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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ/
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• Scotland: [ˈɡɾoː]
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• /ˈɡɾou̯/ Abercraf
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• /ˈɡɾoʊ̯/ Port Talbot
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• /ˈɡɾəu̯/ Cardiff
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈɡɹoʊ/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈɡɹɔʊ̯/
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• /ˈɡɹɜʊ̯/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US
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• /ˈɡɹɘʊ̯/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghreh1- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.

350 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: timoh — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Aklanon: tubo' — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Albanian: rritje — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Southern Altai: ӧс (ös) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Southern Altai: ӧзӧр (özör) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Arabic: نَمَى (namā) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Arabic: كَبُرَ (kabura) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Arabic: كبر (kibir) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Aragonese: creixer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Armenian: մեծանալ (mecanal) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Armenian: աճել (ačel) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Aromanian: crescu — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Assamese: বাঢ়া (barha) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Assamese: বঢ়া (borha) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Asturian: crecer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Azerbaijani: böyümək — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Bashkir: үҫеү (üśew) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Bashkir: буйға етеү (buyğa yetew) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Belarusian: расці́ (rascí) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Bhojpuri: बढ़ल (baṛhal) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Central Bikol: talubo — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Borôro: ridʒo — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Borôro: ritʃo — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Bulgarian: раста́ (rastá) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Burmese: ကြီးထွား (kri:htwa:) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Catalan: créixer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Cebuano: tubo — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏍᎦ (advsga) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Eastern Min Chinese: 發 /发 (buók) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Chinese Mandarin: 生長 /生长 (shēngzhǎng) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Chinese Mandarin: 長 /长 (zhǎng) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Cornish: tevi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Crimean Tatar: ösmek — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Crimean Tatar: büyümek — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Crimean Tatar: yetişmek — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Czech: růst — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Old Czech: rósti — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Dalmatian: craskro — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Danish: vokse — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Danish: udvikle sig — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Dutch: groeien — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Dutch: wassen — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Esperanto: kreski — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Estonian: kasvama — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Evenki: балды- (baldi-) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Extremaduran: crezel — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Faroese: vaksa — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Faroese: grógva — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Finnish: kasvaa — (intransitive) to become bigger
• French: grandir — (intransitive) to become bigger
• French: croître — (intransitive) to become bigger
• West-Frisian: waakse — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Friulian: cressi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Friulian: creši — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Galician: crecer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Galician: medrar — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Georgian: იზრდება (izrdeba) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• German: wachsen — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Old High German: gruowan — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (alan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (aukan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Greek: μεγαλώνω (megalóno) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Haitian Creole: grandi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Hebrew: גָּדַל (gadál) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Hindi: बढ़ना (baṛhnā) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Hungarian: nő — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Hunsrik: wachse — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Icelandic: vaxa — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Icelandic: gróa — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ido: kreskar — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ido: augmentar — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ingrian: kasvaa — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ingrian: yletä — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Interlingua: crescer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Irish: fás — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Istriot: crìssi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Italian: crescere — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Italian: ingrossarsi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Italian: svilupparsi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Japanese: 成長する (seichō suru) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Japanese: 生長する (seichō suru) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Japanese: 育つ (sodatsu) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Japanese: 生える (haeru) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Japanese: 増大する (sōdai suru) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Old Javanese: tuwuh — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Kaitag: бикӏа́ра (biḳára) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Karachay-Balkar: ёсерге (öserge) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Karaim: öś- — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Kazakh: өсу (ösu) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Khakas: ӧс- (ös-) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Khakas: ӧзерге (özerge) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Khmer: ធំឡើង (thom laəng) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Khmer: ធំធាត់ (thom thŏət) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Korean: 자라다 (jarada) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Kumyk: оьсмек (ösmek) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Central Kurdish: گەورەبوون (gewrebûn) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Kyrgyz: өсүү (ösüü) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ladino: engrandeser — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Latin: cresco — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Latin: adolesco — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Latin: grandesco — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Latvian: augt — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Lithuanian: augti — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Lombard: cress — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Low German: wassen — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Macedonian: расте (raste) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Malay: tumbuh — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: tuvu' — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Mansaka: tobo — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Māori: ohi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Māori: tipu — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Māori: tupu — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Maranao: to' — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Marathi: वाढणे (vāḍhṇe) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Megleno-Romanian: cresc — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Middle English: thryven — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Middle English: waxen — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Mongolian: өсөх (ösöx) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Mongolian: ᠥᠰᠬᠦ (öskü) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Nanai: урэ- (ure-) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Neapolitan: cresce — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Nogai: оьсуьв (ösüv) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Norwegian: vokse — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Occitan: créisser — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Old English: weaxan — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Old English: lēodan — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Persian: رشد کردن (rošd kardan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Persian: رستن (rostan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Polish: rosnąć — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Polish: urosnąć — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Portuguese: crescer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Punjabi: ਵਧਣਾ (vadhṇā) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Quechua: wiñay — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Quechua: ruruy — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Quechua: wiñai — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Romanian: crește — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Russian: расти́ (rastí) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Russian: выраста́ть (vyrastátʹ) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Russian: вы́расти (výrasti) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sanskrit: रोधति (rodhati) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sanskrit: वक्षति (vakṣati) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sardinian: crèschere — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sardinian: crèscere — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sardinian: creschi — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sardinian: crèsciri — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sardinian: crèssere — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sardinian: cresci — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Scottish Gaelic: cinn — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑сти — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃsti — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Sicilian: crìsciri — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Slovak: rásť — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Slovene: rasti — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Lower Sorbian: rosć — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Spanish: crecer — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Swedish: växa — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tagalog: lumaki — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tajik: расидан (rasidan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tajik: сабзидан (sabzidan) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tamil: வளர் (vaḷar) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tetum: moris — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Thai: โต (dtoo) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Thai: โตขึ้น (dtoo-kʉ̂n) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tocharian B: tsäm- — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tofa: өъс- (ö̀s-) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tofa: өъсер (ö̀ser) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Turkish: büyümek — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ottoman Turkish: ایریلشمك (irileşmek) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ottoman Turkish: بالابانلانمق (balabanlanmak) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ottoman Turkish: آرتمق (artmak) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Turkmen: ösdürmek — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Tuvan: өзер (özer) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ukrainian: рости́ (rostý) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Ukrainian: ви́рости (výrosty) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Urdu: بڑهنا (baṛhnā) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Uyghur: ئۆسمەك (ösmek) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Uzbek: oʻsmoq — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Venetan: créser — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Venetan: crésar — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Vietnamese: lớn — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Vietnamese: lớn lên — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Volapük: glofön — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Walloon: crexhe — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Welsh: tyfu — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Yiddish: וואַקסן (vaksn) — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Zazaki: gırd bıyayen — (intransitive) to become bigger
• Albanian: mbi — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Armenian: աճել (ačel) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Assamese: গজা (goza) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Azerbaijani: bitmək — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Azerbaijani: yetişmək — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Bulgarian: раста (rasta) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Catalan: créixer — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Danish: vokse — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Danish: gro — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Danish: udvikle sig — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Dutch: groeien — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Dutch: spruiten — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Dutch: ontspruiten — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Esperanto: kreski — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Estonian: kasvama — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Finnish: kasvaa — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• French: pousser — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Georgian: იზრდება (izrdeba) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• German: wachsen — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Old High German: gruowan — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Hebrew: צמח (tzamákh) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Hindi: उगना (ugnā) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Hindi: उभरना (ubharnā) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Hungarian: nő — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Hungarian: növekszik — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Ido: kreskar — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Ingrian: kasvaa — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Ingrian: noissa — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Irish: fás — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Italian: spuntare — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Central Kurdish: دەرچوون (derçûn) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Latin: cresco — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Lutuv: pathyi — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Marathi: उगणे (ugṇe) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Middle English: growen — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Middle English: waxen — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Old English: grōwan — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Old English: weaxan — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Persian: روییدن (ruyidan) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Persian: رستن (rostan) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Portuguese: crescer — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Quechua: yuriy — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Russian: расти́ (rastí) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Russian: выраста́ть (vyrastátʹ) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Russian: вы́расти (výrasti) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Sanskrit: रोधति (rodhati) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Spanish: crecer — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Swedish: växa — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Tamil: முளை (muḷai) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Thai: งอก (ngɔ̂ɔk) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Ukrainian: рости́ (rostý) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Ukrainian: зроста́ти (zrostáty) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Ukrainian: вироста́ти (vyrostáty) — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Vietnamese: mọc — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Zazaki: resayen — (intransitive) to appear or sprout
