consent

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kənˈsent/
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• rhymes with -ɛnt
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S EH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-).

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رِضًا (riḍan) — voluntary agreement
• Armenian: համաձայնություն (hamajaynutʻyun) — voluntary agreement
• Azerbaijani: razılıq — voluntary agreement
• Belarusian: пагадне́нне (pahadnjénnje) — voluntary agreement
• Belarusian: зго́да (zhóda) — voluntary agreement
• Bengali: ইজাব (ijab) — voluntary agreement
• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (sǎglásie) — voluntary agreement
• Bulgarian: разреше́ние (razrešénie) — voluntary agreement
• Catalan: consentiment — voluntary agreement
• Chinese Mandarin: 承諾 /承诺 (chéngnuò) — voluntary agreement
• Chinese Mandarin: 同意 (tóngyì) — voluntary agreement
• Czech: souhlas — voluntary agreement
• Dutch: toestemming — voluntary agreement
• Dutch: instemming — voluntary agreement
• Esperanto: konsento — voluntary agreement
• Estonian: nõusolek — voluntary agreement
• Finnish: suostumus — voluntary agreement
• French: consentement — voluntary agreement
• French: approbation — voluntary agreement
• French: agrément — voluntary agreement
• Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba) — voluntary agreement
• German: Zustimmung — voluntary agreement
• German: Konsens — voluntary agreement
• German: Einverständnis — voluntary agreement
• Greek: συναίνεση (synaínesi) — voluntary agreement
• Hebrew: הַסְכָּמָה (haskama) — voluntary agreement
• Hindi: सहमति (sahamti) — voluntary agreement
• Hungarian: beleegyezés — voluntary agreement
• Hungarian: hozzájárulás — voluntary agreement
• Icelandic: samþykki — voluntary agreement
• Indonesian: persetujuan — voluntary agreement
• Interlingua: consentimento — voluntary agreement
• Irish: deoin — voluntary agreement
• Italian: consenso — voluntary agreement
• Japanese: 承諾 (shōdaku) — voluntary agreement
• Japanese: 同意 (dōi) — voluntary agreement
• Kazakh: келісім (kelısım) — voluntary agreement
• Khmer: ការយល់ព្រម (kaa yŭəl prɔɔm) — voluntary agreement
• Korean: 승낙 (seungnak) — voluntary agreement
• Korean: 동의 (dong'ui) — voluntary agreement
• Latin: consensiō — voluntary agreement
• Latvian: piekrišana — voluntary agreement
• Lithuanian: sutikimas — voluntary agreement
• Macedonian: согласност (soglasnost) — voluntary agreement
• Malayalam: സമ്മതം (sammataṁ) — voluntary agreement
• Māori: kupu whakaae — voluntary agreement
• Occitan: consentiment — voluntary agreement
• Old English: þafung — voluntary agreement
• Old English: ġeþafung — voluntary agreement
• Persian: رضایت (rezâyat) — voluntary agreement
• Polish: zgoda — voluntary agreement
• Polish: pozwolenie — voluntary agreement
• Portuguese: consentimento — voluntary agreement
• Romanian: consimțământ — voluntary agreement
• Russian: разреше́ние (razrešénije) — voluntary agreement
• Russian: дозволе́ние (dozvolénije) — voluntary agreement
• Russian: согла́сие (soglásije) — voluntary agreement
• Scottish Gaelic: aonta — voluntary agreement
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝстанак — voluntary agreement
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀гласно̄ст — voluntary agreement
• Serbo-Croatian: одобре́ње — voluntary agreement
• Serbo-Croatian: prìstanak — voluntary agreement
• Serbo-Croatian: sùglasnōst — voluntary agreement
• Serbo-Croatian: odobrénje — voluntary agreement
• Slovak: súhlas — voluntary agreement
• Slovene: soglasje — voluntary agreement
• Spanish: consentimiento — voluntary agreement
• Spanish: venia — voluntary agreement
• Spanish: anuencia — voluntary agreement
• Swedish: samtycke — voluntary agreement
• Tamil: சம்மதம் (cammatam) — voluntary agreement
• Turkish: rıza — voluntary agreement
• Turkish: onay — voluntary agreement
• Ukrainian: зго́да (zhóda) — voluntary agreement
• Vietnamese: sự đồng ý — voluntary agreement
• Welsh: cydsyniad — voluntary agreement
• Welsh: caniatâd — voluntary agreement
• Arabic: رَضِيَ (raḍiya) — to express willingness
• Arabic: وَافَقَ (wāfaqa) — to express willingness
• Armenian: համաձայնել (hamajaynel) — to express willingness
• Azerbaijani: razılaşmaq — to express willingness
• Belarusian: згаджа́цца (zhadžácca) — to express willingness
• Belarusian: згадзі́цца (zhadzícca) — to express willingness
• Bulgarian: съглася́вам се (sǎglasjávam se) — to express willingness
• Bulgarian: съглася́ се (sǎglasjá se) — to express willingness
• Bulgarian: съгла́сен съм (sǎglásen sǎm) — to express willingness
• Catalan: consentir — to express willingness
