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• General-American: /ɡɹoʊθ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊθ/
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• /ɡɹʌot/ Dublin
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• CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَنْمِيَة (tanmiya) — increase in size
• Arabic: نُمُو (numū) — increase in size
• Armenian: աճ (ač) — increase in size
• Asturian: crecimientu — increase in size
• Azerbaijani: böyümə — increase in size
• Azerbaijani: artma — increase in size
• Azerbaijani: boy atma — increase in size
• Bashkir: ҙурайыу (źurayıw) — increase in size
• Bashkir: үҫеш (üśeş) — increase in size
• Belarusian: рост (rost) — increase in size
• Breton: kresk — increase in size
• Bulgarian: расте́ж (rastéž) — increase in size
• Bulgarian: ръст (rǎst) — increase in size
• Catalan: creixement — increase in size
• Chinese Cantonese: 生長 /生长 — increase in size
• Chinese: 生長 /生长 (zh-min-nan) — increase in size
• Chinese Mandarin: 生長 /生长 (shēngzhǎng) — increase in size
• Czech: růst — increase in size
• Czech: vzrůst — increase in size
• Czech: nárůst — increase in size
• Danish: vækst — increase in size
• Dutch: groei — increase in size
• Dutch: toename — increase in size
• Esperanto: kreskiĝo — increase in size
• Estonian: kasv — increase in size
• Faroese: vøkstur — increase in size
• Finnish: kasvu — increase in size
• French: croissance — increase in size
• West-Frisian: groei c oanwaaks — increase in size
• Galician: crecemento — increase in size
• Georgian: ზრდა (zrda) — increase in size
• Georgian: გაზრდა (gazrda) — increase in size
• Georgian: მატება (maṭeba) — increase in size
• Georgian: მომატება (momaṭeba) — increase in size
• German: Wachstum — increase in size
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐍃 (uswahsts) — increase in size
• Greek: ανάπτυξη (anáptyxi) — increase in size
• Ancient Greek: αὔξησις (aúxēsis) — increase in size
• Hebrew: גדילה (gdilɑ) — increase in size
• Hebrew: צמיחה (tsmiḥɑ) — increase in size
• Hindi: विकास (vikās) — increase in size
• Hindi: वर्धन (vardhan) — increase in size
• Hungarian: növekedés — increase in size
• Irish: forás — increase in size
• Irish: fás — increase in size
• Irish: borrúlacht — increase in size
• Italian: crescita — increase in size
• Japanese: 成長 (seichō) — increase in size
• Japanese: 生長 (seichō) — increase in size
• Korean: 성장 (seongjang) — increase in size
• Korean: 생장 (saengjang) — increase in size
• Northern Kurdish: girbûn — increase in size
• Northern Kurdish: gewrebûn — increase in size
• Kyrgyz: өсүм (ösüm) — increase in size
• Latin: auctus — increase in size
• Latvian: augšana — increase in size
• Latvian: izaugsme — increase in size
• Lithuanian: augimas — increase in size
• Luxembourgish: Wuesstem — increase in size
• Macedonian: раст (rast) — increase in size
• Macedonian: развој (razvoj) — increase in size
• Malayalam: വളർച്ച (vaḷaṟcca) — increase in size
• Middle English: encres — increase in size
• Middle English: waxynge — increase in size
• Norwegian Bokmål: vekst — increase in size
• Norwegian Bokmål: framvekst — increase in size
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vekst — increase in size
• Norwegian Nynorsk: framvekst — increase in size
• Occitan: creissença — increase in size
• Old English: æþelu — increase in size
• Old Norse: vǫxtr — increase in size
• Persian: رشد (rošd) — increase in size
• Persian: وخشش (vaxšeš) — increase in size
• Polish: wzrost — increase in size
• Polish: rozwój — increase in size
• Portuguese: acréscimo — increase in size
• Portuguese: crescimento — increase in size
• Russian: рост (rost) — increase in size
• Russian: разви́тие (razvítije) — increase in size
• Sanskrit: उपचय (upacaya) — increase in size
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — increase in size
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑ст — increase in size
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃst — increase in size
• Sicilian: crìscita — increase in size
• Slovak: rast — increase in size
• Slovak: vzrast — increase in size
• Slovene: rast — increase in size
• Slovene: porast — increase in size
• Spanish: crecimiento — increase in size
• Swahili: ukuaji — increase in size
• Swedish: stigande — increase in size
• Swedish: tilltagande — increase in size
• Swedish: tillväxt — increase in size
• Swedish: utvidgning — increase in size
• Tocharian B: tsamo — increase in size
• Turkish: büyüme — increase in size
• Ukrainian: ріст (rist) — increase in size
