obligatory

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/
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• US: /əˈblɪɡ.ə.tɔ.ɹi/
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• US: /ˈɑ.blɪ.ɡəˌtɔ.ɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B L IH1 G AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verpligte — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Afrikaans: verpligtend — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Armenian: պարտադիր (partadir) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Azerbaijani: məcburi — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Belarusian: абавязко́вы (abavjazkóvy) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Bengali: ফরজ (fôroz) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Bengali: ওয়াজিব (ōẇajibo) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Bengali: বাধ্যতামূলক (baddhôtamulok) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Bulgarian: задължителен (zadǎlžitelen) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Catalan: obligatori — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Czech: povinný — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Dutch: verplicht — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Esperanto: deviga — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Finnish: velvoittava — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Finnish: sitova — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Finnish: pakollinen — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• French: obligatoire — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Georgian: სავალდებულო (savaldebulo) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Georgian: აუცილებელი (aucilebeli) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Georgian: იმპერატიული (imṗeraṭiuli) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Georgian: ობლიგატური (obligaṭuri) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• German: obligatorisch — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Greek: υποχρεωτικός (ypochreotikós) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Hindi: अनिवार्य (anivārya) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Hungarian: kötelező — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Italian: obbligatorio — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Norwegian Bokmål: bindende — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Norwegian Bokmål: forpliktende — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Norwegian Bokmål: obligatorisk — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Polish: wiążący — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Polish: obowiązkowy — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Portuguese: obrigatório — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Russian: обяза́тельный (objazátelʹnyj) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Russian: непреме́нный (nepreménnyj) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Slovak: záväzný — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Slovak: povinný — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Spanish: obligatorio — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Spanish: obligativo — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Turkish: zorunlu — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Ukrainian: обов'язко́вий (obovʺjazkóvyj) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory
• Yiddish: אָבליגאַטאָריש (obligatorish) — binding — see also mandatory, compulsory