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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɛl.əp/
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• India: /ˈɖeʋə.ləp/
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• India: /ɖɪˈʋɛː.ləp/
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• rhymes with -əp
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• rhymes with -ɛləp
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V EH1 L AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from des- + voloper, veloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian sviluppare, Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vloppō, *wloppō (“to wrap”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną, *wlappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). The word acquired its modern meaning from the 17th-century belief that an egg contains the animal in miniature and matures by growing larger and shedding its envelopes.

214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ontwikkel — to progress
• Albanian: zhvillohem — to progress
• Armenian: զարգանալ (zarganal) — to progress
• Asturian: espoxigar — to progress
• Asturian: desarrollar — to progress
• Azerbaijani: inkişaf etmək — to progress
• Azerbaijani: inkişaf etdirmək — to progress
• Basque: garatu — to progress
• Belarusian: развіва́цца (razvivácca) — to progress
• Belarusian: разві́цца (razvícca) — to progress
• Bulgarian: разви́вам се (razvívam se) — to progress
• Catalan: desenvolupar — to progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 發展 /发展 (fāzhǎn) — to progress
• Czech: vyvíjet se — to progress
• Danish: udvikle — to progress
• Dutch: ontwikkelen — to progress
• Esperanto: disvolviĝi — to progress
• Estonian: arenema — to progress
• Estonian: arendama — to progress
• Finnish: kehittää — to progress
• French: se développer — to progress
• Georgian: განვითარება (ganvitareba) — to progress
• German: entwickeln — to progress
• Greek: αναπτύσσω (anaptýsso) — to progress
• Haitian Creole: devlope — to progress
• Hebrew: התפתח (hitpatéakh) — to progress
• Hungarian: alakul — to progress
• Hungarian: fejlődik — to progress
• Icelandic: þróa — to progress
• Ido: developar — to progress
• Ingrian: kehittää — to progress
• Ingrian: kehittyä — to progress
• Italian: sviluppare — to progress
• Japanese: 発展する (hatten suru) — to progress
• Japanese: 発達する (hattatsu suru) — to progress
• Khmer: ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ (jɑɑmraən luut loah) — to progress
• Korean: 발전하다 (baljeonhada) — to progress
• Lao: ພັດທະນາ (phat tha nā) — to progress
• Lithuanian: vystytis — to progress
• Lithuanian: lavintis — to progress
• Lü: ᦔᦳᧂᧈᦵᦓᦲᧂ (ṗung1noeng) — to progress
• Lü: ᦂᦱᧉᦋᧄ (k̇aa2tsam) — to progress
• Macedonian: развие (razvie) — to progress
• Malay: hasil — to progress
• Maltese: żviluppa — to progress
• Māori: whakapakari — to progress
• Mauritian Creole: devlope — to progress
• Mirandese: zambolber — to progress
• Persian: توسعه دادن (tose'eh dâdan) — to progress
• Polish: rozwijać się — to progress
• Polish: rozwinąć się — to progress
• Portuguese: desenvolver — to progress
• Romanian: se dezvolta — to progress
• Romansh: sviluppar — to progress
• Russian: развива́ться (razvivátʹsja) — to progress
• Russian: разви́ться (razvítʹsja) — to progress
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — to progress
• Serbo-Croatian: разви́јати се — to progress
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀звити се — to progress
• Serbo-Croatian: razvíjati se — to progress
• Serbo-Croatian: ràzviti se — to progress
• Shan: ပူၵ်းပွင် (púuk pǎung) — to progress
• Slovak: rozvíjať sa — to progress
• Slovak: rozviť sa — to progress
• Slovene: razviti — to progress
• Spanish: desarrollarse — to progress
• Swedish: utveckla — to progress
• Thai: พัฒนา (pát-tá-naa) — to progress
• Thai: จําเริญ (jam-rəən) — to progress
• Thai: ทุเลา (tú-lao) — to progress
• Turkish: gelişmek — to progress
• Ukrainian: розвива́тися (rozvyvátysja) — to progress
• Ukrainian: розви́нутися (rozvýnutysja) — to progress
• Vietnamese: phát triển — to progress
• Yiddish: אַנטוויקלען (antviklen) — to progress
• Afrikaans: ontwikkel — to progress through stages
• Albanian: zhvillohem — to progress through stages
• Arabic: طَوَّرَ (ṭawwara) — to progress through stages
• Armenian: զարգանալ (zarganal) — to progress through stages
• Azerbaijani: inkişaf etmək — to progress through stages
• Azerbaijani: inkişaf etdirmək — to progress through stages
• Belarusian: развіва́ць (razvivácʹ) — to progress through stages
• Belarusian: разві́ць (razvícʹ) — to progress through stages
• Bulgarian: развивам се (razvivam se) — to progress through stages
• Bulgarian: развива́м (razvivám) — to progress through stages
• Catalan: desenvolupar — to progress through stages
• Chinese Mandarin: 成長 /成长 (chéngzhǎng) — to progress through stages
• Czech: vyvíjet se — to progress through stages
• Dutch: zich ontwikkelen — to progress through stages
• Dutch: uitgroeien — to progress through stages
• Esperanto: evoluigi — to progress through stages
• Finnish: kehittyä — to progress through stages
• French: se développer — to progress through stages
• French: développer — to progress through stages
• German: sich entwickeln — to progress through stages
• German: entwickeln — to progress through stages
• Hebrew: התפתח (hitpatéakh) — to progress through stages
• Hungarian: alakul — to progress through stages
• Italian: accrescere — to progress through stages