• Welsh: cynnydd — increase in size
• Armenian: աճ (ač) — act of growing
• Bashkir: үҫеш (üśeş) — act of growing
• Bulgarian: нара́стване (narástvane) — act of growing
• Czech: růst — act of growing
• Czech: vzrůst — act of growing
• Dutch: groei — act of growing
• Finnish: kasvu — act of growing
• West-Frisian: groei c oanwaaks — act of growing
• Georgian: ზრდა (zrda) — act of growing
• Georgian: გაზრდა (gazrda) — act of growing
• German: Wachstum — act of growing
• Hebrew: צמיחה (tsmiḥɑ) — act of growing
• Hindi: वर्धन (vardhan) — act of growing
• Indonesian: pertumbuhan — act of growing
• Irish: breisiú — act of growing
• Irish: forás — act of growing
• Irish: fás — act of growing
• Irish: borrúlacht — act of growing
• Italian: crescita — act of growing
• Macedonian: раст (rast) — act of growing
• Macedonian: растење (rastenje) — act of growing
• Malayalam: വളർച്ച (vaḷaṟcca) — act of growing
• Middle English: waxynge — act of growing
• Norwegian Bokmål: vekst — act of growing
• Persian: رویش (ruyeš) — act of growing
• Polish: rośnięcie — act of growing
• Polish: wzrastanie — act of growing
• Portuguese: crescimento — act of growing
• Russian: рост (rost) — act of growing
• Russian: приро́ст (priróst) — act of growing
• Russian: возраста́ние (vozrastánije) — act of growing
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs — act of growing
• Sicilian: crìscita — act of growing
• Slovak: rast — act of growing
• Slovene: rast — act of growing
• Spanish: crecimiento — act of growing
• Swahili: ukuaji — act of growing
• Swedish: tillväxt — act of growing
• Swedish: växt — act of growing
• Swedish: utveckling — act of growing
• Turkish: büyüme — act of growing
• Ukrainian: прирі́ст (pryríst) — act of growing
• Welsh: twf — act of growing
• Azerbaijani: artım — something that grows or has grown
• Czech: porost — something that grows or has grown
• Danish: vækst — something that grows or has grown
• Dutch: groei — something that grows or has grown
• Esperanto: kreskaĵo — something that grows or has grown
• Faroese: grøði — something that grows or has grown
• Finnish: kasvu — something that grows or has grown
• Georgian: ნამატი (namaṭi) — something that grows or has grown
• German: Bewuchs — something that grows or has grown
• German: Vegetation — something that grows or has grown
• German: Wuchs — something that grows or has grown
• German: Bewucherung — something that grows or has grown
• Hebrew: צמחייה (tsimḥiɑ) — something that grows or has grown
• Hebrew: גִּדּוּל (giddúl) — something that grows or has grown
• Macedonian: израсток (izrastok) — something that grows or has grown
• Russian: по́росль (póroslʹ) — something that grows or has grown
• Russian: отро́сток (otróstok) — something that grows or has grown
• Slovene: rastje — something that grows or has grown
• Swedish: vegetation — something that grows or has grown
• Swedish: växt — something that grows or has grown
• Swedish: växtlighet — something that grows or has grown
• Czech: bujení — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Danish: vækst — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Finnish: kasvain — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Finnish: kasvannainen — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Finnish: pesäke — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• French: croissance — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• German: Geschwulst — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• German: Wucherung — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Ancient Greek: φῦμα (phûma) — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Hebrew: גִּדּוּל (gidul) — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Italian: crescita — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Italian: accrescimento — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Macedonian: израсток (izrastok) — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Māori: ngene — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Polish: narośl — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Portuguese: crescimento — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Russian: наро́ст (naróst) — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Spanish: crecimiento — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Swedish: svulst — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Swedish: växt — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
• Swedish: utväxt — pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor