal — unproven statement; guess
• Bulgarian: предположение (predpoloženie) — unproven statement; guess
• Bulgarian: догадка (dogadka) — unproven statement; guess
• Chinese Mandarin: 臆測 /臆测 (yìcè) — unproven statement; guess
• Chinese Mandarin: 推測 /推测 (tuīcè) — unproven statement; guess
• Czech: dohad — unproven statement; guess
• Czech: konjektura — unproven statement; guess
• Czech: domněnka — unproven statement; guess
• Dutch: gissing — unproven statement; guess
• Dutch: giswerk — unproven statement; guess
• Dutch: conjectuur — unproven statement; guess
• Finnish: arvelu — unproven statement; guess
• Finnish: arvaus — unproven statement; guess
• Finnish: olettamus — unproven statement; guess
• Finnish: otaksuma — unproven statement; guess
• French: conjecture — unproven statement; guess
• Galician: conxetura — unproven statement; guess
• German: Vermutung — unproven statement; guess
• German: Verdacht — unproven statement; guess
• German: Mutmaßung — unproven statement; guess
• Greek: εικασία (eikasía) — unproven statement; guess
• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) — unproven statement; guess
• Hungarian: feltételezés — unproven statement; guess
• Hungarian: feltevés — unproven statement; guess
• Hungarian: sejtés — unproven statement; guess
• Hungarian: találgatás — unproven statement; guess
• Irish: buille faoi thuairim — unproven statement; guess
• Italian: congettura — unproven statement; guess
• Japanese: 推測 (suisoku) — unproven statement; guess
• Latin: coniectūra — unproven statement; guess
• Māori: pūmāramarama — unproven statement; guess
• Māori: tāiringa kōrero — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjetning — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjetting — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjettverk — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Bokmål: antakelse — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Bokmål: formodning — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjetting — unproven statement; guess
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gissing — unproven statement; guess
• Polish: przypuszczenie — unproven statement; guess
• Polish: domysł — unproven statement; guess
• Portuguese: conjetura — unproven statement; guess
• Portuguese: conjectura — unproven statement; guess
• Romanian: ipoteză — unproven statement; guess
• Romanian: presupunere — unproven statement; guess
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — unproven statement; guess
• Russian: дога́дка (dogádka) — unproven statement; guess
• Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse — unproven statement; guess
• Scottish Gaelic: barail — unproven statement; guess
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas — unproven statement; guess
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpostavka — unproven statement; guess
• Serbo-Croatian: nagađanje — unproven statement; guess
• Slovak: konjektúra — unproven statement; guess
• Spanish: conjetura — unproven statement; guess
• Swedish: förmodan — unproven statement; guess
• Turkish: konjektür — unproven statement; guess
• Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — unproven statement; guess
• Arabic: تَخْمِين (taḵmīn) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Bulgarian: догадка (dogadka) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Chinese Mandarin: 猜想 (cāixiǎng) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Chinese Mandarin: 假說 /假说 (jiǎshuō) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Dutch: conjectuur — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Dutch: hypothese — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Dutch: vermoeden — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Finnish: olettamus — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Finnish: hypoteesi — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• French: conjecture — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• German: Vermutung — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• German: Hypothese — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• German: Konjektur — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Hungarian: feltevés — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Hungarian: hipotézis — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Japanese: 忖度 (sontaku) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Māori: pūmāramarama — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Norwegian Bokmål: formodning — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Polish: hipoteza — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Portuguese: hipótese — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Romanian: ipoteză — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Russian: гипо́теза (gipóteza) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Russian: дога́дка (dogádka) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Sanskrit: तर्क (tarka) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Scottish Gaelic: barail — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Serbo-Croatian: hipoteza — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpostavka — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Serbo-Croatian: spekulacija — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Spanish: conjetura — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Swedish: förmodan — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Swedish: hypotes — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Turkish: tahmin — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis
• Chinese Mandarin: 猜想 (cāixiǎng) — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Dutch: hypothese — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Dutch: vermoeden — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Finnish: otaksuma — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Finnish: olettamus — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Finnish: väite — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• French: conjecture — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• German: Vermutung — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• German: Hypothese — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Greek: υπόθεση (ypóthesi) — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Hebrew: השערה (hash'ará) — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Hungarian: sejtés — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Icelandic: tilgáta — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Māori: pūmāramarama — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Norwegian Bokmål: konjektur — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konjektur — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Polish: teoria — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Portuguese: conjetura — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Portuguese: conjectura — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Romanian: supoziție — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Romanian: teoremă — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Scottish Gaelic: barail — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpostavka — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Spanish: conjetura — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Swedish: förmodan — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Turkish: konjektür — statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven
• Bulgarian: предполагам (predpolagam) — to guess
• Chinese Mandarin: 推測 /推测 (tuīcè) — to guess
• Dutch: gissen — to guess
• Dutch: vermoeden — to guess
• Dutch: veronderstellen — to guess
• Esperanto: konjekti — to guess
• Finnish: arvailla — to guess
• French: conjecturer — to guess
• German: vermuten — to guess
• German: mutmaßen — to guess
• German: spekulieren — to guess
• Greek: εικάζω (eikázo) — to guess
• Greek: υποθέτω (ypothéto) — to guess
• Ancient Greek: ὑπονοέω (huponoéō) — to guess
• Hungarian: feltételez — to guess
• Hungarian: találgat — to guess
• Hungarian: feltételezésekbe bocsátkozik — to guess
• Italian: congetturare — to guess
• Japanese: 推測する (suisoku suru) — to guess
• Latin: opīnor — to guess
• Latin: Latin: coniectō — to guess
• Polish: przypuszczać — to guess
• Polish: przypuścić — to guess
• Polish: snuć domysły — to guess
• Portuguese: conjeturar — to guess
• Quechua: hamurpay — to guess
• Russian: гада́ть (gadátʹ) — to guess
• Russian: предполага́ть (predpolagátʹ) — to guess
• Serbo-Croatian: nagađati — to guess
• Spanish: conjeturar — to guess
• Spanish: barruntar — to guess
• Spanish: elucubrar — to guess
• Swedish: förmoda — to guess