forfeit

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.fɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔrfət/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)fɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R F IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English forfait from ca. 1300, from Old French forfait (“crime”), originally the past participle of forfaire (“to transgress”), and Medieval Latin foris factum. During the 15th century, the sense shifted from the crime to the penalty for the crime.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отнет (otnet) — lost or alienated
• Bulgarian: отчужден (otčužden) — lost or alienated
• German: verwirkt — lost or alienated
• Swedish: förverkad — lost or alienated
• Bulgarian: глоба (globa) — penalty
• Catalan: pena — penalty
• Czech: cena (za co) — penalty
• Czech: daň (za co) — penalty
• Galician: penalización — penalty
• Galician: pena — penalty
• German: Strafe — penalty
• Greek: πρόστιμο (próstimo) — penalty
• Greek: τίμημα (tímima) — penalty
• Irish: pionós — penalty
• Persian: جزا (jazâ) — penalty
• Portuguese: penalidade — penalty
• Russian: распла́та (raspláta) — penalty
• Russian: штраф (štraf) — penalty
• Slovak: penále — penalty
• Slovak: pokuta — penalty
• Ukrainian: неусто́йка (neustójka) — penalty
• Ukrainian: штраф (štraf) — penalty
• Ukrainian: пеня́ (penjá) — penalty
• Ukrainian: розпла́та (rozpláta) — penalty
• Czech: ztráta — something taken in requital of a misdeed committed
• Bulgarian: залог (zalog) — something deposited and redeemable
• Catalan: penyora — something deposited and redeemable
• Chinese Mandarin: 懲罰 /惩罚 (chéngfá) — something deposited and redeemable
• Czech: fant — something deposited and redeemable
• French: gage — something deposited and redeemable
• Galician: prenda — something deposited and redeemable
• German: Pfand — something deposited and redeemable
• Portuguese: prenda — something deposited and redeemable
• Spanish: prenda — something deposited and redeemable
• Bulgarian: вреда (vreda) — injury, wrong, mischief
• Bulgarian: губя (gubja) — to suffer the loss
• Bulgarian: лишавам се от (lišavam se ot) — to suffer the loss
• Catalan: perdre — to suffer the loss
• Catalan: desmerèixer — to suffer the loss
• Catalan: desistir — to suffer the loss
• Czech: ztratit — to suffer the loss
• Czech: pozbýt — to suffer the loss
• Czech: připravit se (o co) — to suffer the loss
• Czech: přijít (o co) — to suffer the loss
• Danish: miste — to suffer the loss
• Danish: forspilde — to suffer the loss
• Danish: fortabe — to suffer the loss
• Dutch: verkwanselen — to suffer the loss
• Dutch: verliezen — to suffer the loss
• Dutch: verspelen — to suffer the loss
• French: perdre — to suffer the loss
• French: démériter — to suffer the loss
• German: verwirken — to suffer the loss
• German: einbüßen — to suffer the loss
• German: verspielen — to suffer the loss
• Greek: στερούμαι (steroúmai) — to suffer the loss
• Ido: perdar — to suffer the loss
• Ido: desmeritar — to suffer the loss
• Irish: lig ar ceal — to suffer the loss
• Latin: perdo — to suffer the loss
• Persian: از دست دادن (az dast dâdan) — to suffer the loss
• Polish: stracić — to suffer the loss
• Portuguese: perder — to suffer the loss
• Russian: утра́чивать (utráčivatʹ) — to suffer the loss
• Russian: утра́тить (utrátitʹ) — to suffer the loss
• Russian: лиша́ться (lišátʹsja) — to suffer the loss
• Russian: лиши́ться (lišítʹsja) — to suffer the loss
• Scottish Gaelic: caill — to suffer the loss
• Serbo-Croatian: izgubiti — to suffer the loss
• Slovak: prepadnúť — to suffer the loss
• Slovak: stratiť — to suffer the loss
• Spanish: desmerecer de — to suffer the loss
• Spanish: desmerecerse de — to suffer the loss
• Swedish: förverka — to suffer the loss
• Tamil: இழ (iḻa) — to suffer the loss
• Bulgarian: предавам се (predavam se) — to give up in defeat
• Bulgarian: предам се (predam se) — to give up in defeat
• Catalan: rendir-se — to give up in defeat
• Catalan: abandonar — to give up in defeat
• Czech: prohrát kontumačně — to give up in defeat
• Czech: vzdát se — to give up in defeat
• Dutch: opgeven — to give up in defeat
• Dutch: verbeuren — to give up in defeat
• French: abandonner — to give up in defeat
• French: déclarer forfait — to give up in defeat
• German: aufgeben — to give up in defeat
• German: drangeben — to give up in defeat
• Greek: χάνω (cháno) — to give up in defeat
• Hungarian: felad — to give up in defeat
• Ido: abandonar — to give up in defeat
• Polish: zrzec się — to give up in defeat
• Polish: zrezygnować — to give up in defeat
• Portuguese: render-se — to give up in defeat
• Portuguese: desistir — to give up in defeat
• Portuguese: abandonar — to give up in defeat
• Russian: сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja) — to give up in defeat
• Russian: сда́ться (sdátʹsja) — to give up in defeat
• Serbo-Croatian: predati — to give up in defeat
• Slovak: vzdať — to give up in defeat
• Spanish: rendirse — to give up in defeat
• Swedish: förlora på walk over — to give up in defeat
• Swedish: lämna walk over — to give up in defeat