perceive

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈsiːv/
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• General-American: /pɚˈsiv/
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• rhymes with -iːv
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S IY1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English perceyven, borrowed from Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Latin percipiō, past participle perceptus (“take hold of, obtain, receive, observe”), from per (“by, through”) + capiō (“to take”); see capable. Compare conceive, deceive, receive.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَدْرَكَ (ʔadraka) — to become aware of
• Arabic: وَعَى (waʕā) — to become aware of
• Arabic: فَهِمَ (fahima) — to become aware of
• Belarusian: успрыма́ць (usprymácʹ) — to become aware of
• Belarusian: успрыйма́ць (uspryjmácʹ) — to become aware of
• Belarusian: успрыня́ць (usprynjácʹ) — to become aware of
• Bulgarian: възприе́мам (vǎzpriémam) — to become aware of
• Bulgarian: възприе́ма (vǎzpriéma) — to become aware of
• Bulgarian: разби́рам (razbíram) — to become aware of
• Bulgarian: разбера́ (razberá) — to become aware of
• Catalan: percebre — to become aware of
• Chinese Mandarin: 察覺 /察觉 (chájué) — to become aware of
• Chinese Mandarin: 感知 (gǎnzhī) — to become aware of
• Chinese Mandarin: 知覺 /知觉 (zhījué) — to become aware of
• Czech: vnímat — to become aware of
• Danish: begribe — to become aware of
• Dutch: waarnemen — to become aware of
• Esperanto: percepti — to become aware of
• Esperanto: senti — to become aware of
• Estonian: tajuma — to become aware of
• Finnish: huomata — to become aware of
• Finnish: havaita — to become aware of
• Finnish: tajuta — to become aware of
• Finnish: oivaltaa — to become aware of
• Finnish: hahmottaa — to become aware of
• French: percevoir — to become aware of
• Galician: percibir — to become aware of
• German: wahrnehmen — to become aware of
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fraþjan) — to become aware of
• Greek: αντιλαμβάνομαι (antilamvánomai) — to become aware of
• Ancient Greek: αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) — to become aware of
• Ancient Greek: ὁράω (horáō) — to become aware of
• Ancient Greek: μανθάνω (manthánō) — to become aware of
• Hungarian: felfog — to become aware of
• Hungarian: észlel — to become aware of
• Icelandic: skynja — to become aware of
• Interlingua: perciper — to become aware of
• Irish: airigh — to become aware of
• Old Irish: airigidir — to become aware of
• Italian: percepire — to become aware of
• Japanese: 知覚する (chikaku suru) — to become aware of
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to become aware of
• Japanese: 気付く (kidzuku) — to become aware of
• Japanese: 感知する (kanchi suru) — to become aware of
• Korean: 감지하다 (gamjihada) — to become aware of
• Korean: 지각하다 (jigakhada) — to become aware of
• Latin: sāgiō — to become aware of
• Latin: video — to become aware of
• Latin: dispicio — to become aware of
• Latin: dispecto — to become aware of
• Macedonian: согледува (sogleduva) — to become aware of
• Macedonian: согледа (sogleda) — to become aware of
• Māori: mau — to become aware of
• Middle English: perceyven — to become aware of
• Old English: onġietan — to become aware of
• Persian: درک کردن — to become aware of
• Polish: dostrzegać — to become aware of
• Polish: dostrzec — to become aware of
• Portuguese: perceber — to become aware of
• Portuguese: entender — to become aware of
• Portuguese: compreender — to become aware of
• Romanian: realiza — to become aware of
• Romanian: pricepe — to become aware of
• Romanian: înțelege — to become aware of
• Russian: воспринима́ть (vosprinimátʹ) — to become aware of
• Russian: восприня́ть (vosprinjátʹ) — to become aware of
• Scottish Gaelic: fairich — to become aware of
• Slovak: vnímať — to become aware of
• Lower Sorbian: zawupytnuś — to become aware of
• Lower Sorbian: zawupytaś — to become aware of
• Lower Sorbian: markowaś — to become aware of
• Lower Sorbian: wumarkowaś — to become aware of
• Spanish: percibir — to become aware of
• Spanish: apercibirse de — to become aware of
• Swahili: kutambua — to become aware of
• Swedish: begripa — to become aware of
• Swedish: uppfatta — to become aware of
• Swedish: förnimma — to become aware of
• Thai: รับรู้ (ráp-rúu) — to become aware of
• Thai: เข้าใจ (kâo-jai) — to become aware of
• Turkish: algılamak — to become aware of
• Ukrainian: сприйма́ти (spryjmáty) — to become aware of
• Ukrainian: сприйня́ти (spryjnjáty) — to become aware of
• Welsh: canfod — to become aware of
• Welsh: dirnad — to become aware of
• Welsh: amgyffred — to become aware of
• Welsh: sylwi — to become aware of
• Welsh: sylweddoli — to become aware of
• Zazaki: şık berden — to become aware of
• Zazaki: şok bıyayen — to become aware of
• Zazaki: idrak kerden — to become aware of