forbid

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈbɪd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [fəˈbɪd]
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• General-American: /fɚˈbɪd/
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• General-American: [fɚˈbɪd] ~ [fɹ̩ˈbɪd]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɪd
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• CMU ARPABET: F ER0 B IH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F AO0 B IH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną, from *furi + *beudaną. Equivalent to for- (“from, away”) + bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Danish forbyde (“to forbid”), Norwegian Bokmål forby (“to forbid”), Swedish förbjuda (“to forbid”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan). Related to forbode.

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndaloj — to disallow
• Southern Altai: токтодып салар (toktodïp salar) — to disallow
• Arabic: حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama) — to disallow
• Arabic: حَظَرَ (ḥaẓara) — to disallow
• Arabic: مَنَعَ (manaʕa) — to disallow
• Armenian: արգելել (argelel) — to disallow
• Asturian: negar — to disallow
• Azerbaijani: qadağan etmək — to disallow
• Azerbaijani: yasaq etmək — to disallow
• Azerbaijani: yasaqlamaq — to disallow
• West Coast Bajau: ngelarang — to disallow
• Basque: debekatu — to disallow
• Basque: uko egin — to disallow
• Belarusian: забараня́ць (zabaranjácʹ) — to disallow
• Belarusian: забарані́ць (zabaranícʹ) — to disallow
• Bengali: নিষেধ করা (niśedh kora) — to disallow
• Bulgarian: забраня́вам (zabranjávam) — to disallow
• Bulgarian: отка́звам (otkázvam) — to disallow
• Burmese: တား (ta:) — to disallow
• Burmese: မြစ် (mrac) — to disallow
• Burmese: ပညတ် (pa.nyat) — to disallow
• Catalan: denegar — to disallow
• Chinese Mandarin: 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) — to disallow
• Chinese Mandarin: 拒絕 /拒绝 (jùjué) — to disallow
• Ngazidja Comorian: uziia — to disallow
• Cornish: difen — to disallow
• Czech: zakazovat — to disallow
• Czech: zakázat — to disallow
• Danish: forbyde — to disallow
• Dutch: verbieden — to disallow
• Dutch: weigeren — to disallow
• Dutch: ontzeggen — to disallow
• Dutch: niet toestaan — to disallow
• Esperanto: malpermesi — to disallow
• Estonian: keelama — to disallow
• Estonian: keelustama — to disallow
• Faroese: banna — to disallow
• Finnish: kieltää — to disallow
• Finnish: estää — to disallow
• French: interdire — to disallow
• French: nier — to disallow
• French: dénier — to disallow
• Friulian: neâ — to disallow
• Galician: banir — to disallow
• Galician: enfensar — to disallow
• Galician: devedar — to disallow
• Galician: coutar — to disallow
• Galician: toller — to disallow
• Galician: privar — to disallow
• Galician: entredicir — to disallow
• Galician: prohibir — to disallow
• Georgian: აკრძალვა (aḳrʒalva) — to disallow
• German: verbieten — to disallow
• German: untersagen — to disallow
• German: verweigern — to disallow
• German: vorenthalten — to disallow
• German: ablehnen — to disallow
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan) — to disallow
• Greek: απαγορεύω (apagorévo) — to disallow
• Hebrew: אָסַר (asár) — to disallow
• Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — to disallow
• Hindi: मना करना (manā karnā) — to disallow
• Hungarian: tilt — to disallow
• Hungarian: megtilt — to disallow
• Icelandic: banna — to disallow
• Ido: interdiktar — to disallow
• Indonesian: larang — to disallow
• Indonesian: melarang — to disallow
• Irish: éar — to disallow
• Irish: coisc (ar) — to disallow
• Italian: proibire — to disallow
• Italian: vietare — to disallow
• Italian: negare — to disallow
• Italian: smentire — to disallow
• Japanese: 禁じる (kinjiru) — to disallow
• Japanese: 止める (tomeru) — to disallow
• Japanese: 拒む (kobamu) — to disallow
• Japanese: 断る (kotowaru) — to disallow
• Japanese: 否む (inamu) — to disallow
• Japanese: 禁止する (kinshi suru) — to disallow
• Japanese: 拒否する (kyohi suru) — to disallow
