inform

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• General-American: /ɪnˈfɔɹm/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔːm/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
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From Latin īnfōrmis.

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.

213 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: njoftoj — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Southern Altai: билдирер (bildirer) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Arabic: بَلَّغَ (ballaḡa) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Arabic: أَبْلَغَ (ʔablaḡa) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Arabic: أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Arabic: خبر (ḵabbir) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Armenian: տեղեկացնել (teġekacʻnel) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Azerbaijani: məlumat vermək — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Azerbaijani: bildirmək — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Azerbaijani: xəbər vermək — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Azerbaijani: məlum etmək — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Belarusian: паведамля́ць (pavjedamljácʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Belarusian: паве́даміць (pavjédamicʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Belarusian: інфармава́ць (infarmavácʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Belarusian: паінфармава́ць (painfarmavácʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Borôro: bije — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Bulgarian: съобща́вам (sǎobštávam) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Bulgarian: известя́вам (izvestjávam) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Bulgarian: информи́рам (informíram) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Burmese: သတင်းပေး (sa.tang:pe:) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Burmese: ကြား (kra:) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Burmese: အသိပေး (a.si.pe:) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Catalan: informar — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Chinese Mandarin: 通知 (tōngzhī) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Chinese Mandarin: 告知 (gàozhī) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Czech: informovat — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Danish: informere — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Dutch: informeren — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Dutch: inlichten — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Dutch: voorlichten — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Esperanto: informi — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Estonian: informeerima — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Estonian: teavitama — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Farefare: ko'ose — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Finnish: tiedottaa — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• French: informer — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• French: renseigner — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Georgian: ინფორმირება (inpormireba) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Georgian: შეტყობინება (šeṭq̇obineba) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• German: informieren — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• German: mitteilen — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• German: benachrichtigen — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• German: Bescheid sagen — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Greek: πληροφορώ (pliroforó) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hebrew: הוֹדִיעַ (hodía) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hindi: सूचित करना (sūcit karnā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hindi: बताना (batānā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hindi: ख़बर करना (xabar karnā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hindi: जानकारी देना (jānkārī denā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hindi: अवगत करना (avgat karnā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hungarian: informál — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hungarian: tájékoztat — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hungarian: értesít — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Hungarian: felvilágosít — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Interlingua: informar — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Irish: cuir in iúl — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Italian: informare — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Japanese: 告げる (tsugeru) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Japanese: 知らせる (shiraseru) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Japanese: 通知する (tsūchi suru) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Japanese: 教える (oshieru) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kazakh: хабарлау (xabarlau) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kazakh: хабарландыру (xabarlandyru) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Khmer: ចែង (caeng) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Khmer: ជម្រាប (cumriəp) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Khmer: ទួល (tuəl) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Korean: 알리다 (allida) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Korean: 전달하다 (jeondalhada) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Korean: 통지하다 (tongjihada) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Korean: 가르치다 (gareuchida) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Central Kurdish: ئاگادان (agadan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Central Kurdish: تێگەیاندن (têgeyandin) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kyrgyz: кабарлоо (kabarloo) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kyrgyz: маалымдоо (maalımdoo) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kyrgyz: билмелөө (bilmelöö) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kyrgyz: билдирүү (bildirüü) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Kyrgyz: маалымат берүү (maalımat berüü) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Lao: ບົ່ງ (bong) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Lao: ບອກ (bǭk) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Latin: doceo — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Latvian: informēt — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Lithuanian: informuoti — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Lithuanian: pranešti — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Macedonian: известува (izvestuva) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Macedonian: извести (izvesti) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Macedonian: информи́ра (informíra) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Malay: memberitahu — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Malay: mengkhabarkan — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Malay: maalumkan — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Maltese: għarraf — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Māori: whakamōhio — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Māori: whakarongo — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Mongolian: мэдээлэх (medeelex) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ (medegelekü) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Norwegian Bokmål: informere — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: informere — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Pashto: خبر ورکول (xabár warkawël) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Pashto: ابلاغول (eblāǧawël) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Pashto: اترول (atarawël) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Iranian Persian: اِطِلاع دادَن (etelâ' dâdan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Iranian Persian: اِطِّلاع دادَن (ettelâ' dâdan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Iranian Persian: آگاه کَرْدَن (âgâh kardan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Iranian Persian: اَخْبار کَرْدَن (axbâr kardan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Iranian Persian: خَبَر دادَن (xabar