verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:ĭgnôʹ
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪɡˈnɔː/
Canada, General-American:ĭgnôrʹ
Canada, General-American:/ɪɡˈnoɹ/
Australian:/ɪɡˈnoː/
New-Zealand:/əɡˈnoː/
ĭgnōrʹrhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ɪɡˈnoə/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:IH2 G N AO1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disregard, neglect
Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch, attend, clock, consider, give heed, heed, let in on, mark, mind, pass, pay attention, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, privy, regard, take heed, take note, take notice
2
verb
Meaning 2
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at, connive
Antonyms: notice, observe
3
verb
Meaning 3
Fail to notice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: notice
Narrower terms: pass up
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.
Across languages
Translations
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
ignoreer
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Albanian:
injoroj
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Arabic:
تَجَاهَلَ
(tajāhala)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Arabic:
طَنَّش
(ṭannaš)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Arabic:
طنش
(ṭannaš)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Arabic:
طنش
(ṭannaš)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Armenian:
անտեսել
(antesel)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Armenian:
նշկահել
(nškahel)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Assamese:
অগ্ৰাহ্য কৰা
(ograhyo kora)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Assamese:
অগ্ৰাহ্য কৰ
(ograhyo kor)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Azerbaijani:
saymamaq
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Basque:
ez jakin
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Belarusian:
ігнарава́ць
(ihnaravácʹ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Bulgarian:
игнори́рам
(ignoríram)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Bulgarian:
пренебре́гвам
(prenebrégvam)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Bulgarian:
пренебре́гна
(prenebrégna)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Catalan:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Chinese Mandarin:
無視 /无视
(wúshì)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Chinese Mandarin:
忽略
(hūlüè)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Chinese Mandarin:
不理
(bù lǐ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Chinese Mandarin:
不問 /不问
(bù wèn)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Czech:
ignorovat
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Danish:
ignorere
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Dutch:
negeren
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Esperanto:
ignori
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Esperanto:
malatenti
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Estonian:
ignoreerida
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Faroese:
ikki at merkja
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
sivuuttaa
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
jättää huomiotta
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
ei ottaa huomioon
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
olla huomaamatta
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
ohittaa
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
olla välittämättä
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
ei välittää
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
nonsaleerata
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
ignoorata
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Finnish:
ignoroida
— to deliberately pay no attention to
French:
ignorer
— to deliberately pay no attention to
French:
ne pas prêter attention à
— to deliberately pay no attention to
French:
ne pas tenir compte de
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Galician:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Georgian:
უგულებელყოფს
(ugulebelq̇ops)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
German:
ignorieren
— to deliberately pay no attention to
German:
missachten
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Greek:
αγνοώ
(agnoó)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Hebrew:
הִתְעַלֵּם
(hit'além)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Hindi:
उपेक्षा
(upekṣā)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Hindi:
उपेक्षा करना
(upekṣā karnā)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Hindi:
अवहेलना करना
(avhelnā karnā)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Hindi:
ध्यान न देना
(dhyān na denā)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Hungarian:
nem vesz tudomást róla
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Icelandic:
hunsa
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Ido:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Indonesian:
mengabaikan
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Interlingua:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Italian:
ignorare
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Japanese:
無視する
(mushi suru)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Japanese:
忽略する
(kotsuryaku suru)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Japanese:
知らん顔する
(shirankao suru)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Khmer:
មិនធ្វើដឹងធ្វើឬ
(mɨn tvəə dəŋ tvəə rɨɨ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Khmer:
ធ្វើថ្លង់ធ្វើគ
(tvəə tlɑŋ tvəə kɔɔ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Korean:
무시하다
(musihada)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Latin:
ignōrō
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Latvian:
ignorēt
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Lithuanian:
ignoruoti
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Luxembourgish:
ignoréieren
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Macedonian:
игнори́ра
(ignoríra)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Maltese:
jinjora
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Māori:
pī
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Māori:
whakangongo
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Māori:
whakatuturi
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Māori:
whakaririka
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Mongolian:
үл тоомсорлох
(ül toomsorlox)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Norwegian Bokmål:
ignorere
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Norwegian Bokmål:
overse
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Occitan:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Pannonian Rusyn:
иґноровац
(ignorovac)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Persian:
چشمپوشی کردن
(čašm-puši kardan)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Persian:
نادیده گرفتن
(nâdide gereftan)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Polish:
ignorować
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Polish:
zignorować
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Portuguese:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Romanian:
ignora
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Russian:
игнори́ровать
(ignorírovatʹ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Russian:
проигнори́ровать
(proignorírovatʹ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Russian:
пренебрега́ть
(prenebregátʹ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Russian:
пренебре́чь
(prenebréčʹ)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Russian:
не принима́ть во внима́ние
(ne prinimátʹ vo vnimánije)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Russian:
не приня́ть во внима́ние
(ne prinjátʹ vo vnimánije)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Scottish Gaelic:
leig seachad
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Serbo-Croatian:
игнори́сати
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Serbo-Croatian:
игнори́рати
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Serbo-Croatian:
ignorísati
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Serbo-Croatian:
ignorírati
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Slovak:
ignorovať
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Slovene:
ignorirati
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Upper Sorbian:
ignorować
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Upper Sorbian:
zignorować
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Spanish:
ignorar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Spanish:
desoír
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Spanish:
ningunear
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Spanish:
desatencionar
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Swahili:
puuza
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Swedish:
ignorera
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Tagalog:
balewalain
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Tamil:
புறக்கணிக்கவும்
(puṟakkaṇikkavum)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Telugu:
విస్మరించు
(vismariñcu)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Thai:
เมิน
(məən)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Tsonga:
honisa
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Turkish:
görmezden gelmek
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Ukrainian:
ігнорува́ти
(ihnoruváty)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Ukrainian:
проігнорува́ти
(proihnoruváty)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Ukrainian:
зігнорува́ти
(zihnoruváty)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Ukrainian:
не́хтувати
(néxtuvaty)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Ukrainian:
зне́хтувати
(znéxtuvaty)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Urdu:
نطر انداز کرنا
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Uzbek:
e‘tibor bermaslik
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Vietnamese:
lơ
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Vietnamese:
lờ
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Vietnamese:
bơ
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Welsh:
anwybyddu
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Xhosa:
ungahoyi
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Yiddish:
איגנאָרירן
(ignorirm)
— to deliberately pay no attention to
Zulu:
nganaki
— to deliberately pay no attention to