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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɑːnd/
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• General-American: /dɪˈmænd/
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• General-American: /dəˈmænd/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɑːnd
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• rhymes with -ænd
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 M AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”).

360 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kërkesë — desire to purchase goods and services
• Arabic: طَلَب (ṭalab) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Armenian: պահանջարկ (pahanǰark) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Assamese: দৰকাৰ (dorokar) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Assamese: চাহিদা (sahida) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Assamese: বাব (babo) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Assamese: গৰজ (goroz) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Azerbaijani: tələb — desire to purchase goods and services
• Azerbaijani: tələbat — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bashkir: һорау (horaw) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Belarusian: по́пыт (pópyt) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Belarusian: патрабава́нне (patrabavánnje) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Belarusian: патрабава́ньне (patrabavánʹnje) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bengali: চাহিদা (cahida) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bengali: দাবী (dabi) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bengali: তলব (tolob) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bengali: তাগাদা (tagada) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bulgarian: тъ́рсене (tǎ́rsene) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Bulgarian: и́скане (ískane) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Burmese: ဝယ်လိုအား (wailuia:) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Chinese Cantonese: 需求 (seoi1 kau4) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Chinese Mandarin: 需求 (xūqiú) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Czech: poptávka — desire to purchase goods and services
• Danish: efterspørgsel — desire to purchase goods and services
• Dutch: vraag — desire to purchase goods and services
• Esperanto: postulado — desire to purchase goods and services
• Estonian: nõudlus — desire to purchase goods and services
• Faroese: eftirspurningur — desire to purchase goods and services
• Finnish: kysyntä — desire to purchase goods and services
• Finnish: menekki — desire to purchase goods and services
• French: demande — desire to purchase goods and services
• Georgian: მოთხოვნა (motxovna) — desire to purchase goods and services
• German: Nachfrage — desire to purchase goods and services
• German: Bedarf — desire to purchase goods and services
• Greek: ζήτηση (zítisi) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Hebrew: ביקוש (bikúsh) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Hebrew: בִּקוּשׁ (bikúsh) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Hindi: माँग (māṅg) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Hungarian: kereslet — desire to purchase goods and services
• Hungarian: igény — desire to purchase goods and services
• Icelandic: eftirsókn — desire to purchase goods and services
• Icelandic: ásókn — desire to purchase goods and services
• Icelandic: eftirspurn — desire to purchase goods and services
• Indonesian: permintaan — desire to purchase goods and services
• Irish: iarratas — desire to purchase goods and services
• Italian: domanda — desire to purchase goods and services
• Italian: richiesta — desire to purchase goods and services
• Japanese: 需要 (juyō) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Kazakh: талап (talap) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Kazakh: сұраныс (sūranys) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Khmer: តម្រូវការ (tɑmrɨwkaa) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Korean: 수요 (suyo) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Northern Kurdish: xwestin — desire to purchase goods and services
• Northern Kurdish: teleb — desire to purchase goods and services
• Kyrgyz: талап (talap) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Kyrgyz: суроо-талап (suroo-talap) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Lao: ຄວາມຕ້ອງການ (khuām tǭng kān) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Lao: ອຸປະສົງ (ʼu pa song) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Latvian: pieprasījums — desire to purchase goods and services
• Lithuanian: paklausa — desire to purchase goods and services
• Macedonian: побарувачка (pobaruvačka) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Malay: permintaan — desire to purchase goods and services
• Malayalam: ആവശ്യം (āvaśyaṁ) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Maltese: domanda — desire to purchase goods and services
• Maltese: talab — desire to purchase goods and services
• Marathi: मागणी (māgṇī) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Mongolian: хэрэгцээ (xeregcee) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Mongolian: эрэлт (erelt) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭᠴᠡᠭᠡ (keregčege) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Mongolian: ᠡᠷᠢᠯᠲᠡ (erilte) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterspørsel — desire to purchase goods and services
• Pashto: تقاضا (taqāzã) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Pashto: طلب (talab) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Iranian Persian: تَقاضا (taġâzâ) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Iranian Persian: طَلَب (talab) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Polish: popyt — desire to purchase goods and services
• Portuguese: demanda — desire to purchase goods and services
• Portuguese: pedido — desire to purchase goods and services
• Romanian: cerere — desire to purchase goods and services
• Russian: спрос (spros) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Russian: потре́бность (potrébnostʹ) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas — desire to purchase goods and services
• Scottish Gaelic: fèill — desire to purchase goods and services
• Serbo-Croatian: потра́жња — desire to purchase goods and services
• Serbo-Croatian: potrážnja — desire to purchase goods and services
• Slovak: dopyt — desire to purchase goods and services
• Slovak: požiadavka — desire to purchase goods and services
• Slovene: povpraševanje — desire to purchase goods and services
• Spanish: demanda — desire to purchase goods and services
• Spanish: demanda económica — desire to purchase goods and services
• Swedish: efterfrågan — desire to purchase goods and services
• Tagalog: kahingian — desire to purchase goods and services
• Tajik: талаб (talab) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Tajik: тақозо (taqozo) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Tatar: таләп (taläp) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Telugu: పొందగోరు (pondagōru) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Thai: ความต้องการ (kwaam-dtɔ̂ng-gaan) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Thai: อุปสงค์ (ù-bpà-sǒng) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Turkish: talep — desire to purchase goods and services
• Turkmen: talap — desire to purchase goods and services
• Ukrainian: потре́ба (potréba) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Ukrainian: по́пит (pópyt) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Urdu: تَقاضا (taqāzā) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Urdu: طَلَب (talab) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Uyghur: تەلەپ (telep) — desire to purchase goods and services
• Uzbek: talab — desire to purchase goods and services
• Vietnamese: nhu cầu — desire to purchase goods and services
• Zazaki: taleb — desire to purchase goods and services
• Zazaki: waştış — desire to purchase goods and services
• Southern Altai: суру — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Armenian: պահանջարկ (pahanǰark) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Azerbaijani: tələbat — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Bashkir: һорау (horaw) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Belarusian: по́пыт (pópyt) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Bulgarian: потре́бност (potrébnost) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Chinese Mandarin: 需求 (xūqiú) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Danish: efterspørgsel — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Dutch: navraag — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Finnish: kysyntä — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• French: demande — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• German: Nachfrage — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Hindi: माँग (māṅg) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Hungarian: kereslet — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Hungarian: felvevőképesség — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Italian: domanda — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Macedonian: побарувачка (pobaruvačka) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterspørsel — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Polish: popyt — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Portuguese: demanda — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Russian: спрос (spros) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Russian: потре́бность (potrébnostʹ) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Northern Sami: jearru — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Spanish: demanda — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Spanish: demanda económica — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Swedish: efterfrågan — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Tagalog: kahingian — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Thai: อุปสงค์ (ù-bpà-sǒng) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Ukrainian: потре́ба (potréba) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Ukrainian: по́пит (pópyt) — economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
• Armenian: պահանջ (pahanǰ) — forceful claim for something
• Belarusian: патрабава́нне (patrabavánnje) — forceful claim for something
• Belarusian: патрабава́ньне (patrabavánʹnje) — forceful claim for something
• Bulgarian: потре́бност (potrébnost) — forceful claim for something
• Danish: krav — forceful claim for something
• Dutch: eis — forceful claim for something
