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• UK: /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/
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• Australian: /ˌɪn.fəˈmæɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F ER0 M EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 N F AO1 R M EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”). Equivalent to inform + -ation.

226 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: inligting — communicable knowledge
• Afrikaans: informasie — communicable knowledge
• Albanian: informacion — communicable knowledge
• Albanian: informatë — communicable knowledge
• Southern Altai: јетирӱ (ǰetirü) — communicable knowledge
• Amharic: ጥቆማ (ṭəḳoma) — communicable knowledge
• Amharic: መረጃ (märäǧa) — communicable knowledge
• Western Apache: beʼígózíni yíka ntaahí — communicable knowledge
• Arabic: مَعْلُومَات (maʕlūmāt) — communicable knowledge
• Arabic: مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma) — communicable knowledge
• Arabic: كيف — communicable knowledge
• Arabic: معلومة (maʕluma) — communicable knowledge
• Arabic: معلومة (maʕloma) — communicable knowledge
• Arabic: معلومة (maʕlūmāt) — communicable knowledge
• Armenian: տեղեկատվություն (teġekatvutʻyun) — communicable knowledge
• Armenian: տեղեկություն (teġekutʻyun) — communicable knowledge
• Asturian: información — communicable knowledge
• Azerbaijani: məlumat — communicable knowledge
• Azerbaijani: informasiya — communicable knowledge
• Bashkir: мәғлүмәт (məğlümət) — communicable knowledge
• Basque: informazio — communicable knowledge
• Belarusian: інфарма́цыя (infarmácyja) — communicable knowledge
• Bengali: তথ্য (tottho) — communicable knowledge
• Breton: ditour — communicable knowledge
• Breton: keloù — communicable knowledge
• Bulgarian: информа́ция (informácija) — communicable knowledge
• Burmese: ပြန်ကြားရေး (prankra:re:) — communicable knowledge
• Buryat: мэдээсэл (medeesel) — communicable knowledge
• Carpathian Rusyn: інформа́ція (informácija) — communicable knowledge
• Catalan: informació — communicable knowledge
• Chamorro: infotmasion — communicable knowledge
• Chechen: хаам (xaam) — communicable knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 信息 (xìnxī) — communicable knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 資訊 /资讯 (zīxùn) — communicable knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 情報 /情报 (qíngbào) — communicable knowledge
• Czech: informace — communicable knowledge
• Danish: information — communicable knowledge
• Danish: informationer — communicable knowledge
• Dutch: informatie — communicable knowledge
• Esperanto: informo — communicable knowledge
• Estonian: informatsioon — communicable knowledge
• Estonian: teave — communicable knowledge
• Farefare: ko'osgo — communicable knowledge
• Finnish: tieto — communicable knowledge
• Finnish: informaatio — communicable knowledge
• French: renseignement — communicable knowledge
• French: informations — communicable knowledge
• French: information — communicable knowledge
• West-Frisian: ynformaasje — communicable knowledge
• Galician: información — communicable knowledge
• Georgian: ცნობება (cnobeba) — communicable knowledge
• Georgian: შეტყობინება (šeṭq̇obineba) — communicable knowledge
• Georgian: ინფორმაცია (inpormacia) — communicable knowledge
• Georgian: ცნობა (cnoba) — communicable knowledge
• Georgian: ინფო (inpo) — communicable knowledge
• German: Information — communicable knowledge
• German: Auskunft — communicable knowledge
• Greek: πληροφορία (pliroforía) — communicable knowledge
• Ancient Greek: μήνυμα (mḗnuma) — communicable knowledge
• Haitian Creole: enfòmasyon — communicable knowledge
• Hebrew: מֵידָע (meidá) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: जानकारी (jānkārī) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: तथ्य (tathya) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: सूचना (sūcnā) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: आगाही (āgāhī) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: विवरण (vivraṇ) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: ख़बर (xabar) — communicable knowledge
• Hindi: खबर (khabar) — communicable knowledge
• Hungarian: információ — communicable knowledge
• Hungarian: értesülés — communicable knowledge
• Hungarian: tájékoztatás — communicable knowledge
