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• /əbˈteɪn/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• homophone: abthane
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B T EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English obteinen, from Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + tenēre (“to hold”).

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَصَلَ (ḥaṣala) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Armenian: ստանալ (stanal) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Azerbaijani: almaq — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Azerbaijani: əldə etmək — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Bangi: kula — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Belarusian: атры́мліваць (atrýmlivacʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Belarusian: атрыма́ць (atrymácʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Belarusian: набыва́ць (nabyvácʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Belarusian: набы́ць (nabýcʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Bulgarian: доби́вам (dobívam) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Bulgarian: доби́я (dobíja) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Bulgarian: получавам (polučavam) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Bulgarian: спечелвам (spečelvam) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Burmese: ရ (ra.) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Burmese: ရယူ (ra.yu) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Catalan: obtenir — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Catalan: aconseguir — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Cherokee: ᎠᏱᎭ (ayiha) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Chinese Mandarin: 獲得 /获得 (huòdé) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Czech: získávat — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Czech: získat — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Danish: erholde — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Danish: opnå — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Dutch: verkrijgen — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Esperanto: akiri — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Estonian: hankima — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄 (cave) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Finnish: hankkia — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• French: obtenir — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• French: se procurer — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• North Frisian: füünj — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• North Frisian: fu — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Galician: obter — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• German: erlangen — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• German: erhalten — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽 (gatilōn) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Greek: αποκτώ (apoktó) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Ancient Greek: κτάομαι (ktáomai) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hebrew: הִשִּׂיג (hisíg) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hindi: प्राप्त करना (prāpt karnā) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hindi: पाना (pānā) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: kap — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: megkap — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: szerez — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: megszerez — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: jut — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: hozzájut — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: szert tesz — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: elnyer — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Ido: obtenar — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Irish: faigh — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Irish: bain — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Old Irish: ad·cota — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Italian: ottenere — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Japanese: 手に入れる (te ni ireru) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Japanese: 取得する (shutoku suru) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Japanese: 獲得する (kakutoku suru) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Kashmiri: پرٛاوُن (prāvun) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Kashmiri: لَبُن (labun) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Khmer: បាន (baan) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Khmer: យក (yɔɔk) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Korean: 얻다 (eotda) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Korean: 획득하다 (hoekdeukhada) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Central Kurdish: دەسکەوتن (deskewtin) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Central Kurdish: پەیداکردن (peydakirdin) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latin: potior — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latin: nanciscor — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latin: assequor — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latin: consequor — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latin: impetro — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latin: obtineo — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latvian: dabūt — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Latvian: iegūt — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Lingala: kula — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Lingala: zwa — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Lithuanian: gauti — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Lithuanian: įgauti — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Macedonian: добива (dobiva) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Macedonian: добие (dobie) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Marathi: मिळवणे (miḷavṇe) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Marathi: प्राप्त करणे (prāpta karṇe) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Khiamniungan Naga: thǖlòuh — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Norwegian Bokmål: erholde — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Norwegian Bokmål: innhente — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Persian: به دست آوردن (be dast âvardan) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Persian: گرفتن (gereftan) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: dostawać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: dostać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: otrzymywać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: otrzymać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: uzyskiwać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: uzyskać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: nabywać — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Polish: nabyć — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Portuguese: obter — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Romanian: obține — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Russian: добыва́ть (dobyvátʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Russian: добы́ть (dobýtʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Russian: достава́ть (dostavátʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Russian: доста́ть (dostátʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Russian: получа́ть (polučátʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Russian: получи́ть (polučítʹ) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Sanskrit: लभते (labhate) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Slovak: získavať — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Slovak: získať — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Slovak: dostávať — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Slovak: dostať — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Slovene: dobiti — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Slovene: pridobiti — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Spanish: obtener — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Spanish: coger — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Swedish: erhålla — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Tajik: ба даст овардан (ba dast ovardan) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Tajik: гирифтан (giriftan) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Telugu: సమకూర్చుకొను (samakūrcukonu) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Thai: ฟาด (fâat) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Thai: รับ (ráp) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Thai: ลุ (lú) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Thai: แอ้ม (ɛ̂ɛm) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Tocharian B: kälp- — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Turkish: elde etmek — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Turkish: almak — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Ukrainian: отри́мувати (otrýmuvaty) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Ukrainian: отри́мати (otrýmaty) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Ukrainian: здобува́ти (zdobuváty) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Ukrainian: здобу́ти (zdobúty) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Urdu: حاصل کرنا (hāsil karnā) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Urdu: پانا (pānā) — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Uzbek: olmoq — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Uzbek: topmoq — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Vietnamese: đạt được — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Vietnamese: thu được — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Vietnamese: giành được — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Vietnamese: kiếm được — to get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way
• Hungarian: elér — (obsolete in English) to secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached
• Hungarian: kieszközöl — (obsolete in English) to secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached
• French: réussir — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• French: avoir succès — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Hungarian: győzedelmeskedik — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Hungarian: diadalmaskodik — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Italian: riuscire — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Japanese: 成し遂げる (nashitogeru) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Korean: 이루다 (iruda) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Latin: succedo — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Romanian: reuși — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Romanian: avea succes — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Tocharian B: yäm- — ''(obsolete in English)'' to prevail, be victorious; to succeed
• Bulgarian: притежавам (pritežavam) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Finnish: pitää hallussaan — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• French: avoir — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Hungarian: birtokol — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Hungarian: bír — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Hungarian: birtokában van/tart — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Italian: avere — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Japanese: 持つ (motsu) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Japanese: 持っている (motte iru) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Korean: 갖다 (gatda) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Central Kurdish: دەسکەوتن (deskewtin) — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Latin: teneo — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Latvian: būt — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Portuguese: ter — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Portuguese: possuir — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Romanian: avea — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Spanish: obtener — ''(obsolete in English)'' to hold; to keep, possess or occupy
• Finnish: olla — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Finnish: olla olemassa — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• French: s'établir — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• German: bestehen — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Hungarian: érvényes — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Hungarian: érvényben van — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Hungarian: fennáll — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Hungarian: uralkodik — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Italian: stabilirsi — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Korean: 굳히다 (guchida) — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force
• Romanian: a se stabili — to exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force