• Kazakh: рұқсат етпеу (rūqsat etpeu) — to disallow
• Kazakh: тыйым салу (tyiym salu) — to disallow
• Khmer: ហាម (haam) — to disallow
• Khmer: ឃាត់ (khŏət) — to disallow
• Khmer: ប្រញប្ត (prɑɑñap) — to disallow
• Khmer: ប្រាម (praam) — to disallow
• Khmer: អាយ័ត (ʼaayat) — to disallow
• Korean: 금지하다 (geumjihada) — to disallow
• Korean: 금하다 (geumhada) — to disallow
• Kyrgyz: тыгоу (tıgou) — to disallow
• Kyrgyz: тыюу салуу (tıyuu saluu) — to disallow
• Lao: ຫ້າມ (hām) — to disallow
• Lao: ປາມ (pām) — to disallow
• Lao: ສງວນ (sa ngūan) — to disallow
• Latin: vetō — to disallow
• Latin: prohibeō — to disallow
• Latin: interdicō — to disallow
• Latin: abnegō — to disallow
• Latin: negō — to disallow
• Latin: denegō — to disallow
• Latvian: aizliegt — to disallow
• Lingala: pekisa — to disallow
• Lithuanian: uždrausti — to disallow
• Lithuanian: neleisti — to disallow
• Luxembourgish: verbidden — to disallow
• Macedonian: забранува (zabranuva) — to disallow
• Macedonian: забрани (zabrani) — to disallow
• Malay: larang — to disallow
• Malayalam: വിലക്കുക (vilakkuka) — to disallow
• Malayalam: തടയുക (taṭayuka) — to disallow
• Mongolian: хориглох (xoriglox) — to disallow
• Mongolian: хорих (xorix) — to disallow
• Mongolian: цээрлэх (ceerlex) — to disallow
• Norman: d'fendre — to disallow
• Norwegian Bokmål: forby — to disallow
• Norwegian Bokmål: nekte — to disallow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forby — to disallow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forbyde — to disallow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forbyda — to disallow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nekte — to disallow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nekta — to disallow
• Old English: forbēodan — to disallow
• Persian: منع کردن (man' kardan) — to disallow
• Persian: غیر مجاز کردن (ġayr-e mojâz kardan) — to disallow
• Persian: بازداشتن (bāzdāštan) — to disallow
• Persian: پنامیدن (panāmidan) — to disallow
• Polish: zakazywać — to disallow
• Polish: zakazać — to disallow
• Polish: zabraniać — to disallow
• Polish: zabronić — to disallow
• Polish: odmawiać — to disallow
• Polish: odmówić — to disallow
• Portuguese: proibir — to disallow
• Portuguese: negar — to disallow
• Romanian: interzice — to disallow
• Romanian: nega — to disallow
• Romansh: snegar — to disallow
• Russian: запреща́ть (zapreščátʹ) — to disallow
• Russian: запрети́ть (zapretítʹ) — to disallow
• Russian: отка́зывать (otkázyvatʹ) — to disallow
• Russian: отказа́ть (otkazátʹ) — to disallow
• Russian: не разреша́ть (ne razrešátʹ) — to disallow
• Russian: не разреши́ть (ne razrešítʹ) — to disallow
• Scottish Gaelic: diùlt — to disallow
• Serbo-Croatian: забрањи́вати — to disallow
• Serbo-Croatian: забра́нити — to disallow
• Serbo-Croatian: zabranjívati — to disallow
• Serbo-Croatian: zabrániti — to disallow
• Sicilian: nigari — to disallow
• Slovak: zakazovať — to disallow
• Slovak: zakázať — to disallow
• Slovene: prepovedovati — to disallow
• Slovene: prepovedati — to disallow
• Spanish: prohibir — to disallow
• Spanish: vedar — to disallow
• Spanish: vetar — to disallow
• Spanish: negar — to disallow
• Swedish: förbjuda — to disallow
• Swedish: neka — to disallow
• Swedish: förvägra — to disallow
• Tajik: манъ кардан (man' kardan) — to disallow
• Tajik: роҳ надодан (roh nadodan) — to disallow
• Tetum: bandu — to disallow
• Thai: ห้าม (hâam) — to disallow
• Thai: ปราม (bpraam) — to disallow
• Tok Pisin: tambuim — to disallow
• Turkish: yasaklamak — to disallow
• Turkish: yasak etmek — to disallow
• Turkish: menetmek — to disallow
• Turkmen: gadagan etmek — to disallow
• Ukrainian: забороня́ти (zaboronjáty) — to disallow
• Ukrainian: заборони́ти (zaboronýty) — to disallow
• Uzbek: man qilmoq — to disallow
• Venetan: negar — to disallow
• Vietnamese: cấm — to disallow
• Vietnamese: cấm chỉ — to disallow
• Vietnamese: ngăn cấm — to disallow
• Welsh: gwahardd — to disallow
• Woiwurrung: toomatining-goongak — to disallow
• Yiddish: פֿאַרווערן (farvern) — to disallow