conquer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋkə/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑŋkɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: conker
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 NG K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”). Displaced native Old English oferwinnan.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pushtoj — defeat in combat
• Arabic: قَهَرَ (qahara) — defeat in combat
• Arabic: اِنْتَصَرَ (intaṣara) — defeat in combat
• Armenian: նվաճել (nvačel) — defeat in combat
• Azerbaijani: fəth etmək — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: заваёўваць (zavajówvacʹ) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: заваява́ць (zavajavácʹ) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: здабыва́ць (zdabyvácʹ) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: здабы́ць (zdabýcʹ) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: перамага́ць (pjeramahácʹ) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: перамагчы́ (pjeramahčý) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: пакара́ць (pakarácʹ) — defeat in combat
• Belarusian: пакары́ць (pakarýcʹ) — defeat in combat
• Bulgarian: завою́вам (zavojúvam) — defeat in combat
• Bulgarian: покоря́вам (pokorjávam) — defeat in combat
• Bulgarian: покоря́ (pokorjá) — defeat in combat
• Catalan: conquerir — defeat in combat
• Catalan: conquistar — defeat in combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 征服 (zhēngfú) — defeat in combat
• Cornish: tryghi — defeat in combat
• Czech: dobývat — defeat in combat
• Czech: dobýt — defeat in combat
• Dalmatian: cončaro — defeat in combat
• Danish: erobre — defeat in combat
• Danish: besejre — defeat in combat
• Danish: sejre — defeat in combat
• Dutch: veroveren — defeat in combat
• Esperanto: konkeri — defeat in combat
• Finnish: voittaa — defeat in combat
• French: conquérir — defeat in combat
• Friulian: concuistâ — defeat in combat
• Galician: conquistar — defeat in combat
• Galician: conquerir — defeat in combat
• Georgian: დაპყრობა (daṗq̇roba) — defeat in combat
• Georgian: დამორჩილება (damorčileba) — defeat in combat
• Georgian: გამარჯვება (gamarǯveba) — defeat in combat
• German: erobern — defeat in combat
• Greek: κατακτώ (kataktó) — defeat in combat
• Ancient Greek: νικάω (nikáō) — defeat in combat
• Hebrew: כָּבַשׁ (kavásh) — defeat in combat
• Hindi: जीतना (jītnā) — defeat in combat
• Hindi: हराना (harānā) — defeat in combat
• Hindi: पछाड़ना (pachāṛnā) — defeat in combat
• Hungarian: hódít — defeat in combat
• Hungarian: meghódít — defeat in combat
• Icelandic: sigra — defeat in combat
• Ingrian: voittaa — defeat in combat
• Italian: conquistare — defeat in combat
• Italian: sconfiggere — defeat in combat
• Italian: vincere — defeat in combat
• Jamaican Creole: done — defeat in combat
• Japanese: やっつける (yattsukeru) — defeat in combat
• Japanese: 倒す (taosu) — defeat in combat
• Japanese: 征服する (seifuku suru) — defeat in combat
• Korean: 정복하다 (jeongbokhada) — defeat in combat
• Latin: debello — defeat in combat
• Latin: vincō — defeat in combat
• Macedonian: освојува (osvojuva) — defeat in combat
• Macedonian: освои (osvoi) — defeat in combat
• Māori: raupatu — defeat in combat
• Nahuatl: tepeua — defeat in combat
• Nahuatl: tequiua — defeat in combat
• Norman: contchéthi — defeat in combat
• Old English: oferwinnan — defeat in combat
• Old English: oferswīþan — defeat in combat
• Old Turkic: 𐰞 (al-) — defeat in combat
• Persian: تسخیر کردن (tasxir kardan) — defeat in combat
• Polish: podbijać — defeat in combat
• Polish: podbić — defeat in combat
• Portuguese: conquistar — defeat in combat
• Romanian: cuceri — defeat in combat
• Romanian: învinge — defeat in combat
• Russian: завоёвывать (zavojóvyvatʹ) — defeat in combat
• Russian: завоева́ть (zavojevátʹ) — defeat in combat
• Russian: побежда́ть (pobeždátʹ) — defeat in combat
• Russian: победи́ть (pobedítʹ) — defeat in combat
• Russian: покоря́ть (pokorjátʹ) — defeat in combat
• Russian: покори́ть (pokorítʹ) — defeat in combat
• Sanskrit: जयति (jayati) — defeat in combat
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich — defeat in combat
• Slovak: dobývať — defeat in combat
• Slovak: dobyť — defeat in combat
• Spanish: conquistar — defeat in combat
• Spanish: debelar — defeat in combat
• Tagalog: labanan — defeat in combat
• Tocharian B: yuk- — defeat in combat
• Turkish: fethetmek — defeat in combat
• Ukrainian: підко́рювати (pidkórjuvaty) — defeat in combat
• Ukrainian: перемага́ти (peremaháty) — defeat in combat
• Ukrainian: дола́ти (doláty) — defeat in combat
• Ukrainian: подола́ти (podoláty) — defeat in combat
• Ukrainian: здобува́ти (zdobuváty) — defeat in combat
• Ukrainian: здобу́ти (zdobúty) — defeat in combat
• Vietnamese: chinh phục — defeat in combat
• Esperanto: konkeri — acquire by force of arms
• Finnish: valloittaa — acquire by force of arms
• French: conquérir — acquire by force of arms
• Galician: conquistar — acquire by force of arms
• Greek: κατακτώ (kataktó) — acquire by force of arms
• Old English: oferwinnan — acquire by force of arms
• Old English: oferswīþan — acquire by force of arms
• Swedish: erövra — acquire by force of arms
• Ukrainian: завойо́вувати (zavojóvuvaty) — acquire by force of arms
• Ukrainian: завоюва́ти (zavojuváty) — acquire by force of arms
• Ukrainian: зага́рбувати (zahárbuvaty) — acquire by force of arms
• Ukrainian: зага́рбати (zahárbaty) — acquire by force of arms
• Ukrainian: захо́плювати (zaxópljuvaty) — acquire by force of arms
• Ukrainian: захопи́ти (zaxopýty) — acquire by force of arms
• Chinese Mandarin: 克服 (kèfú) — overcome abstract obstacle
• Czech: zdolat — overcome abstract obstacle
• Esperanto: venki — overcome abstract obstacle
• Finnish: voittaa — overcome abstract obstacle
• Greek: νικώ (nikó) — overcome abstract obstacle
• Hebrew: כָּבַשׁ (kavásh) — overcome abstract obstacle
• Japanese: 打ち勝つ (uchikatsu) — overcome abstract obstacle
• Portuguese: vencer — overcome abstract obstacle
• Portuguese: superar — overcome abstract obstacle
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich — overcome abstract obstacle
• Spanish: superar — overcome abstract obstacle