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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kənˈt͡ʃɹɪbjʉwt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɔnt͡ʃɹɪbjʉwt/
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• General-American: /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/ when conjugated as contributing or contributed
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• Australian, General-American: [kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]
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• Philippines: /ˈkon.tɹɪb.jut/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T R IH1 B Y UW0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bydra — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Arabic: سَاهَمَ (sāhama) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Armenian: նպաստել (npastel) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Azerbaijani: töhfə vermək — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Bulgarian: доприна́сям (doprinásjam) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Bulgarian: допринеса́ (doprinesá) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Catalan: contribuir — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Chinese Mandarin: 貢獻 /贡献 (gòngxiàn) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Czech: přispět — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Danish: bidrage — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Dutch: bijdragen — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Esperanto: kontribui — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: myötävaikuttaa — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: olla osallisena — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: lahjoittaa — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: antaa osansa — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: tehdä osansa — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: osallistua — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Finnish: kantaa kortensa kekoon — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• French: contribuer — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• German: beisteuern — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• German: beitragen — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Greek: συνεισφέρω (syneisféro) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Greek: συμβάλλω (symvállo) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Ancient Greek: εἰσφέρω (eisphérō) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Haitian Creole: kontribye — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Hebrew: תרם (tarám) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Hungarian: hozzájárul — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Hungarian: közreműködik — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Italian: contribuire — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Japanese: 貢献する (kōken suru) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Kazakh: үлес қосу (üles qosu) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Latin: cōnferō — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Latin: contribuō — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Luxembourgish: bäidroen — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Luxembourgish: bäisteieren — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Luxembourgish: contribuéieren — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Māori: uta — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Khiamniungan Naga: thōh-îe — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Norwegian: bidra — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Polish: dołożyć się — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Polish: dokładać się — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Polish: wnosić wkład — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Polish: wnieść wkład — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Portuguese: contribuir — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Russian: де́лать поже́ртвования (délatʹ požértvovanija) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Russian: де́лать взно́сы (délatʹ vznósy) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Russian: вноси́ть вклад (vnosítʹ vklad) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Serbo-Croatian: доприносити — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Serbo-Croatian: допринети — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Serbo-Croatian: doprinositi — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Serbo-Croatian: doprinijeti — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Slovene: prispevati — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Spanish: contribuir — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Spanish: aportar — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Swedish: bidra — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Swedish: bidraga — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Ukrainian: вклада́тися (vkladátysja) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Ukrainian: робити внесок (robyty vnesok) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Ukrainian: зробити внесок (zrobyty vnesok) — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Vietnamese: đóng góp — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
• Welsh: cyfrannu — to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole