deny

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈnaɪ/
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• General-American: /dəˈnaɪ/
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• General-American: /dɪ-/
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• General-American: /di-/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 N AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ontken — to assert that something is not true
• Albanian: mohoj — to assert that something is not true
• Arabic: نَفَى (nafā) — to assert that something is not true
• Arabic: انكر (ankar) — to assert that something is not true
• Arabic: انكر (ankar) — to assert that something is not true
• Arabic: جحد (jaḥad) — to assert that something is not true
• Armenian: ժխտել (žxtel) — to assert that something is not true
• Armenian: հերքել (herkʻel) — to assert that something is not true
• Asturian: negar — to assert that something is not true
• Azerbaijani: danmaq — to assert that something is not true
• Azerbaijani: inkar etmək — to assert that something is not true
• Basque: ukatu — to assert that something is not true
• Basque: ezeztatu — to assert that something is not true
• Belarusian: адмаўля́ць (admawljácʹ) — to assert that something is not true
• Bulgarian: отри́чам (otríčam) — to assert that something is not true
• Bulgarian: опроверга́вам (oprovergávam) — to assert that something is not true
• Catalan: negar — to assert that something is not true
• Chinese Mandarin: 否認 /否认 (fǒurèn) — to assert that something is not true
• Chinese Mandarin: 否定 (fǒudìng) — to assert that something is not true
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukadhibisha — to assert that something is not true
• Czech: popřít — to assert that something is not true
• Czech: zapřít — to assert that something is not true
• Czech: popírat — to assert that something is not true
• Czech: zapírat — to assert that something is not true
• Danish: benægte — to assert that something is not true
• Danish: nægte — to assert that something is not true
• Dutch: ontkennen — to assert that something is not true
• Esperanto: nei — to assert that something is not true
• Finnish: kieltää — to assert that something is not true
• Finnish: kiistää — to assert that something is not true
• French: nier — to assert that something is not true
• French: démentir — to assert that something is not true
• Friulian: neâ — to assert that something is not true
• Galician: negar — to assert that something is not true
• German: leugnen — to assert that something is not true
• German: bestreiten — to assert that something is not true
• German: dementieren — to assert that something is not true
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laugnjan) — to assert that something is not true
• Greek: αρνούμαι (arnoúmai) — to assert that something is not true
• Greek: διαψεύδω (diapsévdo) — to assert that something is not true
• Ancient Greek: ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai) — to assert that something is not true
• Hebrew: הכחיש (hikhkhísh) — to assert that something is not true
• Hebrew: כָּפַר (kafár) — to assert that something is not true
• Hungarian: tagad — to assert that something is not true
• Icelandic: neita — to assert that something is not true
• Indonesian: pungkir — to assert that something is not true
• Irish: séan — to assert that something is not true
• Italian: negare — to assert that something is not true
• Japanese: 否む (inamu) — to assert that something is not true
• Japanese: 打ち消す (uchikesu) — to assert that something is not true
• Japanese: 否定する (hitei suru) — to assert that something is not true
• Khmer: ប្រកែក (prɑɑkaek) — to assert that something is not true
• Korean: 부정하다 (bujeonghada) — to assert that something is not true
• Korean: 부인하다 (bu'inhada) — to assert that something is not true
• Ladino: inyegar — to assert that something is not true
• Latin: negō — to assert that something is not true
• Latin: abnego — to assert that something is not true
• Latin: denego — to assert that something is not true
• Latin: infitior — to assert that something is not true
• Lithuanian: neigti — to assert that something is not true
• Lombard: negà — to assert that something is not true
• Malay: nafi — to assert that something is not true
• Māori: whawhati — to assert that something is not true
• Middle English: denyen — to assert that something is not true
• Norwegian Bokmål: benekte — to assert that something is not true
• Norwegian Bokmål: fornekte — to assert that something is not true
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fornekte — to assert that something is not true
• Old English: wiþsacan — to assert that something is not true
• Polish: negować — to assert that something is not true
• Polish: zaprzeczać — to assert that something is not true
• Polish: przeczyć — to assert that something is not true
• Polish: kwestionować — to assert that something is not true
• Portuguese: negar — to assert that something is not true
• Romanian: nega — to assert that something is not true
• Russian: отрица́ть (otricátʹ) — to assert that something is not true
• Russian: отверга́ть (otvergátʹ) — to assert that something is not true
• Russian: отве́ргнуть (otvérgnutʹ) — to assert that something is not true
• Russian: опроверга́ть (oprovergátʹ) — to assert that something is not true
• Russian: опрове́ргнуть (oprovérgnutʹ) — to assert that something is not true
• Scottish Gaelic: àicheidh — to assert that something is not true
• Scottish Gaelic: diùlt — to assert that something is not true
• Sicilian: nigari — to assert that something is not true
• Slovak: popierať — to assert that something is not true
• Slovak: poprieť — to assert that something is not true
• Spanish: negar — to assert that something is not true
• Spanish: impugnar — to assert that something is not true
• Spanish: salir al paso de — to assert that something is not true
• Swedish: förneka — to assert that something is not true
• Thai: ปฏิเสธ (bpà-dtì-sèet) — to assert that something is not true
• Turkish: inkâr etmek — to assert that something is not true
• Ukrainian: запере́чувати (zaperéčuvaty) — to assert that something is not true
• Ukrainian: відкида́ти (vidkydáty) — to assert that something is not true
• Venetan: negar — to assert that something is not true
• Vietnamese: chối — to assert that something is not true
• Vietnamese: chối bỏ — to assert that something is not true
• Volapük: noön — to assert that something is not true
• Walloon: noyî — to assert that something is not true
• Walloon: disminti — to assert that something is not true
• Czech: odepřít — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Czech: odpírat — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Dutch: weigeren — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• French: refuser — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• German: verweigern — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Hungarian: megtagad — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Icelandic: synja um — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Irish: séan ar — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Latin: dēmō — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Spanish: denegar — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Swedish: neka — to refuse to give or grant something to someone
• Ukrainian: відхилити (vidxylyty) — to refuse to give or grant something to someone