pardon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːdn̩/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɑɹdn̩/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈphɑ˞dn̩]
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpaːdɘn/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈphäːɾɘn]
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dən
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.

229 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَفْواً! (ʕafwan!) — interjection, request to repeat
• Arabic: مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ (māḏā qulta?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Arabic: مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟ (māḏā qulti?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Bulgarian: моля? (molja?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Catalan: perdó — interjection, request to repeat
• Chinese Mandarin: 請再說一遍 /请再说一遍 (qǐng zàishuō yī biàn) — interjection, request to repeat
• Chinese Mandarin: 什么 (shénme) — interjection, request to repeat
• Chinese Mandarin: 什麼 /什么 — interjection, request to repeat
• Czech: prosím? — interjection, request to repeat
• Danish: hvadbehager — interjection, request to repeat
• Danish: hvad — interjection, request to repeat
• Danish: undskyld mig — interjection, request to repeat
• Dutch: pardon? — interjection, request to repeat
• Dutch: sorry? — interjection, request to repeat
• Dutch: excuseer? — interjection, request to repeat
• Finnish: anteeksi? — interjection, request to repeat
• Finnish: anteeksi kuinka? — interjection, request to repeat
• Finnish: mitä? — interjection, request to repeat
• French: désolé — interjection, request to repeat
• French: excusez-moi — interjection, request to repeat
• French: excuse-moi — interjection, request to repeat
• French: pardon? — interjection, request to repeat
• French: comment? — interjection, request to repeat
• French: quoi — interjection, request to repeat
• Georgian: ბატონო? (baṭono?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Georgian: უკაცრავად? (uḳacravad?) — interjection, request to repeat
• German: pardon? — interjection, request to repeat
• German: was? — interjection, request to repeat
• German: wie? — interjection, request to repeat
• German: wie bitte? — interjection, request to repeat
• German: wie meinen? — interjection, request to repeat
• Greek: συγγνώμη; (syngnómi?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Greenlandic: qanoq? — interjection, request to repeat
• Hebrew: סְלִיחָה (s'likhá) — interjection, request to repeat
• Icelandic: ha? — interjection, request to repeat
• Icelandic: hvað sagðirðu? — interjection, request to repeat
• Italian: come — interjection, request to repeat
• Japanese: はい? (hai?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Japanese: 何? (nani?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Japanese: え? (e?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Korean: 네? (ne?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Macedonian: мо́лам? (mólam?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Macedonian: што? (što?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Macedonian: ка́ко? (káko?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Persian: ببخشید (bebaxšid) — interjection, request to repeat
• Persian: معذرت میخواهم (ma'zerat mi-xâham) — interjection, request to repeat
• Polish: proszę — interjection, request to repeat
• Portuguese: perdão? — interjection, request to repeat
• Portuguese: como? — interjection, request to repeat
• Romanian: poftim — interjection, request to repeat
• Romanian: pardon — interjection, request to repeat
• Russian: прошу́ проще́ния (prošú proščénija) — interjection, request to repeat
• Russian: что вы сказа́ли? (što vy skazáli) — interjection, request to repeat
• Russian: что? (što?) — interjection, request to repeat
• Spanish: ¿perdón? — interjection, request to repeat
• Spanish: imperative ¿disculpar / perdonar? — interjection, request to repeat
• Swedish: ursäkta? — interjection, request to repeat
• Swedish: förlåt? — interjection, request to repeat
• Swedish: va? — interjection, request to repeat
• Arabic: إِبْرَاء (ʔibrāʔ) — forgiveness for an offence
