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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɜːli/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɝli/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɚ̞li/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)li
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• homophone: Earley
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• CMU ARPABET: ER1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English erly, erlich, earlich, from Old English ǣrlīċ (“early”, adjective), equivalent to ere + -ly.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h2éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Old English ǣrlīċe Middle English erly English early From Middle English erly, orely, arely, erliche, arliche, from Old English ǣrlīċe, ārlīċe (“early; early in the morning”, adverb), equivalent to ere + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse árliga, árla ( > Danish årle, Swedish arla, Norwegian årle, Faroese árla).

313 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vroeë — at a time in advance of the usual
• Albanian: i hershëm — at a time in advance of the usual
• Arabic: بَاكِر (bākir) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Arabic: بدري (badrī) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Arabic: بكري (bakri) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Armenian: վաղ (vaġ) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Armenian: շուտ (šut) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Aromanian: timpuriu — at a time in advance of the usual
• Assamese: সোনকালে (xünkale) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Assamese: আগতীয়াকৈ (agotiakoi) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Asturian: tempranu — at a time in advance of the usual
• Azerbaijani: erkən — at a time in advance of the usual
• Bashkir: иртә (irtə) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Belarusian: ра́нні (ránni) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Bengali: আশু (aśu) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Central Bikol: amay — at a time in advance of the usual
• Central Bikol: atab — at a time in advance of the usual
• Breton: abred — at a time in advance of the usual
• Bulgarian: ра́нен (ránen) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Burmese: စော (cau:) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Catalan: d'hora — at a time in advance of the usual
• Cebuano: sayo — at a time in advance of the usual
• Chinese Cantonese: 早 (zou2) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Chinese Mandarin: 早 (zǎo) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Cornish: a-brys — at a time in advance of the usual
• Cornish: a-bres — at a time in advance of the usual
• Crimean Tatar: erte — at a time in advance of the usual
• Czech: raný — at a time in advance of the usual
• Czech: časný — at a time in advance of the usual
• Danish: tidlig — at a time in advance of the usual
• Dutch: vroeg — at a time in advance of the usual
• Dutch: voortijdig — at a time in advance of the usual
• Esperanto: frua — at a time in advance of the usual
• Estonian: varajane — at a time in advance of the usual
• Even: бадь (ʙaʒ) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Faroese: tíðliga — at a time in advance of the usual
• Finnish: varhainen — at a time in advance of the usual
• Finnish: aikainen — at a time in advance of the usual
• French: de bonne heure — at a time in advance of the usual
• French: tôt — at a time in advance of the usual
• French: en avance — at a time in advance of the usual
• North Frisian: eeđer — at a time in advance of the usual
• West-Frisian: ier — at a time in advance of the usual
• Galician: cedo — at a time in advance of the usual
• Galician: temperán — at a time in advance of the usual
• Georgian: ადრეული (adreuli) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Georgian: ადრე (adre) — at a time in advance of the usual
• German: früh — at a time in advance of the usual
• German: verfrüht — at a time in advance of the usual
• German: frühzeitig — at a time in advance of the usual
• German: früe — at a time in advance of the usual
• Greek: πρώιμος (próimos) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Ancient Greek: πρῷος (prōîos) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Gujarati: વહેલું (vahelũ) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Hebrew: מֻקְדָּם (mukdám) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Higaonon: sayo — at a time in advance of the usual
• Hindi: शीघ्र (śīghra) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Hindi: सवेरा (saverā) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Hungarian: korai — at a time in advance of the usual
