introduce

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• /ˌɪntɹəˈdʒuːs/ yod-coalescence
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• /ˌɪntɹəˈdjuːs/ non-yod-coalescence
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• General-American: /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/
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• General-American, proscribed: /ˌɪn(t)əɹˈdus/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T R AH0 D UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: таныштырар (tanïštïrar) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Arabic: قَدَّمَ (qaddama) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Armenian: ծանոթացնել (canotʻacʻnel) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Armenian: ներկայացնել (nerkayacʻnel) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Asturian: presentar — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Belarusian: прадстаўля́ць (pradstawljácʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Belarusian: прадста́віць (pradstávicʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Belarusian: знаёміць (znajómicʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Belarusian: пазнаёміць (paznajómicʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Bulgarian: предста́вям (predstávjam) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Bulgarian: запознавам (zapoznavam) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Catalan: presentar — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Chinese Cantonese: 介紹 /介绍 (gaai3 siu6) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Chinese Cantonese: 紹介 /绍介 (siu6 gaai3) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Chinese: 介紹 /介绍 (zh-min-nan) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Chinese: 紹介 /绍介 (siāu-kài) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Chinese Mandarin: 介紹 /介绍 (jièshào) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Chinese Mandarin: 紹介 /绍介 (shàojiè) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Danish: introducere — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Dutch: introduceren — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Dutch: voorstellen — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Esperanto: prezenti — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Estonian: tutvustama — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Finnish: esitellä — to cause someone to be acquainted
• French: présenter — to cause someone to be acquainted
• German: vorstellen — to cause someone to be acquainted
• German: bekannt machen — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Hindi: परिचय (paricay) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Hungarian: bemutat — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Italian: presentare — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Japanese: 紹介する (shōkai suru) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Japanese: 引き合わせる (hikiawaseru) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Korean: 소개(紹介)하다 (sogaehada) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Luxembourgish: virstellen — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Māori: whakataki — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Norwegian: presentere — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Norwegian: forestille — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Persian: معرفی کردن (mo'arrefi kardan) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Polish: przedstawiać — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Polish: przedstawić — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Portuguese: apresentar — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Romanian: prezenta — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Russian: представля́ть (predstavljátʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Russian: предста́вить (predstávitʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Russian: знако́мить (znakómitʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Russian: познако́мить (poznakómitʹ) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Serbo-Croatian: upoznati — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Serbo-Croatian: upoznavati — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Serbo-Croatian: predstaviti — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Serbo-Croatian: predstavljati — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Spanish: presentar — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Swedish: presentera — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Thai: แนะนํา (nɛ́-nam) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Turkish: tanıştırmak — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Ukrainian: представля́ти (predstavljáty) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Ukrainian: предста́вити (predstávyty) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Ukrainian: знайо́мити (znajómyty) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Ukrainian: познайо́мити (poznajómyty) — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Vietnamese: giới thiệu — to cause someone to be acquainted
• Asturian: presentar — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Bulgarian: представям (predstavjam) — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Chinese Cantonese: 引見 /引见 (jan5 gin3) — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Chinese Mandarin: 引見 /引见 (yǐnjiàn) — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Czech: představit — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Dutch: voorstellen — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Finnish: esitellä — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• French: présenter — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• German: vorstellen — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Greek: συστήνω (systíno) — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Italian: presentare — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Latin: intrōdūcō — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Luxembourgish: virstellen — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Māori: kuhu — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Māori: kōkuhu — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Portuguese: apresentar — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Russian: представля́ть (predstavljátʹ) — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Russian: предста́вить (predstávitʹ) — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Slovak: predstaviť — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Swedish: presentera — to make something or someone known by formal announcement or recommendation
• Bulgarian: вкарвам (vkarvam) — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Bulgarian: внасям (vnasjam) — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Catalan: introduir — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Chinese Mandarin: 導入 /导入 (dǎorù) — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Esperanto: enplekti — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Finnish: lisätä — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• French: introduire — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Hungarian: ereszt — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Hungarian: juttat — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Hungarian: enged — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Italian: introdurre — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Italian: iniziare — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Italian: inserire — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Italian: incominciare — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Italian: cominciare — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Italian: avviare — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Latin: intrōdūcō — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Latin: indō — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Māori: kōkuhu — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Māori: whakauru — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Occitan: introduire — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Portuguese: introduzir — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Spanish: introducir — to add something to a system, a mixture, or a container
• Bulgarian: въвеждам (vǎveždam) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Bulgarian: внедрявам (vnedrjavam) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Catalan: introduir — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Chinese Mandarin: 推行 (tuīxíng) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Czech: zavést — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Dutch: introduceren — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Finnish: ottaa käyttöön — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• French: introduire — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• German: einführen — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Ancient Greek: παράγω (parágō) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Hungarian: bevezet — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Italian: introdurre — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Luxembourgish: aféieren — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Polish: wprowadzać — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Polish: wprowadzić — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Portuguese: introduzir — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Russian: вводи́ть (vvodítʹ) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Russian: ввести́ (vvestí) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Spanish: introducir — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Swedish: införa — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Turkish: uygulamaya koymak — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Ukrainian: запрова́джувати (zaprovádžuvaty) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Ukrainian: запрова́дити (zaprovádyty) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Ukrainian: вво́дити (vvódyty) — to bring into practice — see also bring in
• Ukrainian: ввести́ (vvestý) — to bring into practice — see also bring in