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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯.və/
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• Northumbria: /ˈaʊæː/
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• Wales: /ˈoː.və/ without the toe–tow merger
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• Australian: /ˈəʉ̯.və/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɐʉ̯.və/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈoʊ̯.vɚ/
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• [ˈoːvɚ] monophthongization
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• Scotland: /ˈo.vəɾ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Proto-West Germanic *obar Old English ofer Middle English over English over From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, ofor, ouer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ower (“over”), Yola oer, ower, owr (“over”), Saterland Frisian uur (“over”), West Frisian oer (“over, across”), Cimbrian übar (“over”), Dutch over (“over”), German ober, über, ueber (“over, above”), Limburgish euver, övver (“over”), Low German över, üöver (“over”), Luxembourgish iwwer (“over”), Mòcheno iber (“over”), Yiddish איבער (iber, “over”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål over (“over”), Elfdalian yvyr (“over”), Faroese yvir (“over”), Icelandic yfir (“over”), Norwegian Nynorsk over, yver, yvi (“over”), Swedish över (“over”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar, “over”); also Breton and Cornish war (“on, over”), Irish ar (“on”), Manx er (“on”), Scottish Gaelic air (“on, upon”), Latin super (“above, over”), Ancient Greek ῠ̔πείρ (hŭpeír), ὑπέρ (hupér), ῠ̔́περ (hŭ́per, “above, over”), Albanian epër (“above, high, overhead, up, upward”), Armenian վեր (ver, “up”), Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upairi, “above, over”), Persian بر (bar, “on; onto; upon”), Sanskrit उपरि (upari, “above, over”). Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.

From Middle English over (“riverbank, seashore, brink”), from Old English ōfer (“riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border”), from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz. Cognate with Dutch oever (“riverbank, shore”), German Ufer (“shore, shoreline, riverbank”), Low German Över (“shore, riverbank”).

353 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ավարտված (avartvac) — ended
• Bulgarian: завършен (zavǎršen) — ended
• Cantonese: 結束 /结束 (git3 cuk1) — ended
• Cantonese: 終止 /终止 (zung1 zi2) — ended
• Cantonese: 冇嗮 (mou5 saai3) — ended
• Cantonese: 收 (sau1) — ended
• Cantonese: 了斷 /了断 (liǎoduàn) — ended
• Cantonese: 結束 /结束 (jiéshù) — ended
• Cantonese: 終止 /终止 (zhōngzhǐ) — ended
• Danish: forbi — ended
• Dutch: voorbij — ended
• Esperanto: finita — ended
• Faroese: liðugur — ended
• Finnish: lopussa — ended
• Finnish: ohi — ended
• French: fini — ended
• French: terminé — ended
• Galician: rematado — ended
• German: vorbei — ended
• Hungarian: vége — ended
• Icelandic: búinn — ended
• Irish: ós cionn — ended
• Irish: thart — ended
• Italian: terminato — ended
• Italian: finito — ended
• Khiamniungan Naga: tèitsǜtèi — ended
• Norwegian: over — ended
• Norwegian: slutt — ended
• Old English: ġeendod — ended
• Polish: skończony — ended
• Polish: ukończony — ended
• Portuguese: terminado — ended
• Portuguese: acabado — ended
• Portuguese: concluído — ended
• Russian: око́нченный (okónčennyj) — ended
• Scottish Gaelic: seachad — ended
• Slovene: končan — ended
• Lower Sorbian: mimo — ended
• Spanish: terminado — ended
• Spanish: acabado — ended
• Sranan Tongo: kaba — ended
• Swedish: över — ended
• Swedish: slut — ended
• Swedish: förbi — ended
• Turkish: bitti — ended
• Ukrainian: закі́нчений (zakínčenyj) — ended
• Zazaki: qediya — ended
• Finnish: tänne — from one position or state to another
• Finnish: tuonne — from one position or state to another
• Finnish: sinne — from one position or state to another
• Hungarian: át — from one position or state to another
• Finnish: sivulle — horizontally; from one place to another
• Finnish: sivuun — horizontally; from one place to another
• Hungarian: el — horizontally; from one place to another
• Hungarian: arrébb — horizontally; from one place to another
• Quechua: pata — horizontally; from one place to another
• Swedish: över — horizontally; from one place to another
• Dutch: om — from upright to horizontal position
• Dutch: omver — from upright to horizontal position
• Finnish: nurin — from upright to horizontal position
• Finnish: kumoon — from upright to horizontal position
• Finnish: ympäri — from upright to horizontal position
• Hungarian: le — from upright to horizontal position
• Hungarian: ki — from upright to horizontal position
• Swedish: omkull — from upright to horizontal position
• Finnish: läpi — thoroughly, completely
• Hungarian: végig — thoroughly, completely
• Hungarian: át — thoroughly, completely
• French: trop — to an excessive degree
• French: sur- — to an excessive degree
• Hungarian: túl — to an excessive degree
• Hungarian: túlzottan — to an excessive degree
• Sicilian: tropp'assai — to an excessive degree
• Spanish: excesivamente — to an excessive degree
• Swedish: för — to an excessive degree
• Swedish: över- — to an excessive degree
• Finnish: yötä — overnight
• Hungarian: éjszakára — overnight
• Polish: przez noc — overnight
• Russian: на ночь (na noch') — overnight
• Swedish: över — overnight
• Bulgarian: пак (pak) — again
• Dutch: opnieuw — again
• Dutch: over — again
• Finnish: uudestaan — again
• Finnish: uudelleen — again
• French: encore — again
• French: re- — again
• French: à nouveau — again
• Hungarian: újra — again
• Ido: itere — again
• Irish: arís — again
• Italian: nuovamente — again
• Italian: ancora — again
• Portuguese: de novo — again
• Russian: сно́ва (snóva) — again
• Russian: опя́ть (opjátʹ) — again
• Swedish: igen — again
• Swedish: åter — again
• Turkish: tekrar — again
• Ukrainian: зно́ву (znóvu) — again
• Zazaki: fına (diq) — again
• Zazaki: reyna (diq) — again
• Bulgarian: край (kraj) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 完毕 (wán bì) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Czech: přepínám — end of sentence in radio communication
• Danish: skift — end of sentence in radio communication
• Danish: skifter — end of sentence in radio communication
• Dutch: over — end of sentence in radio communication
• Finnish: kuuntelen — end of sentence in radio communication
• French: à vous — end of sentence in radio communication
• French: parlez — end of sentence in radio communication
• German: Schluss — end of sentence in radio communication
• German: kommen — end of sentence in radio communication
• Hebrew: עֲבֹר ('avór) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Hungarian: vétel — end of sentence in radio communication
• Indonesian: ganti — end of sentence in radio communication
• Italian: passo — end of sentence in radio communication
• Japanese: どうぞ (dōzo) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Persian: تمام (tamâm) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Polish: odbiór — end of sentence in radio communication
