handshake

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• General-American: /ˈhæn(d)ˌʃeɪk/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N D SH EY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From hand + shake. See the appendix for the history of the gesture itself.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: handdruk — grasping of hands by two people
• Albanian: duarshtrëngim — grasping of hands by two people
• Albanian: shtrëngim duarsh — grasping of hands by two people
• Arabic: مُصَافَحَة (muṣāfaḥa) — grasping of hands by two people
• Armenian: ձեռքսեղմում (jeṙkʻseġmum) — grasping of hands by two people
• Asturian: choque de manos — grasping of hands by two people
• Azerbaijani: əl sıxma — grasping of hands by two people
• Azerbaijani: əl vermə — grasping of hands by two people
• Belarusian: по́ціск (pócisk) — grasping of hands by two people
• Belarusian: по́ціск рукі́ (pócisk rukí) — grasping of hands by two people
• Belarusian: по́ціск рук (pócisk ruk) — grasping of hands by two people
• Bengali: মুসাফা (muśapha) — grasping of hands by two people
• Bulgarian: ръкости́скане (rǎkostískane) — grasping of hands by two people
• Bulgarian: ръку́ване (rǎkúvane) — grasping of hands by two people
• Catalan: encaixada — grasping of hands by two people
• Chinese Cantonese: 握手 (ak1 sau2 / aak1 sau2) — grasping of hands by two people
• Chinese: 握手 (ak-chhiú) — grasping of hands by two people
• Chinese Mandarin: 握手 (wòshǒu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Czech: podání ruky — grasping of hands by two people
• Danish: håndtryk — grasping of hands by two people
• Dutch: handdruk — grasping of hands by two people
• Esperanto: manpremo — grasping of hands by two people
• Estonian: käesurumine — grasping of hands by two people
• Estonian: käepigistus — grasping of hands by two people
• Finnish: kättely — grasping of hands by two people
• French: poignée de main — grasping of hands by two people
• French: shake-hand — grasping of hands by two people
• Georgian: ხელის ჩამორთმევა (xelis čamortmeva) — grasping of hands by two people
• German: Händeschütteln — grasping of hands by two people
• German: Handschlag — grasping of hands by two people
• German: Händedruck — grasping of hands by two people
• Greek: χειραψία (cheirapsía) — grasping of hands by two people
• Hebrew: לְחִיצַת יָד (lekhitsát yad) — grasping of hands by two people
• Hindi: करमर्दन (karmardan) — grasping of hands by two people
• Hungarian: kézfogás — grasping of hands by two people
• Icelandic: handaband — grasping of hands by two people
• Indonesian: jabat tangan — grasping of hands by two people
• Italian: stretta di mano — grasping of hands by two people
• Japanese: 握手 (akushu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Japanese: ハンドシェーク (handoshēku) — grasping of hands by two people
• Kapampangan: galamanu — grasping of hands by two people
• Kapampangan: dalamanu — grasping of hands by two people
• Kazakh: амандасу (amandasu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Kazakh: қол алысу (qol alysu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Khmer: ការចាប់ដៃ (kaa cap day) — grasping of hands by two people
• Khmer: ការរលាក់ដៃ (kaa rɔɔrɔlĕək day) — grasping of hands by two people
• Korean: 악수 (aksu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Korean: 핸드세이크 (haendeuseikeu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Korean: 핸드셰이크 (haendeusyeikeu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Kyrgyz: кол кармашуу (kol karmaşuu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Kyrgyz: кол алышуу (kol alışuu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Kyrgyz: кол кысышуу (kol kısışuu) — grasping of hands by two people
• Lao: ການຈັບມື (kān chap mư̄) — grasping of hands by two people
• Lao: ຈັບມື (chap mư̄) — grasping of hands by two people
• Latvian: rokasspiediens — grasping of hands by two people
• Lithuanian: rankos paspaudimas — grasping of hands by two people
• Macedonian: ракување (rakuvanje) — grasping of hands by two people
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndtrykk — grasping of hands by two people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handtrykk — grasping of hands by two people
• Iranian Persian: مُصافَحِه (mosâfahe) — grasping of hands by two people
• Iranian Persian: دَسْتدادَن (dast-dâdan) — grasping of hands by two people
• Polish: uścisk dłoni — grasping of hands by two people
• Polish: uścisk ręki — grasping of hands by two people
• Portuguese: aperto de mão — grasping of hands by two people
• Portuguese: passou-bem — grasping of hands by two people
• Portuguese: bacalhau — grasping of hands by two people
• Romanian: strângere de mână — grasping of hands by two people
• Russian: рукопожа́тие (rukopožátije) — grasping of hands by two people
• Serbo-Croatian: руковање — grasping of hands by two people
• Serbo-Croatian: rukovanje — grasping of hands by two people
• Slovak: podanie ruky — grasping of hands by two people
• Slovak: stisk ruky — grasping of hands by two people
• Slovene: rokovanje — grasping of hands by two people
• Spanish: apretón de manos — grasping of hands by two people
• Spanish: estrechamiento de manos — grasping of hands by two people
• Spanish: estrechadura de manos — grasping of hands by two people
• Swedish: handskakning — grasping of hands by two people
• Swedish: handslag — grasping of hands by two people
• Swedish: handtryckning — grasping of hands by two people
• Tajik: дастфушурӣ (dastfušuri) — grasping of hands by two people
• Tajik: мусофаҳа (musofaha) — grasping of hands by two people
• Telugu: కరచాలనం (karacālanaṁ) — grasping of hands by two people
• Thai: การจับมือ (gaan-jàp-mʉʉ) — grasping of hands by two people
• Thai: จับมือ (jàp-mʉʉ) — grasping of hands by two people
• Turkish: el sıkışma — grasping of hands by two people
• Turkish: el sıkma — grasping of hands by two people
• Turkish: tokalaşma — grasping of hands by two people
• Ukrainian: рукостиска́ння (rukostyskánnja) — grasping of hands by two people
• Ukrainian: по́тиск (pótysk) — grasping of hands by two people
• Urdu: مُصافَحَہ (musāfaha) — grasping of hands by two people
• Uzbek: qoʻl siqish — grasping of hands by two people
• Uzbek: qoʻl berib — grasping of hands by two people
• Vietnamese: cái bắt tay — grasping of hands by two people
• Vietnamese: sự bắt tay — grasping of hands by two people
• Chinese Mandarin: 握手 (wòshǒu) — an exchange of signals between two devices
• French: établissement d'une liaison — an exchange of signals between two devices
• French: handshake — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Japanese: ハンドシェイク (handosheiku) — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Korean: 핸드셰이킹 (haendeusyeiking) — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Polish: wymiana potwierdzeń — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Spanish: establecimiento comunicacional — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Spanish: establecimiento comunicativo — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Swedish: handskakning — an exchange of signals between two devices
• Polish: uściskać dłoń — sense 1
• Polish: uścisnąć dłoń — sense 1
• Spanish: darse la mano — sense 1
• Spanish: estrecharse la mano — sense 1
• Spanish: apretarse la mano — sense 1
• Spanish: diñarse la mano — sense 1
• Unami: ànkunsi — sense 1
• Polish: wymieniać potwierdzenia — sense 2
• Polish: wymienić potwierdzenia — sense 2
• Spanish: establecer comunicación — sense 2