• Icelandic: snemma — at a time in advance of the usual
• Indonesian: dini — at a time in advance of the usual
• Indonesian: pagi-pagi — at a time in advance of the usual
• Ingrian: aikahiin — at a time in advance of the usual
• Irish: luath — at a time in advance of the usual
• Irish: moch — at a time in advance of the usual
• Italian: presto — at a time in advance of the usual
• Italian: precoce — at a time in advance of the usual
• Italian: anticipato — at a time in advance of the usual
• Italian: anticipata — at a time in advance of the usual
• Italian: anticipo — at a time in advance of the usual
• Japanese: 早い (hayai) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Old Javanese: isuk — at a time in advance of the usual
• Kazakh: ерте (erte) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Khmer: មុនម៉ោង (mun maong) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Korean: 이르다 (ireuda) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Korean: 빠르다 (ppareuda) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Central Kurdish: زوو (zû) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Kyrgyz: эрте (erte) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Ladin: bunerif — at a time in advance of the usual
• Lao: ເຊົ້າ (sao) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Latgalian: agrys — at a time in advance of the usual
• Latgalian: agreims — at a time in advance of the usual
• Latgalian: agrejs — at a time in advance of the usual
• Latin: mātūtīnus — at a time in advance of the usual
• Latin: praecox — at a time in advance of the usual
• Latvian: agrs — at a time in advance of the usual
• Lithuanian: ankstus — at a time in advance of the usual
• Lithuanian: ankstyvas — at a time in advance of the usual
• Lutuv: patang — at a time in advance of the usual
• Luxembourgish: fréi — at a time in advance of the usual
• Macedonian: ран (ran) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Maltese: kmieni — at a time in advance of the usual
• Maltese: bikri — at a time in advance of the usual
• Manchu: ᡝᡵᡩᡝ (erde) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Māori: moata — at a time in advance of the usual
• Māori: tuata — at a time in advance of the usual
• Mongolian: эрт (ert) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Mongolian: эртний (ertnii) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Norwegian Bokmål: tidlig — at a time in advance of the usual
• Occitan: d'ora — at a time in advance of the usual
• Old English: hræd — at a time in advance of the usual
• Old Norse: snemt — at a time in advance of the usual
• Old Norse: snemma — at a time in advance of the usual
• Persian: زود (zud) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Polish: wczesny — at a time in advance of the usual
• Portuguese: precoce — at a time in advance of the usual
• Portuguese: cedo — at a time in advance of the usual
• Romanian: devreme — at a time in advance of the usual
• Romanian: timpuriu — at a time in advance of the usual
• Romansh: baud — at a time in advance of the usual
• Russian: ра́нний (ránnij) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Scottish Gaelic: tràthail — at a time in advance of the usual
• Serbo-Croatian: рани — at a time in advance of the usual
• Serbo-Croatian: rani — at a time in advance of the usual
• Slovak: raný — at a time in advance of the usual
• Slovak: včasný — at a time in advance of the usual
• Slovene: zgoden — at a time in advance of the usual
• Upper Sorbian: zažny — at a time in advance of the usual
• Spanish: temprano — at a time in advance of the usual
• Spanish: tempranero — at a time in advance of the usual
• Swahili: mapema — at a time in advance of the usual
• Swedish: tidig — at a time in advance of the usual
• Swedish: arla — at a time in advance of the usual
• Tajik: барвақт (barvaqt) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Thai: เร็ว (reo) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Thai: เนิ่น (nə̂ən) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Thai: เช้า (cháao) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Turkish: erken — at a time in advance of the usual
• Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Turkmen: ir — at a time in advance of the usual
• Turkmen: irki — at a time in advance of the usual
• Ukrainian: ра́нній (ránnij) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Ukrainian: завча́сний (zavčásnyj) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Urdu: سویرا (savera) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Uzbek: erta — at a time in advance of the usual
• Vietnamese: sớm — at a time in advance of the usual
• Vietnamese: ban đầu — at a time in advance of the usual
• Vietnamese: đầu mùa — at a time in advance of the usual
