converse

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnvɜːs/
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• US: kŏn'vûrs
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• US: /ˈkɑnvɝs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːs/
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• US: kənvûrs'
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• US: /kənˈvɝs/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N V ER0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 N V ER1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).

The athletic equipment company is named after its founder, Marquis Mills Converse.

From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”).

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: teenoorgestelde — opposite
• Bulgarian: обра́тно (obrátno) — opposite
• Dutch: tegenovergestelde — opposite
• Finnish: päinvastainen — opposite
• French: opposé — opposite
• French: inverse — opposite
• German: Gegenteil — opposite
• German: Umkehrung — opposite
• Korean: 반대 (bandae) — opposite
• Occitan: envèrs — opposite
• Occitan: invèrs — opposite
• Russian: противоположность (protivopoložnostʹ) — opposite
• Spanish: revés — opposite
• Spanish: contrario — opposite
• Bulgarian: обра́тна теоре́ма (obrátna teoréma) — proposition of the specific form
• Finnish: käänteislause — proposition of the specific form
• Finnish: käänteinen lause — proposition of the specific form
• Finnish: käänteinen väite — proposition of the specific form
• French: réciproque — proposition of the specific form
• German: Gegenteil — proposition of the specific form
• German: Umkehrung — proposition of the specific form
• German: Umkehrschluss — proposition of the specific form
• German: Gegenschluss — proposition of the specific form
• Icelandic: andhverfing — proposition of the specific form
• Korean: 역 (yeok) — proposition of the specific form
• Occitan: reciproca — proposition of the specific form
• Portuguese: recíproca — proposition of the specific form
• Spanish: recíproca — proposition of the specific form
• Spanish: inversa — proposition of the specific form
• Spanish: sentido inverso — proposition of the specific form
• Afrikaans: gesels — to engage in conversation
• Afrikaans: gesprek voer — to engage in conversation
• Albanian: bisedoj — to engage in conversation
• Arabic: تَحَدَّثَ (taḥaddaṯa) — to engage in conversation
• Arabic: تَكَلَّمَ (takallama) — to engage in conversation
• Armenian: զրուցել (zrucʻel) — to engage in conversation
• Azerbaijani: söhbət etmək — to engage in conversation
• Azerbaijani: qonuşmaq — to engage in conversation
• Belarusian: размаўля́ць (razmawljácʹ) — to engage in conversation
• Belarusian: размо́віць (razmóvicʹ) — to engage in conversation
• Bulgarian: разгова́рям (razgovárjam) — to engage in conversation
• Bulgarian: бесе́двам (besédvam) — to engage in conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 通話 /通话 (tōnghuà) — to engage in conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 交談 /交谈 (jiāotán) — to engage in conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 談話 /谈话 (tánhuà) — to engage in conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 會話 /会话 (huìhuà) — to engage in conversation
• Czech: konverzovat — to engage in conversation
• Czech: rozmlouvat — to engage in conversation
• Czech: hovořit — to engage in conversation
• Danish: konversere — to engage in conversation
• Danish: tale — to engage in conversation
• Dutch: converseren — to engage in conversation
• Dutch: spreken — to engage in conversation
• Esperanto: interparoli — to engage in conversation
• Esperanto: konversacii — to engage in conversation
• Estonian: suhtlema — to engage in conversation
• Estonian: vestlema — to engage in conversation
• Finnish: keskustella — to engage in conversation
• French: converser — to engage in conversation
• French: parler — to engage in conversation
• Georgian: ბაასი (baasi) — to engage in conversation
• Georgian: საუბარი (saubari) — to engage in conversation
• German: sich unterhalten — to engage in conversation
• German: konversieren — to engage in conversation
• German: sprechen — to engage in conversation
• German: reden — to engage in conversation
• Greek: συνομιλώ (synomiló) — to engage in conversation
• Greek: συνδιαλέγομαι (syndialégomai) — to engage in conversation
• Ancient Greek: διαλέγομαι ἔντευξις ποιῶ (dialégomai) — to engage in conversation
• Hebrew: שׂוֹחֵחַ (sokhéakh) — to engage in conversation
• Hindi: बात करना (bāt karnā) — to engage in conversation
• Hungarian: társalog — to engage in conversation
• Icelandic: spjalla — to engage in conversation
• Icelandic: tala saman — to engage in conversation
• Irish: déan comhrá — to engage in conversation
• Italian: conversare — to engage in conversation
• Italian: parlare — to engage in conversation
• Japanese: 会話する (kaiwa suru) — to engage in conversation
• Japanese: 談話する (danwa suru) — to engage in conversation
• Japanese: 話す (hanasu) — to engage in conversation
• Kazakh: әңгімелесу (äñgımelesu) — to engage in conversation
• Kazakh: сөйлесу (söilesu) — to engage in conversation
• Khmer: សន្ទនា (sɑntĕəʼniə) — to engage in conversation
• Kituba: solola — to engage in conversation
• Kituba: kusolola — to engage in conversation
• Korean: 대화하다 (daehwahada) — to engage in conversation
• Korean: 이야기하다 (iyagihada) — to engage in conversation
• Kyrgyz: аңгемелешүү (aŋgemeleşüü) — to engage in conversation
• Kyrgyz: сүйлөшүү (süylöşüü) — to engage in conversation
• Lao: ສົນທະນາ (son tha nā) — to engage in conversation
• Latin: colloquor — to engage in conversation
• Latin: fabulor — to engage in conversation
• Latin: sermōcinor — to engage in conversation
• Latvian: sarunāties — to engage in conversation
• Ligurian: dialogâ — to engage in conversation
• Lithuanian: pasikalbėti — to engage in conversation
• Macedonian: зборува (zboruva) — to engage in conversation
• Macedonian: говори (govori) — to engage in conversation
• Māori: kōwetewete — to engage in conversation
• Māori: kōrerorero — to engage in conversation
• Mongolian: ярилцах (jarilcax) — to engage in conversation
• Mongolian: ярих (jarix) — to engage in conversation
• Khiamniungan Naga: thìtìe — to engage in conversation
• Norwegian Bokmål: samtale — to engage in conversation
• Norwegian Bokmål: snakke — to engage in conversation
• Iranian Persian: صُحْبَت کَرْدَن (sohbat kardan) — to engage in conversation
• Polish: rozmawiać — to engage in conversation
• Polish: gwarzyć — to engage in conversation
• Polish: konwersować — to engage in conversation
• Portuguese: conversar — to engage in conversation
• Portuguese: falar — to engage in conversation
• Quechua: rimachiy — to engage in conversation
• Quechua: yawnay — to engage in conversation
• Romanian: a vorbi — to engage in conversation
• Romanian: a conversa — to engage in conversation
• Russian: разгова́ривать (razgovárivatʹ) — to engage in conversation
• Russian: бесе́довать (besédovatʹ) — to engage in conversation
• Russian: обща́ться (obščátʹsja) — to engage in conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: разгова́рати — to engage in conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: razgovárati — to engage in conversation
• Shan: ဢုပ်ႇဢူဝ်း (ʼùp ʼó) — to engage in conversation
• Slovak: hovoriť — to engage in conversation
• Slovak: konverzovať — to engage in conversation
• Slovene: pogovarjati se — to engage in conversation
• Lower Sorbian: rozgranjaś se — to engage in conversation
• Spanish: conversar — to engage in conversation
• Spanish: tertuliar — to engage in conversation
• Spanish: prosear — to engage in conversation
• Spanish: hablar — to engage in conversation
• Swedish: konversera — to engage in conversation
• Swedish: tala — to engage in conversation
• Tagalog: makipag-usap — to engage in conversation
• Tajik: сухбат кардан (suxbat kardan) — to engage in conversation
• Tamil: உரையாடு (uraiyāṭu) — to engage in conversation
• Thai: สนทนา (sǒn-tá-naa) — to engage in conversation
• Turkish: konuşmak — to engage in conversation
• Turkish: söyleşmek — to engage in conversation
• Turkish: sohbet etmek — to engage in conversation
• Turkish: muhabbet etmek — to engage in conversation
• Ottoman Turkish: صحبت ایتمك (sohbet etmek) — to engage in conversation
• Ottoman Turkish: قونشمق (konışmak) — to engage in conversation
• Turkmen: gürleşmek — to engage in conversation
• Turkmen: söhbet etmek — to engage in conversation
• Ukrainian: розмовля́ти (rozmovljáty) — to engage in conversation
• Ukrainian: розмо́вити (rozmóvyty) — to engage in conversation
• Unami: achimulsi — to engage in conversation
• Urdu: بات کَرْنا (bāt karnā) — to engage in conversation
• Uyghur: سۆھبەتلەشمەك (söhbetleshmek) — to engage in conversation
• Uzbek: suhbatlashmoq — to engage in conversation
• Vietnamese: đối thoại — to engage in conversation
• Welsh: ymddiddan — to engage in conversation
• Woiwurrung: toomcherring — to engage in conversation