involuntary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ɪnˈvɑ.lənˌtɛɹ.i/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ɪnˈvɒl.ənˌtɛɹ.i/ of the US
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• Australian: /ɪnˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V AA1 L AH0 N T EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From in- + voluntary, from Late Latin involontarius, from in + volontarius.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: мімаво́льны (mimavólʹny) — without intention; unintentional
• Belarusian: міжво́льны (mižvólʹny) — without intention; unintentional
• Belarusian: няво́льны (njavólʹny) — without intention; unintentional
• Bulgarian: нево́лен (nevólen) — without intention; unintentional
• Catalan: involuntari — without intention; unintentional
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔小心 — without intention; unintentional
• Chinese Mandarin: 不小心 — without intention; unintentional
• Dutch: niet intentioneel — without intention; unintentional
• Esperanto: nevola — without intention; unintentional
• Finnish: tahaton — without intention; unintentional
• Finnish: vahinko- — without intention; unintentional
• French: involontaire — without intention; unintentional
• Galician: involuntario — without intention; unintentional
• Georgian: უნებლიე (uneblie) — without intention; unintentional
• German: unabsichtlich — without intention; unintentional
• German: unwillkürlich — without intention; unintentional
• German: ungewollt — without intention; unintentional
• Greek: ακούσιος (akoúsios) — without intention; unintentional
• Greek: αθέλητος (athélitos) — without intention; unintentional
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούιος (akoúios) — without intention; unintentional
• Hungarian: akaratlan — without intention; unintentional
• Hungarian: önkéntelen — without intention; unintentional
• Italian: involontario — without intention; unintentional
• Northern Kurdish: xwenewîst — without intention; unintentional
• Norwegian Bokmål: ufrivillig — without intention; unintentional
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ufrivillig — without intention; unintentional
• Polish: mimowolny — without intention; unintentional
• Portuguese: involuntário — without intention; unintentional
• Romanian: involuntar — without intention; unintentional
• Russian: нево́льный (nevólʹnyj) — without intention; unintentional
• Russian: непроизво́льный (neproizvólʹnyj) — without intention; unintentional
• Spanish: involuntario — without intention; unintentional
• Ukrainian: мимові́льний (mymovílʹnyj) — without intention; unintentional
• Ukrainian: неві́льний (nevílʹnyj) — without intention; unintentional
• Bulgarian: недоброво́лен (nedobrovólen) — not voluntary or willing
• Bulgarian: принуди́телен (prinudítelen) — not voluntary or willing
• Catalan: involuntari — not voluntary or willing
• Chinese Mandarin: 非自願 /非自愿 — not voluntary or willing
• Dutch: onwillekeurig — not voluntary or willing
• Esperanto: nevola — not voluntary or willing
• Finnish: vastentahtoinen — not voluntary or willing
• Finnish: tahaton — not voluntary or willing
• German: unfreiwillig — not voluntary or willing
• German: ohne es zu wollen — not voluntary or willing
• Greek: ακούσιος (akoúsios) — not voluntary or willing
• Greek: αθέλητος (athélitos) — not voluntary or willing
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούιος (akoúios) — not voluntary or willing
• Hungarian: kényszerű — not voluntary or willing
• Japanese: 不本意 (fuhon'i) — not voluntary or willing
• Northern Kurdish: xwenewîst — not voluntary or willing
• Malayalam: അസ്വച്ഛന്ദ (asvacchanda) — not voluntary or willing
• Manx: neuarryltagh — not voluntary or willing
• Polish: mimowolny — not voluntary or willing
• Portuguese: involuntário — not voluntary or willing
• Russian: нево́льный (nevólʹnyj) — not voluntary or willing
• Russian: недоброво́льный (nedobrovólʹnyj) — not voluntary or willing
• Russian: принуди́тельный (prinudítelʹnyj) — not voluntary or willing
• Spanish: involuntario — not voluntary or willing