• Volapük: gölik — at a time in advance of the usual
• Welsh: yn fore — at a time in advance of the usual
• Welsh: cynnar — at a time in advance of the usual
• Yakut: эрдэ (erde) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Yiddish: באַלדיק (baldik) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Zazaki: rew (diq) — at a time in advance of the usual
• Armenian: վաղ (vaġ) — arriving at a time before expected
• Armenian: շուտ (šut) — arriving at a time before expected
• Bashkir: иртә (irtə) — arriving at a time before expected
• Bulgarian: ранен (ranen) — arriving at a time before expected
• Bulgarian: преждевременен (preždevremenen) — arriving at a time before expected
• Dutch: vroeg — arriving at a time before expected
• Estonian: vara — arriving at a time before expected
• Finnish: aikainen — arriving at a time before expected
• Finnish: ennenaikainen — arriving at a time before expected
• French: en avance — arriving at a time before expected
• Galician: cedo — arriving at a time before expected
• German: früh — arriving at a time before expected
• German: verfrüht — arriving at a time before expected
• Greek: πρόωρος (próoros) — arriving at a time before expected
• Irish: luath — arriving at a time before expected
• Italian: precoce — arriving at a time before expected
• Japanese: 早い (hayai) — arriving at a time before expected
• Korean: 이르다 (ireuda) — arriving at a time before expected
• Korean: 빠르다 (ppareuda) — arriving at a time before expected
• Central Kurdish: زوو (zû) — arriving at a time before expected
• Māori: moata — arriving at a time before expected
• Māori: tuata — arriving at a time before expected
• Norwegian Bokmål: tidlig — arriving at a time before expected
• Old English: hræd — arriving at a time before expected
• Polish: wczesny — arriving at a time before expected
• Portuguese: adiantado — arriving at a time before expected
• Russian: ра́нний (ránnij) — arriving at a time before expected
• Scottish Gaelic: tràthail — arriving at a time before expected
• Upper Sorbian: zažny — arriving at a time before expected
• Spanish: temprano — arriving at a time before expected
• Swahili: mapema — arriving at a time before expected
• Swedish: tidig — arriving at a time before expected
• Turkish: erken — arriving at a time before expected
• Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken) — arriving at a time before expected
• Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur) — arriving at a time before expected
• Volapük: gölik — arriving at a time before expected
• Finnish: varhainen — near but after the start or beginning
• French: ancien — near but after the start or beginning
• French: tôtif — near but after the start or beginning
• French: précoce — near but after the start or beginning
• French: premier — near but after the start or beginning
• German: früh — near but after the start or beginning
• Greek: πρώιμος (próimos) — near but after the start or beginning
• Italian: primo — near but after the start or beginning
• Japanese: 早い (hayai) — near but after the start or beginning
• Korean: 이르다 (ireuda) — near but after the start or beginning
• Korean: 빠르다 (ppareuda) — near but after the start or beginning
• Latin: prīmus — near but after the start or beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: tidlig — near but after the start or beginning
• Old English: hræd — near but after the start or beginning
• Piedmontese: primeiro — near but after the start or beginning
• Polish: wczesny — near but after the start or beginning
• Polish: początkowy — near but after the start or beginning
• Portuguese: inicial — near but after the start or beginning
• Romanian: devreme — near but after the start or beginning
• Russian: ра́нний (ránnij) — near but after the start or beginning
• Swahili: mapema — near but after the start or beginning
• Swedish: tidig — near but after the start or beginning
• Turkish: erken — near but after the start or beginning
• Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken) — near but after the start or beginning
• Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur) — near but after the start or beginning
• Volapük: gölik — near but after the start or beginning
• French: précoce — illness: having begun to occur
• Greek: πρώιμος (próimos) — illness: having begun to occur
• Italian: precoce — illness: having begun to occur
• Italian: iniziale — illness: having begun to occur
• Japanese: 初期の (shoki no) — illness: having begun to occur
• Japanese: 早期の (sōki no) — illness: having begun to occur
• Portuguese: inicial — illness: having begun to occur
• Portuguese: precoce — illness: having begun to occur
• Spanish: temprano — illness: having begun to occur
