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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛpt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɛpt/
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• General-American: /ɪkˈsɛpt/
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• General-American, sometimes: /ɛkˈsɛpt/
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• /əkˈsɛpt/ weak vowel merger
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• homophone: accept (for some pronunciations)
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• rhymes with -ɛpt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S EH1 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

272 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِلَّا (ʔillā) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: الا (ella) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Bulgarian: освен ако (osven ako) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Czech: kromě — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Dutch: behalve — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Finnish: paitsi — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• French: si ce n'est — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: catar — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: agás — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Georgian: გარდა (garda) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• German: höchstens — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• German: bis auf — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• German: ausgenommen — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (alja) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Ancient Greek: εἰ μή (ei mḗ) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Ancient Greek: πλὴν εἰ (plḕn ei) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Ancient Greek: πλήν (plḗn) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Hindi: सिवाय (sivāy) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Hungarian: kivéve — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Icelandic: nema — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Ido: ecepte ke — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Ido: ecepte se — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Ido: sen ke — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Indonesian: kecuali — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Irish: ach amháin go — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Irish: amháin go — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Latin: nisi — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian: unntatt — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian: bortsett fra — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian: unnateke — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian: unnateki — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Polish: poza tym że — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Polish: tyle że — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Portuguese: só que — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Romanian: cu exceptia — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Russian: за исключе́нием того́, что (za isključénijem tovó, što) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Russian: кро́ме (króme) — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Spanish: salvo que — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Sundanese: iwal ti — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Swedish: utom — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Tagalog: maliban — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Turkish: hariç — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Welsh: ac eithrio — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Welsh: heblaw — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Welsh: namyn — Introducing a non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification
• Amharic: ያለ (yalä) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: إِلَّا (ʔillā) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: بِاسْتِثْنَاء (bi-stiṯnāʔ) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: عَدَا (ʕadā) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: دُونَ (dūna) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: سِوَى (siwā) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: حَاشَا (ḥāšā) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: خَلَا (ḵalā) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: غَيْر (ḡayr) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: مَا عَدَا (mā ʕadā) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: غير (ḡēr) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: الا (ella) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: إلَّا (ʔilla) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: ما عدا (mā ʕada) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: غير (ḡēr) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: إلَّا (ʔilla) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: ما عدا (mā ʕada) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Arabic: غير (ḡēr) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Armenian: բացի (bacʻi) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Belarusian: акрамя́ (akramjá) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Belarusian: за выключэ́ннем (za vyključénnjem) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Bulgarian: освен (osven) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Bulgarian: с изключение на (s izključenie na) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Catalan: excepte — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Catalan: llevat — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Catalan: tret — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Chinese: 為着 (ūi-tio̍h) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Chinese Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Chinese Mandarin: 除了 (chúle) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓaɗi — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Czech: kromě — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Czech: mimo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Czech: vyjma — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Danish: bortset fra — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Danish: ud over — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Danish: med undtagelse af — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Danish: undtagen — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Danish: foruden — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Dutch: behalve — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Dutch: uitgezonderd — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Egyptian: wp:p-w-Z9 (wpw) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Egyptian: Hr:Z1-x*x:x (ḥr ḫw) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Esperanto: krom — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Finnish: muuta kuin — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Finnish: paitsi — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Finnish: lukuun ottamatta — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Finnish: pois lukien — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• French: excepté — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• French: sauf — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• French: à l'exception de — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• French: hormis — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: agás — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: bardante — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: eigo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: erga — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: aliás — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: exente — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Galician: senón — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Georgian: გარდა (garda) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• German: außer — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• German: bis auf — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• German: abgesehen von — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Greek: εκτός (ektós) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Greek: εξαιρούμενου (exairoúmenou) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ancient Greek: πλήν (plḗn) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Hebrew: חוץ מ־ (khúts mi-) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Hungarian: kivéve — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Hungarian: kivételével — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Icelandic: nema — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ido: ecepte — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ido: exter — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ingrian: krome — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Irish: ach amháin — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Irish: amháin — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Irish: diomaite de — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Italian: salvo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Italian: tranne — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Italian: eccetto — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Italian: fatto salvo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Japanese: ...