Standard Lemma guide

interest

noun · verb · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɹɛst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹɪst/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɪn.tɹɛst/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɪn.tɚ.ɛst/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɪn.tɚ.əst/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɪn.tɹəst/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɪn.tɚst/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹest/
  • rhymes with -ɪntəɹɪst
  • rhymes with -ɪntɹɪst
  • rhymes with -ɪntəɹəst
  • rhymes with -ɪntɹəst
  • rhymes with -ɪntəɹɛst
  • rhymes with -ɪntɹɛst
  • rhymes with -ɪntəɹst
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T R AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 N T R IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: IH1 N T ER0 AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 4: IH1 N T ER0 IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any excess over and above an exact equivalent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
  • I have a lot of interest in doing online coding.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Examples

  • When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest (competing interests).
  • I have business interests in South Africa.
  • She has an interest in the proceedings, and all stakeholders' interests must be protected.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

Examples

  • Lexicography is one of my interests.
  • Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
  • The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, often, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • the iron interest; the cotton interest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those not covered by a more specific genre label.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, historical, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
  • Action films don't really interest me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: impersonal, obsolete, often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To cause or permit to share.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sailing is her favorite pastime
  • his main pastime is gambling
  • he counts reading among his interests
  • they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pastime, pursuit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diversion, recreation

Narrower terms: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity

15

noun

Meaning 15

a reason for wanting something done

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • for your sake
  • died for the sake of his country
  • in the interest of safety
  • in the common interest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sake

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: benefit, welfare

Narrower terms: behalf

16

noun

Meaning 16

the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they said nothing of great interest
  • primary colors can add interest to a room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interestingness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: power, powerfulness

Narrower terms: charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism, newsworthiness, news, topicality, color, colour, vividness, shrillness

17

noun

Meaning 17

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an interest in music

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: involvement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: curiosity, wonder

Narrower terms: enthusiasm, concern

18

noun

Meaning 18

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the iron interests stepped up production

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interest group

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social group

Narrower terms: special interest, vested interest

19

noun

Meaning 19

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they have interests all over the world
  • a stake in the company's future

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stake

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: share, portion, part, percentage

Narrower terms: grubstake, controlling interest, insurable interest, vested interest, security interest, terminable interest, undivided interest, undivided right, fee, equity, reversion, right

20

noun

Meaning 20

a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs

Narrower terms: compound interest, simple interest

21

verb

Meaning 21

excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: bore

Broader terms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

Narrower terms: absorb, engross, engage, occupy, fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind

22

verb

Meaning 22

be on the mind of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

be of importance or consequence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This matters to me!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: matter to

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with

Narrower terms: intrigue, fascinate

History

Etymology

From Middle English interest, from Old French interesse and interest (French intérêt), from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

