interpret

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪt/
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• California: /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
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• California: [ɛnˈtɝ.pɹɛt] California Vowel Shift
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• Australian: /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /ənˈtøː.pɹət/
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• Philippines: /ˈin.tɚ.pɹɛt/
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• Philippines: /ɪn.tɚˈpɹɛt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER1 P R AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English interpreten, from Old French enterpreter, (French interpréter), from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret”), past participle interpretatus, from interpres (“an agent, broker, explainer, interpreter, negotiator”), from inter (“between”) + -pres, probably the root of pretium (“price”); -pres is probably connected with Ancient Greek φράζειν (phrázein, “to point out, show, explain, declare, speak”), from which φραδή (phradḗ, “understanding”), φράσις (phrásis, “speech”); see phrase.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَسَّرَ (fassara) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Arabic: أَوَّلَ (ʔawwala) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Belarusian: інтэрпрэтава́ць (interpretavácʹ) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Bulgarian: тълку́вам (tǎlkúvam) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Bulgarian: обяснявам (objasnjavam) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Catalan: interpretar — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Czech: vyložit — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Dutch: interpreteren — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Esperanto: interpreti — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Finnish: tulkita — to explain or tell the meaning of
• German: interpretieren — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaskeirjan) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Greek: ερμηνεύω (erminévo) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Ancient Greek: ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Hebrew: דּוֹבֵב (dovév) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Hindi: निर्वचन करना (nirvacan karnā) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Hindi: अर्थ लगाना (arth lagānā) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Hungarian: értelmez — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Hungarian: magyaráz — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Hungarian: megfejt — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Indonesian: mengartikan — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Indonesian: menafsirkan — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Italian: interpretare — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Japanese: 解説する (kaisetsu suru) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Korean: 해석하다 (haeseok-hada) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Latin: interpretor — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Macedonian: протолкува (protolkuva) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Māori: whakamāori — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Polish: interpretować — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Polish: zinterpretować — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Portuguese: interpretar — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Romanian: interpreta — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Russian: объясня́ть (obʺjasnjátʹ) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Russian: объясни́ть (obʺjasnítʹ) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Russian: толкова́ть (tolkovátʹ) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Russian: истолкова́ть (istolkovátʹ) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Russian: интерпрети́ровать (interpretírovatʹ) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mhìnich — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Spanish: explicar — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Spanish: exponer — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Spanish: interpretar — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Swedish: tolka — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Thai: ตีความ (dtii-kwaam) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Ukrainian: тлума́чити (tlumáčyty) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Ukrainian: витлума́чувати (vytlumáčuvaty) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Ukrainian: ви́тлумачити (výtlumačyty) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Ukrainian: інтерпретува́ти (interpretuváty) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Vietnamese: diễn giải — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Yiddish: טײַטשן (taytshn) — to explain or tell the meaning of
• Bulgarian: интерпретирам (interpretiram) — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Catalan: interpretar — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Czech: interpretovat — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Danish: fortolke — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Finnish: tulkita — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• French: interpréter — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• German: interpretieren — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Greek: ερμηνεύω (erminévo) — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Hungarian: előad — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Hungarian: tolmácsol — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Italian: interpretare — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Japanese: 演奏する (ensō suru) — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Japanese: 演出する (enshutsu suru) — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Latin: interpretor — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Portuguese: interpretar — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Romanian: interpreta — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Russian: интерпрети́ровать (interpretírovatʹ) — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Spanish: interpretar — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Swedish: tolka — to apprehend and represent by means of art
• Azerbaijani: dilmanclıq etmək — to act as an interpreter
• Azerbaijani: şifahi tərcümə etmək — to act as an interpreter
• Belarusian: пераклада́ць (pjerakladácʹ) — to act as an interpreter
• Belarusian: перакла́сці (pjeraklásci) — to act as an interpreter
• Bulgarian: превеждам — to act as an interpreter
• Catalan: interpretar — to act as an interpreter
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯 /翻译 (fānyì) — to act as an interpreter
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳譯 /传译 (chuányì) — to act as an interpreter
• Czech: tlumočit — to act as an interpreter
• Danish: tolke — to act as an interpreter
• Dutch: vertalen — to act as an interpreter
• Dutch: tolken — to act as an interpreter
• Finnish: tulkata — to act as an interpreter
• French: traduire — to act as an interpreter
• French: interpréter — to act as an interpreter
• German: dolmetschen — to act as an interpreter
• German: übersetzen — to act as an interpreter
• Greek: διερμηνεύω (dierminévo) — to act as an interpreter
• Ancient Greek: μεταφράζω (metaphrázō) — to act as an interpreter
• Hungarian: tolmácsol — to act as an interpreter
• Hungarian: fordít — to act as an interpreter
• Italian: interpretare — to act as an interpreter
• Japanese: 通訳する (tsūyaku suru) — to act as an interpreter
• Khmer: បកប្រែ (bɑɑk prae) — to act as an interpreter
• Korean: 통역하다 (tong'yeok-hada) — to act as an interpreter
• Norwegian Bokmål: tolke — to act as an interpreter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tolke — to act as an interpreter
• Portuguese: traduzir — to act as an interpreter
• Romanian: traduce — to act as an interpreter
• Romanian: interpreta — to act as an interpreter
• Russian: переводи́ть (perevodítʹ) — to act as an interpreter
• Russian: перевести́ (perevestí) — to act as an interpreter
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mhìnich — to act as an interpreter
• Spanish: interpretar — to act as an interpreter
• Swedish: tolka — to act as an interpreter
• Thai: แปล (bplɛɛ) — to act as an interpreter
• Vietnamese: dịch — to act as an interpreter