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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃəː]
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• General-American: /ˈfju.t͡ʃɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈfjʊu̯.t͡ʃɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -uːtʃə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: F Y UW1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English future, futur, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- (“to become, be”). Cognate with Old English bēo (“to become, will be; to be”). More at be. Doublet of futur. Displaced native Old English tōweard, which took on a different meaning as toward, and Middle English afterhede (“future”, literally “afterhood”) in the given sense.

288 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: toekomstig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Southern Altai: келер (keler) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Arabic: مُسْتَقْبَلِيّ (mustaqbaliyy) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Arabic: مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Armenian: ապագա (apaga) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Basque: geroko — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Belarusian: бу́дучы (búdučy) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Bulgarian: бъ́дещ (bǎ́dešt) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Catalan: futur — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Czech: budoucí — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Danish: fremtidig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Dutch: toekomstig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Finnish: tuleva — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Finnish: tulevaisuuden — having to do with or occurring in the future
• French: futur — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Galician: futuro — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Galician: vindeiro — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Georgian: მომავალი (momavali) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Georgian: სამომავლო (samomavlo) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• German: zukünftig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• German: künftig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (anawairþs) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Greek: μελλοντικός (mellontikós) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Greek: μέλλων (méllon) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Ancient Greek: μέλλων (méllōn) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Hebrew: עֲתִידִי (atidí) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Hindi: भविष्य (bhaviṣya) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Hungarian: jövőbeli — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Hungarian: leendő — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Hungarian: majdani — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Ido: futura — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Interlingua: futur — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Irish: fáistineach — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Italian: futuro — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Latin: futūrus — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Latvian: nākotnes — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Lithuanian: būsimas — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Macedonian: иден (iden) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Norman: futur — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: framtidig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: fremtidig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilkommende — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Norwegian Nynorsk: framtidig — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Old English: tōweard — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Polish: przyszły — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Portuguese: futuro — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Portuguese: vindouro — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Romanian: viitor — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Russian: бу́дущий (búduščij) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Russian: гряду́щий (grjadúščij) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Serbo-Croatian: будући — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Serbo-Croatian: budući — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Slovak: budúci — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Slovene: prihodnji — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Spanish: futuro — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Spanish: venidero — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Swedish: framtida — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Telugu: భవిష్య (bhaviṣya) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Telugu: భావి (bhāvi) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Tocharian B: ekamätte — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Turkish: gelecek — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Ukrainian: майбу́тній (majbútnij) — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Volapük: fütürik — having to do with or occurring in the future
