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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːs/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /foːs/
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• General-American: fôrs
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• General-American: /foɹs/
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• General-American: [fo̞ɹs]
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• fōrs without the horse–hoarse merger
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• Scotland: /foɾs/
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• /fɔːs/ Manchester
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• Eastern-New-England: /foəs/
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• /foɹs/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
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• Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /fɔəs/
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• South-Asia: /foː(ɾ)s/
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• South-Asia: /fɒ(ɾ)s/ spelling pronunciation
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From Old Norse fors or foss (“waterfall”).

From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bherǵh- (“to rise, high, hill”).

From Middle English force, forz, fors, from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall”). Cognate with Icelandic foss (“waterfall”), Norwegian foss (“waterfall”), Swedish fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of foss.

From Middle English forcen, from Old French forcier, from Late Latin *fortiāre, from Latin fortia.

From Middle English forcen, forsen, a use of force, with confusion of farce (“to stuff”).

516 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قُوَّة (quwwa) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Finnish: voima — strength or energy of body or mind
• Finnish: tarmo — strength or energy of body or mind
• Finnish: väki — strength or energy of body or mind
• German: Kraft — strength or energy of body or mind
• Hindi: बल (bal) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Hungarian: erő — strength or energy of body or mind
• Irish: fórsa — strength or energy of body or mind
• Japanese: 力 (chikara) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Kazakh: пәрмен (pärmen) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Latin: vīs — strength or energy of body or mind
• Marathi: शरीरउर्जा (śarīraurjā) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Marathi: मनःशक्ती (manaḥśaktī) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Mòcheno: kròft — strength or energy of body or mind
• Old English: cræft — strength or energy of body or mind
• Papiamentu: forsa — strength or energy of body or mind
• Plautdietsch: Krauft — strength or energy of body or mind
• Russian: сила (sila) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Sanskrit: सहस् (sahas) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Slovak: sila — strength or energy of body or mind
• Spanish: fuerza — strength or energy of body or mind
• Spanish: ñeque — strength or energy of body or mind
• Ottoman Turkish: قوت (kuvvet) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Ottoman Turkish: مكنت (miknet) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Ottoman Turkish: طاقت (takat) — strength or energy of body or mind
• Finnish: voima — power exerted against will or consent
• Finnish: voimakeinot — power exerted against will or consent
• Finnish: pakko — power exerted against will or consent
• Finnish: pakottaminen — power exerted against will or consent
• Finnish: pakkokeinot — power exerted against will or consent
• Ancient Greek: βία (bía) — power exerted against will or consent
• Hungarian: erőszak — power exerted against will or consent
• Hungarian: kényszer — power exerted against will or consent
• Hungarian: kényszerítés — power exerted against will or consent
• Irish: fórsa — power exerted against will or consent
• Japanese: 強制 (kyōsei) — power exerted against will or consent
• Central Kurdish: زەبر (zebir) — power exerted against will or consent
• Marathi: जबरदस्ती (jabardastī) — power exerted against will or consent
• Old English: nīed — power exerted against will or consent
• Russian: сила (sila) — power exerted against will or consent
• Sanskrit: रभस् (rabhas) — power exerted against will or consent
• Slovak: sila — power exerted against will or consent
• Spanish: fuerza — power exerted against will or consent
• Amharic: ኀይል (ḫäyl) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Arabic: قُوَّة (quwwa) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Argobba: ሀይል (hayl) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Armenian: ուժ (už) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Armenian: զորություն (zorutʻyun) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Asturian: fuercia — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Asturian: fuerza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Avar: гуч (guč) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Avar: къуват (qxʼuwat) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Azerbaijani: güc — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Azerbaijani: qüvvə — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Bashkir: көс (kös) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Belarusian: сі́ла (síla) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Belarusian: моц (moc) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Bengali: জোর (jōr) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Bulgarian: си́ла (síla) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Bulgarian: мощ (mošt) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Catalan: força — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Chinese Mandarin: 武力 (wǔlì) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Corsican: forza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Czech: síla — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Czech: moc — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Danish: kraft — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Dutch: kracht — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Finnish: voima — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• French: force — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Friulian: fuarce — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Galician: forza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ge'ez: ኀይል (ḫäyl) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Georgian: ძალა (ʒala) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• German: Gewalt — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Greek: δύναμη (dýnami) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Greek: ισχύς (ischýs) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Greek: σθένος (sthénos) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Hebrew: כוח \ כֹּחַ (kóakh) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Hindi: ज़ोर (zor) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Hindi: बल (bal) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Hungarian: erő — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ido: violento — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ido: koakto — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Indonesian: kekuatan — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ingush: низ (niz) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Irish: fórsa — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Istriot: forsa — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Italian: forza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Japanese: 力 (chikara) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Jeju: 심 (sim) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Korean: 힘 (him) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ladin: forza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Latin: vis — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Latin: potentia — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Latin: fortitudo — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Latvian: spēks — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Latvian: vara — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Lezgi: гуж (guž) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Lezgi: къуват (q̄uvat) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Lithuanian: jėga — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Lithuanian: galia — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Macedonian: сила (sila) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Macedonian: моќ (moḱ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Malay: daya — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Malay: kuasa — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Malayalam: ബലം (balaṁ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Malayalam: ശക്തി (śakti) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Māori: tūkeri — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Marathi: जोर (jor) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Neapolitan: fuorza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Norwegian: kraft — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Occitan: fòrça — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Church Slavic: сила (sila) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Church Slavic: мощь (moštĭ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Old East Slavic: сила (sila) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Old East Slavic: мочь (močĭ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Oromo: humna — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Plautdietsch: Krauft — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Polish: siła — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Polish: moc — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Portuguese: força — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Romanian: forță — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Romansh: forza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Russian: си́ла (síla) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Russian: мощь (moščʹ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Russian: дурь (durʹ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: си̏ла — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̑ћ — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: sȉla — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: mȏć — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Sicilian: forza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Slovak: sila — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Slovak: moc — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Slovene: sila — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Slovene: moč — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Somali: quwad — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Spanish: fuerza — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Swahili: mabavu — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Swedish: kraft — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Turkish: kuvvet — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ottoman Turkish: مكنت (miknet) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ukrainian: си́ла (sýla) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Ukrainian: міць (micʹ) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Urdu: زور (zor) — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Venetan: forsa — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Venetan: força — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Walloon: foice — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Wolaytta: wolqqaa — anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing
• Afrikaans: krag — physical quantity
• Albanian: fuqi — physical quantity
• Arabic: قُوَّة (quwwa) — physical quantity
• Armenian: ուժ (už) — physical quantity
• Assamese: বল (bol) — physical quantity
• Azerbaijani: qüvvə — physical quantity
• Bashkir: көс (kös) — physical quantity
• Basque: indar — physical quantity
• Bengali: বল (bol) — physical quantity
• Bhojpuri: जोर (jōr) — physical quantity
• Bulgarian: сила (sila) — physical quantity
• Catalan: força — physical quantity
• Hakka Chinese: 力 (li̍t) — physical quantity
• Chinese: 力 (zh-min-nan) — physical quantity
• Corsican: forza — physical quantity
• Czech: síla — physical quantity
• Danish: kraft — physical quantity
• Dutch: kracht — physical quantity
• Fiji Hindi: taagat — physical quantity
• Finnish: voima — physical quantity
• French: force — physical quantity
• Friulian: fuarce — physical quantity
• Galician: forza — physical quantity
• Georgian: ძალა (ʒala) — physical quantity
• German: Kraft — physical quantity
• Greek: δύναμη (dýnami) — physical quantity
• Gujarati: બળ (baḷ) — physical quantity
• Hebrew: כוח — physical quantity
• Higaonon: kusug — physical quantity
• Hindi: बल (bal) — physical quantity
• Hungarian: erő — physical quantity
• Hungarian: erősség — physical quantity
• Ido: forco — physical quantity
• Ido: vigoro — physical quantity
• Indonesian: gaya — physical quantity
• Indonesian: kakas — physical quantity
• Indonesian: forsa — physical quantity
• Interlingua: fortia — physical quantity