• Hungarian: tudnivaló — communicable knowledge
• Hungarian: felvilágosítás — communicable knowledge
• Hungarian: hír — communicable knowledge
• Icelandic: upplýsingar — communicable knowledge
• Ido: informo — communicable knowledge
• Ilocano: pakaammo — communicable knowledge
• Indonesian: informasi — communicable knowledge
• Indonesian: maklumat — communicable knowledge
• Irish: eolas — communicable knowledge
• Irish: fios — communicable knowledge
• Italian: informazione — communicable knowledge
• Japanese: 情報 (jōhō) — communicable knowledge
• Japanese: 案内 (annai) — communicable knowledge
• Javanese: informasi — communicable knowledge
• Kannada: ಮಾಹಿತಿ (māhiti) — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: impormasiun — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: impormasyun — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: kabaluan — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: kebaluan — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: pamibalu — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: kapabaluan — communicable knowledge
• Kapampangan: kepabaluan — communicable knowledge
• Kazakh: ақпарат (aqparat) — communicable knowledge
• Kazakh: мағлұмат (mağlūmat) — communicable knowledge
• Khmer: ដំណឹង (dɑmnəng) — communicable knowledge
• Khmer: ព័ត៌មាន (pɔədɑɑmiən) — communicable knowledge
• Korean: 안내 (annae) — communicable knowledge
• Korean: 정보 (jeongbo) — communicable knowledge
• Central Kurdish: ئاگاهی (agahî) — communicable knowledge
• Northern Kurdish: agahî — communicable knowledge
• Kyrgyz: информация (informatsiya) — communicable knowledge
• Kyrgyz: маалымат (maalımat) — communicable knowledge
• Kyrgyz: билме (bilme) — communicable knowledge
• Lao: ຂ່າວ (khāo) — communicable knowledge
• Lao: ຂໍ້ມູນ (khǭ mūn) — communicable knowledge
• Latgalian: zine — communicable knowledge
• Latgalian: zinis — communicable knowledge
• Latgalian: jaunums — communicable knowledge
• Latgalian: jaunumi — communicable knowledge
• Latgalian: informaceja — communicable knowledge
• Latin: nūntius — communicable knowledge
• Latin: scientia — communicable knowledge
• Latin: doctrina — communicable knowledge
• Latin: indicium — communicable knowledge
• Latin: nuntii — communicable knowledge
• Latvian: informācija — communicable knowledge
• Lithuanian: informacija — communicable knowledge
• Samogitian: infuormacėjė — communicable knowledge
• Low German: informatioon — communicable knowledge
• Macedonian: информација (informacija) — communicable knowledge
• Malay: informasi — communicable knowledge
• Malay: maklumat — communicable knowledge
• Malayalam: അറിവ് (aṟivŭ) — communicable knowledge
• Malayalam: വിവരം (vivaraṁ) — communicable knowledge
• Maltese: informazzjoni — communicable knowledge
• Māori: mōhiohio — communicable knowledge
• Māori: pārongo — communicable knowledge
• Marathi: माहिती (māhitī) — communicable knowledge
• Middle English: enformacioun — communicable knowledge
• Mongolian: мэдээлэл (medeelel) — communicable knowledge
• Mongolian: өгөгдөл (ögögdöl) — communicable knowledge
• Nahuatl: tlanonotzaliztli — communicable knowledge
• Nepali: जानकारी (jānkārī) — communicable knowledge
• Nepali: सुचना (sucanā) — communicable knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: informasjon — communicable knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: opplysning — communicable knowledge
• Old English: ġefrǣġe — communicable knowledge
• Old English: āscung — communicable knowledge
• Pashto: معلومات (ma'lumāt) — communicable knowledge
• Pashto: اطلاع (etlā') — communicable knowledge
• Pashto: آګاهي (āgāhi) — communicable knowledge
• Iranian Persian: اِطِّلاع (ettelâ') — communicable knowledge
• Iranian Persian: آگاهی (âgâhi) — communicable knowledge
• Iranian Persian: اَخْبار (axbâr) — communicable knowledge
• Iranian Persian: اِسْتِحْضار (estehzâr) — communicable knowledge
• Iranian Persian: مَعْلومات (ma'lumât) — communicable knowledge
• Iranian Persian: اِطِّلاعات (ettelâ'ât) — communicable knowledge
• Polish: informacja — communicable knowledge
• Polish: wiadomość — communicable knowledge
• Portuguese: informação — communicable knowledge
• Romanian: informație — communicable knowledge
• Romansh: infurmaziun — communicable knowledge
• Russian: информа́ция (informácija) — communicable knowledge
