loosen

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• UK: /ˈluːsn̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: L UW1 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Old Norse laussbor. Middle English loos English loose English -en English loosen From loose + -en.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: liroj — to make less tight
• Arabic: أَرْخَى (ʔarḵā) — to make less tight
• Arabic: حَلَّ (ḥalla) — to make less tight
• Arabic: فَكَّكَ (fakkaka) — to make less tight
• Aromanian: distringu — to make less tight
• Aromanian: disfac — to make less tight
• Bulgarian: разхлабвам (razhlabvam) — to make less tight
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬆開 /松开 (sōngkāi) — to make less tight
• Czech: uvolnit — to make less tight
• Danish: løsne — to make less tight
• Dutch: losmaken — to make less tight
• Egyptian: z:A1*s-f:x*x-V12:D40 (sfḫḫ) — to make less tight
• Esperanto: malfiksi — to make less tight
• Finnish: löysätä — to make less tight
• Finnish: höllätä — to make less tight
• Finnish: löyhentää — to make less tight
• French: desserrer — to make less tight
• Gallurese: allintà — to make less tight
• Gallurese: allinà — to make less tight
• German: lösen — to make less tight
• German: lockern — to make less tight
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lausjan) — to make less tight
• Greek: χαλαρώνω (chalaróno) — to make less tight
• Ancient Greek: λύω (lúō) — to make less tight
• Ido: laxigar — to make less tight
• Irish: scaoil — to make less tight
• Italian: allentare — to make less tight
• Japanese: ゆるめる (yurumeru) — to make less tight
• Japanese: ほどく (hodoku) — to make less tight
• Ladino: afloshar — to make less tight
• Latin: labefacio — to make less tight
• Latin: solvō — to make less tight
• Māori: whakatangatanga — to make less tight
• Māori: whakakorokoro — to make less tight
• Māori: whakakaewa — to make less tight
• Māori: whakahorohoro — to make less tight
• Māori: whakangoru — to make less tight
• Māori: tākōkō — to make less tight
• Norwegian Bokmål: løsne — to make less tight
• Norwegian Bokmål: løse — to make less tight
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løyse — to make less tight
• Portuguese: afrouxar — to make less tight
• Romanian: desface — to make less tight
• Russian: ослабля́ть (oslabljátʹ) — to make less tight
• Russian: осла́бить (oslábitʹ) — to make less tight
• Campidanese Sardinian: ammollai — to make less tight
• Sardinian: allenare — to make less tight
• Spanish: aflojar — to make less tight
• Spanish: soltar — to make less tight
• Spanish: arriar — to make less tight
• Spanish: filar — to make less tight
• Spanish: destensar — to make less tight
• Spanish: desajustar — to make less tight
• Swedish: gå upp — to make less tight
• Turkish: gevşemek — to make less tight
• Turkish: gevşetmek — to make less tight
• Albanian: shlo — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Albanian: zgjidh — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Bulgarian: освобождавам (osvoboždavam) — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Finnish: irrottaa — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galausjan) — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Ancient Greek: λύω (lúō) — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Māori: whakamatora — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Portuguese: soltar — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Portuguese: liberar — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Portuguese: libertar — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Russian: освобождать (osvoboždatʹ) — to free from restraint; to set at liberty
• Finnish: helpottaa — to remove costiveness
• Swedish: lösa upp — to remove costiveness