• Irish: fórsa — physical quantity
• Istriot: forsa — physical quantity
• Italian: forza — physical quantity
• Japanese: 力 (chikara) — physical quantity
• Javanese: ꦝꦪ (daya) — physical quantity
• Karakalpak: kúsh — physical quantity
• Kazakh: күш (küş) — physical quantity
• Korean: 힘 (him) — physical quantity
• Kyrgyz: күч (küc) — physical quantity
• Ladin: forza — physical quantity
• Latin: vis — physical quantity
• Latin: potentia — physical quantity
• Latvian: spēks — physical quantity
• Lithuanian: galia — physical quantity
• Lithuanian: jėga — physical quantity
• Macedonian: сила (sila) — physical quantity
• Malay: daya — physical quantity
• Malayalam: ബലം (balaṁ) — physical quantity
• Māori: tōpana — physical quantity
• Marathi: बळ (baḷ) — physical quantity
• Mongolian: хүч (xüč) — physical quantity
• Neapolitan: fuorza — physical quantity
• Newar: तिबः (tiba:) — physical quantity
• Norwegian: kraft — physical quantity
• Occitan: fòrça — physical quantity
• Persian: نیرو (niru) — physical quantity
• Plautdietsch: Krauft — physical quantity
• Polish: siła — physical quantity
• Portuguese: força — physical quantity
• Quechua: kallpa — physical quantity
• Romanian: forță — physical quantity
• Romansh: forza — physical quantity
• Russian: си́ла (síla) — physical quantity
• Sanskrit: परस्परक्रिया (parasparakriyā) — physical quantity
• Shona: manikidzo — physical quantity
• Sicilian: forza — physical quantity
• Sinhalese: බලය (balaya) — physical quantity
• Slovak: sila — physical quantity
• Slovene: sila — physical quantity
• Spanish: fuerza — physical quantity
• Sundanese: gaya — physical quantity
• Swedish: kraft — physical quantity
• Tagalog: isig — physical quantity
• Tagalog: puwersa — physical quantity
• Thai: แรง (rɛɛng) — physical quantity
• Turkish: kuvvet — physical quantity
• Ukrainian: си́ла (sýla) — physical quantity
• Uzbek: kuch — physical quantity
• Venetan: forsa — physical quantity
• Venetan: força — physical quantity
• Vietnamese: lực — physical quantity
• Walloon: foice — physical quantity
• Waray-Waray: kusog — physical quantity
• Welsh: grym — physical quantity
• Yoruba: ipá — physical quantity
• Finnish: voima — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Irish: éifeacht — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Māori: tūkeri — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Māori: ākinga — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Marathi: प्रबळ (prabaḷ) — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Russian: сила (sila) — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Slovak: sila — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Spanish: polenta — anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else
• Armenian: ուժեր (užer) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Armenian: զինված ուժեր (zinvac užer) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Bashkir: көс (kös) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Bulgarian: войска (vojska) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Danish: styrke — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Dutch: macht — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Dutch: troep — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Finnish: voimat — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Finnish: joukot — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• French: forces — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Georgian: ძალა (ʒala) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• German: Kräfte — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Greek: δύναμη (dýnami) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Greek: σώμα (sóma) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hebrew: כח — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hindi: बल (bal) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: erő — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: osztag — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: sereg — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: különítmény — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: haderő — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: hadsereg — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: csapat — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: egység — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Ido: trupi — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Irish: fórsa — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Italian: forza — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Japanese: 勢力 (seiryoku) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Central Kurdish: ھێز (hêz) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Latin: vis — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Latin: potentia — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Macedonian: сила (sila) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Marathi: प्रबळ गट (prabaḷ gaṭ) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Norwegian: styrke — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Polish: siły — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Portuguese: força — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Russian: отря́д (otrjád) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Slovak: sila — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Swedish: styrka — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Turkish: zorlamak — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Ukrainian: загі́н (zahín) — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Vietnamese: lực lượng — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Walloon: foice — group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
• Bashkir: ҡеүәт (qewət) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Bashkir: көс (kös) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Bulgarian: сила (sila) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Danish: magt — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Dutch: macht — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Esperanto: forto — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Finnish: valta — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Finnish: voima — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• French: pouvoir — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Georgian: ძალა (ʒala) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Georgian: ღონე (ɣone) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• German: Kraft — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: erő — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: hatalom — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Hungarian: képesség — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Ido: mov-energio — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Macedonian: сила (sila) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Marathi: बळ (baḷ) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Norwegian: styrke — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Polish: siła — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Portuguese: força — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Russian: си́ла (síla) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhachd — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Slovak: sila — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Ukrainian: си́ла (sýla) — ability to attack, control, or constrain
• Dutch: truc — type of magic trick
• French: truc — type of magic trick
• Russian: трюк (trjuk) — type of magic trick
• Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl) — law: legal validity
• Bulgarian: действие (dejstvie) — law: legal validity
• Dutch: kracht — law: legal validity
• Finnish: voima — law: legal validity
• Finnish: voimassaolo — law: legal validity
• Greek: ισχύς (ischýs) — law: legal validity
• Greek: κύρος (kýros) — law: legal validity
• Hungarian: hatály — law: legal validity
• Hungarian: érvény — law: legal validity
• Hungarian: érvényesség — law: legal validity
• Macedonian: сила (sila) — law: legal validity
• Macedonian: полнова́жност (polnovážnost) — law: legal validity
• Polish: moc — law: legal validity
• Portuguese: validade — law: legal validity
• Russian: власть (vlastʹ) — law: legal validity
• Slovak: platnosť — law: legal validity
• Ukrainian: чинність (čynnistʹ) — law: legal validity
• Ukrainian: сила (syla) — law: legal validity
• Bulgarian: насилие (nasilie) — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Dutch: geweld — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Dutch: macht — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Esperanto: perforto — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Finnish: pakko — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Finnish: pakottaminen — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Finnish: voimakeinot — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Finnish: voimankäyttö — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Finnish: pakkokeinot — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Greek: βία (vía) — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Hungarian: kényszer — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Hungarian: kényszerítés — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Macedonian: сила (sila) — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Macedonian: насилство (nasilstvo) — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Norwegian: tvang — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Old English: nīed — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Russian: си́ла (síla) — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Russian: наси́лие (nasílije) — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Slovak: sila — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Vietnamese: vũ lực — law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion
• Finnish: voima — linguistics: ability of an utterance to effect a given meaning
• Finnish: voima — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• French: Force — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• German: Macht — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Hungarian: erő — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Japanese: フォース (fōsu) — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Portuguese: força — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Russian: сила (sila) — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Slovak: sila — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Ukrainian: сила (syla) — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Vietnamese: thần lực — science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power
• Finnish: tehdä kaikkensa — to do one's utmost
• Arabic: أَجْبَرَ (ʔajbara) — to compel someone to do something
• Arabic: اِضْطَرَّ (iḍṭarra) — to compel someone to do something
• Arabic: اجبر (ʔagbar) — to compel someone to do something
• Armenian: ստիպել (stipel) — to compel someone to do something
• Armenian: հարկադրել (harkadrel) — to compel someone to do something
• Armenian: բռնանալ (bṙnanal) — to compel someone to do something
• Asturian: forciar — to compel someone to do something
• Belarusian: прымуша́ць (prymušácʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Belarusian: прыму́сіць (prymúsicʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Belarusian: змуша́ць (zmušácʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Belarusian: зму́сіць (zmúsicʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Bulgarian: принужда́вам (prinuždávam) — to compel someone to do something
• Bulgarian: прину́дя (prinúdja) — to compel someone to do something
• Bulgarian: заста́вям (zastávjam) — to compel someone to do something
• Bulgarian: заста́вя (zastávja) — to compel someone to do something
• Catalan: forçar — to compel someone to do something
• Cebuano: lugos — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Cantonese: 逼 (bik1) — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 強迫 /强迫 (qiǎngpò) — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 迫使 (pòshǐ) — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 迫 (pò) — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 逼迫 (bīpò) — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 逼 (bī) — to compel someone to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 脅迫 /胁迫 (xiépò) — to compel someone to do something
• Czech: nutit — to compel someone to do something
• Czech: donutit — to compel someone to do something
• Czech: přinutit — to compel someone to do something
• Danish: tvinge — to compel someone to do something
• Dutch: dwingen tot — to compel someone to do something
• Dutch: overweldigen — to compel someone to do something
• Esperanto: devigi — to compel someone to do something
• Esperanto: trudi — to compel someone to do something
• Estonian: sundima — to compel someone to do something
• Finnish: pakottaa — to compel someone to do something
• French: forcer — to compel someone to do something
• French: contraindre — to compel someone to do something
• Galician: obrigar — to compel someone to do something
• Georgian: იძულებულს ხდის (iʒulebuls xdis) — to compel someone to do something
• German: zwingen — to compel someone to do something
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anaqiujan) — to compel someone to do something