を除いて (...-o nozoite) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Japanese: ...以外は (...igai-wa) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Korean: ... 말고는 (... malgoneun) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Korean: ... 외에는 (... oeeneun) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Korean: ...을 빼면 (...eul ppaemyeon) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Central Kurdish: جگەلە (cgele) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Northern Kurdish: ji bilî — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ladino: salvo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ladino: saluo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ladino: salvu (Monastir) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ladino: ekseptado — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ladino: afueras — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Latin: praeter — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Macedonian: освен (osven) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Malay: kecuali — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Malayalam: ഒഴികെ (oḻike) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Māori: hāunga — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Marathi: -शिवाय (-śivāy) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Marathi: -व्यतिरिक्त (-vyatirikta) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Marathi: -खेरीज (-kherīj) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Marathi: खेरीजकरून (kherījakrūn) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian Bokmål: utenom — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian Bokmål: bortsett fra — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian Bokmål: unntatt — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian Bokmål: unntagen — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utanom — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Old Norse: nema — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Persian: جز (joz) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Polish: z wyjątkiem — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Polish: oprócz — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Old Polish: krom — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Old Polish: kromie — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Old Polish: kromia — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Portuguese: exceto — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Portuguese: menos — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Portuguese: fora — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Portuguese: salvo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Romanian: în afară de — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Romanian: cu excepția — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Russian: кро́ме (króme) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Russian: исключа́я (isključája) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Russian: за исключе́нием (za isključénijem) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Serbo-Croatian: се̑м — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏сӣм — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Serbo-Croatian: sȇm — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍsīm — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Slovak: okrem — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Slovene: razen — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Lower Sorbian: mimo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Upper Sorbian: nimo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Spanish: excepto — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Spanish: salvo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Spanish: exceptuando — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Spanish: menos — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Spanish: zafo — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Swahili: ila — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Swedish: förutom — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Swedish: bortsett från — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Tagalog: maliban ang — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Tagalog: maliban kay/maliban kina — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Tagalog: maliban sa — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Tamil: தவிர (tavira) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Telugu: తప్ప (tappa) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Telugu: తక్క (takka) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Thai: ยกเว้น (yók-wén) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Turkish: ...-den başka — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Turkish: -nın dışında — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Turkish: hariç — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ukrainian: крім (krim) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ukrainian: о́крі́м (ókrím) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ukrainian: пріч (prič) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ukrainian: опрі́ч (opríč) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Ukrainian: за ви́нятком (za výnjatkom) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Vietnamese: trừ — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Vietnamese: ngoại trừ — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Vietnamese: trừ ra — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Vietnamese: không kể — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Volapük: pläamü — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Welsh: dieithr — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Yiddish: אַחוץ (akhuts) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Yiddish: חוץ (khuts) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Yiddish: אויסער (oyser) — introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification
• Albanian: perjashto — to exclude
• Arabic: اِسْتَثْنَى (istaṯnā) — to exclude
• Arabic: استثنى (astaṯna) — to exclude
• Arabic: طَلَّع (ṭallaʕ) — to exclude
• Bulgarian: изключвам (izključvam) — to exclude
• Catalan: exceptuar — to exclude
• Czech: vyloučit — to exclude
• Dutch: uitsluiten — to exclude
• Dutch: uitzonderen — to exclude
• Esperanto: escepti — to exclude
• Finnish: tehdä poikkeus — to exclude
• Finnish: antaa erivapaus — to exclude
• Finnish: vapauttaa (jostakin) — to exclude
• French: faire une exception pour — to exclude
• French: excepter — to exclude
• German: ausnehmen — to exclude
• German: ausklammern — to exclude
• German: ausschließen — to exclude
• Greek: εξαιρώ (exairó) — to exclude
• Hebrew: פרט ל־ — to exclude
• Hebrew: חוץ מ־ — to exclude
• Hungarian: kizár — to exclude
• Ido: eceptar — to exclude
• Japanese: 除く (nozoku) — to exclude
• Japanese: 除外する (jogai suru) — to exclude
• Māori: awere — to exclude
• Marathi: वगळणे (vagaḷṇe) — to exclude
• Norwegian: unnta — to exclude
• Persian: جز (joz) — to exclude
• Persian: بجز (bejoz) — to exclude
• Persian: مگر (magar) — to exclude
• Persian: باستثنای — to exclude
• Polish: wykluczać — to exclude
• Polish: wykluczyć wyłączać — to exclude
• Portuguese: excepcionar — to exclude
• Russian: исключа́ть (isključátʹ) — to exclude
• Russian: исключи́ть (isključítʹ) — to exclude
• Slovak: vylúčiť — to exclude
• Slovene: izvzeti — to exclude
• Slovene: izključiti — to exclude
• Spanish: exceptuar — to exclude
• Spanish: excepcionar — to exclude
• Thai: ยกเว้น (yók-wén) — to exclude
• Turkish: dışında — to exclude
• Turkish: hariç — to exclude
• Vietnamese: ngoại trừ — to exclude
• Vietnamese: trừ — to exclude
• Vietnamese: trừ ra — to exclude
• Czech: namítat — to take exception, to object to
• Dutch: bezwaar hebben — to take exception, to object to
• Dutch: protesteren — to take exception, to object to
• Dutch: bezwaar maken — to take exception, to object to
• Finnish: vastustaa — to take exception, to object to
• French: objecter — to take exception, to object to
• French: protester — to take exception, to object to
• French: s'élever contre — to take exception, to object to
• German: widersprechen — to take exception, to object to
• Greek: διαφωνώ (diafonó) — to take exception, to object to
• Hungarian: visszautasít — to take exception, to object to
• Hungarian: óvást emel — to take exception, to object to
• Norwegian: unngå — to take exception, to object to
• Portuguese: objetar — to take exception, to object to
• Russian: возража́ть (vozražátʹ) — to take exception, to object to
• Russian: возрази́ть (vozrazítʹ) — to take exception, to object to
• Vietnamese: phản đối — to take exception, to object to
• Vietnamese: chống — to take exception, to object to