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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɒf/
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• Received-Pronunciation, obsolete: /ɔːf/
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• General-American: ŏf
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• General-American: /ɔf/
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• Canada: /ɒf/
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• Canada: [ɔːf]
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• cot-caught-merger: /ɑf/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ɔf/
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒf
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• rhymes with (older Received Pronunciation, General American) -ɔːf
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2epo (“from, off, back”). Doublet of of. Cognates Cognate with Scots aff (“away, off”), Saterland Frisian oawe, ou (“from”), West Frisian ôf (“away, off”), Dutch af (“from, off”), German ab (“from, off”), German Low German, Luxembourgish of (“off”), Yiddish אָפּ (op, “off”), Danish, Icelandic af (“from, off”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk av (“off”), Swedish af, av (“off”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆 (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”), and others.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: tallat — inoperative, disabled
• Catalan: apagat — inoperative, disabled
• Catalan: tancat — inoperative, disabled
• Finnish: pois — inoperative, disabled
• Finnish: poissa — inoperative, disabled
• Finnish: pois päältä — inoperative, disabled
• French: fermé — inoperative, disabled
• Greek: κλειστό (kleistó) — inoperative, disabled
• Italian: spento — inoperative, disabled
• Macedonian: и́склучен (ísklučen) — inoperative, disabled
• Norwegian: av — inoperative, disabled
• Norwegian: deaktivert — inoperative, disabled
• Portuguese: desligado — inoperative, disabled
• Russian: вы́ключенный (výključennyj) — inoperative, disabled
• Russian: выкл. (vykl.) — inoperative, disabled
• Spanish: apagado — inoperative, disabled
• Swedish: av — inoperative, disabled
• Catalan: passat — rotten
• Catalan: dolent — rotten
• Finnish: pilalla — rotten
• Finnish: pilaantunut — rotten
• German: ranzig — rotten
• German: schlecht — rotten
• German: verdorben — rotten
• Italian: putrido — rotten
• Italian: andato a male — rotten
• Macedonian: ра́сипан (rásipan) — rotten
• Norman: raccourchi — rotten
• Portuguese: estragado — rotten
• Russian: испо́рченный (ispórčennyj) — rotten
• Russian: несве́жий (nesvéžij) — rotten
• Russian: гнило́й (gnilój) — rotten
• Russian: проту́хший (protúxšij) — rotten
• Russian: прого́рклый (progórklyj) — rotten
• Spanish: disonar — not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc
• Cornish: dhe-ves — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Czech: pryč — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Dutch: weg — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Finnish: pois — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Finnish: alas — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Finnish: ylös — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Finnish: ulos — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• German: weg — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• German: davon — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Hungarian: el- — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Irish: ar shiúl — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Central Kurdish: -ەوە (-ewe) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Northern Kurdish: ve — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Macedonian: од- (od-) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Polish: od- — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Russian: вон (von) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Russian: прочь (pročʹ) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Russian: доло́й (dolój) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Russian: от- (ot-) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Russian: у- (u-) — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Swedish: iväg — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Swedish: ifrån — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Swedish: från — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Welsh: i ffwrdd — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Welsh: bant — in a direction away from the speaker or object
• Cornish: yn farow — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Dutch: uit — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Finnish: pois — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• French: éteindre — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• German: aus — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Hungarian: ki- — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Icelandic: slökktur — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Irish: as — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Macedonian: ис- (is-) — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Macedonian: из- (iz-) — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Portuguese: desligado — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Russian: ис- (is-) — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Russian: из- (iz-) — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Swedish: av — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Swedish: från — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Welsh: i ffwrdd — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Welsh: bant — into a state of non-operation or non-existence
• Finnish: -sta — away from a position upon
• Finnish: -lta — away from a position upon
• French: hors- — away from a position upon
• Lithuanian: nuo — away from a position upon
• Russian: с (s) — away from a position upon
• Russian: со (so) — away from a position upon
• Swedish: av — away from a position upon
• Swedish: borta — away from a position upon
• Finnish: poissa — detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from
• Lithuanian: nuo — detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from
• Swedish: av — detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from
• Swedish: från — detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from
• Swedish: ur — detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from
• Finnish: pois — away from a position of attachment or connection to
• Lithuanian: nuo — away from a position of attachment or connection to
• Swedish: från — away from a position of attachment or connection to
• Swedish: ur — away from a position of attachment or connection to
• Finnish: -sta — used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another
• Finnish: -lta — used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another
• Swedish: utanför — used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another
• Swedish: vid — used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another
• Finnish: -lta — used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland
• Swedish: från — used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland
• Finnish: pois — removed or subtracted from
• Lithuanian: nuo — removed or subtracted from
• Swedish: av — removed or subtracted from
• Swedish: rabatt — removed or subtracted from
• Swedish: utan — no longer wanting or taking
• Finnish: nistiä — to kill
• German: kaltmachen — to kill
• Hungarian: kinyír — to kill
• Polish: sprzątnąć — to kill
• Portuguese: apagar — to kill
• Russian: убра́ть (ubrátʹ) — to kill
• Russian: ко́кнуть (kóknutʹ) — to kill
• Czech: vypnout — to switch off
• Esperanto: elŝalti — to switch off
• Finnish: panna pois — to switch off
• Finnish: pistää pois — to switch off
• Hungarian: lekapcsol — to switch off
• Macedonian: исклу́чува (isklúčuva) — to switch off
• Portuguese: apagar — to switch off
• Portuguese: desligar — to switch off
• Swedish: stänga av — to switch off
• Swedish: släcka — to switch off