Across languages

Translations

362 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjedheshtër — finance: price of credit
  • Albanian: interes — finance: price of credit
  • Arabic: فَائِدَة (fāʔida) — finance: price of credit
  • Armenian: տոկոս (tokos) — finance: price of credit
  • Azerbaijani: faiz — finance: price of credit
  • Basque: interes — finance: price of credit
  • Belarusian: працэ́нт (pracént) — finance: price of credit
  • Belarusian: адсо́так (adsótak) — finance: price of credit
  • Bengali: সুদ (śud) — finance: price of credit
  • Bhojpuri: सूद (sūd) — finance: price of credit
  • Bulgarian: ли́хва (líhva) — finance: price of credit
  • Burmese: အတိုး (a.tui:) — finance: price of credit
  • Catalan: interès — finance: price of credit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 利息 (lei6 sik1) — finance: price of credit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利息 (lìxī) — finance: price of credit
  • Czech: úrok — finance: price of credit
  • Danish: rente — finance: price of credit
  • Dutch: interest — finance: price of credit
  • Dutch: rente — finance: price of credit
  • Esperanto: interezo — finance: price of credit
  • Estonian: intress — finance: price of credit
  • Finnish: korko — finance: price of credit
  • French: intérêt — finance: price of credit
  • Galician: xuros — finance: price of credit
  • Georgian: პროცენტი (ṗrocenṭi) — finance: price of credit
  • German: Zinsen — finance: price of credit
  • Greek: τόκος (tókos) — finance: price of credit
  • Ancient Greek: τόκος (tókos) — finance: price of credit
  • Hebrew: ריבית \ רִבִּית (ribít) — finance: price of credit
  • Hindi: ब्याज (byāj) — finance: price of credit
  • Hindi: सूद (sūd) — finance: price of credit
  • Hungarian: kamat — finance: price of credit
  • Icelandic: vextir — finance: price of credit
  • Indonesian: bunga — finance: price of credit
  • Indonesian: renten — finance: price of credit
  • Irish: ús — finance: price of credit
  • Italian: interesse — finance: price of credit
  • Japanese: 利子 (rishi) — finance: price of credit
  • Japanese: 利息 (risoku) — finance: price of credit
  • Javanese: uyahan — finance: price of credit
  • Kazakh: пайыз (paiyz) — finance: price of credit
  • Kazakh: процент (prosent) — finance: price of credit
  • Khmer: ការប្រាក់ (kaa prak) — finance: price of credit
  • Korean: 이자 (ija) — finance: price of credit
  • Korean: 리자 (rija) — finance: price of credit
  • Korean: 이식 (isik) — finance: price of credit
  • Korean: 리식 (risik) — finance: price of credit
  • Central Kurdish: سوو (sû) — finance: price of credit
  • Northern Kurdish: sûd — finance: price of credit
  • Kyrgyz: пайыз (payız) — finance: price of credit
  • Kyrgyz: процент (protsent) — finance: price of credit
  • Ladin: fit — finance: price of credit
  • Lao: ດອກເບ້ຍ (dǭk bīa) — finance: price of credit
  • Latin: faenus — finance: price of credit
  • Latin: usura — finance: price of credit
  • Latvian: procenti — finance: price of credit
  • Latvian: augļi — finance: price of credit
  • Lithuanian: palūkanos — finance: price of credit
  • Lithuanian: procentai — finance: price of credit
  • Low German: Tins — finance: price of credit
  • Macedonian: камата (kamata) — finance: price of credit
  • Macedonian: интерес (interes) — finance: price of credit
  • Malay: bunga — finance: price of credit
  • Malay: faedah — finance: price of credit
  • Malayalam: പലിശ (paliśa) — finance: price of credit
  • Māori: moni whakatupu — finance: price of credit
  • Marathi: व्याज (vyāj) — finance: price of credit
  • Mongolian: хүү (xüü) — finance: price of credit
  • Navajo: ínáóltąʼí — finance: price of credit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rente — finance: price of credit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rente — finance: price of credit
  • Occitan: interès — finance: price of credit
  • Dari: بَهْرَه (bahra) — finance: price of credit
  • Dari: سُود (sūd) — finance: price of credit
  • Iranian Persian: بَهْرِه (bahre) — finance: price of credit
  • Iranian Persian: سود (sud) — finance: price of credit
  • Plautdietsch: Entras — finance: price of credit
  • Polish: odsetka — finance: price of credit
  • Polish: odsetek — finance: price of credit
  • Portuguese: juros — finance: price of credit
  • Romanian: dobândă — finance: price of credit
  • Russian: проце́нт (procént) — finance: price of credit
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏нтере̄с — finance: price of credit
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̏мата — finance: price of credit
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉnterēs — finance: price of credit
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȁmata — finance: price of credit
  • Shan: ၶီႈငိုၼ်း (khīi ngúen) — finance: price of credit
  • Shan: ဢတူဝ်း (ʼǎ tó) — finance: price of credit
  • Slovak: úrok — finance: price of credit
  • Slovene: obresti — finance: price of credit
  • Spanish: interés — finance: price of credit
  • Swahili: faida — finance: price of credit
  • Swedish: ränta — finance: price of credit
  • Tagalog: patubo — finance: price of credit
  • Tagalog: tubo — finance: price of credit
  • Tagalog: interes — finance: price of credit
  • Tajik: фоиз (foyiz) — finance: price of credit
  • Tajik: баҳра (bahra) — finance: price of credit
  • Tajik: суд (sud) — finance: price of credit
  • Tamil: வட்டி (vaṭṭi) — finance: price of credit
  • Telugu: వడ్డీ (vaḍḍī) — finance: price of credit
  • Thai: ดอกเบี้ย (dɔ̀ɔk-bîia) — finance: price of credit
  • Turkish: faiz — finance: price of credit
  • Turkish: getiri — finance: price of credit
  • Turkish: ürem — finance: price of credit
  • Ottoman Turkish: فائض (faʼiz) — finance: price of credit
  • Turkmen: göterim — finance: price of credit
  • Ukrainian: відсо́ток (vidsótok) — finance: price of credit
  • Ukrainian: проце́нт (procént) — finance: price of credit
  • Urdu: سُود (sūd) — finance: price of credit
  • Urdu: بَہْرَہ (bahra) — finance: price of credit
  • Uyghur: ئۆسۈم (ösüm) — finance: price of credit
  • Uzbek: protsent — finance: price of credit
  • Uzbek: foiz — finance: price of credit
  • Vietnamese: lãi — finance: price of credit
  • Welsh: budd — finance: price of credit
  • Albanian: interesim — great attention and concern from someone
  • Southern Altai: јилбӱ (ǰilbü) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Arabic: اِهْتِمَام (ihtimām) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Armenian: հետաքրքրություն (hetakʻrkʻrutʻyun) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Azerbaijani: maraq — great attention and concern from someone
  • Belarusian: ціка́васць (cikávascʹ) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Belarusian: інтарэ́с (intarés) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Bulgarian: интере́с (interés) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Catalan: interès — great attention and concern from someone
  • Chinese Cantonese: 興趣 /兴趣 (hing3 ceoi3) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 興趣 /兴趣 (xìngqù) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Czech: zájem — great attention and concern from someone
  • Danish: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Dutch: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Esperanto: intereso — great attention and concern from someone
  • Estonian: huvi — great attention and concern from someone
  • Finnish: kiinnostus — great attention and concern from someone
  • Finnish: mielenkiinto — great attention and concern from someone
  • French: intérêt — great attention and concern from someone
  • German: Interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Greek: ενδιαφέρον (endiaféron) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Hebrew: עניין \ עִנְיָן (inyán) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Hindi: रुचि (ruci) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Hungarian: érdeklődés — great attention and concern from someone
  • Icelandic: áhugi — great attention and concern from someone
  • Indonesian: minat — great attention and concern from someone
  • Indonesian: ketertarikan — great attention and concern from someone
  • Interlingua: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Irish: spéis — great attention and concern from someone
  • Irish: suim — great attention and concern from someone
  • Italian: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Japanese: 興味 (kyōmi) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Japanese: 関心 (kanshin) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Kazakh: қызығу (qyzyğu) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Korean: 흥미 (heungmi) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Korean: 관심 (gwansim) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Northern Kurdish: mereq — great attention and concern from someone
  • Northern Kurdish: balkêşî — great attention and concern from someone
  • Northern Kurdish: entres — great attention and concern from someone
  • Kyrgyz: кызыгуу (kızıguu) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Latvian: interese — great attention and concern from someone
  • Lithuanian: interesas — great attention and concern from someone
  • Lithuanian: domėjimasis — great attention and concern from someone
  • Lithuanian: susidomėjimas — great attention and concern from someone
  • Macedonian: интерес (interes) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Malay: minat — great attention and concern from someone
  • Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (tālparyaṁ) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Manx: foayr — great attention and concern from someone
  • Māori: aronga — great attention and concern from someone
  • Marathi: स्वारस्य (svārasya) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Occitan: interès — great attention and concern from someone
  • Iranian Persian: اِهْتِمام (ehtemâm) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Iranian Persian: عَلاقِه (alâġe) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Polish: zainteresowanie — great attention and concern from someone
  • Portuguese: interesse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Romanian: interes — great attention and concern from someone
  • Romanian: interes material — great attention and concern from someone
  • Russian: интере́с (interés) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Scottish Gaelic: suim — great attention and concern from someone
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏нтере̄с — great attention and concern from someone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉnterēs — great attention and concern from someone
  • Sicilian: ntiressi — great attention and concern from someone
  • Slovak: záujem — great attention and concern from someone
  • Slovene: zanimanje — great attention and concern from someone
  • Slovene: interes — great attention and concern from someone
  • Spanish: interés — great attention and concern from someone
  • Spanish: aras — great attention and concern from someone
  • Swedish: intresse — great attention and concern from someone
  • Tagalog: kawilihan — great attention and concern from someone
  • Tajik: шавқ (šavq) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Tamil: அக்கறை (akkaṟai) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Telugu: ఆసక్తి (āsakti) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Turkish: ilgi — great attention and concern from someone