• Esperanto: postulo — forceful claim for something
• Finnish: vaatimus — forceful claim for something
• French: exigence — forceful claim for something
• Georgian: მოთხოვნა (motxovna) — forceful claim for something
• German: Anspruch — forceful claim for something
• German: Forderung — forceful claim for something
• Greek: απαίτηση (apaítisi) — forceful claim for something
• Hebrew: דרישה (d'rishá) — forceful claim for something
• Higaonon: hangyo — forceful claim for something
• Hindi: माँग (māṅg) — forceful claim for something
• Hungarian: követelés — forceful claim for something
• Italian: richiesta — forceful claim for something
• Italian: rivendicazione — forceful claim for something
• Latin: flāgitātiō — forceful claim for something
• Norwegian Bokmål: behov — forceful claim for something
• Polish: wymaganie — forceful claim for something
• Russian: тре́бование (trébovanije) — forceful claim for something
• Russian: иск (isk) — forceful claim for something
• Russian: прете́нзия (pretɛ́nzija) — forceful claim for something
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas — forceful claim for something
• Serbo-Croatian: за́хтев — forceful claim for something
• Serbo-Croatian: за́хтјев — forceful claim for something
• Serbo-Croatian: záhtev — forceful claim for something
• Serbo-Croatian: záhtjev — forceful claim for something
• Spanish: intimación — forceful claim for something
• Spanish: intima — forceful claim for something
• Swedish: krav — forceful claim for something
• Ukrainian: вимо́га (vymóha) — forceful claim for something
• Arabic: مُطَّلِب (muṭṭalib) — need, requirement
• Armenian: պահանջ (pahanǰ) — need, requirement
• Armenian: կարիք (karikʻ) — need, requirement
• Assamese: দৰকাৰ (dorokar) — need, requirement
• Assamese: চাহিদা (sahida) — need, requirement
• Assamese: বাব (babo) — need, requirement
• Assamese: গৰজ (goroz) — need, requirement
• Belarusian: патрабава́нне (patrabavánnje) — need, requirement
• Belarusian: патрабава́ньне (patrabavánʹnje) — need, requirement
• Bengali: দরকার (dorkar) — need, requirement
• Bengali: তাগাদা (tagada) — need, requirement
• Bulgarian: потре́бност (potrébnost) — need, requirement
• Czech: požádání — need, requirement
• Esperanto: postulo — need, requirement
• Finnish: tarve — need, requirement
• Finnish: vaatimus — need, requirement
• Georgian: საჭიროება (sač̣iroeba) — need, requirement
• Hindi: तक़ाज़ा (taqāzā) — need, requirement
• Hungarian: igény — need, requirement
• Italian: bisogno — need, requirement
• Malayalam: ആവശ്യം (āvaśyaṁ) — need, requirement
• Iranian Persian: تَقاضا (taġâzâ) — need, requirement
• Polish: żądanie — need, requirement
• Russian: тре́бование (trébovanije) — need, requirement
• Russian: нужда́ (nuždá) — need, requirement
• Russian: необходи́мость (neobxodímostʹ) — need, requirement
• Russian: потре́бность (potrébnostʹ) — need, requirement
• Slovene: potreba — need, requirement
• Tajik: тақозо (taqozo) — need, requirement
• Thai: ความต้องการ (kwaam-dtɔ̂ng-gaan) — need, requirement
• Ukrainian: вимо́га (vymóha) — need, requirement
• Ukrainian: потре́ба (potréba) — need, requirement
• Urdu: تَقاضا (taqāzā) — need, requirement
• Assamese: দাবী (dabi) — urgent request
• Assamese: তাগিদা (tagida) — urgent request
• Czech: urgence — urgent request
• Czech: upomínka — urgent request
• Finnish: vaatimus — urgent request
• Hungarian: felszólítás — urgent request
• Italian: necessità — urgent request
• Malayalam: അത്യാവശ്യം (atyāvaśyaṁ) — urgent request
• Danish: krav — order
• Esperanto: postulo — order
• Esperanto: ordono — order
• Finnish: vaatimus — order
• French: exigence — order
• Hungarian: követelés — order
• Italian: esigenza — order
• Norwegian Bokmål: krav — order
• Portuguese: solicitação — order
• Portuguese: demanda — order
• Russian: тре́бование (trébovanije) — order
• Slovene: zahteva — order
• Spanish: exigencia — order
• Swedish: begäran — order
• Telugu: ఆనతి (ānati) — order
• Urdu: مُطالَبَہ (mutālaba) — order
• Finnish: huipputeho — electricity supply: peak demand
• Finnish: kulutushuippu — electricity supply: peak demand
• Hungarian: csúcsterhelés — electricity supply: peak demand
• Italian: domanda — electricity supply: peak demand
• Norwegian Bokmål: behov — electricity supply: peak demand
• Arabic: طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) — to request forcefully
• Armenian: պահանջել (pahanǰel) — to request forcefully
• Belarusian: трабава́ць (trabavácʹ) — to request forcefully
• Belarusian: вымага́ць (vymahácʹ) — to request forcefully
• Bulgarian: и́скам (ískam) — to request forcefully
• Bulgarian: изи́сквам (izískvam) — to request forcefully
• Catalan: exigir — to request forcefully
• Chinese Mandarin: 要求 (yāoqiú) — to request forcefully
• Chinese Mandarin: 需要 (xūyào) — to request forcefully
• Chinese Mandarin: 索取 (suǒqǔ) — to request forcefully
• Cornish: demondya — to request forcefully
• Czech: požadovat — to request forcefully
• Czech: žádat — to request forcefully
• Danish: kræve — to request forcefully
• Dutch: eisen — to request forcefully
• Dutch: opeisen — to request forcefully
• Esperanto: postuli — to request forcefully
• Faroese: krevja — to request forcefully
• Finnish: vaatia — to request forcefully
• Finnish: tivata — to request forcefully
• Finnish: tiukata — to request forcefully
• Finnish: penätä — to request forcefully
• French: exiger — to request forcefully
• Friulian: domandâ — to request forcefully
• Galician: demandar — to request forcefully
• Galician: exixir — to request forcefully
• Georgian: მოითხოვს (moitxovs) — to request forcefully
• Georgian: ითხოვს (itxovs) — to request forcefully
• German: verlangen — to request forcefully
• German: bestehen (auf etwas) — to request forcefully
• Greek: απαιτώ (apaitó) — to request forcefully
• Hebrew: דָּרַשׁ (darásh) — to request forcefully
• Hindi: माँगना (māṅgnā) — to request forcefully
• Hungarian: követel — to request forcefully
• Icelandic: heimta — to request forcefully
• Icelandic: krefja — to request forcefully
• Icelandic: útheimta — to request forcefully
• Ido: postular — to request forcefully
• Italian: esigere — to request forcefully
• Italian: pretendere — to request forcefully
• Japanese: 要求する (yōkyū suru) — to request forcefully
• Japanese: 要する (yō suru) — to request forcefully
• Khmer: ទារ (tiə) — to request forcefully
• Khmer: ប្រថុច (prɑɑthoc) — to request forcefully
• Korean: 요구하다 (yoguhada) — to request forcefully
• Latin: flāgitō — to request forcefully
• Latin: efflāgitō — to request forcefully
• Latin: procō — to request forcefully
• Latin: postulō — to request forcefully
• Macedonian: бара (bara) — to request forcefully
• Malayalam: ആവശ്യപ്പെടുക (āvaśyappeṭuka) — to request forcefully
• Middle English: comaunden — to request forcefully
• Norwegian: forlange — to request forcefully
• Norwegian: kreve — to request forcefully
• Polish: żądać — to request forcefully
• Polish: wymagać — to request forcefully
• Portuguese: demandar — to request forcefully
• Portuguese: exigir — to request forcefully
• Quechua: mañay — to request forcefully
• Romanian: cere — to request forcefully
• Russian: тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) — to request forcefully
• Russian: потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) — to request forcefully
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr — to request forcefully
• Serbo-Croatian: захте́вати — to request forcefully
• Serbo-Croatian: захтије́вати — to request forcefully
• Serbo-Croatian: тра́жити — to request forcefully
• Serbo-Croatian: zahtévati — to request forcefully
• Serbo-Croatian: zahtijévati — to request forcefully
• Serbo-Croatian: trážiti — to request forcefully
• Slovak: požadovať — to request forcefully
• Slovak: žiadať — to request forcefully
• Slovene: zahtevati — to request forcefully
• Spanish: exigir — to request forcefully
• Spanish: demandar — to request forcefully
• Spanish: intimar — to request forcefully
• Spanish: apercollar — to request forcefully
• Swedish: kräva — to request forcefully
• Swedish: begära — to request forcefully
• Telugu: నిర్భంధించు (nirbhandhiñcu) — to request forcefully
• Thai: เรียกร้อง (rîiak-rɔ́ɔng) — to request forcefully
• Thai: ต้องการ (dtɔ̂ng-gaan) — to request forcefully
• Tocharian B: ñäsk- — to request forcefully
• Turkish: istek — to request forcefully
• Turkish: talep — to request forcefully
• Ukrainian: вимага́ти (vymaháty) — to request forcefully
• Vietnamese: yêu cầu — to request forcefully
• Vietnamese: đòi hỏi — to request forcefully
• Vietnamese: đòi — to request forcefully
• Yiddish: פֿאַרלאַנגען (farlangen) — to request forcefully
• Belarusian: патрабава́ць (patrabavácʹ) — to claim a right to something
• Belarusian: запатрабава́ць (zapatrabavácʹ) — to claim a right to something
• Bulgarian: претендирам (pretendiram) — to claim a right to something
• Cornish: demondya — to claim a right to something
• Finnish: vaatia — to claim a right to something
• Galician: demandar — to claim a right to something
• Galician: exixir — to claim a right to something
• Hungarian: követel — to claim a right to something
• Russian: предъявля́ть тре́бование (predʺjavljátʹ trébovanije) — to claim a right to something
• Russian: предъявля́ть иск (predʺjavljátʹ isk) — to claim a right to something
• Russian: тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) — to claim a right to something
• Spanish: recabar — to claim a right to something
• Thai: ทวง (tuuang) — to claim a right to something
• Cornish: demondya — to ask forcefully for information
• Finnish: vaatia — to ask forcefully for information
• Galician: demandar — to ask forcefully for information
• Galician: exixir — to ask forcefully for information
• Hungarian: követel — to ask forcefully for information
• Russian: тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) — to ask forcefully for information
• Russian: потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) — to ask forcefully for information
• Bulgarian: изисквам (iziskvam) — to require of someone
• Cornish: demondya — to require of someone
• Esperanto: postuli — to require of someone
• Finnish: vaatia — to require of someone
• Finnish: edellyttää — to require of someone
• Galician: demandar — to require of someone
• Galician: exixir — to require of someone
• Hungarian: követel — to require of someone
• Hungarian: igényel — to require of someone
• Hungarian: megkövetel — to require of someone
• Russian: тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) — to require of someone
• Russian: потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) — to require of someone
• Bulgarian: призовавам (prizovavam) — law: to issue a summons to court
• Finnish: haastaa — law: to issue a summons to court
• Galician: demandar — law: to issue a summons to court
• Spanish: demandar — law: to issue a summons to court