• Malay: hasil — to progress through stages
• Maltese: żviluppa — to progress through stages
• Māori: whakapakari — to progress through stages
• Portuguese: desenvolver — to progress through stages
• Romansh: sviluppar — to progress through stages
• Russian: развива́ться (razvivátʹsja) — to progress through stages
• Russian: разви́ться (razvítʹsja) — to progress through stages
• Russian: развива́ть (razvivátʹ) — to progress through stages
• Russian: разви́ть (razvítʹ) — to progress through stages
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — to progress through stages
• Scottish Gaelic: leasaich — to progress through stages
• Serbo-Croatian: разви́јати — to progress through stages
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀звити — to progress through stages
• Serbo-Croatian: razvíjati — to progress through stages
• Serbo-Croatian: ràzviti — to progress through stages
• Slovak: rozvíjať — to progress through stages
• Slovak: rozviť — to progress through stages
• Slovak: vyvíjať — to progress through stages
• Slovak: vyvinúť — to progress through stages
• Slovene: razviti — to progress through stages
• Swedish: utvecklas — to progress through stages
• Thai: พัฒนา (pát-tá-naa) — to progress through stages
• Turkish: gelişmek — to progress through stages
• Ukrainian: розвива́ти (rozvyváty) — to progress through stages
• Ukrainian: розви́ти (rozvýty) — to progress through stages
• Ukrainian: розви́нути (rozvýnuty) — to progress through stages
• Vietnamese: trưởng thành — to progress through stages
• Yiddish: אַנטוויקלען (antviklen) — to progress through stages
• Hungarian: fejleszt — to advance
• Hungarian: kifejleszt — to advance
• Italian: avanzare — to advance
• Italian: approfondire — to advance
• Lü: ᦔᦳᧂᧈᦵᦓᦲᧂ (ṗung1noeng) — to advance
• Lü: ᦉᦱᧂᧉᦶᦎᧂᧈ (ṡaang2ṫaeng1) — to advance
• Māori: whakamaiangi — to advance
• Māori: whakawhanake — to advance
• Māori: whakapakari — to advance
• Polish: rozwijać — to advance
• Polish: rozwinąć — to advance
• Spanish: desarrollar — to advance
• Albanian: zhvilloj — to create
• Bulgarian: разработвам (razrabotvam) — to create
• Catalan: desenvolupar — to create
• Chinese Mandarin: 形成 (xíngzhǎng) — to create
• Czech: vyvíjet — to create
• Danish: udvikle — to create
• Dutch: ontwikkelen — to create
• Esperanto: disvolvigi — to create
• Esperanto: evoluigi — to create
• Finnish: kehittää — to create
• French: développer — to create
• French: créer — to create
• German: entwickeln — to create
• Hebrew: פיתח (pitéakh) — to create
• Hungarian: kifejleszt — to create
• Hungarian: kialakít — to create
• Italian: sviluppare — to create
• Italian: creare — to create
• Lao: ສ້າງສາ (sāng sā) — to create
• Latin: creare — to create
• Latin: fingere — to create
• Malay: hasil — to create
• Malay: buat — to create
• Maltese: żviluppa — to create
• Māori: whakawhanake — to create
• Persian: ایجاد کردن؛ ساختن؛ تولید کردن — to create
• Polish: wypracować — to create
• Portuguese: desenvolver — to create
• Portuguese: fazer — to create
• Portuguese: criar — to create
• Romansh: sviluppar — to create
• Russian: развива́ть (razvivátʹ) — to create
• Russian: разви́ть (razvítʹ) — to create
• Russian: разраба́тывать (razrabátyvatʹ) — to create
• Russian: разрабо́тать (razrabótatʹ) — to create
• Slovene: razviti — to create
• Spanish: desarrollar — to create
• Swedish: utveckla — to create
• Thai: สร้างสรรค์ (sâang-sǎn) — to create
• Turkish: geliştirmek — to create
• Vietnamese: hình thành — to create
• Yiddish: אַנטוויקלען (antviklen) — to create
• Afrikaans: ontwikkel — to bring out photographic images
• Bulgarian: проявявам (projavjavam) — to bring out photographic images
• Chinese Cantonese: 洗 (sai2) — to bring out photographic images
• Chinese Mandarin: 沖洗 /冲洗 (chōngxǐ) — to bring out photographic images
• Czech: vyvolat — to bring out photographic images
• Dutch: ontwikkelen — to bring out photographic images
• Finnish: kehittää — to bring out photographic images
• French: développer — to bring out photographic images
• Galician: revelar — to bring out photographic images
• German: entwickeln — to bring out photographic images
• Greek: εμφανίζω (emfanízo) — to bring out photographic images
• Hebrew: פיתח (pitéakh) — to bring out photographic images
• Hungarian: előhív — to bring out photographic images
• Italian: sviluppare — to bring out photographic images
• Malay: cuci — to bring out photographic images
• Persian: ظاهر کردن — to bring out photographic images
• Polish: wywołać — to bring out photographic images
• Portuguese: revelar — to bring out photographic images
• Russian: проявля́ть (projavljátʹ) — to bring out photographic images
• Russian: прояви́ть (projavítʹ) — to bring out photographic images
• Slovene: razviti — to bring out photographic images
• Spanish: revelar — to bring out photographic images
• Swedish: framkalla — to bring out photographic images
• Turkish: develope etmek — to bring out photographic images
• Ukrainian: проявля́ти (projavljáty) — to bring out photographic images
• Ukrainian: прояви́ти (projavýty) — to bring out photographic images
• Czech: vyvíjet — (chess) to place one's pieces actively
• French: se développer — (chess) to place one's pieces actively
• German: entwickeln — (chess) to place one's pieces actively
• Russian: развива́ть (razvivátʹ) — (chess) to place one's pieces actively
• Russian: разви́ть (razvítʹ) — (chess) to place one's pieces actively
• Slovene: razviti — (chess) to place one's pieces actively
• Swedish: utveckla — (chess) to place one's pieces actively