entertain

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/
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• General-American: /ˌɛntɚˈteɪn/
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• General-American: [ˌɛ̃ɾ̃ɚˈtheɪn]
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 N T ER0 T EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: EH2 N ER0 T EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English entertenen, from Middle French entretenir, from Old French entretenir, from entre (“among”) + tenir (“to hold”), from Latin inter + teneō (“hold, keep”). For the noun, compare French entretien. Sense of answering a phone call in Malaysian English is influenced by Malay layan “to serve, to attend to or engage with something”.

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: አስደሰተ (ʾäsdäsätä) — to amuse
• Azerbaijani: əyləndirmək — to amuse
• Belarusian: забаўля́ць (zabawljácʹ) — to amuse
• Belarusian: ба́віць (bávicʹ) — to amuse
• Bulgarian: забавля́вам (zabavljávam) — to amuse
• Bulgarian: развлича́м (razvličám) — to amuse
• Catalan: entretenir — to amuse
• Catalan: divertir — to amuse
• Catalan: distreure — to amuse
• Cornish: didhana — to amuse
• Czech: bavit — to amuse
• Danish: underholde — to amuse
• Danish: fornøje — to amuse
• Dutch: vermaken — to amuse
• Dutch: amuseren — to amuse
• Esperanto: amuzi — to amuse
• Esperanto: regali — to amuse
• Estonian: lõbustama — to amuse
• Finnish: viihdyttää — to amuse
• French: divertir — to amuse
• Galician: entreter — to amuse
• Galician: divertir — to amuse
• Galician: distraer — to amuse
• German: unterhalten — to amuse
• Hebrew: בידר (bidér) — to amuse
• Hindi: बहलाना (bahlānā) — to amuse
• Hungarian: szórakoztat — to amuse
• Ido: amuzar — to amuse
• Irish: déan siamsa do — to amuse
• Irish: cuir siamsaíocht ar fáil do — to amuse
• Old Irish: ar·peti — to amuse
• Italian: divertire — to amuse
• Italian: intrattenere — to amuse
• Kabuverdianu: anima — to amuse
• Kabuverdianu: animá — to amuse
• Latin: remittor — to amuse
• Latin: oblectō — to amuse
• Macedonian: забавува (zabavuva) — to amuse
• Māori: whakangahau — to amuse
• Māori: whakapārekareka — to amuse
• Mirandese: adbertir — to amuse
• Mirandese: antretener — to amuse
• Norwegian Bokmål: underholde — to amuse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: underhalde — to amuse
• Polish: bawić — to amuse
• Polish: zabawiać — to amuse
• Portuguese: divertir — to amuse
• Portuguese: entreter — to amuse
• Romanian: distra — to amuse
• Russian: развлека́ть (razvlekátʹ) — to amuse
• Russian: развле́чь (razvléčʹ) — to amuse
• Russian: забавля́ть (zabavljátʹ) — to amuse
• Russian: позаба́вить (pozabávitʹ) — to amuse
• Serbo-Croatian: за̀бављати — to amuse
• Serbo-Croatian: за̀бавити — to amuse
• Serbo-Croatian: zàbavljati — to amuse
• Serbo-Croatian: zàbaviti — to amuse
• Slovak: baviť — to amuse
• Slovak: zabávať — to amuse
• Slovene: zabavati — to amuse
• Spanish: divertir — to amuse
• Spanish: entretener — to amuse
• Spanish: bayear — to amuse
• Swahili: tumbuiza — to amuse
• Swedish: underhålla — to amuse
• Swedish: roa — to amuse
• Ukrainian: розважа́ти (rozvažáty) — to amuse
• Ukrainian: забавля́ти (zabavljáty) — to amuse
• Ukrainian: ба́вити (bávyty) — to amuse
• Vietnamese: giải trí — to amuse
• Vietnamese: tiêu khiển — to amuse
• Welsh: diddori — to amuse
• Azerbaijani: qonaq etmək — to have over at one's home
• Bulgarian: приемам гости (priemam gosti) — to have over at one's home
• Danish: beværte — to have over at one's home
• Danish: traktere — to have over at one's home
• Dutch: (gasten thuis) ontvangen — to have over at one's home
• Dutch: te gast hebben — to have over at one's home
• French: recevoir — to have over at one's home
• Galician: recibir — to have over at one's home
• Ancient Greek: ἑστιάω (hestiáō) — to have over at one's home
• Hebrew: ארח (eréakh) — to have over at one's home
• Hungarian: vendégül lát — to have over at one's home
• Latin: oblecto — to have over at one's home
• Māori: whakamanuhiri — to have over at one's home
• Māori: whakamanuwhiri — to have over at one's home
• Polish: bawić — to have over at one's home
• Polish: gościć — to have over at one's home
• Russian: принима́ть госте́й (prinimátʹ gostéj) — to have over at one's home
• Danish: tage under overvejelse — to receive and take into consideration
• Danish: lege med idéen om — to receive and take into consideration
• Dutch: in overweging nemen — to receive and take into consideration
• Esperanto: esplori — to receive and take into consideration
• Esperanto: konsideri — to receive and take into consideration
• Esperanto: pripensi — to receive and take into consideration
• Hungarian: megfontol — to receive and take into consideration
• Hungarian: fontolóra vesz — to receive and take into consideration
• Hungarian: foglalkozik a gondolattal — to receive and take into consideration
• Hungarian: eljátszik a gondolattal — to receive and take into consideration
• Polish: wziąć pod uwagę — to receive and take into consideration
• Polish: brać pod uwagę — to receive and take into consideration