overwrite

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• UK: /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/
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• US: /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English write English overwrite From over- + write.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oorskryf — destroy old data
• Belarusian: перазапі́сваць (pjerazapísvacʹ) — destroy old data
• Belarusian: перазапіса́ць (pjerazapisácʹ) — destroy old data
• Catalan: sobreescriure — destroy old data
• Czech: přepsat — destroy old data
• Dutch: overschrijven — destroy old data
• French: écraser — destroy old data
• German: überschreiben — destroy old data
• Icelandic: skrifa yfir — destroy old data
• Italian: sovrascrivere — destroy old data
• Japanese: 上書き (uwagaki) — destroy old data
• Luxembourgish: iwwerschreiwen — destroy old data
• Occitan: subrescriure — destroy old data
• Occitan: espotir — destroy old data
• Polish: nadpisywać — destroy old data
• Polish: nadpisać — destroy old data
• Portuguese: sobrescrever — destroy old data
• Romanian: suprascriere de date — destroy old data
• Russian: перезапи́сывать (perezapísyvatʹ) — destroy old data
• Russian: перезаписа́ть (perezapisátʹ) — destroy old data
• Spanish: sobrescribir — destroy old data
• Spanish: planchar — destroy old data
• Swedish: skriva över — destroy old data
• Ukrainian: перезапи́сувати (perezapýsuvaty) — destroy old data
• Ukrainian: перезаписа́ти (perezapysáty) — destroy old data
• Vietnamese: ghi đè — destroy old data