• Afrikaans: toekoms — the time ahead
• Albanian: ardhme — the time ahead
• Southern Altai: келер (keler) — the time ahead
• Amharic: ወደፊትነት (wädäfitnät) — the time ahead
• Arabic: مُسْتَقْبَل (mustaqbal) — the time ahead
• Arabic: مستقبل (mustaʔbal) — the time ahead
• Arabic: مُسْتَقْبَل (mustagbal) — the time ahead
• Armenian: ապագա (apaga) — the time ahead
• Assamese: ভবিষ্যৎ (bhobiissot) — the time ahead
• Asturian: futuru — the time ahead
• Azerbaijani: gələcək — the time ahead
• Bashkir: киләсәк (kiləsək) — the time ahead
• Basque: iragan — the time ahead
• Belarusian: бу́дучыня (búdučynja) — the time ahead
• Bengali: আয়েন্দা (aẏenda) — the time ahead
• Bengali: ভবিষ্যৎ (bhobiśśot) — the time ahead
• Breton: amzer-da-zont — the time ahead
• Breton: dazont — the time ahead
• Bulgarian: бъ́деще (bǎ́dešte) — the time ahead
• Burmese: အနာဂတ် (a.nagat) — the time ahead
• Catalan: avenir — the time ahead
• Catalan: futur — the time ahead
• Cebuano: umalabot — the time ahead
• Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ (uwagudidisv) — the time ahead
• Chinese Cantonese: 未來 /未来 (mei6 loi4) — the time ahead
• Chinese Cantonese: 將來 /将来 (zoeng1 loi4) — the time ahead
• Chinese: 未來 /未来 (zh-min-nan) — the time ahead
• Chinese: 將來 /将来 (zh-min-nan) — the time ahead
• Chinese Mandarin: 未來 /未来 (wèilái) — the time ahead
• Chinese Mandarin: 將來 /将来 (jiānglái) — the time ahead
• Czech: budoucnost — the time ahead
• Danish: fremtid — the time ahead
• Dutch: toekomst — the time ahead
• Elfdalian: framtið — the time ahead
• Esperanto: estonteco — the time ahead
• Esperanto: estonto — the time ahead
• Estonian: tulevik — the time ahead
• Faroese: framtíð — the time ahead
• Finnish: tulevaisuus — the time ahead
• French: avenir — the time ahead
• French: futur — the time ahead
• Galician: futuro — the time ahead
• Georgian: მომავალი (momavali) — the time ahead
• German: Zukunft — the time ahead
• Greek: μέλλον (méllon) — the time ahead
• Ancient Greek: μέλλον (méllon) — the time ahead
• Greenlandic: siunissaq — the time ahead
• Gujarati: ભવિષ્યકાળ (bhaviṣyakāḷ) — the time ahead
• Hebrew: עָתִיד ('atíd) — the time ahead
• Hiligaynon: palaabuton — the time ahead
• Hiligaynon: alatubangon — the time ahead
• Hindi: भविष्य (bhaviṣya) — the time ahead
• Hindi: भविष्यकाल (bhaviṣyakāl) — the time ahead
• Hindi: मुस्तकबिल (mustakbil) — the time ahead
• Hindi: मुस्तक़बिल (mustaqbil) — the time ahead
• Hindi: आइंदा (āindā) — the time ahead
• Hungarian: jövő — the time ahead
• Icelandic: framtíð — the time ahead
• Ido: futuro — the time ahead
• Indonesian: masa depan — the time ahead
• Interlingua: futuro — the time ahead
• Irish: todhchaí — the time ahead
• Italian: futuro — the time ahead
• Italian: avvenire — the time ahead
• Japanese: 未来 (mirai) — the time ahead
• Japanese: 将来 (shōrai) — the time ahead
• Kannada: ಭವಿಷ್ಯತ್ಕಾಲ (bhaviṣyatkāla) — the time ahead
• Kapampangan: paintungulan — the time ahead
• Kapampangan: payintungulan — the time ahead
• Kapampangan: paintungul — the time ahead
• Kapampangan: payintungul — the time ahead
• Kapampangan: arapan — the time ahead
• Kazakh: келешек (keleşek) — the time ahead
• Kazakh: болашақ (bolaşaq) — the time ahead
• Khmer: អនាគត (ʼaʼnaakŭət) — the time ahead
• Korean: 미래 (mirae) — the time ahead
• Korean: 장래 (jangnae) — the time ahead
• Central Kurdish: دواڕۆژ (dwarroj) — the time ahead
• Central Kurdish: پاشەڕۆژ (paşerroj) — the time ahead
• Northern Kurdish: siberoj — the time ahead
• Northern Kurdish: paşeroj — the time ahead
• Northern Kurdish: pêşeroj — the time ahead
• Kyrgyz: келечек (kelecek) — the time ahead
• Ladino: avenir — the time ahead
• Lao: ອະນາຄົດ (ʼa nā khot) — the time ahead
• Latin: futūrum — the time ahead
• Latvian: nākotne — the time ahead
• Lithuanian: ateitis — the time ahead
• Low German: Tokummst — the time ahead
• Low German: Tokunft — the time ahead
• Low German: Taukunft — the time ahead
• Low German: Teokunft — the time ahead
• Middle Low German: tokumst — the time ahead
• Lü: ᦵᦙᦲᦐᦱᧉ (moeṅaa2) — the time ahead
• Luxembourgish: Zukunft — the time ahead
• Macedonian: иднина (idnina) — the time ahead
• Malay: masa depan — the time ahead
• Malay: masa hadapan — the time ahead
• Maltese: futur — the time ahead
• Maltese: ġejjieni — the time ahead
• Māori: muri — the time ahead
• Māori: āmua — the time ahead
• Māori: anamata — the time ahead
• Marathi: भविष्य (bhaviṣya) — the time ahead
• Marshallese: naaj — the time ahead
• Central Mazahua: xønrꞹ — the time ahead
• Mirandese: feturo — the time ahead
• Mongolian: ирээдүй (ireedüj) — the time ahead
• Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠡᠳᠦᠢ (iregedüi) — the time ahead
• Navajo: neeʼnijįʼ — the time ahead
• Navajo: náásgóó — the time ahead
• Neapolitan: futùro — the time ahead
• Norman: futur — the time ahead
• Norwegian Bokmål: framtid — the time ahead
• Norwegian Nynorsk: framtid — the time ahead
• Occitan: futur — the time ahead
• Odia: ଭବିଷ୍ୟତ (bhabiṣyata) — the time ahead
• Northern Ohlone: huššištak — the time ahead
• Old English: tōweardnes — the time ahead
• Old Prussian: perejīngisku — the time ahead
• Pannonian Rusyn: будучносц (budučnosc) — the time ahead
• Papiamentu: futuro — the time ahead
• Pashto: آينده (āyendá) — the time ahead
• Pashto: مستقبل (mostaqbál) — the time ahead
• Pashto: استقبال (esteqbāl) — the time ahead
• Pashto: ګانده (gānda) — the time ahead
• Iranian Persian: آیَنْدِه (âyande) — the time ahead
• Iranian Persian: آتِیِه (âtiye) — the time ahead