• Spanish: a comienzos de — relating to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Spanish: a principio de — relating to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Spanish: a comienzo de — relating to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Albanian: Heret — at a time before expected
• Arabic: مُبَكِّرًا (mubakkiran) — at a time before expected
• Arabic: بَاكِرًا (bākiran) — at a time before expected
• Arabic: بدري (badri) — at a time before expected
• Arabic: بكري (bakri) — at a time before expected
• Armenian: վաղ (vaġ) — at a time before expected
• Azerbaijani: erkən — at a time before expected
• Bakhtiari: زید (zið) — at a time before expected
• Bashkir: иртә (irtə) — at a time before expected
• Basque: goizik — at a time before expected
• Belarusian: ра́на (rána) — at a time before expected
• Breton: abred — at a time before expected
• Bulgarian: ра́но (ráno) — at a time before expected
• Burmese: စောစော (cau:cau:) — at a time before expected
• Catalan: aviat — at a time before expected
• Chamicuro: wa'ni tsijta — at a time before expected
• Chinese Mandarin: 早 (zǎo) — at a time before expected
• Czech: brzy — at a time before expected
• Czech: časně — at a time before expected
• Esperanto: frue — at a time before expected
• Estonian: vara — at a time before expected
• Faroese: snimma — at a time before expected
• Faroese: árla — at a time before expected
• Finnish: aikaisin — at a time before expected
• Finnish: varhain — at a time before expected
• Finnish: ajoissa — at a time before expected
• Finnish: hyvissä ajoin — at a time before expected
• French: tôt — at a time before expected
• French: de bonne heure — at a time before expected
• French: en avance — at a time before expected
• Galician: cedo — at a time before expected
• Georgian: ადრე (adre) — at a time before expected
• German: früh — at a time before expected
• Greek: νωρίς (norís) — at a time before expected
• Ancient Greek: πρωΐ (prōḯ) — at a time before expected
• Ancient Greek: ἦρι (êri) — at a time before expected
• Hebrew: מֻקְדָּם (mukdám) — at a time before expected
• Hindi: जल्दी (jaldī) — at a time before expected
• Hittite: [Term?] (/⁠karú⁠/) — at a time before expected
• Hungarian: korán — at a time before expected
• Icelandic: snemma — at a time before expected
• Ido: frue — at a time before expected
• Ingrian: aikaisee — at a time before expected
• Ingrian: varraa — at a time before expected
• Italian: presto — at a time before expected
• Japanese: 早く (hayaku) — at a time before expected
• Kazakh: ерте (erte) — at a time before expected
• Korean: 일찍 (iljjik) — at a time before expected
• Korean: 빨리 (ppalli) — at a time before expected
• Northern Kurdish: zû — at a time before expected
• Kyrgyz: эрте (erte) — at a time before expected
• Ladin: abenëura — at a time before expected
• Latvian: agri — at a time before expected
• Lithuanian: anksti — at a time before expected
• Luxembourgish: fréi — at a time before expected
• Macedonian: рано (rano) — at a time before expected
• Malay: awal — at a time before expected
• Old English: hraþe — at a time before expected
• Old English: ǣr — at a time before expected
• Old Norse: snemma — at a time before expected
• Persian: زود (zud) — at a time before expected
• Polish: wcześnie — at a time before expected
• Portuguese: cedo — at a time before expected
• Romanian: devreme — at a time before expected
• Russian: ра́но (ráno) — at a time before expected
• Serbo-Croatian: рано — at a time before expected
• Serbo-Croatian: rano — at a time before expected
• Sicilian: viatu — at a time before expected
• Slovak: skoro — at a time before expected
• Slovak: čoskoro — at a time before expected
• Slovak: včas — at a time before expected
• Slovak: zavčasu — at a time before expected
• Slovene: zgódaj — at a time before expected
• Spanish: temprano — at a time before expected
• Swahili: mapema — at a time before expected
• Swedish: tidigt — at a time before expected
• Tajik: барвақт (barvaqt) — at a time before expected
• Thai: แต่วัน (dtàe wan) — at a time before expected
• Turkish: erken — at a time before expected
• Ottoman Turkish: اركن (erken) — at a time before expected
• Turkmen: irki — at a time before expected
• Ukrainian: ра́но (ráno) — at a time before expected
• Ukrainian: завча́сно (zavčásno) — at a time before expected
• Urdu: جلدی (jaldī) — at a time before expected
• Uzbek: erta — at a time before expected
• Vietnamese: sớm — at a time before expected
• Volapük: göliko — at a time before expected
• Volapük: gölo — at a time before expected
• Walloon: timpe — at a time before expected
• Walloon: toit — at a time before expected
• Walloon: di boune eure — at a time before expected
• Welsh: cynnar — at a time before expected
• Welsh: plygeinwaith — at a time before expected
• Yiddish: פֿרי (fri) — at a time before expected