• Russian: инфа́ (infá) — communicable knowledge
• Russian: све́дение (svédenije) — communicable knowledge
• Russian: да́нные (dánnyje) — communicable knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: информа́ција — communicable knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: informácija — communicable knowledge
• Sicilian: nfurmazziuni — communicable knowledge
• Slovak: informácia — communicable knowledge
• Slovene: informacija — communicable knowledge
• Slovene: informacije — communicable knowledge
• Lower Sorbian: informacija — communicable knowledge
• Spanish: información — communicable knowledge
• Swahili: habari — communicable knowledge
• Swahili: taarifa — communicable knowledge
• Swedish: information — communicable knowledge
• Tagalog: impormasyon — communicable knowledge
• Tagalog: pabatid — communicable knowledge
• Tagalog: kabatiran — communicable knowledge
• Tajik: маълумот (ma'lumot) — communicable knowledge
• Tajik: ахборот (axborot) — communicable knowledge
• Tajik: иттилоот (ittiloot) — communicable knowledge
• Tamil: தகவல் (takaval) — communicable knowledge
• Tatar: мәгълүмат (mäğlümat) — communicable knowledge
• Telugu: సమాచారము (samācāramu) — communicable knowledge
• Thai: ข่าว (kàao) — communicable knowledge
• Thai: ข้อมูล (kɔ̂ɔ-muun) — communicable knowledge
• Tibetan: གནས་ཚུལ (gnas tshul) — communicable knowledge
• Tigrinya: ሓበሬታ (ḥabäreta) — communicable knowledge
• Turkish: bilgi — communicable knowledge
• Turkish: malumat — communicable knowledge
• Turkish: haber — communicable knowledge
• Ottoman Turkish: خبر (haber) — communicable knowledge
• Ottoman Turkish: معلومات (ma'lumat) — communicable knowledge
• Turkmen: informasiýa — communicable knowledge
• Turkmen: maglumat — communicable knowledge
• Udmurt: ивортодэт (ivortodet) — communicable knowledge
• Ukrainian: інформа́ція (informácija) — communicable knowledge
• Urdu: جانْکاری (jānkārī) — communicable knowledge
• Urdu: اِطِّلاعات (ittilā'āt) — communicable knowledge
• Urdu: مَعْلُومات (ma'lūmāt) — communicable knowledge
• Urdu: آگاہی (āgāhī) — communicable knowledge
• Urdu: خَبَر (xabar) — communicable knowledge
• Urdu: اِطِّلَاع (ittilā') — communicable knowledge
• Uyghur: ئۇچۇر (uchur) — communicable knowledge
• Uyghur: مەلۇمات (melumat) — communicable knowledge
• Uyghur: خەۋەر (xewer) — communicable knowledge
• Uyghur: ئاخبارات (axbarat) — communicable knowledge
• Uzbek: maʻlumot — communicable knowledge
• Uzbek: axborot — communicable knowledge
• Uzbek: informatsiya — communicable knowledge
• Vietnamese: thông tin — communicable knowledge
• Welsh: gwybodaeth — communicable knowledge
• Welsh: hysbysrwydd — communicable knowledge
• Yiddish: אינפֿאָרמאַציע (informatsye) — communicable knowledge
• Farefare: ko'osgo — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Finnish: tiedonanto — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Finnish: tiedotus — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Finnish: tiedottaminen — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Galician: información — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: tájékoztatás — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: felvilágosítás — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: informálás — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: értesítés — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: közlés — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: hírközlés — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Middle English: enformacioun — act of informing or imparting knowledge
• Hungarian: panasz — ''(obsolete in English)'' the act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation
• Hungarian: bevádolás — ''(obsolete in English)'' the act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation
• Hungarian: feljelentés — ''(obsolete in English)'' the act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation
• Hungarian: beárulás — ''(obsolete in English)'' the act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation
• Hungarian: besúgás — ''(obsolete in English)'' the act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation
• Middle English: enformacioun — ''(obsolete in English)'' the act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation
• Hungarian: tudakozó — a service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber