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• /ɪnˈtaɪs/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 N T AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih1- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: примамвам (primamvam) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Bulgarian: съблазнявам (sǎblaznjavam) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Catalan: temptar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Catalan: atreure — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Chickasaw: yimmichi — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Chinese Mandarin: 誘惑 /诱惑 (yòuhuò) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Czech: obloudit — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Dutch: aantrekken — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Estonian: meelitama — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Finnish: houkutella — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• French: appâter — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• French: attirer — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• German: locken — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• German: verführen — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Ancient Greek: δελεάζω (deleázō) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Hebrew: פִּתָּה (pitá) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Hungarian: csábítani — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Italian: attrarre — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Italian: tentare — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Italian: allettare — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Italian: adescare — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Japanese: 誘惑する (yūwaku suru) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Latin: pelliciō — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Latin: allectō — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Malayalam: വശീകരിക്കുക (vaśīkarikkuka) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Māori: ngore — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Māori: poapoa — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Māori: tāruru — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Māori: tīmori — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Māori: pātari — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Neapolitan: abbéncere — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Neapolitan: affatturà — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Neapolitan: tentà — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Occitan: escar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Occitan: atraire — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Occitan: tentar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Occitan: incitar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Polish: nęcić — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Polish: kusić — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Polish: wabić — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Polish: mamić — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Polish: zachęcać — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Polish: zachęcić — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Portuguese: aliciar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Portuguese: atrair — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Portuguese: tentar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Russian: прима́нивать (primánivatʹ) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Russian: соблазня́ть (soblaznjátʹ) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Russian: завлека́ть (zavlekátʹ) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: incitar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: tentar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: engolosinar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: engatusar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: encatusar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: encantusar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: cantusar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: acudiciar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Spanish: acodiciar — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Swedish: locka — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Swedish: stimulera — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Swedish: förmå — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Thai: ล่อ (lɔ̂ɔ) — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Turkish: cezbetmek — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Turkish: ayartmak — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Vietnamese: lôi cuốn — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Vietnamese: lôi kéo — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Vietnamese: nhử — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Welsh: denu — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
• Welsh: hudo — to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope