guarantee

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/
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• General-American: /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˌɡɛɹ.ənˈtiː/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -iː
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• CMU ARPABET: G EH2 R AH0 N T IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty.

247 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: garanci — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Arabic: ضَمَان (ḍamān) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Arabic: ضَمَانَة (ḍamāna) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Arabic: كَفَالَة (kafāla) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Arabic: ضمانة (ḍamāna) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Armenian: երաշխիք (erašxikʻ) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Azerbaijani: zəmanət — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Basque: berme — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Belarusian: гара́нтыя (harántyja) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Belarusian: пару́ка (parúka) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Bengali: জামিন (jamin) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Bengali: জামানত (jamanot) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Breton: gwarant — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Bulgarian: гара́нция (garáncija) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Bulgarian: поръчи́телство (porǎčítelstvo) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Catalan: garantia — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Chinese Cantonese: 保證 /保证 — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Chinese Mandarin: 保證 /保证 (bǎozhèng) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Czech: záruka — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Czech: garance — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Danish: garanti — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Dutch: garantie — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Esperanto: garantio — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Estonian: garantii — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Estonian: tagatis — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Faroese: tryggur — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Finnish: takuu — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Finnish: lupaus — anything that assures a certain outcome
• French: garantie — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Galician: garantía — anything that assures a certain outcome
• German: Garantie — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Hebrew: עַרְבוּת (arvút) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Hindi: प्रतिभूति (pratibhūti) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Hungarian: garancia — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Iban: jamin — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Icelandic: ábyrgð — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Indonesian: garansi — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Irish: dearbhú — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Italian: garanzia — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Japanese: 保証 (hoshō) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Kazakh: кепілдік (kepıldık) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Khmer: ការធានា (kaa thiəniə) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Korean: 보증 (bojeung) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Kyrgyz: кепилдик (kepildik) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Latvian: garantija — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Lithuanian: garantija — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Macedonian: гаранција (garancija) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Malay: jaminan — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Norman: garanti — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Norwegian Bokmål: garanti — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Norwegian Nynorsk: garanti — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Occitan: garantida — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Oromo: wabii — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Pashto: ضمانت (zamānat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Iranian Persian: ضَمانَت (zamânat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Iranian Persian: ضِمانَت (zemânat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Iranian Persian: گارانْتی (gârânti) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Iranian Persian: کَفالَت (kafâlat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Polish: gwarancja — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Portuguese: garantia — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Romanian: garanție — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Russian: гара́нтия (garántija) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Russian: пору́ка (porúka) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Russian: поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantachd — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Scottish Gaelic: urras — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̀мство — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: јѐмство — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: гара̀нција — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: jàmstvo — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: jèmstvo — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: garàncija — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Slovak: záruka — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Slovak: garancia — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Slovene: garancija — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Slovene: jamstvo — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Spanish: garantía — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Spanish: caución — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Swedish: garanti — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Tajik: кафолат (kafolat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Tajik: замонат (zamonat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Thai: การรับประกัน (gaan-ráp-bprà-gan) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Turkish: garanti — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Turkish: güvence — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Turkish: teminat — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Turkmen: kepillik — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Ukrainian: гара́нтія (harántija) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Ukrainian: запору́ка (zaporúka) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Ukrainian: пору́ка (porúka) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Urdu: ضَمانَت (zamānat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Urdu: گارَنْٹی (gāranṭī) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Urdu: کَفالَت (kafālat) — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Uzbek: garantiya — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Uzbek: kafolat — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Uzbek: kafillik — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Vietnamese: sự bảo đảm — anything that assures a certain outcome
• Armenian: երաշխիք (erašxikʻ) — written declaration
• Bulgarian: гара́нция (garáncija) — written declaration
• Czech: záruka — written declaration
• Danish: garanti — written declaration
• Dutch: garantie — written declaration
• Finnish: takuu — written declaration
• Galician: garantía — written declaration
• German: Garantie — written declaration
• Hindi: प्रतिभूति (pratibhūti) — written declaration
• Hungarian: garancia — written declaration
• Hungarian: biztosíték — written declaration
• Indonesian: garansi — written declaration
• Irish: ráthaíocht — written declaration
• Irish: slánaíocht — written declaration
• Irish: urra — written declaration
• Italian: garanzia — written declaration
• Northern Kurdish: temînat — written declaration
• Northern Kurdish: garantî — written declaration
• Norwegian Bokmål: garanti — written declaration
• Polish: gwarancja — written declaration
• Portuguese: garantia — written declaration
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantachd — written declaration
• Scottish Gaelic: urras — written declaration
• Slovene: garancija — written declaration
• Spanish: garantía — written declaration
• Swedish: garanti — written declaration
• Turkish: garanti — written declaration
• Turkish: güvence — written declaration
• Bulgarian: гара́нт (garánt) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Bulgarian: поръчи́тел (porǎčítel) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Chinese Mandarin: 保證人 /保证人 (bǎozhèngrén) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Czech: ručitel — person who gives such a guarantee
• Danish: garant — person who gives such a guarantee
• Finnish: takuunantaja — person who gives such a guarantee
• Finnish: takaaja — person who gives such a guarantee
• French: garant — person who gives such a guarantee
• Galician: garante — person who gives such a guarantee
• German: Garant — person who gives such a guarantee
• Hindi: प्रतिभू (pratibhū) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Hungarian: kezes — person who gives such a guarantee
• Indonesian: penjamin — person who gives such a guarantee
• Irish: urra — person who gives such a guarantee
• Italian: garante — person who gives such a guarantee
• Northern Kurdish: garantîker — person who gives such a guarantee
• Northern Kurdish: temînatker — person who gives such a guarantee
• Northern Kurdish: garantor — person who gives such a guarantee
• Norwegian: garantist — person who gives such a guarantee
• Polish: gwarant — person who gives such a guarantee
• Polish: poręczyciel — person who gives such a guarantee
• Polish: gwarantka — person who gives such a guarantee
• Portuguese: garantidor — person who gives such a guarantee
• Romanian: garant — person who gives such a guarantee
• Romanian: chezaș — person who gives such a guarantee
• Russian: гара́нт (garánt) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Russian: поручи́тель (poručítelʹ) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Russian: поручи́тельница (poručítelʹnica) — person who gives such a guarantee
• Spanish: garante — person who gives such a guarantee
• Turkish: kefil — person who gives such a guarantee
• Arabic: ضَمِنَ (ḍamina) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Armenian: երաշխավորել (erašxavorel) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Basque: bermetu — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Belarusian: гарантава́ць (harantavácʹ) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Breton: gwaranti — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Bulgarian: гарантирам (garantiram) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Catalan: garantir — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Chinese Mandarin: 保證 /保证 (bǎozhèng) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Czech: ručit — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Czech: garantovat — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Danish: garantere — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Dutch: garanderen — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Esperanto: garantii — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Estonian: tagama — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Finnish: taata — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Finnish: luvata — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• French: garantir — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Galician: garantir — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• German: garantieren — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• German: versichern — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Hungarian: garantál — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Hungarian: biztosít — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Ingrian: taata — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Irish: deimhnigh — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Irish: dearbhaigh — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Irish: cinntigh — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Italian: garantire — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Italian: assicurare — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Khmer: រ៉ាប់រង (rap rɔɔng) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Khmer: ធានា (thiəniə) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Northern Kurdish: temîn kirin — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Northern Kurdish: misoger kirin — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Northern Kurdish: garantî kirin — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Lao: ຮັບຮອງ (hap hǭng) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Latin: polliceor — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Malay: jamin — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Norwegian: garantere — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Polish: gwarantować — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Polish: zagwarantować — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Polish: zapewniać — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Polish: zapewnić — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Polish: zaręczać — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Polish: zaręczyć — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Portuguese: garantir — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Romanian: garanta — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Russian: гаранти́ровать (garantírovatʹ) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantaich — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Serbo-Croatian: jamčiti — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Slovene: zagotoviti — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Slovene: zagotavljati — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Spanish: garantizar — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Spanish: garantir — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Spanish: avalar — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Swedish: garantera — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Thai: รับรอง (ráp-rɔɔng) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Ukrainian: гарантува́ти (harantuváty) — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Vietnamese: bảo lãnh — to give an assurance that something will be done right
• Bulgarian: поръчителствам (porǎčitelstvam) — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Czech: ručit — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Danish: garantere — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Danish: kautionere — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Finnish: taata — to assume responsibility for a debt
• French: se porter garant — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Galician: garantir — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Galician: asegurar — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Hungarian: kezeskedik — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Irish: ráthaigh — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Italian: garantire — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Latin: satisdō — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Norwegian: kausjonere — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Polish: gwarantować — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Polish: zagwarantować — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Portuguese: fiar — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Russian: гаранти́ровать (garantírovatʹ) — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Spanish: garantizar — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Spanish: garantir — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Spanish: avalar — to assume responsibility for a debt
• Bulgarian: обезпечавам (obezpečavam) — to make something certain
• Czech: zajistit — to make something certain
• Czech: garantovat — to make something certain
• Danish: garantere — to make something certain
• Danish: sikre — to make something certain
• Finnish: taata — to make something certain
• Finnish: varmistaa — to make something certain
• Galician: garantir — to make something certain
• German: garantieren — to make something certain
• Portuguese: garantir — to make something certain
• Russian: гаранти́ровать (garantírovatʹ) — to make something certain
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantaich — to make something certain
• Slovene: zagotoviti — to make something certain
• Slovene: zagotavljati — to make something certain
• Spanish: garantizar — to make something certain
• Spanish: garantir — to make something certain