• Portuguese: câmbio — end of sentence in radio communication
• Russian: приём (priyom) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Serbo-Croatian: prijem — end of sentence in radio communication
• Spanish: cambio — end of sentence in radio communication
• Swedish: kom — end of sentence in radio communication
• Swedish: slut kom — end of sentence in radio communication
• Swedish: över — end of sentence in radio communication
• Thai: เปลี่ยน (bplìian) — end of sentence in radio communication
• Turkish: tamam — end of sentence in radio communication
• Indonesian: balik halaman — turn the page
• Vietnamese: bên kia — turn the page
• Māori: paiepa — set of six legal balls (in cricket)
• Finnish: ylijäämä — surplus
• Hungarian: maradék — surplus
• Arabic: فَوْقَ (fawqa) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Arabic: فوق (fūʔ) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Armenian: վերեւում (verewum) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Armenian: վրա (vra) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Aromanian: disuprã — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Aromanian: prisuprã — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Belarusian: над (nad) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Breton: war — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Bulgarian: над (nad) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Catalan: sobre — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Chinese Mandarin: 在......之上 (zài ... zhīshàng) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Czech: nad — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Danish: over — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Dutch: over — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Dutch: op — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Dutch: boven — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Esperanto: super — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Faroese: yvir — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Finnish: päällä — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Finnish: yllä — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Finnish: yläpuolella — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Finnish: yli — physical positioning: on top of; above
• French: sur — physical positioning: on top of; above
• West-Frisian: oer — physical positioning: on top of; above
• German: über — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Ancient Greek: ὑπέρ (hupér) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Hungarian: fölött — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Icelandic: yfir — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Irish: ós cionn — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Italian: sopra — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Japanese: 上に (ue ni) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Khmer: លើ (ləə) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Korean: 위에 (wie) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Central Kurdish: بان (ban) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Ladino: enriva — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Latin: supra — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Lithuanian: virš — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Mòcheno: iber — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Neapolitan: ngoppe — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Norwegian: over — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Polish: nad — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Portuguese: sobre — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Romanian: deasupra — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Russian: над (nad) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Scots: ower — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Serbo-Croatian: над — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Serbo-Croatian: nad — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Sicilian: supra — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Sicilian: di 'n capu — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Slovak: nad — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Slovene: nad — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Spanish: sobre — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Swedish: över — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Turkish: üstünde — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Ukrainian: над (nad) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Vietnamese: trên — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Welsh: dros — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Yiddish: איבער (iber) — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Zazaki: sera — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Zazaki: sero — physical positioning: on top of; above
• Arabic: عَبْرَ (ʕabra) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Armenian: վրայով (vrayov) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Belarusian: праз (praz) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Bulgarian: през (prez) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Czech: přes — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Finnish: yli — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Finnish: aikana — physical positioning: across or spanning
• French: au-delà — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Hungarian: át — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Hungarian: keresztül — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Italian: al di là — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Central Kurdish: ئەو بەر (ew ber) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Central Kurdish: ئەولا (ewla) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Norwegian: over — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Polish: przez — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Portuguese: sobre — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Sicilian: di ḍḍà banna — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Slovene: čez — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Spanish: sobre — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Swedish: över — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Welsh: dros — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Yiddish: איבער (iber) — physical positioning: across or spanning
• Armenian: վրա (vra) — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Bulgarian: над (nad) — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Finnish: päällä — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Finnish: -lla — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Hungarian: rá — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Hungarian: fölé — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Italian: sopra — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Central Kurdish: لەبان (leban) — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Central Kurdish: لەسەر (leser) — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Portuguese: sobre — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Sicilian: di 'n capu a — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Sicilian: di supra — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Slovene: čez — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Spanish: sobre — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Swedish: över — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Welsh: dros — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Yiddish: איבער (iber) — physical positioning: in such a way as to cover
