deteriorate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.ɹeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation, proscribed: /dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪ.eɪt/
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• General-American: /dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /diˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /dəˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/
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• General-American, proscribed: /dəˈtɪɹ.i.eɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 T IH1 R IY0 ER0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriorātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin dēteriorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from Latin dēterior (“worse”). Cognate with French détériorer.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: развалям (razvaljam) — make worse
• Bulgarian: влошавам (vlošavam) — make worse
• Chinese Mandarin: 使......惡化 /使......恶化 (shǐ ... èhuà) — make worse
• Chinese Mandarin: 使......變壞 /使......变坏 (shǐ ... biànhuài) — make worse
• Czech: zhoršit — make worse
• Danish: ødelegge — make worse
• Danish: forværre — make worse
• Danish: skænde — make worse
• Dutch: verslechteren — make worse
• Dutch: slechter maken — make worse
• Estonian: halvenema — make worse
• Estonian: alla käima — make worse
• Finnish: huonontaa — make worse
• Finnish: heikentää — make worse
• Finnish: rappeuttaa — make worse
• Finnish: vahingoittaa — make worse
• French: détériorer — make worse
• German: verschlechtern — make worse
• Greek: χειροτερεύω (cheiroterévo) — make worse
• Hebrew: דרדר (dirdér) — make worse
• Hebrew: החמיר (hechmir) — make worse
• Hungarian: leront — make worse
• Italian: deteriorare — make worse
• Japanese: 改悪する (kaiaku suru) — make worse
• Japanese: 悪化させる (akka saseru) — make worse
• Japanese: 悪くする (waruku suru) — make worse
• Central Kurdish: لە بار کەوتن (le bar kewtin) — make worse
• Latin: aggravō — make worse
• Latin: gravō — make worse
• Latin: dēteriorō — make worse
• Lithuanian: blõginti — make worse
• Norwegian: ødelegge — make worse
• Norwegian: skjemme — make worse
• Norwegian: forverre — make worse
• Polish: pogarszać — make worse
• Polish: pogorszyć — make worse
• Portuguese: deteriorar — make worse
• Portuguese: piorar — make worse
• Portuguese: estragar — make worse
• Russian: ухудша́ть (uxudšátʹ) — make worse
• Russian: уху́дшить (uxúdšitʹ) — make worse
• Spanish: deteriorar — make worse
• Swedish: försämra — make worse
• Turkish: bozmak — make worse
• Volapük: badükumön — make worse
• Welsh: dirywio — make worse
• Bulgarian: развалям се (razvaljam se) — grow worse
• Bulgarian: влошавам се (vlošavam se) — grow worse
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡化 /恶化 (èhuà) — grow worse
• Chinese Mandarin: 變壞 /变坏 (biànhuài) — grow worse
• Czech: zhoršit se — grow worse
• Danish: forværres — grow worse
• Danish: nedbrydes — grow worse
• Danish: skændes — grow worse
• Dutch: verslechteren — grow worse
• Finnish: heiketä — grow worse
• Finnish: huonontua — grow worse
• Finnish: rapistua — grow worse
• Finnish: rappeutua — grow worse
• German: verschlechtern — grow worse
• German: sich verschlechtern — grow worse
• Greek: χειροτερεύω (cheiroterévo) — grow worse
• Hebrew: הדרדר (hidardér) — grow worse
• Hungarian: rosszabbodik — grow worse
• Irish: meath — grow worse
• Irish: meathlaigh — grow worse
• Italian: deteriorarsi — grow worse
• Japanese: 悪化する (akka suru) — grow worse
• Japanese: 悪くなる (waruku naru) — grow worse
• Korean: 악화되다 (akhwadoeda) — grow worse
• Central Kurdish: لە بار کەوتن (le bar kewtin) — grow worse
• Latin: deterioror — grow worse
• Lithuanian: blogė́ti — grow worse
• Māori: tauheke — grow worse
• Māori: tipuheke — grow worse
• Māori: māwhe — grow worse
• Māori: tāmatemate — grow worse
• Māori: whakamōnenehu — grow worse
• Norwegian: nedbrytes — grow worse
• Norwegian: skjemmes — grow worse
• Norwegian: forverres — grow worse
• Polish: pogarszać się — grow worse
• Polish: pogorszyć się — grow worse
• Portuguese: deteriorar — grow worse
• Portuguese: piorar — grow worse
• Russian: ухудша́ться (uxudšátʹsja) — grow worse
• Russian: уху́дшиться (uxúdšitʹsja) — grow worse
• Sanskrit: भ्रंशते (bhraṃśate) — grow worse
• Scottish Gaelic: mùth — grow worse
• Scottish Gaelic: rach bhuaithe — grow worse
• Spanish: deteriorar — grow worse
• Swedish: försämras — grow worse
• Turkish: bozulmak — grow worse
• Turkish: kötüleşmek — grow worse
• Volapük: badikumön — grow worse