empower

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpaʊ.ə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpaʊ.ə/
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• General-American: /ɪmˈpaʊ.əɹ/
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• General-American: /ɛmˈpaʊ.əɹ/
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• India, North: /emˈpɑː.ʋə(r)/
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• India, South: /ˈem.pə.ʋə(r)/
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• rhymes with -aʊə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 M P AW1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English empower From em- + power.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: упълномощавам (upǎlnomoštavam) — to give permission to
• Chinese Mandarin: 授權 /授权 (shòuquán) — to give permission to
• Czech: zmocnit — to give permission to
• Dutch: volmacht geven — to give permission to
• Dutch: machtigen — to give permission to
• Finnish: valtuuttaa — to give permission to
• French: autoriser — to give permission to
• Galician: autorizar — to give permission to
• Galician: facultar — to give permission to
• Galician: gornecer — to give permission to
• German: bevollmächtigen — to give permission to
• German: ermächtigen — to give permission to
• German: befähigen — to give permission to
• Greek: εξουσιοδοτώ (exousiodotó) — to give permission to
• Hungarian: felhatalmaz — to give permission to
• Italian: dare potere — to give permission to
• Italian: permettere — to give permission to
• Māori: whakamana — to give permission to
• Norwegian: bemyndige — to give permission to
• Portuguese: dar poderes a — to give permission to
• Portuguese: permitir — to give permission to
• Russian: уполномо́чивать (upolnomóčivatʹ) — to give permission to
• Russian: предоставля́ть пра́во (predostavljátʹ právo) — to give permission to
• Spanish: apoderar — to give permission to
• Spanish: dar permiso — to give permission to
• Swedish: bemyndiga — to give permission to
• Swedish: befullmäktiga — to give permission to
• Swedish: tillåta — to give permission to
• Swedish: berättiga — to give permission to
• Chinese Mandarin: 賦予...的力量 /赋予...的力量 (fùyǔ...de lìliàng) — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Chinese Mandarin: 賦能 /赋能 (fùnéng) — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Dutch: bemoedigen — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Estonian: väestama — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Estonian: võimestama — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Finnish: voimaannuttaa — to give confidence and/or strength to
• French: encapaciter — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Galician: afoutar — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Galician: afiuzar — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Galician: alumiñar — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Galician: gracir — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Greek: παρέχω (parécho) — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Greek: ενδυναμώνω (endynamóno) — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Hungarian: megerősít — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Italian: incoraggiare — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Italian: sostenere — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Māori: whakamana — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Māori: whakamanawa — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Portuguese: empoderar — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Spanish: inspirar a — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Spanish: facultar — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Spanish: empoderar — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Swedish: stärka — to give confidence and/or strength to
• Zhuang: hawjrengz — to give confidence and/or strength to