• Bulgarian: през (prez) — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Finnish: yli — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Finnish: ylitse — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Hungarian: át — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Hungarian: keresztül — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Low German: örwer — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Low German: öwer — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Sicilian: ntô menzu — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Sicilian: 'n menzu — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Swedish: över — physical positioning: from one position to another over an obstacle
• Arabic: فَوْقَ (fawqa) — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Bulgarian: повече от (poveče ot) — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Catalan: més que — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Finnish: enemmän kuin — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• French: plus que — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Ancient Greek: ὑπέρ (hupér) — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Hungarian: mint — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Hungarian: -nál — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Hungarian: -nél — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Italian: più di — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Latin: prae — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Portuguese: a — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Portuguese: mais que — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Russian: сверх (sverx) — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Russian: бо́лее чем (bóleje čem) — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Sicilian: cchiussai di — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Slovene: preko — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Spanish: a — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Spanish: más que — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Swedish: över — by comparison: more than; to a greater degree
• Armenian: դուրս (durs) — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Bulgarian: над (nad) — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Danish: ovre — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Danish: forbi — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Finnish: yli — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Finnish: ylitse — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Finnish: olla ylittänyt — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Hungarian: túl — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Norwegian: over — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Norwegian: forbi — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Romanian: peste — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Sicilian: suprecchiu — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Swedish: över — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Turkish: üzerinde — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Turkish: üstünde — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Turkish: ötesinde — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Zazaki: ata — by comparison: beyond, past, exceeding
• Finnish: suhteessa — by comparison: as compared to
• Hungarian: -nál — by comparison: as compared to
• Hungarian: -nél — by comparison: as compared to
• Hungarian: képest — by comparison: as compared to
• Hungarian: mint — by comparison: as compared to
• Arabic: عَلَى (ʕalā) — math: divided by
• Bulgarian: делено на (deleno na) — math: divided by
• Finnish: jaettuna — math: divided by
• Finnish: per — math: divided by
• French: sur — math: divided by
• German: durch — math: divided by
• Hebrew: חלקי (khelkéi) — math: divided by
• Hebrew: לחלק ל־ (lekhalék l'-) — math: divided by
• Hungarian: osztva — math: divided by
• Hungarian: -ban — math: divided by
• Hungarian: -ben — math: divided by
• Japanese: 割る (waru) — math: divided by
• Korean: 나누기 (nanugi) — math: divided by
• Polish: przez — math: divided by
• Portuguese: por — math: divided by
• Russian: на (na) — math: divided by
• Sicilian: spartutu pi — math: divided by
• Sicilian: di 'n capu a — math: divided by
• Spanish: sobre — math: divided by
• Spanish: entre — math: divided by
• Swedish: över — math: divided by
• Swedish: genom — math: divided by
• Tagalog: sa ibabaw ng — math: divided by
• Tagalog: hatiin sa — math: divided by
• Ukrainian: на (na) — math: divided by
• Finnish: yli — finish with, done with
• Finnish: ohi — finish with, done with
• Hungarian: túl — finish with, done with
• Hungarian: kész — finish with, done with
• Hungarian: készen — finish with, done with
• Sicilian: bonu cchiui — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya llegarle — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya llegarle al pincho — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya no importarle — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya valerle — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya valerle madre — finish with, done with
• Spanish: superarlo — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya superarlo — finish with, done with
• Spanish: ya olvidarlo — finish with, done with
• Finnish: -lla — while using, consuming
• Finnish: ohessa — while using, consuming
• Hungarian: mellett — while using, consuming
• Russian: за (za) — while using, consuming
• Swedish: över — while using, consuming
• Finnish: -sta — concerning or regarding
• Finnish: -stä — concerning or regarding
• Finnish: koskien — concerning or regarding
• Hungarian: -n — concerning or regarding
• Hungarian: -on — concerning or regarding
• Hungarian: -en — concerning or regarding
• Hungarian: -ön — concerning or regarding
• Sicilian: di 'n capu a — concerning or regarding
• Sicilian: di 'n capu di — concerning or regarding
• Sicilian: supra a — concerning or regarding
• Sicilian: parranu di — concerning or regarding
• Swedish: om — concerning or regarding
• Finnish: huolimatta — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Finnish: -sta — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Hungarian: fölött — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Hungarian: -n — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Hungarian: -on — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Hungarian: -en — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Hungarian: -ön — above, in spite of, notwithstanding
• Hungarian: ellenére — above, in spite of, notwithstanding