liken

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪk(ə)n/
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• General-American: lī'kən
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• General-American: /ˈlaɪkən/
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• homophone: lichen
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• homophone: lycan
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• rhymes with -aɪkən
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• CMU ARPABET: L AY1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَبَّهَ (šabbaha) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Bulgarian: сравнявам (sravnjavam) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Chinese Mandarin: 比喻 (bǐyù) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Czech: přirovnávat — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Czech: přirovnat — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Czech: připodobnit — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Dutch: vergelijken — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Finnish: verrata — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Finnish: rinnastaa — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• French: comparer — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Georgian: ადარებს (adarebs) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Georgian: ამსგავსებს (amsgavsebs) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Georgian: ამგვანებს (amgvanebs) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• German: vergleichen — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Indonesian: membandingkan — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Indonesian: mengumpamakan — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Italian: paragonare — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Japanese: たとえる (tatoeru) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Macedonian: спо́реди (spóredi) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Occitan: comparar — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Polish: porównywać — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Polish: porównać — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Portuguese: comparar — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Russian: сра́внивать (srávnivatʹ) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Russian: сравни́ть (sravnítʹ) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Russian: уподобля́ть (upodobljátʹ) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Russian: уподо́бить (upodóbitʹ) — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Sicilian: paragunari — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Spanish: comparar — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Spanish: asemejar — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Swedish: likna — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Swedish: jämföra — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Turkish: benzetmek — to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare
• Finnish: tehdä jonkinlaiseksi — to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing