eschew

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• UK: /ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/
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• UK: /ɪsˈt͡ʃuː/
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• UK: /ɪʃˈt͡ʃuː/
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• US: /ɛsˈt͡ʃu/
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• US: /ɪsˈt͡ʃu/
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• US: /ɛsˈt͡ʃju/
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• UK, US, proscribed, sometimes: /ɛˈʃu/
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• UK, US, proscribed, sometimes: /ɪˈʃu/
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• UK, US, proscribed, sometimes: /ɛˈskju/
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• rhymes with -uː
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 S CH UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew. For the pronunciation with /ʃ/, compare the development of marshal from Middle English marschal (/marsˈt͡ʃaːl/) or Middle English myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in /sk/ are either from unattested Middle English *eskewen (from Old Northern French eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations. See also French esquiver.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ontwyk — avoid, shun
• Albanian: shmang — avoid, shun
• Armenian: խուսափել (xusapʻel) — avoid, shun
• Bulgarian: отбягвам (otbjagvam) — avoid, shun
• Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — avoid, shun
• Chinese Mandarin: 回避 (huíbì) — avoid, shun
• Czech: vyhnout se — avoid, shun
• Czech: vyvarovat se — avoid, shun
• Czech: vyhýbat se — avoid, shun
• Czech: vystříhat se — avoid, shun
• Dutch: vermijden — avoid, shun
• Dutch: schuwen — avoid, shun
• Dutch: ontwijken — avoid, shun
• Esperanto: negi — avoid, shun
• Esperanto: forlasi — avoid, shun
• Esperanto: eviti — avoid, shun
• Finnish: välttää — avoid, shun
• Finnish: karttaa — avoid, shun
• French: éviter — avoid, shun
• French: esquiver — avoid, shun
• German: meiden — avoid, shun
• German: scheuen — avoid, shun
• Greek: αποφεύγω (apofévgo) — avoid, shun
• Hebrew: נמנע (nimná) — avoid, shun
• Irish: seachain — avoid, shun
• Italian: schivare — avoid, shun
• Italian: rifuggire — avoid, shun
• Macedonian: ескивира (eskivira) — avoid, shun
• Middle English: eschewen — avoid, shun
• Norwegian: sky — avoid, shun
• Old English: ætflēon — avoid, shun
• Portuguese: evitar — avoid, shun
• Portuguese: esquivar — avoid, shun
• Portuguese: renegar — avoid, shun
• Romanian: evita — avoid, shun
• Romanian: ocoli — avoid, shun
• Russian: сторони́ться (storonítʹsja) — avoid, shun
• Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — avoid, shun
• Slovak: vyhýbať sa — avoid, shun
• Spanish: evitar — avoid, shun
• Swedish: sky — avoid, shun
• Swedish: undvika — avoid, shun
• Ukrainian: уника́ти (unykáty) — avoid, shun
• Ukrainian: ухиля́тися (uxyljátysja) — avoid, shun
• Ukrainian: сторони́тися (storonýtysja) — avoid, shun
• Ukrainian: цура́тися (curátysja) — avoid, shun