promote

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• General-American: /pɹəˈmoʊt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈməʊt/
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 M OW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَقَّى (raqqā) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Bulgarian: издигам (izdigam) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Bulgarian: повишавам (povišavam) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Catalan: promoure — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Catalan: ascendir — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Chinese Cantonese: 升呢 — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 提升 (tíshēng) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 升官 (shēngguān) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Czech: povýšit — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Dutch: promotie maken — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Dutch: promoveren — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Dutch: bevorderen — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Esperanto: promocii — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Estonian: edutama — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Estonian: ülendama — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Finnish: ylentää — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• French: promouvoir — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• French: promotionner — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Galician: promover — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Georgian: აწინაურებს (ac̣inaurebs) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Georgian: დააწინაურებს (daac̣inaurebs) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• German: befördern — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• German: promovieren — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Greek: προωθώ (proothó) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Hungarian: előléptet — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Irish: ardaigh — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Italian: promuovere — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Japanese: 増進させる (zōshin saseru) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Korean: 진급시키다 (jin'geupsikida) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Lao: ເລື່ອນ (lư̄an) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Lü: ᦷᦍᧅ (yok) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Māori: whakapiki — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Māori: whakatairanga — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Middle English: enhauncen — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Norwegian Bokmål: forfremme — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Old Saxon: frummian — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Polish: awansować — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Polish: zaawansować — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Portuguese: promover — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Russian: повы́сить (povýsitʹ) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Spanish: promover — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Spanish: ascender — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Swedish: befordra — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Thai: เลื่อน (lʉ̂ʉan) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Thai: เลื่อนตําแหน่ง (lʉ̂ʉan-dtam-nɛ̀ng) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Turkish: desteklemek — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Ukrainian: підвищити (pidvyščyty) — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Vietnamese: thăng chức — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Vietnamese: lên chức — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Welsh: dyrchafu — raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank
• Arabic: رَوَّجَ (rawwaja) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Bulgarian: насърчавам (nasǎrčavam) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Bulgarian: поощрявам (pooštrjavam) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Catalan: promocionar — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 提倡 (tíchàng) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Czech: propagovat — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Dutch: bekend maken — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Dutch: promoten — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Estonian: edendama — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Estonian: promoma — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Finnish: kannattaa — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Finnish: tukea — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Finnish: mainostaa — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• French: faire la promotion de... — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Georgian: ახალისებს (axalisebs) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Georgian: ხელს უწყობს (xels uc̣q̇obs) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Georgian: მხარს უჭერს (mxars uč̣ers) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Georgian: ეხმარება (exmareba) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• German: fördern — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Hungarian: népszerűsít — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Irish: cuir chun cinn — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Italian: sostenere — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Italian: pubblicizzare — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Italian: diffondere — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Lü: ᦑᦳᧃᧉᦍᦴᧉ (tun2yuu2) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Lü: ᦵᦕᧀᦶᦕᧈ (ṗhoeyṗhae1) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Lü: ᦂᦻᧈᦉᧁᧈ (k̇aay1ṡaw1) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Old Prussian: brewīntwei — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Polish: promować — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Polish: wypromować — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Portuguese: promover — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Russian: продви́нуть (prodvínutʹ) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Spanish: promover — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Thai: ส่งเสริม (sòng-sə̌əm) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Thai: ผลักดัน (plàk-dan) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Ukrainian: просунути (prosunuty) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Ukrainian: сприяти (spryjaty) — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Vietnamese: khuyến khích — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Vietnamese: đề xướng — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Welsh: hybu — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Welsh: hyrwyddo — advocate or urge on behalf of something
• Finnish: korottaa — replace a pawn by a different chess piece
• German: umwandeln — replace a pawn by a different chess piece
• Vietnamese: phong — replace a pawn by a different chess piece
• Vietnamese: phong cấp — replace a pawn by a different chess piece