• Iranian Persian: مُسْتَقْبَل (mostaġbal) — the time ahead
• Polish: przyszłość — the time ahead
• Portuguese: futuro — the time ahead
• Quechua: qhipan pacha — the time ahead
• Romanian: viitor — the time ahead
• Romansh: avegnir — the time ahead
• Romansh: avagnir — the time ahead
• Romansh: avigneir — the time ahead
• Romansh: futur — the time ahead
• Russian: бу́дущее (búduščeje) — the time ahead
• Russian: гряду́щее (grjadúščeje) — the time ahead
• Northern Sami: boahttevuohta — the time ahead
• Northern Sami: boahtteáigi — the time ahead
• Sanskrit: भविष्य (bhaviṣya) — the time ahead
• Scottish Gaelic: àm ri teachd — the time ahead
• Serbo-Croatian: буду́ћно̄ст — the time ahead
• Serbo-Croatian: budúćnōst — the time ahead
• Shan: ဢၼႃႇၵၢတ်ႈ (ʼǎ nàa kāat) — the time ahead
• Sicilian: futuru — the time ahead
• Sinhalese: ඉදිරිය (idiriya) — the time ahead
• Slovak: budúcnosť — the time ahead
• Slovene: prihodnost — the time ahead
• Slovene: bodočnost — the time ahead
• Lower Sorbian: pśichod — the time ahead
• Upper Sorbian: přichod — the time ahead
• Spanish: futuro — the time ahead
• Spanish: porvenir — the time ahead
• Swedish: framtid — the time ahead
• Tagalog: hinaharap — the time ahead
• Tagalog: kinabukasan — the time ahead
• Tajik: оянда (oyanda) — the time ahead
• Tajik: мустақбал (mustaqbal) — the time ahead
• Tajik: отия (otiya) — the time ahead
• Tamil: எதிர்காலம் (etirkālam) — the time ahead
• Tamil: வருங்காலம் (varuṅkālam) — the time ahead
• Tatar: киләчәк (kiläçäk) — the time ahead
• Telugu: భవిష్యత్తు (bhaviṣyattu) — the time ahead
• Thai: อนาคต (à-naa-kót) — the time ahead
• Tibetan: མ་འོངས་པ (ma 'ongs pa) — the time ahead
• Turkish: gelecek — the time ahead
• Turkmen: geljek — the time ahead
• Turkmen: ýeneki — the time ahead
• Ukrainian: майбу́тнє (majbútnje) — the time ahead
• Urdu: مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil) — the time ahead
• Urdu: آئِنْدَہ (āinda) — the time ahead
• Uyghur: كېلەچەك (këlechek) — the time ahead
• Uyghur: كەلگۈسى (kelgüsi) — the time ahead
• Uzbek: kelajak — the time ahead
• Vietnamese: tương lai — the time ahead
• Volapük: fütür — the time ahead
• Welsh: dyfodol — the time ahead
• Yiddish: צוקונפֿט (tsukunft) — the time ahead
• Yup'ik: ciunerkaq — the time ahead
• Afrikaans: toekoms — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Armenian: ապագա (apaga) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Armenian: գալիք (galikʻ) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Bashkir: киләсәк (kiləsək) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Bashkir: буласаҡ (bulasaq) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Bulgarian: бъ́деще (bǎ́dešte) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Bulgarian: бъ́деще вре́ме (bǎ́dešte vréme) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Catalan: futur — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Chinese Mandarin: 未來 /未来 (wèilái) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Chinese Mandarin: 將來 /将来 (jiānglái) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Czech: budoucnost — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Danish: fremtid — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Dutch: toekomst — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Esperanto: futuro — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Finnish: tulevaisuus — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• French: futur — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Galician: futuro — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• German: Futur — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• German: Zukunft — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Greek: μέλλον (méllon) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Hebrew: עָתִיד (atíd) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Hindi: भविष्य (bhaviṣya) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Hungarian: jövő idő — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Italian: futuro — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Latvian: nākotne — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Norman: futur — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Norwegian Bokmål: framtid — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Polish: przyszłość — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Portuguese: futuro — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Romanian: viitor — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Romansh: futur — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Russian: бу́дущее (búduščeje) — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Scottish Gaelic: àm ri teachd — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Serbo-Croatian: буду́ћно̄ст — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Serbo-Croatian: budúćnōst — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Slovene: prihodnost — something that will happen in moments yet to come
• Bulgarian: бъ́деще (bǎ́dešte) — goodness in what is yet to come
• Finnish: tulevaisuus — goodness in what is yet to come
• Kapampangan: kararasan — goodness in what is yet to come
• Kapampangan: pirarasan — goodness in what is yet to come
• Bulgarian: фю́чърс (fjúčǎrs) — finance: agreement to sell
• Finnish: futuuri — finance: agreement to sell
• German: Future — finance: agreement to sell
• Russian: фью́черс (fʹjúčers) — finance: agreement to sell