  • Udmurt: тунсык (tunsyk) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Udmurt: интерес (inťeres) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Ukrainian: ціка́вість (cikávistʹ) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Ukrainian: інтере́с (interés) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Urdu: دِلْچَسْپی (dilcaspī) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Urdu: عِلاقَہ ('ilāqa) — great attention and concern from someone
  • Volapük: nited — great attention and concern from someone
  • Afrikaans: belangstelling — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Armenian: հետաքրքրություն (hetakʻrkʻrutʻyun) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Belarusian: інтарэ́с (intarés) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Bulgarian: интере́с (interés) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Catalan: interès — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Czech: zájem — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Danish: interessant — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Dutch: belangstelling — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Dutch: interesse — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Esperanto: intereso — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Finnish: kiinnostus — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Finnish: mielenkiinto — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • French: intérêt — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Greek: ενδιαφέρον (endiaféron) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Hebrew: תשומת לב (t'sómet-lév) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Hebrew: עִנְיָן ('inyán) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Hindi: रुचि (ruci) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Hungarian: érdeklődés — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Hungarian: figyelem — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Irish: spéis — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Irish: suim — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Italian: interesse — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Italian: attenzione — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Japanese: 興味 (kyōmi) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Japanese: 関心 (kanshin) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Korean: 흥미 (heungmi) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Korean: 관심 (gwansim) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Northern Kurdish: mereq — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Northern Kurdish: balkêşî — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Northern Kurdish: entres — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (tālparyaṁ) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: interesse — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: interesse — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Portuguese: interesse — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Romanian: interes — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Russian: интере́с (interés) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Scottish Gaelic: suim — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏нтере̄с — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉnterēs — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Spanish: interés — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Spanish: aras — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Swedish: intresse — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Tamil: அக்கறை (akkaṟai) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Ukrainian: інтере́с (interés) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Ukrainian: заціка́вленість (zacikávlenistʹ) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Ukrainian: заціка́влення (zacikávlennja) — attention that is given to or received from someone or something
  • Armenian: շահ (šah) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Belarusian: інтарэ́с (intarés) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Bulgarian: интере́с (interés) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Catalan: interès — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利益 (lìyì) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Czech: zájem — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Dutch: belang — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Finnish: omistus — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Finnish: sidonnaisuus — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Finnish: intressi — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Finnish: etu — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Greek: συμφέρον (symféron) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Haitian Creole: enterè — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Hebrew: אינטרס (interés) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Hebrew: עִנְיָן ('inyán) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Hindi: रुचि (ruci) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Hungarian: érdek — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Hungarian: érdekeltség — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Japanese: 利益 (rieki) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Kazakh: мүдде (müdde) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Korean: 이익 (iik) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Korean: 리익 (riik) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Northern Kurdish: entres — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Malay: kepentingan — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Māori: pānga — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Polish: interesy — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Portuguese: interesse — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Romanian: interes — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Romanian: preocupare — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Russian: интере́с (interés) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏нтере̄с — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉnterēs — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Spanish: interés — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Tagalog: interes — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Turkish: çıkar — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Ukrainian: інтере́с (interés) — involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking
  • Burmese: ဝါသနာ (wasa.na) — something one is interested in
  • Catalan: interesso — something one is interested in
  • Danish: hobby — something one is interested in
  • Danish: interesse — something one is interested in
  • Danish: dille — something one is interested in
  • Finnish: mielenkiinnon kohde — something one is interested in
  • Finnish: kiinnostuksen kohde — something one is interested in
  • Finnish: harrastus — something one is interested in
  • French: intérêt — something one is interested in
  • Hebrew: עִנְיָן ('inyán) — something one is interested in
  • Hindi: रुचि (ruci) — something one is interested in
  • Hungarian: érdeklődés tárgya — something one is interested in
  • Hungarian: érdeklődési kör — something one is interested in
  • Italian: interesse — something one is interested in
  • Italian: interessamento — something one is interested in
  • Japanese: 関心 (kanshin) — something one is interested in
  • Japanese: 趣味 (shumi) — something one is interested in
  • Māori: aronga — something one is interested in
  • Portuguese: interesse — something one is interested in
  • Spanish: interés — something one is interested in
  • Tagalog: hilig — something one is interested in
  • Tamil: ஆர்வம் (ārvam) — something one is interested in
  • Finnish: vahingonkorvaus — (obsolete in English) compensation for injury
  • Tamil: இழப்பீடு (iḻappīṭu) — (obsolete in English) compensation for injury
  • Finnish: ala — persons interested in any particular business or measure
  • Armenian: հետաքրքրել (hetakʻrkʻrel) — to attract attention or concern
  • Azerbaijani: maraq — to attract attention or concern
  • Belarusian: ціка́віць (cikávicʹ) — to attract attention or concern
  • Bulgarian: заинтересувам (zainteresuvam) — to attract attention or concern
  • Catalan: interessar — to attract attention or concern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使......感興趣 /使......感兴趣 — to attract attention or concern
  • Czech: zajímat — to attract attention or concern
  • Danish: interessere — to attract attention or concern
  • Dutch: interesseren — to attract attention or concern
  • Esperanto: interesi — to attract attention or concern
  • Estonian: huvi äratama — to attract attention or concern
  • Finnish: kiinnostaa — to attract attention or concern
  • French: intéresser — to attract attention or concern
  • German: interessieren — to attract attention or concern
  • Greek: ενδιαφέρω (endiaféro) — to attract attention or concern
  • Hungarian: érdekel — to attract attention or concern
  • Italian: interessare — to attract attention or concern
  • Italian: attrarre — to attract attention or concern
  • Japanese: 興味を引く (kyōmi o hiku) — to attract attention or concern
  • Korean: 흥미를 끌다 (heungmireul kkeulda) — to attract attention or concern
  • Latvian: interesēt — to attract attention or concern
  • Latvian: interesēties — to attract attention or concern
  • Lithuanian: dominti — to attract attention or concern
  • Lithuanian: suinteresuoti — to attract attention or concern
  • Lithuanian: domėtis — to attract attention or concern
  • Malay: menarik minat — to attract attention or concern
  • Māori: aro — to attract attention or concern
  • Māori: āro — to attract attention or concern
  • Norwegian Bokmål: interessere — to attract attention or concern
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: interessere — to attract attention or concern
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: interessera — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: ciekawić — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: interesować — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: zainteresować — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: zaciekawiać — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: zaciekawić — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: zajmować — to attract attention or concern
  • Polish: zająć — to attract attention or concern
  • Portuguese: interessar — to attract attention or concern
  • Romanian: interesa — to attract attention or concern
  • Russian: интересова́ть (interesovátʹ) — to attract attention or concern
  • Russian: заинтересова́ть (zainteresovátʹ) — to attract attention or concern
  • Russian: интересова́ться (interesovátʹsja) — to attract attention or concern
  • Russian: заинтересова́ться (zainteresovátʹsja) — to attract attention or concern
  • Serbo-Croatian: zanimati — to attract attention or concern
  • Serbo-Croatian: interesirati — to attract attention or concern
  • Serbo-Croatian: zanimati se — to attract attention or concern
  • Serbo-Croatian: интересовати — to attract attention or concern
  • Serbo-Croatian: interesovati — to attract attention or concern
  • Lower Sorbian: zajmowaś — to attract attention or concern
  • Spanish: interesar — to attract attention or concern
  • Swedish: intressera — to attract attention or concern
  • Ukrainian: ціка́вити (cikávyty) — to attract attention or concern
  • Ukrainian: інтересува́ти (interesuváty) — to attract attention or concern
  • Vietnamese: làm... chú ý — to attract attention or concern
  • Volapük: nitedön — to attract attention or concern
  • Yucatec Maya: k’abéet — to attract attention or concern
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