dispatch

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈspæt͡ʃ/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American: /dɪˈspæt͡ʃ/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American: /dəˈspæt͡ʃ/
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• New-Zealand: /dəˈspɛt͡ʃ/
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• rhymes with -ætʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P AE1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Spanish despachar and/or Italian dispacciare. Further etymology is uncertain. For first element des-, see dis-. Second element probably from either Vulgar Latin *pactāre (“to fasten"”), *pactiare or Latin -pedicāre (“to entrap, shackle”), from pedica, from pēs. Ultimately related to impeach through shared Latin root. The first known use in writing (in the past tense, spelled as dispached) is by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall in 1517. This would be unusually early for a borrowing from a Romance language other than French, but Tunstall had studied in Italy and was Commissioner to Spain, so this word may have been borrowed through diplomatic circles. The alternative spelling despatch was introduced in Samuel Johnson's dictionary, probably by accident. Compare typologically deliver (for the meaning to bring or transport) (< Latin dē- + līberō).

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: депеша (depeša) — message sent quickly
• Bulgarian: телеграма (telegrama) — message sent quickly
• Esperanto: depeŝo — message sent quickly
• French: dépêche — message sent quickly
• German: Depesche — message sent quickly
• German: Eilbotschaft — message sent quickly
• German: Eilbenachrichtigung — message sent quickly
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsendelse — message sent quickly
• Portuguese: despacho — message sent quickly
• Romanian: depeșă — message sent quickly
• Romanian: telegramă — message sent quickly
• Russian: депеша (depeša) — message sent quickly
• Spanish: despacho — message sent quickly
• Spanish: envío urgente — message sent quickly
• Turkish: çabuk yollama — message sent quickly
• Bulgarian: експедиция (ekspedicija) — act of dispatching
• Greek: αποστολή (apostolí) — act of dispatching
• Hungarian: feladás — act of dispatching
• Latin: ablēgātiō — act of dispatching
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsendelse — act of dispatching
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsending — act of dispatching
• Portuguese: despacho — act of dispatching
• Romanian: expediere — act of dispatching
• Russian: экспеди́ция (ekspedícija) — act of dispatching
• Spanish: envío — act of dispatching
• Spanish: despacho — act of dispatching
• Spanish: comunicado — act of dispatching
• Turkish: yollama — act of dispatching
• Belarusian: высыла́ць (vysylácʹ) — to send with promptness
• Belarusian: вы́слаць (výslacʹ) — to send with promptness
• Bulgarian: пращам (praštam) — to send with promptness
• Chinese Mandarin: 派遣 (pàiqiǎn) — to send with promptness
• Chinese Mandarin: 調度 /调度 (diàodù) — to send with promptness
• Chinese Mandarin: 發送 /发送 (fāsòng) — to send with promptness
• Dutch: verzenden — to send with promptness
• Finnish: lähettää — to send with promptness
• German: verschicken — to send with promptness
• German: versenden — to send with promptness
• Ancient Greek: ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō) — to send with promptness
• Hungarian: elküld — to send with promptness
• Norwegian Bokmål: avsende — to send with promptness
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsende — to send with promptness
• Norwegian Bokmål: sende — to send with promptness
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekspedere — to send with promptness
• Portuguese: despachar — to send with promptness
• Romanian: expedia — to send with promptness
• Russian: отправля́ть (otpravljátʹ) — to send with promptness
• Russian: отпра́вить (otprávitʹ) — to send with promptness
• Russian: высыла́ть (vysylátʹ) — to send with promptness
• Russian: вы́слать (výslatʹ) — to send with promptness
• Spanish: despachar — to send with promptness
• Turkish: göndermek — to send with promptness
• Turkish: sevk etmek — to send with promptness
• Turkish: yollamak — to send with promptness
• Ottoman Turkish: كوندرمك (göndermek) — to send with promptness
• Ottoman Turkish: یوللامق (yollamak) — to send with promptness
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — to send with promptness
• Udmurt: келяны (keľany) — to send with promptness
• Bulgarian: бързам (bǎrzam) — to hurry
• German: beeilen — to hurry
• Greek: βιάζομαι (viázomai) — to hurry
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekspedere — to hurry
• Portuguese: apressar-se — to hurry
• Russian: спешить (spešitʹ) — to hurry
• Spanish: despachar — to hurry
• Turkish: acele etme — to hurry
• German: besiegen — to defeat
• Portuguese: despachar — to defeat
• Spanish: despachar — to defeat
• Turkish: yenme — to defeat
• German: entziehen — to deprive
• Portuguese: privar — to deprive
• Russian: лиша́ть (lišátʹ) — to deprive
• Spanish: privar — to deprive
• Turkish: mahrum etme — to deprive
• Turkish: yoksun bırakma — to deprive
• Finnish: tappaa — to destroy quickly and efficiently
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilintetgjøre — to destroy quickly and efficiently
• Norwegian Bokmål: ødelegge — to destroy quickly and efficiently
• Russian: расправля́ться с (raspravljátʹsja s) — to destroy quickly and efficiently
• Spanish: despacharse — to destroy quickly and efficiently
• Swedish: omintetgöra — to destroy quickly and efficiently