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (baidjan) — to compel someone to do something
• Greek: αναγκάζω (anagkázo) — to compel someone to do something
• Ancient Greek: ἀναγκάζω (anankázō) — to compel someone to do something
• Ancient Greek: βιάζω (biázō) — to compel someone to do something
• Hindi: विवश करना (vivaś karnā) — to compel someone to do something
• Hungarian: kényszerít — to compel someone to do something
• Hungarian: erőltet — to compel someone to do something
• Hungarian: rákényszerít — to compel someone to do something
• Hungarian: ráerőszakol — to compel someone to do something
• Italian: forzare — to compel someone to do something
• Italian: costringere — to compel someone to do something
• Japanese: 強いる (shiiru) — to compel someone to do something
• Korean: 강요하다 (gang'yohada) — to compel someone to do something
• Latin: obligo — to compel someone to do something
• Latvian: piespiest — to compel someone to do something
• Lithuanian: versti — to compel someone to do something
• Lithuanian: priversti — to compel someone to do something
• Macedonian: тера (tera) — to compel someone to do something
• Macedonian: присилува (prisiluva) — to compel someone to do something
• Macedonian: принудува (prinuduva) — to compel someone to do something
• Malagasy: manery — to compel someone to do something
• Norman: forchi — to compel someone to do something
• Norwegian: tvinge — to compel someone to do something
• Old English: nīedan — to compel someone to do something
• Polish: zmuszać — to compel someone to do something
• Polish: zmusić — to compel someone to do something
• Portuguese: forçar — to compel someone to do something
• Portuguese: obrigar — to compel someone to do something
• Portuguese: compelir — to compel someone to do something
• Romanian: forța — to compel someone to do something
• Romanian: supune — to compel someone to do something
• Romanian: violenta — to compel someone to do something
• Russian: заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Russian: заста́вить (zastávitʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Russian: принужда́ть (prinuždátʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Russian: прину́дить (prinúditʹ) — to compel someone to do something
• Savosavo: fosi — to compel someone to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: си̏лити — to compel someone to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝсилити — to compel someone to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: присиља́вати — to compel someone to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: sȉliti — to compel someone to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: prìsiliti — to compel someone to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: prisiljávati — to compel someone to do something
• Slovak: nútiť — to compel someone to do something
• Slovak: donútiť — to compel someone to do something
• Slovak: prinútiť — to compel someone to do something
• Swedish: tvinga — to compel someone to do something
• Telugu: బలాత్కరించు (balātkariñcu) — to compel someone to do something
• Thai: บังคับ (bang-káp) — to compel someone to do something
• Turkish: zorlamak — to compel someone to do something
• Ukrainian: приму́шувати (prymúšuvaty) — to compel someone to do something
• Ukrainian: приму́сити (prymúsyty) — to compel someone to do something
• Ukrainian: зму́шувати (zmúšuvaty) — to compel someone to do something
• Ukrainian: зму́сити (zmúsyty) — to compel someone to do something
• Vietnamese: bắt — to compel someone to do something
• Vietnamese: ép — to compel someone to do something
• Finnish: pakottaa — to constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of
• Finnish: pakottaa — to drive by force
• Armenian: հարկադրել (harkadrel) — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Asturian: forciar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Bulgarian: насилвам (nasilvam) — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Catalan: forçar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Danish: fremtvinge — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Dutch: afdwingen — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Dutch: forceren — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Estonian: sundima — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Finnish: pakottaa — to cause to occur, produce through force
• French: forcer — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Galician: forzar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• German: erzwingen — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Hungarian: kényszerít — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Hungarian: kierőszakol — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Hungarian: erőltet — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Hungarian: forszíroz — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Hungarian: kikényszerít — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Hungarian: kicsikar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Italian: forzare — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Latin: cōgō — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Macedonian: сили (sili) — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Malagasy: mahatonga — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Norman: forchi — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Norwegian: påtvinge — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Occitan: forçar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Portuguese: forçar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Romanian: forța — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Spanish: forzar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Spanish: violentar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Spanish: forcejar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Thai: ฝืน (fʉ̌ʉn) — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Venetan: forsar — to cause to occur, produce through force
• Asturian: forciar — to forcibly open
• Finnish: murtaa — to forcibly open
• Finnish: avata väkisin — to forcibly open
• Hungarian: kifeszít — to forcibly open
• Hungarian: felfeszít — to forcibly open
• Hungarian: feltör — to forcibly open
• Italian: forzare — to forcibly open
• Māori: kōara — to forcibly open
• Portuguese: arrombar — to forcibly open
• Spanish: forzar — to forcibly open
• Spanish: violentar — to forcibly open
• Spanish: descerrajar — to forcibly open
• Turkish: zorlamak — to forcibly open
• Finnish: ottaa väkisin — to obtain by strength
• Dutch: branden — baseball: to create an out by touching a base
• Finnish: polttaa — baseball: to create an out by touching a base