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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈloʊ.ɚ/
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• Canada: /ˈloʊ(ə)ɹ/
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• Canada: [ˈloː.(ə)ɹ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈlaʊɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈlaʊ.ɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: L OW1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From low + -er (comparative suffix).

290 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ul — more towards the bottom
• Amharic: የበታች (yäbätač) — more towards the bottom
• Arabic: أَدْنَى (ʔadnā) — more towards the bottom
• Arabic: دُنْيَا (dunyā) — more towards the bottom
• Arabic: أَسْفَل (ʔasfal) — more towards the bottom
• Arabic: سُفْلَى (suflā) — more towards the bottom
• Azerbaijani: aşağı — more towards the bottom
• Belarusian: ні́жні (nížni) — more towards the bottom
• Bulgarian: до́лен (dólen) — more towards the bottom
• Bulgarian: по́-до́лен (pó-dólen) — more towards the bottom
• Catalan: inferior — more towards the bottom
• Chinese Mandarin: 下的 (xià de) — more towards the bottom
• Czech: spodní — more towards the bottom
• Czech: dolní — more towards the bottom
• Egyptian: Xr:r-y (ẖrj) — more towards the bottom
• Even: хэрги (hərgi) — more towards the bottom
• Evenki: хэргу (hərgu) — more towards the bottom
• French: inférieur — more towards the bottom
• Georgian: ქვემო (kvemo) — more towards the bottom
• German: unterer — more towards the bottom
• Ancient Greek: κατώτερος (katṓteros) — more towards the bottom
• Ancient Greek: κάτω (kátō) — more towards the bottom
• Hebrew: תַּחְתּוֹן (takhtón) — more towards the bottom
• Hungarian: alsó — more towards the bottom
• Italian: inferiore — more towards the bottom
• Japanese: 下の (shita no) — more towards the bottom
• Kazakh: төменгі (tömeñı) — more towards the bottom
• Korean: 아래의 (arae'ui) — more towards the bottom
• Kyrgyz: астынкы (astınkı) — more towards the bottom
• Latin: inferior — more towards the bottom
• Macedonian: долен (dolen) — more towards the bottom
• Macedonian: подолен (podolen) — more towards the bottom
• Manchu: ᡶᡝᠵᡝᡵᡤᡳ (fejergi) — more towards the bottom
• Mongolian: доод (dood) — more towards the bottom
• Mongolian: дорд (dord) — more towards the bottom
• Nanai: пэгуй (peguj) — more towards the bottom
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedre — more towards the bottom
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nedre — more towards the bottom
• Polish: dolny — more towards the bottom
• Portuguese: inferior — more towards the bottom
• Romanian: mai jos — more towards the bottom
• Romanian: inferior — more towards the bottom
• Russian: ни́жний (nížnij) — more towards the bottom
• Serbo-Croatian: до̑њӣ — more towards the bottom
• Serbo-Croatian: сподњи — more towards the bottom
• Serbo-Croatian: dȏnjī — more towards the bottom
• Serbo-Croatian: spodnji — more towards the bottom
• Slovak: spodný — more towards the bottom
• Slovak: dolný — more towards the bottom
• Slovene: spodnji — more towards the bottom
• Spanish: inferior — more towards the bottom
• Spanish: de abajo (más) — more towards the bottom
• Swedish: nedre — more towards the bottom
• Tocharian B: ñormye — more towards the bottom
• Turkish: aşağı — more towards the bottom
• Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — more towards the bottom
• Ukrainian: ни́жній (nýžnij) — more towards the bottom
• Spanish: botella — Translations
• Albanian: ul — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Arabic: أَنْزَلَ (ʔanzala) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Arabic: هبط (habbaṭ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Armenian: իջեցնել (iǰecʻnel) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Armenian: ցածրացնել (cʻacracʻnel) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Bangi: sunisa — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Bulgarian: спускам (spuskam) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Catalan: baixar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Catalan: abaixar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Chinese Mandarin: 降低 (jiàngdī) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Chinese Mandarin: 放下 (fàngxià) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Chinese Mandarin: 低下 (dīxià) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Czech: spustit — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Esperanto: malaltigi mallevi — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Finnish: laskea — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• French: faire descendre — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• French: abaisser — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• French: amener — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Gallurese: abbacà — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Georgian: დაშვება (dašveba) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Georgian: დაწევა (dac̣eva) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• German: herunterlassen — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Greek: χαμηλώνω (chamilóno) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Hungarian: leenged — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Irish: ísligh — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Italian: abbassare — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Japanese: 下げる (sageru) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Japanese: 下ろす (orosu) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Kabuverdianu: baxa — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Kabuverdianu: baxá — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Central Kurdish: شۆڕ کردن (şorr kirdin) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Ladino: abashar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Latin: discedo — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Latin: dēmittō — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Lingala: sunisa — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Lombard: bassà — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Māori: whakahaka — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Māori: whakaheke — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Māori: whakamahuru — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Oromo: buusuu — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Persian: کشیدن (kešidan) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Polish: opuszczać — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Polish: opuścić — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Portuguese: abaixar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Portuguese: descer — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Portuguese: baixar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: опуска́ть (opuskátʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: опусти́ть (opustítʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: спуска́ть (spuskátʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: спусти́ть (spustítʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: снижа́ть (snižátʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: сни́зить (snízitʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Campidanese Sardinian: abbasciài — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Sardinian: abbassiare — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Sassarese: abbascià — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Serbo-Croatian: spustiti — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Serbo-Croatian: sniziti — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Spanish: bajar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Spanish: arriar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Spanish: lascar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Spanish: abajar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Old Spanish: abaxar — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Swahili: kushusha — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Swedish: vira ned — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Swedish: vira ner — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Swedish: sänka — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Tok Pisin: daunim — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Turkish: indirmek — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Walloon: dischinde — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Walloon: abaxhî — let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail
• Bulgarian: свалям (svaljam) — pull down
• Esperanto: malaltigi — pull down
• Esperanto: mallevi — pull down
• French: abaisser — pull down
• French: baisser — pull down
• Greek: κατεβάζω (katevázo) — pull down
• Hungarian: leenged — pull down
• Irish: ísligh — pull down
• Māori: whakahaka — pull down
• Māori: whakaheke — pull down
• Swedish: hala — pull down
• Swedish: ta ned — pull down
• Swedish: ta ner — pull down
• Tok Pisin: daunim — pull down
• Turkish: indirmek — pull down
• Walloon: baxhî — pull down
• Bulgarian: понижавам (ponižavam) — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Catalan: abaixar — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Czech: snížit — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Esperanto: malaltigi — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Finnish: madaltaa — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• French: baisser — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• French: abaisser — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Greek: χαμηλώνω (chamilóno) — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Hungarian: ledönt — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Ido: basigar — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Irish: ísligh — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Latin: subsum — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Māori: whakahaka — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Norman: baîssi — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Portuguese: rebaixar — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Portuguese: baixar — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Russian: снижа́ть (snižátʹ) — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Russian: сни́зить (snízitʹ) — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Serbo-Croatian: sniziti — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Tok Pisin: daunim — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Walloon: rabaxhî — reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney
• Finnish: laskea — depress as to direction, as a gun
• French: baisser — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Greek: κατεβάζω (katevázo) — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Greek: χαμηλώνω (chamilóno) — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Irish: ísligh — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Norman: baîssi — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Portuguese: abaixar — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Russian: опуска́ть (opuskátʹ) — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Russian: опусти́ть (opustítʹ) — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Serbo-Croatian: spustiti — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Tok Pisin: daunim — depress as to direction, as a gun
• Finnish: laskea — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Irish: ísligh — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Portuguese: diminuir — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Russian: снижа́ть (snižátʹ) — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Russian: сни́зить (snízitʹ) — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Swedish: minska — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Tok Pisin: daunim — make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