• Chinese Mandarin: 承諾 /承诺 (chéngnuò) — to express willingness
• Chinese Mandarin: 同意 (tóngyì) — to express willingness
• Czech: souhlasit — to express willingness
• Danish: samtykke — to express willingness
• Dutch: toestemmen — to express willingness
• Dutch: instemmen — to express willingness
• Esperanto: konsenti — to express willingness
• Estonian: nõustuma — to express willingness
• Finnish: hyväksyä — to express willingness
• Finnish: suostua — to express willingness
• Finnish: myöntyä — to express willingness
• French: consentir — to express willingness
• French: approuver — to express willingness
• French: agréer — to express willingness
• Georgian: თანხმობა (tanxmoba) — to express willingness
• German: zustimmen — to express willingness
• German: einwilligen — to express willingness
• Greek: συγκατατίθεμαι (sygkatatíthemai) — to express willingness
• Greek: συναινώ (synainó) — to express willingness
• Ancient Greek: ἐπινεύω (epineúō) — to express willingness
• Ancient Greek: σύμφημι (súmphēmi) — to express willingness
• Ancient Greek: συνευδοκέω (suneudokéō) — to express willingness
• Ancient Greek: συγκατατίθημι (sunkatatíthēmi) — to express willingness
• Hebrew: הִסְכִּים (hiskím) — to express willingness
• Hindi: सहमति (sahamti) — to express willingness
• Hungarian: beleegyezik — to express willingness
• Hungarian: hozzájárul — to express willingness
• Hungarian: hozzájárulását adja — to express willingness
• Hungarian: jóváhagy — to express willingness
• Icelandic: samþykkja — to express willingness
• Icelandic: fallast á — to express willingness
• Indonesian: setuju — to express willingness
• Indonesian: rela — to express willingness
• Interlingua: consentir — to express willingness
• Irish: toiligh — to express willingness
• Italian: consentire — to express willingness
• Japanese: 承諾する (shōdaku suru) — to express willingness
• Japanese: 同意する (dōi suru) — to express willingness
• Khmer: យល់ព្រម (yŭəl prɔɔm) — to express willingness
• Korean: 승낙하다 (seungnakhada) — to express willingness
• Korean: 동의하다 (dong'uihada) — to express willingness
• Latin: consentiō — to express willingness
• Latvian: piekrist — to express willingness
• Lithuanian: sutikti — to express willingness
• Lithuanian: pritarti — to express willingness
• Macedonian: се согласува (se soglasuva) — to express willingness
• Macedonian: се согласи (se soglasi) — to express willingness
• Malayalam: സമ്മതിക്കുക (sammatikkuka) — to express willingness
• Māori: whakaae — to express willingness
• Māori: tatū — to express willingness
• Mongolian: зөвшөөрөх (zövšööröx) — to express willingness
• Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke — to express willingness
• Norwegian Bokmål: bifalle — to express willingness
• Occitan: consentir — to express willingness
• Occitan: assentir — to express willingness
• Polish: zgadzać się — to express willingness
• Polish: zgodzić się — to express willingness
• Polish: przyzwalać — to express willingness
• Polish: przyzwolić — to express willingness
• Portuguese: consentir — to express willingness
• Portuguese: aprovar — to express willingness
• Portuguese: deixar — to express willingness
• Quechua: awñiy — to express willingness
• Romanian: consimți — to express willingness
• Russian: разреша́ть (razrešátʹ) — to express willingness
• Russian: разреши́ть (razrešítʹ) — to express willingness
• Russian: соглаша́ться (soglašátʹsja) — to express willingness
• Russian: согласи́ться (soglasítʹsja) — to express willingness
• Russian: уступи́ть (ustupítʹ) — to express willingness
• Serbo-Croatian: сугла́сити се — to express willingness
• Serbo-Croatian: приво̀лети — to express willingness
• Serbo-Croatian: приво̀љети — to express willingness
• Serbo-Croatian: suglásiti se — to express willingness
• Serbo-Croatian: privòleti — to express willingness
• Serbo-Croatian: privòljeti — to express willingness
• Slovak: súhlasiť — to express willingness
• Slovene: strinjati se — to express willingness
• Slovene: soglašati — to express willingness
• Spanish: consentir — to express willingness
• Swedish: samtycka — to express willingness
• Swedish: ge sitt samtycke — to express willingness
• Thai: ตกลง (dtòk-long) — to express willingness
• Turkish: gönül — to express willingness
• Turkish: rıza — to express willingness
• Ukrainian: пого́джуватися (pohódžuvatysja) — to express willingness
• Ukrainian: пого́дитися (pohódytysja) — to express willingness
• Ukrainian: зго́джуватися (zhódžuvatysja) — to express willingness
• Ukrainian: зго́дитися (zhódytysja) — to express willingness
• Vietnamese: đồng ý — to express willingness
• Yiddish: באַשטיין (bashteyn) — to express willingness
• Finnish: hankkia suostumus — to cause to sign a consent