offer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈɔfɚ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑfɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɒfə(ɹ)
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Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.

From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.

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 English -er English offer From off + -er.

From Middle English offren, offrien. In the religious senses inherited from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”); otherwise from Old French ofrir. Both ultimately from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear.

353 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: propozim — proposal
• Arabic: اِقْتِرَاح (iqtirāḥ) — proposal
• Armenian: առաջարկ (aṙaǰark) — proposal
• Azerbaijani: təklif — proposal
• Belarusian: прапано́ва (prapanóva) — proposal
• Belarusian: прапазі́цыя (prapazícyja) — proposal
• Belarusian: прапазы́цыя (prapazýcyja) — proposal
• Breton: kinnig — proposal
• Bulgarian: предложе́ние (predložénie) — proposal
• Bulgarian: офе́рта (oférta) — proposal
• Burmese: ကမ်းလှမ်း (kam:hlam:) — proposal
• Catalan: oferta — proposal
• Chinese Mandarin: 提供 (tígōng, tígòng) — proposal
• Chinese Mandarin: 提議 /提议 (tíyì) — proposal
• Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — proposal
• Czech: nabídka — proposal
• Czech: návrh — proposal
• Danish: bud — proposal
• Danish: tilbud — proposal
• Danish: forslag — proposal
• Dutch: voorstel — proposal
• Dutch: aanbod — proposal
• Dutch: bod — proposal
• Dutch: aanzoek — proposal
• Dutch: aanbieding — proposal
• Esperanto: propono — proposal
• Estonian: pakkumine — proposal
• Finnish: tarjous — proposal
• French: offre — proposal
• French: proposition — proposal
• Friulian: ufierte — proposal
• Galician: oferta — proposal
• Georgian: შემოთავაზება (šemotavazeba) — proposal
• Georgian: წინადადება (c̣inadadeba) — proposal
• German: Vorschlag — proposal
• German: Angebot — proposal
• Greek: πρόταση (prótasi) — proposal
• Hebrew: הַצָּעָה (hatsa'á) — proposal
• Hindi: प्रस्ताव (prastāv) — proposal
• Hindi: पेशकश (peśkaś) — proposal
• Hungarian: ajánlat — proposal
• Icelandic: tilboð — proposal
• Icelandic: boð — proposal
• Indonesian: tawaran — proposal
• Irish: tairiscint — proposal
• Italian: offerta — proposal
• Italian: proposta — proposal
• Japanese: 提供 (teikyō) — proposal
• Japanese: 提案 (teian) — proposal
• Kazakh: ұсыныс (ūsynys) — proposal
• Kazakh: ұсыным (ūsynym) — proposal
• Khmer: ការផ្តល់ជូន (kaa phdɑl cuun) — proposal
• Korean: 제공 (jegong) — proposal
• Korean: 제안 (jean) — proposal
• Northern Kurdish: teklîf — proposal
• Northern Kurdish: pêşniyar — proposal
• Northern Kurdish: pêşniyaz — proposal
• Kyrgyz: сунуш (sunuş) — proposal
• Lao: ການສະເຫນີ (kān sa nœ̄) — proposal
• Latvian: piedāvājums — proposal
• Lithuanian: pasiūlymas — proposal
• Macedonian: понуда (ponuda) — proposal
• Macedonian: предлог (predlog) — proposal
• Marathi: प्रस्ताव (prastāv) — proposal
• Mongolian: санал (sanal) — proposal
• Norwegian Bokmål: forslag — proposal
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbud — proposal
• Pashto: پېشنهاد (pešnehād) — proposal
• Pashto: وړانديز (wṛāndiz) — proposal
• Pennsylvania German: Aabiedes — proposal
• Pennsylvania German: Aabieding — proposal
• Pennsylvania German: Gebott — proposal
• Iranian Persian: پیشْنِهاد (pišnehâd) — proposal
• Polish: propozycja — proposal
• Polish: oferta — proposal
• Portuguese: oferta — proposal
• Portuguese: proposta — proposal
• Romansh: offerta — proposal
• Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — proposal
• Scottish Gaelic: tairgse — proposal
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́длог — proposal
• Serbo-Croatian: прије́длог — proposal
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏нуда — proposal
• Serbo-Croatian: prédlog — proposal
• Serbo-Croatian: prijédlog — proposal
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍnuda — proposal
• Sicilian: ufferta — proposal
• Slovak: ponuka — proposal
• Slovak: návrh — proposal
• Slovene: predlog — proposal
• Spanish: oferta — proposal
• Spanish: convite — proposal
• Swahili: ofa — proposal
• Swedish: erbjudande — proposal
• Swedish: bud — proposal
• Swedish: förslag — proposal
• Tagalog: alok — proposal
• Tajik: пешниҳод (pešnihod) — proposal
• Thai: ข้อเสนอ (kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə) — proposal
• Turkish: öneri — proposal
• Turkish: teklif — proposal
• Turkmen: teklip — proposal
• Ukrainian: пропози́ція (propozýcija) — proposal
• Urdu: پیشْکَش (peśkaś) — proposal
• Urdu: پرَسْتاو (prastāv) — proposal
• Uyghur: تەكلىپ (teklip) — proposal
• Uzbek: taklif — proposal
• Vietnamese: lời đề nghị — proposal
• Vietnamese: chào hàng — proposal
• Yiddish: פֿאָרשלאָג (forshlog) — proposal
• Yiddish: אָנבאָט (onbot) — proposal
• Armenian: առաջարկ (aṙaǰark) — something put forth
• Bulgarian: предла́гане (predlágane) — something put forth
• Czech: nabídka — something put forth
• Danish: tilbud — something put forth
• Danish: udbud — something put forth
• Dutch: voorstel — something put forth
• Dutch: bod — something put forth
• Esperanto: oferto — something put forth
• Finnish: tarjous — something put forth
• French: offre — something put forth
• Friulian: ufierte — something put forth
• German: Angebot — something put forth
• Greek: προσφορά (prosforá) — something put forth
• Hindi: प्रस्ताव (prastāv) — something put forth
• Italian: offerta — something put forth
• Latvian: piedāvājums — something put forth
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbud — something put forth
• Norwegian Bokmål: bud — something put forth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilbod — something put forth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bod — something put forth
• Pennsylvania German: Aabiedes — something put forth
• Pennsylvania German: Aabieding — something put forth
• Pennsylvania German: Gebott — something put forth
• Polish: oferta — something put forth
• Portuguese: oferta — something put forth
• Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — something put forth
• Scottish Gaelic: tairgse — something put forth
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏нуда — something put forth
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍnuda — something put forth
• Slovene: ponudba — something put forth
• Swedish: bud — something put forth
• Tagalog: alok — something put forth
• Turkish: arz — something put forth
• Turkish: öneri — something put forth
• Turkish: teklif — something put forth
• Turkish: sunu — something put forth
• Vietnamese: lời mời — something put forth
• Czech: nabídka — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Danish: udbudsforretning — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Dutch: bod — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Finnish: tarjous — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• French: offre — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• German: Angebot — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• German: Antrag — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• German: Offerte — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Greek: προσφορά (prosforá) — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Italian: transazione — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Norwegian Bokmål: anbud — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Norwegian Nynorsk: anbod — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Polish: oferta — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Portuguese: proposta — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Scottish Gaelic: tairgse — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Swedish: offert — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Tagalog: alok — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Turkish: öneri — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Turkish: teklif — law: invitation to enter binding contract
• Southern Altai: адап берер (adap berer) — propose
• Southern Altai: айдып берер (aydïp berer) — propose
• Southern Altai: берер (berer) — propose
• Southern Altai: сунар (sunar) — propose
• Arabic: اِقْتَرَحَ (iqtaraḥa) — propose
• Arabic: قَدَّمَ (qaddama) — propose
• Arabic: قَدَّم (gaddam) — propose
• Arabic: اقترح (aqtaraḥ) — propose
• Armenian: առաջարկել (aṙaǰarkel) — propose
• Assamese: যাচ (zas) — propose
• Asturian: ofrecer — propose
• Asturian: ufrir — propose
• Belarusian: прапано́ўваць (prapanówvacʹ) — propose
• Belarusian: прапанава́ць (prapanavácʹ) — propose
• Breton: kinnig — propose
• Bulgarian: предла́гам (predlágam) — propose
• Bulgarian: предло́жа (predlóža) — propose
• Burmese: ကမ်းလှမ်း (kam:hlam:) — propose
• Catalan: oferir — propose
• Chinese Mandarin: 提議 /提议 (tíyì) — propose
• Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — propose
• Czech: nabízet — propose
• Czech: nabídnout — propose
• Danish: tilbyde — propose
• Danish: foreslå — propose
• Dutch: voorstellen — propose
• Dutch: indienen — propose
• Dutch: presenteren — propose
• Esperanto: proponi — propose
• Estonian: pakkuma — propose
• Faliscan: pordo — propose
• Finnish: ehdottaa — propose
• Finnish: tarjota — propose
• French: offrir — propose
• Old French: ofrir — propose
• Friulian: ufrî — propose
• Galician: ofrecer — propose
• Georgian: შეთავაზება (šetavazeba) — propose
• German: anbieten — propose
• German: vorschlagen — propose
• German: aabüüte — propose
• Greek: προσφέρομαι (prosféromai) — propose
• Greek: προθυμοποιούμαι (prothymopoioúmai) — propose
• Hindi: प्रस्ताव करना (prastāv karnā) — propose
• Hungarian: ajánl — propose
• Hungarian: felajánl — propose
• Hungarian: indítványoz — propose
• Hungarian: kínál — propose
• Italian: offrire — propose
• Italian: proporre — propose
• Japanese: 申し出る (mōshideru) — propose
• Japanese: 提議する (teigi suru) — propose
• Japanese: 建議する (kengi suru) — propose
• Korean: 제의하다 (je'uihada) — propose
• Latin: offerō — propose
• Latvian: piedāvāt — propose
• Lithuanian: pasiūlyti — propose
• Lithuanian: siūlyti — propose
• Macedonian: понудува (ponuduva) — propose
• Macedonian: понуди (ponudi) — propose
• Marathi: प्रस्ताव करणे (prastāv karṇe) — propose
• Norman: offri — propose
• Norwegian Bokmål: foreslå — propose
• Occitan: ofrir — propose
• Old English: bēodan — propose
• Old Saxon: biodan — propose
• Pennsylvania German: aabiede — propose
• Polish: proponować — propose
• Polish: zaproponować — propose
• Polish: oferować — propose
• Polish: zaoferować — propose
• Portuguese: oferecer — propose
• Romanian: oferi — propose
• Romansh: offrir — propose
• Romansh: offerir — propose
• Romansh: ofrir — propose
• Romansh: offereir — propose
• Russian: предлага́ть (predlagátʹ) — propose
• Russian: предложи́ть (predložítʹ) — propose
• Sardinian: oferrere — propose
• Sardinian: oferri — propose
• Sardinian: oferriri — propose
• Scottish Gaelic: tairg — propose
• Scottish Gaelic: tathainn — propose
• Serbo-Croatian: предла́гати — propose
• Serbo-Croatian: предло̀жити — propose
• Serbo-Croatian: predlágati — propose
• Serbo-Croatian: predlòžiti — propose
• Sicilian: òffriri — propose
• Slovak: ponúkať — propose
• Slovak: ponúknuť — propose
• Slovene: predlagati — propose
• Spanish: ofrecer — propose
• Spanish: convidar — propose
• Swedish: erbjuda — propose
• Swedish: föreslå — propose
• Thai: เสนอ (sà-nə̌ə) — propose
• Turkish: sunmak — propose
• Ukrainian: пропонува́ти (proponuváty) — propose
• Ukrainian: офірува́ти (ofiruváty) — propose
• Venetan: ofrir — propose
• Vietnamese: đề nghị — propose
• Arabic: قَدَّمَ (qaddama) — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Bulgarian: прина́сям в же́ртва (prinásjam v žértva) — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Bulgarian: принеса́ в же́ртва (prinesá v žértva) — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Catalan: ofrenar — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Dutch: offeren — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Esperanto: oferi — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Esperanto: oferdoni — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Finnish: uhrata — to present something as a gesture of worship