• Arabic: إِعْفَاء (ʔiʕfāʔ) — forgiveness for an offence
• Armenian: ներում (nerum) — forgiveness for an offence
• Azerbaijani: əfv — forgiveness for an offence
• Belarusian: прабачэ́нне (prabačénnje) — forgiveness for an offence
• Belarusian: прабачэ́ньне (prabačénʹnje) — forgiveness for an offence
• Belarusian: дарава́нне (daravánnje) — forgiveness for an offence
• Belarusian: дарава́ньне (daravánʹnje) — forgiveness for an offence
• Bulgarian: опроще́ние (oprošténie) — forgiveness for an offence
• Bulgarian: про́шка (próška) — forgiveness for an offence
• Catalan: perdó — forgiveness for an offence
• Chinese Mandarin: 原諒 /原谅 (yuánliàng) — forgiveness for an offence
• Czech: odpuštění — forgiveness for an offence
• Danish: tilgivelse — forgiveness for an offence
• Dutch: vergeving — forgiveness for an offence
• Esperanto: pardono — forgiveness for an offence
• Finnish: anteeksianto — forgiveness for an offence
• French: pardon — forgiveness for an offence
• Galician: indulto — forgiveness for an offence
• Georgian: პატიება (ṗaṭieba) — forgiveness for an offence
• German: Vergebung — forgiveness for an offence
• German: Verzeihung — forgiveness for an offence
• Greek: χάρη (chári) — forgiveness for an offence
• Greek: αμνηστία (amnistía) — forgiveness for an offence
• Hebrew: סְלִיחָה (s'likhá) — forgiveness for an offence
• Hebrew: מְחִילָה (m'khilá) — forgiveness for an offence
• Hungarian: bocsánat — forgiveness for an offence
• Italian: perdono — forgiveness for an offence
• Japanese: 許し (yurushi) — forgiveness for an offence
• Kazakh: кешірім (keşırım) — forgiveness for an offence
• Korean: 용서 (yongseo) — forgiveness for an offence
• Macedonian: про́шка (próška) — forgiveness for an offence
• Macedonian: просту́вање (prostúvanje) — forgiveness for an offence
• Manx: maihnys — forgiveness for an offence
• Māori: murunga — forgiveness for an offence
• Muna: maafu — forgiveness for an offence
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilgivelse — forgiveness for an offence
• Polish: przebaczenie — forgiveness for an offence
• Polish: wybaczenie — forgiveness for an offence
• Polish: darowanie — forgiveness for an offence
• Portuguese: perdão — forgiveness for an offence
• Russian: проще́ние (proščénije) — forgiveness for an offence
• Slovak: odpustenie — forgiveness for an offence
• Spanish: perdón — forgiveness for an offence
• Swahili: masamaha — forgiveness for an offence
• Swedish: ursäkt — forgiveness for an offence
• Turkish: pardon — forgiveness for an offence
• Ukrainian: проще́ння (proščénnja) — forgiveness for an offence
• Ukrainian: ви́бачення (výbačennja) — forgiveness for an offence
• Ukrainian: проба́чення (probáčennja) — forgiveness for an offence
• Ukrainian: дарува́ння (daruvánnja) — forgiveness for an offence
• Albanian: falje — releasing order
• Arabic: عَفْو (ʕafw) — releasing order
• Arabic: صَفْح (ṣafḥ) — releasing order
• Armenian: ներում (nerum) — releasing order
• Azerbaijani: əfv — releasing order
• Belarusian: памі́лаванне (pamílavannje) — releasing order
• Belarusian: памі́лаваньне (pamílavanʹnje) — releasing order
• Bulgarian: поми́лване (pomílvane) — releasing order
• Bulgarian: амнистия (amnistija) — releasing order
• Catalan: perdó — releasing order
• Catalan: indult — releasing order
• Chinese Cantonese: 赦免 — releasing order
• Chinese Mandarin: 赦免 (shèmiǎn) — releasing order
• Czech: milost — releasing order
• Danish: benådning — releasing order
• Dutch: pardon — releasing order
• Estonian: armuandmine — releasing order
• Finnish: armahdus — releasing order
• French: grâce — releasing order
• Georgian: შეწყალება (šec̣q̇aleba) — releasing order
• German: Begnadigung — releasing order
• Greek: αμνηστεία (amnisteía) — releasing order
• Greek: χάρη (chári) — releasing order
• Hebrew: חֲנִינָה (khaniná) — releasing order
• Hindi: क्षमादान (kṣamādān) — releasing order
• Hindi: माफ़ी (māfī) — releasing order
• Hungarian: kegyelem — releasing order
• Icelandic: náðun — releasing order
• Indonesian: grasi — releasing order
• Irish: pardún — releasing order
• Italian: grazia — releasing order
• Japanese: 赦免 (shamen) — releasing order
• Japanese: 恩赦 (onsha) — releasing order