• Armenian: մեծացնել (mecacʻnel) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Armenian: աճեցնել (ačecʻnel) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Azerbaijani: yetişdirmək — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Azerbaijani: becərmək — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Belarusian: расці́ць (rascícʹ) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Belarusian: выро́шчваць (vyróščvacʹ) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Bulgarian: нараствам (narastvam) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Catalan: cultivar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Chinese Mandarin: 種植 /种植 (zhòngzhí) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓄 (xù) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Choctaw: offochi — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Czech: pěstovat — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Danish: dyrke — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Danish: avle — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Dutch: doen groeien — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Dutch: telen — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Dutch: kweken — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Esperanto: kreskigi — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Esperanto: kultivi — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Esperanto: kulturi — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Estonian: kasvatama — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Finnish: kasvattaa — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• French: accroître — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• French: faire croître — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Galician: criar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Galician: cultivar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Georgian: ზრდის (zrdis) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• German: anbauen — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• German: ziehen — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• German: züchten — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Old High German: gruowan — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (aljan) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Greek: αυξάνω (afxáno) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ancient Greek: αὐξάνω (auxánō) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Hebrew: גידל \ גִּדֵּל (gidél) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Hindi: उपजना (upajnā) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Hungarian: termel — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Hungarian: termeszt — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Hungarian: növeszt — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ido: kreskigar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ido: developar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ido: augmentar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ingrian: kasvattaa — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Irish: fás — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Italian: coltivare — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Italian: crescere — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Japanese: 育てる (sodateru) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Khmer: ដាំ — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Khmer: ដុះ (doh) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Central Kurdish: ڕواندن (rwandin) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Latin: alesco — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Latin: alo — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Latin: augeō — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Malay: besarkan — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Māori: whakatipu — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Māori: whakatupu — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Marathi: वाढवणे (vāḍhavṇe) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Norwegian: dyrke — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Persian: رویاندن (ruyândan) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Polish: powiększać — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Polish: powiększyć — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Polish: zapuszczać — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Polish: zapuścić — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Polish: uprawiać — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Polish: uprawić — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Portuguese: cultivar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Russian: расти́ть (rastítʹ) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Russian: выра́щивать (vyráščivatʹ) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Russian: вы́растить (výrastitʹ) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Spanish: cultivar — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Spanish: acrecer — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Swahili: kuza — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Swedish: odla — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Tamil: வளர்த்து (vaḷarttu) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Thai: เพาะ (pɔ́) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Tonga (Zambia): kuzya — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ukrainian: виро́щувати (vyróščuvaty) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Ukrainian: рости́ти (rostýty) — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Vietnamese: nuôi lớn — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Vietnamese: nuôi — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Zazaki: ruwayen — (transitive) to cause something to become bigger
• Armenian: դառնալ (daṙnal) — to assume a condition or quality
• Catalan: tornar-se — to assume a condition or quality
• Estonian: saama — to assume a condition or quality
• Finnish: muuttua — to assume a condition or quality
• Finnish: tulla — to assume a condition or quality
• Old High German: gruowan — to assume a condition or quality
• Hungarian: lesz — to assume a condition or quality
• Hungarian: -ul — to assume a condition or quality
• Hungarian: -ül — to assume a condition or quality
• Hungarian: -odik — to assume a condition or quality
• Hungarian: -edik — to assume a condition or quality
• Hungarian: -ödik — to assume a condition or quality
• Italian: diventare — to assume a condition or quality
• Italian: apparire — to assume a condition or quality
• Latin: mātūrō — to assume a condition or quality
• Polish: zostawać — to assume a condition or quality
• Polish: zostać — to assume a condition or quality
• Polish: stawać się — to assume a condition or quality
• Polish: stać się — to assume a condition or quality
• Polish: robić się — to assume a condition or quality
• Polish: zrobić się — to assume a condition or quality
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — to assume a condition or quality
• Spanish: comenzar — to assume a condition or quality
• Tamil: ஆ (ā) — to assume a condition or quality
• Tamil: ஆகு (āku) — to assume a condition or quality