• Azerbaijani: azaltmaq — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Azerbaijani: aşağı salmaq — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Bulgarian: свалям (svaljam) — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Catalan: disminuir — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Catalan: baixar — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Esperanto: malaltigi — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Finnish: laskea — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Finnish: alentaa — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• French: baisser — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• French: diminuer — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• French: abaisser — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Greek: χαμηλώνω (chamilóno) — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Hungarian: csökkent — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Irish: ísligh — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Italian: abbassare — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Latin: subsum — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Norman: baîssi — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Portuguese: diminuir — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Portuguese: abaixar — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Portuguese: baixar — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Russian: снижа́ть (snižátʹ) — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Russian: сни́зить (snízitʹ) — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Serbo-Croatian: sniziti — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Spanish: bajar — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Spanish: abajar — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Swedish: sänka — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Tok Pisin: daunim — reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature
• Bulgarian: унижавам (unižavam) — transitive: to humble
• Esperanto: humili — transitive: to humble
• Finnish: alentaa — transitive: to humble
• Irish: ísligh — transitive: to humble
• Russian: унижа́ть (unižátʹ) — transitive: to humble
• Russian: уни́зить (unízitʹ) — transitive: to humble
• Serbo-Croatian: poniziti — transitive: to humble
• Serbo-Croatian: uniziti — transitive: to humble
• Esperanto: humiliĝi — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Finnish: alentua — reflexive: to humble oneself
• French: s'abaisser — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Irish: ísligh — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Russian: унижа́ться (unižátʹsja) — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Russian: уни́зиться (unízitʹsja) — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: poniziti se — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Serbo-Croatian: uniziti se — reflexive: to humble oneself
• Bulgarian: понижавам (ponižavam) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Catalan: baixar — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Catalan: disminuir — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Catalan: reduir — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Esperanto: malaltigi — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Finnish: alentaa — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• French: baisser — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• French: abaisser — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• French: diminuer — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• French: réduire — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Greek: κατεβάζω (katevázo) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Greek: χαμηλώνω (chamilóno) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Hungarian: leenged — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Irish: ísligh — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Norman: baîssi — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Portuguese: diminuir — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Portuguese: reduzir — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Russian: снижа́ть (snižátʹ) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Russian: сни́зить (snízitʹ) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Russian: понижа́ть (ponižátʹ) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Russian: пони́зить (ponízitʹ) — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: sniziti — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Swedish: sänka — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Swedish: minska — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Swedish: beskära — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Tok Pisin: daunim — reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
• Bulgarian: спадам (spadam) — to fall, to grow less
• Catalan: baixar — to fall, to grow less
• Esperanto: malaltiĝi — to fall, to grow less
• Finnish: laskea — to fall, to grow less
• Finnish: alentua — to fall, to grow less
• Finnish: vajeta — to fall, to grow less
• French: baisser — to fall, to grow less
• French: diminuer — to fall, to grow less
• French: réduire — to fall, to grow less
• Greek: χαμηλώνω (chamilóno) — to fall, to grow less
• Irish: ísligh — to fall, to grow less
• Norman: baîssi — to fall, to grow less
• Serbo-Croatian: sniziti — to fall, to grow less
• Serbo-Croatian: smanjiti — to fall, to grow less
• Tok Pisin: daunim — to fall, to grow less
• Finnish: laskea — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Finnish: alentua — intransitive: to decrease in value
• French: baisser — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Greek: κατεβαίνω (katevaíno) — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Irish: ísligh — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Norman: baîssi — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Portuguese: baratear — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Russian: снижа́ться (snižátʹsja) — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Russian: сни́зиться (snízitʹsja) — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Russian: понижа́ться (ponižátʹsja) — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Russian: пони́зиться (ponízitʹsja) — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Serbo-Croatian: sniziti — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Serbo-Croatian: spustiti — intransitive: to decrease in value
• Tok Pisin: daunim — intransitive: to decrease in value