• French: offrir — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Galician: ofrendar — to present something as a gesture of worship
• German: opfern — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gasaljan) — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Hebrew: קיטר (kitér) — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Irish: ofráil — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Italian: offrire — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Italian: presentare — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Latin: offerō — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Latin: porriciō — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Māori: whakahere — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Spanish: ofrendar — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Swedish: offra — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Vietnamese: dâng — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Vietnamese: hiến — to present something as a gesture of worship
• Arabic: قدم (ʔaddim) — place at disposal
• Basque: eskaini — place at disposal
• Bulgarian: предла́гам (predlágam) — place at disposal
• Bulgarian: предло́жа (predlóža) — place at disposal
• Chinese Mandarin: 開設 /开设 (kāishè) — place at disposal
• Chinese Mandarin: 提供 (tígōng) — place at disposal
• Ngazidja Comorian: utamania — place at disposal
• Czech: nabídnout — place at disposal
• Czech: nabízet — place at disposal
• Danish: tilbyde — place at disposal
• Danish: udlove — place at disposal
• Danish: udsætte — place at disposal
• Dutch: aanbieden — place at disposal
• Dutch: presenteren — place at disposal
• Dutch: vertonen — place at disposal
• Dutch: voorstellen — place at disposal
• Esperanto: disponigi — place at disposal
• Faliscan: pordo — place at disposal
• Finnish: tarjota — place at disposal
• Finnish: asettaa käyttöön — place at disposal
• French: offrir — place at disposal
• German: anbieten — place at disposal
• Central Franconian: aabeie — place at disposal
• Greek: προσφέρω (prosféro) — place at disposal
• Ancient Greek: παρέχω (parékhō) — place at disposal
• Hungarian: felajánl — place at disposal
• Hungarian: kínál — place at disposal
• Ingrian: tarita — place at disposal
• Italian: offrire — place at disposal
• Japanese: 提供する (teikyō suru) — place at disposal
• Khmer: លើកឲ្យ (ləək ʼaoy) — place at disposal
• Khmer: ជូន (cuun) — place at disposal
• Latin: praebeō — place at disposal
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilby — place at disposal
• Occitan: ofrir — place at disposal
• Polish: proponować — place at disposal
• Polish: zaproponować — place at disposal
• Polish: oferować — place at disposal
• Polish: zaoferować — place at disposal
• Portuguese: oferecer — place at disposal
• Russian: предлага́ть (predlagátʹ) — place at disposal
• Russian: предложи́ть (predložítʹ) — place at disposal
• Russian: предоставля́ть (predostavljátʹ) — place at disposal
• Russian: предоста́вить (predostávitʹ) — place at disposal
• Scottish Gaelic: tairg — place at disposal
• Scottish Gaelic: tathainn — place at disposal
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀нудити — place at disposal
• Serbo-Croatian: pònuditi — place at disposal
• Slovak: ponúkať — place at disposal
• Slovak: ponúknuť — place at disposal
• Slovene: ponuditi — place at disposal
• Spanish: ofrecer — place at disposal
• Spanish: presentar — place at disposal
• Swedish: erbjuda — place at disposal
• Thai: เสนอ (sà-nə̌ə) — place at disposal
• Tibetan: བཏབ་པ (btab pa) — place at disposal
• Turkish: önermek — place at disposal
• Turkish: teklif etmek — place at disposal
• Vietnamese: bày bán — place at disposal
• Welsh: cynnig — place at disposal