• Japanese: 勘弁 (kanben) — releasing order
• Kazakh: кешірім (keşırım) — releasing order
• Khmer: និទ្ទោសកម្ម (nittoosaʼkam) — releasing order
• Korean: 은사 (eunsa) — releasing order
• Korean: 사면 (samyeon) — releasing order
• Northern Kurdish: efû — releasing order
• Kyrgyz: кечирим (kecirim) — releasing order
• Lao: ອະໄພໂທດ (ʼa phai thōt) — releasing order
• Latvian: žēlastība — releasing order
• Lithuanian: malonė — releasing order
• Macedonian: помилу́вање (pomilúvanje) — releasing order
• Macedonian: амне́стија (amnéstija) — releasing order
• Malay: pengampunan — releasing order
• Mongolian: өршөөл (öršööl) — releasing order
• Norwegian Bokmål: benådning — releasing order
• Pashto: عفو ('áfwa) — releasing order
• Iranian Persian: عَفْو (afv) — releasing order
• Polish: łaska — releasing order
• Polish: ułaskawienie — releasing order
• Portuguese: indulto — releasing order
• Portuguese: absolvição — releasing order
• Romanian: grațiere — releasing order
• Russian: поми́лование (pomílovanije) — releasing order
• Serbo-Croatian: помилова́ње — releasing order
• Serbo-Croatian: pomilovánje — releasing order
• Slovak: milosť — releasing order
• Slovene: pomilostitev — releasing order
• Spanish: indulto — releasing order
• Spanish: condonación — releasing order
• Swedish: benådning — releasing order
• Swedish: benådan — releasing order
• Swedish: amnesti — releasing order
• Tajik: афв (afv) — releasing order
• Tajik: муофӣ (muofi) — releasing order
• Thai: อภัยโทษ (à-pai-yá-tôot) — releasing order
• Turkish: af — releasing order
• Ottoman Turkish: عفو (ʻafv) — releasing order
• Ukrainian: поми́лування (pomýluvannja) — releasing order
• Urdu: مُعَافی (mu'āfī) — releasing order
• Urdu: عَفْو ('afv) — releasing order
• Uyghur: كەچۈرۈم (kechürüm) — releasing order
• Uzbek: afv — releasing order
• Uzbek: afv etish — releasing order
• Uzbek: kechirim — releasing order
• Vietnamese: xá tội — releasing order
• Arabic: عَفَا (ʕafā) — to grant an official pardon
• Azerbaijani: əfv etmək — to grant an official pardon
• Belarusian: мі́лаваць (mílavacʹ) — to grant an official pardon
• Belarusian: памі́лаваць (pamílavacʹ) — to grant an official pardon
• Bulgarian: помилвам (pomilvam) — to grant an official pardon
• Bulgarian: амнистирам (amnistiram) — to grant an official pardon
• Catalan: perdonar — to grant an official pardon
• Catalan: indultar — to grant an official pardon
• Chinese Mandarin: 赦免 (shèmiǎn) — to grant an official pardon
• Dutch: gratiëren — to grant an official pardon
• Esperanto: amnestii — to grant an official pardon
• Finnish: armahtaa — to grant an official pardon
• French: pardonner — to grant an official pardon
• French: gracier — to grant an official pardon
• Galician: indultar — to grant an official pardon
• Georgian: შეწყალება (šec̣q̇aleba) — to grant an official pardon
• German: begnadigen — to grant an official pardon
• Japanese: 赦免する (shamen-suru) — to grant an official pardon
• Japanese: 容赦する (yōsha-suru) — to grant an official pardon
• Japanese: 勘弁する (kanben-suru) — to grant an official pardon
• Macedonian: поми́лува (pomíluva) — to grant an official pardon
• Macedonian: сми́лува (smíluva) — to grant an official pardon
• Norwegian: benåde — to grant an official pardon
• Occitan: graciar — to grant an official pardon
• Persian: عفو کردن ('afv kardan) — to grant an official pardon
• Polish: ułaskawiać — to grant an official pardon
• Polish: ułaskawić — to grant an official pardon
• Portuguese: indultar — to grant an official pardon
• Portuguese: absolver — to grant an official pardon
• Punic: 𐤍𐤔𐤀 (nšʾ) — to grant an official pardon
• Romanian: grația — to grant an official pardon
• Romanian: pardona — to grant an official pardon
• Russian: ми́ловать (mílovatʹ) — to grant an official pardon
• Russian: поми́ловать (pomílovatʹ) — to grant an official pardon
• Spanish: indultar — to grant an official pardon
• Spanish: condonar — to grant an official pardon
• Spanish: amnistiar — to grant an official pardon
• Swedish: benåda — to grant an official pardon
• Thai: อภัยโทษ (à-pai-yá-tôot) — to grant an official pardon
• Ukrainian: ми́лувати (mýluvaty) — to grant an official pardon
• Ukrainian: поми́лувати (pomýluvaty) — to grant an official pardon