dâdan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Iranian Persian: مَعْلوم کَرْدَن (ma'lum kardan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Polish: powiadamiać — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Polish: powiadomić — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Polish: informować — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Polish: poinformować — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Portuguese: informar — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Romanian: a informa — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: сообща́ть (soobščátʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: сообщи́ть (soobščítʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: информи́ровать (informírovatʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: проинформи́ровать (proinformírovatʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: извеща́ть (izveščátʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: извести́ть (izvestítʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: оповеща́ть (opoveščátʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: оповести́ть (opovestítʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: уведомля́ть (uvedomljátʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Russian: уве́домить (uvédomitʹ) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: обавешта́вати — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: обаве́стити — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: обавјешта́вати — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: обавије́стити — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: obaveštávati — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: obavéstiti — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: obavještávati — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: obavijéstiti — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Slovak: informovať — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Slovene: obveščati — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Slovene: obvestiti — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Spanish: informar — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Spanish: enterar — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Spanish: dar razón — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Swedish: informera — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Swedish: upplysa — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Swedish: meddela — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Tajik: хабар додан (xabar dodan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Tajik: маълум кардан (ma'lum kardan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Tajik: огоҳ кардан (ogoh kardan) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Tatar: хәбәр итәргә (xäbär itärgä) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Thai: แจ้ง (jɛ̂ɛng) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Thai: บอก (bɔ̀ɔk) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Turkish: bilgi vermek — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Turkish: bildirmek — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Turkish: haber vermek — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Turkish: ihbar etmek — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Ottoman Turkish: خبر ایتمك (haber etmek) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Ukrainian: повідомля́ти (povidomljáty) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Ukrainian: пові́домити (povídomyty) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Ukrainian: інформува́ти (informuváty) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Ukrainian: поінформува́ти (poinformuváty) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Urdu: آگاہ کَرْنا (āgāh karnā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Urdu: اِطِّلاع کَرْنا (ittilā' karnā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Urdu: بَتانا (batānā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Urdu: خَبَر کَرْنا (xabar karnā) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Uyghur: خەۋەر قىلماق (xewer qilmaq) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Uyghur: بىلدۈرمەك (bildürmek) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Uzbek: aytmoq — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Uzbek: bildirmoq — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Uzbek: xabar qilmoq — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Vietnamese: thông báo — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Yiddish: אינפֿאָרמירן (informirn) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Yiddish: מיטטיילן (mitteyln) — to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)
• Dutch: informeren — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Dutch: voorlichten — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Finnish: tiedottaa — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• French: informer — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• French: instruire — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• German: informieren — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Hungarian: közöl — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Hungarian: megoszt — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Hungarian: tudat — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Hungarian: tudomására hoz — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Japanese: 教える (oshieru) — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Korean: 알리다 (allida) — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Central Kurdish: ئاگادان (agadan) — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Central Kurdish: تێگەیاندن (têgeyandin) — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Māori: whakaatu — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Portuguese: informar — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Swedish: informera — to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)
• Albanian: kallzoj — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Bulgarian: изда́вам (izdávam) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Dutch: verklikken — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Finnish: vasikoida — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• French: dénoncer — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• German: denunzieren — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Greek: καταδίδω (katadído) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Ancient Greek: μηνύω (mēnúō) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Hungarian: feljelent — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Polish: donosić — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Polish: donieść — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Russian: доноси́ть (donosítʹ) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Russian: донести́ (donestí) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Spanish: delatar — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Ukrainian: доно́сити (donósyty) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Ukrainian: донести́ (donestý) — to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on
• Bulgarian: одухотворя́вам (oduhotvorjávam) — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Hungarian: áthat — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Hungarian: átjár — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Hungarian: kihat — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Hungarian: hatással van — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Indonesian: mempengaruhi — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Japanese: 情報で影響を上げる (jōhō de eikyō o ageru) — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Japanese: 情報で強化する (jōhō de kyōka suru) — to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)
• Dutch: informeren — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
• Dutch: kond doen — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
• Finnish: tiedottaa — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
• French: informer — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
• Japanese: 知らせる (shiraseru) — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
• Central Kurdish: ئاگادان (agadan) — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)
• Central Kurdish: تێگەیاندن (têgeyandin) — (obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)