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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈsjuːmə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈʃuːmə/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Canada, General-American: /kənˈsumɚ/
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• Australian: /kənˈsjʉːmə/
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• rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S UW1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h1em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h1émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English consumer From consume + -er.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: консума́тор (konsumátor) — that or who which consumes
• Chinese Mandarin: 消費者 /消费者 (xiāofèizhě) — that or who which consumes
• Chinese Mandarin: 消耗者 (xiāohào zhě) — that or who which consumes
• Finnish: kuluttaja — that or who which consumes
• Hindi: उपभोक्ता (upbhoktā) — that or who which consumes
• Hindi: भोक्ता (bhoktā) — that or who which consumes
• Hindi: भक्षक (bhakṣak) — that or who which consumes
• Indonesian: pemakai — that or who which consumes
• Indonesian: pengguna — that or who which consumes
• Latin: cōnsumptor — that or who which consumes
• Malayalam: ഉപഭോക്താവ് (upabhōktāvŭ) — that or who which consumes
• Māori: kaiwhakapeto — that or who which consumes
• Māori: kaiwhakapau — that or who which consumes
• Sanskrit: अशिर (aśira) — that or who which consumes
• Tagalog: konsiyumer — that or who which consumes
• Tamil: நுகர்வோர் (nukarvōr) — that or who which consumes
• Albanian: konsumator — person purchasing goods
• Arabic: مُسْتَهْلِك (mustahlik) — person purchasing goods
• Arabic: مُسْتَنْفِد (mustanfid) — person purchasing goods
• Armenian: սպառող (spaṙoġ) — person purchasing goods
• Azerbaijani: istehlakçı — person purchasing goods
• Belarusian: спажыве́ц (spažyvjéc) — person purchasing goods
• Belarusian: спажыва́льнік (spažyválʹnik) — person purchasing goods
• Belarusian: спажыва́льніца (spažyválʹnica) — person purchasing goods
• Bengali: ভোক্তা (bhōkta) — person purchasing goods
• Bulgarian: потреби́тел (potrebítel) — person purchasing goods
• Bulgarian: потреби́телка (potrebítelka) — person purchasing goods
• Burmese: စားသုံးသူ (ca:sum:su) — person purchasing goods
• Catalan: consumidor — person purchasing goods
• Chinese Mandarin: 消費者 /消费者 (xiāofèizhě) — person purchasing goods
• Czech: spotřebitel — person purchasing goods
• Czech: spotřebitelka — person purchasing goods
• Danish: forbruger — person purchasing goods
• Dutch: consument — person purchasing goods
• Dutch: verbruiker — person purchasing goods
• Estonian: tarbija — person purchasing goods
• Finnish: kuluttaja — person purchasing goods
• French: consommateur — person purchasing goods
• French: consommatrice — person purchasing goods
• Galician: consumidor — person purchasing goods
• Galician: consumidora — person purchasing goods
• Georgian: მომხმარებელი (momxmarebeli) — person purchasing goods
• German: Konsument — person purchasing goods
• German: Konsumentin — person purchasing goods
• German: Verbraucher — person purchasing goods
• German: Verbraucherin — person purchasing goods
• German: Endverbraucher — person purchasing goods
• German: Endverbraucherin — person purchasing goods
• Greek: καταναλωτής (katanalotís) — person purchasing goods
• Hebrew: צַרְכָן (tsarkhán) — person purchasing goods
• Hebrew: צרכנית (tsarkhanít) — person purchasing goods
• Hindi: उपभोक्ता (upbhoktā) — person purchasing goods
• Hindi: ग्राहक (grāhak) — person purchasing goods
• Hindi: भोक्ता (bhoktā) — person purchasing goods
• Hungarian: fogyasztó — person purchasing goods
• Italian: consumatore — person purchasing goods
• Italian: consumatrice — person purchasing goods
• Japanese: 消費者 (shōhisha) — person purchasing goods
• Kazakh: тұтынушы (tūtynuşy) — person purchasing goods
• Khmer: អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ (nĕək praə prah) — person purchasing goods
• Korean: 소비자 (sobija) — person purchasing goods
• Kyrgyz: керектөөчү (kerektööcü) — person purchasing goods
• Lao: ຜູ້ຊົມໃຊ້ (phū som sai) — person purchasing goods
• Latvian: patērētājs — person purchasing goods
• Lithuanian: vartotojas — person purchasing goods
• Macedonian: потрошувач (potrošuvač) — person purchasing goods
• Macedonian: потрошувачка (potrošuvačka) — person purchasing goods
• Malayalam: ഉപഭോക്താവ് (upabhōktāvŭ) — person purchasing goods
• Māori: kaiwhakapau — person purchasing goods
• Māori: kaiwhakapeto — person purchasing goods
• Mongolian: хэрэглэгч (xereglegč) — person purchasing goods
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ (kereglegči) — person purchasing goods
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbruker — person purchasing goods
• Persian: مصرف کننده (masraf-e konande) — person purchasing goods
• Polish: konsument — person purchasing goods
• Polish: konsumentka — person purchasing goods
• Portuguese: consumidor — person purchasing goods
• Romanian: consumator — person purchasing goods
• Romanian: consumatoare — person purchasing goods
• Russian: потреби́тель (potrebítelʹ) — person purchasing goods
• Russian: потреби́тельница (potrebítelʹnica) — person purchasing goods
• Scottish Gaelic: caitheadair — person purchasing goods
• Scottish Gaelic: fear-caitheamh — person purchasing goods
• Serbo-Croatian: потро̀ша̄ч — person purchasing goods
• Serbo-Croatian: потроша̀чица — person purchasing goods
• Serbo-Croatian: potròšāč — person purchasing goods
• Serbo-Croatian: potrošàčica — person purchasing goods
• Slovak: spotrebiteľ — person purchasing goods
• Slovak: spotrebiteľka — person purchasing goods
• Slovene: potrošnik — person purchasing goods
• Slovene: potrošnica — person purchasing goods
• Slovene: porabnik — person purchasing goods
• Slovene: porabnica — person purchasing goods
• Spanish: consumidor — person purchasing goods
• Swedish: konsument — person purchasing goods
• Swedish: förbrukare — person purchasing goods
• Tagalog: mananaid — person purchasing goods
• Tagalog: konsiyumer — person purchasing goods
• Tajik: истеъмолкунанда (iste'molkunanda) — person purchasing goods
• Tajik: харидор (xaridor) — person purchasing goods
• Tamil: நுகர்வோர் (nukarvōr) — person purchasing goods
• Tatar: кулланучы (qullanuçı) — person purchasing goods
• Thai: ผู้บริโภค (pûu-bɔɔ-rí-pôok) — person purchasing goods
• Turkish: tüketici — person purchasing goods
• Turkish: konsomatör — person purchasing goods
• Ukrainian: спожива́ч (spožyváč) — person purchasing goods
• Ukrainian: спожива́чка (spožyváčka) — person purchasing goods
• Uyghur: ئىستېمالچى (istëmalchi) — person purchasing goods
• Uzbek: isteʻmolchi — person purchasing goods
• Uzbek: xaridor — person purchasing goods
• Vietnamese: người tiêu dùng — person purchasing goods
• Vietnamese: người tiêu thụ — person purchasing goods
• Xibe: ᡫᠠᠶᠠᠪᡠᠰᡞ (fayabusi) — person purchasing goods
• Zhuang: bouxsiuhfei — person purchasing goods
• Chinese Mandarin: 消費者 /消费者 (xiāofèizhě) — type of organism
• Finnish: kuluttaja — type of organism
• Korean: 소비자 (sobija) — type of organism
• Tamil: நுகரி (nukari) — type of organism
• Tamil: நுகரிகள் (nukarikaḷ) — type of organism