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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɒmpt/
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• General-American: /pɹɑmpt/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɒmpt
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 M P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”). Doublet of pronto. The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.

219 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: atypëratyshëm — quick
• Armenian: շտապ (štap) — quick
• Armenian: արագ (arag) — quick
• Bulgarian: бърз (bǎrz) — quick
• Bulgarian: чевръст (čevrǎst) — quick
• Catalan: ràpid — quick
• Catalan: prompte — quick
• Chinese Mandarin: 迅速 (xùnsù) — quick
• Chinese Mandarin: 急速 (jísù) — quick
• Dutch: prompt — quick
• Finnish: nopea — quick
• Finnish: ripeä — quick
• Finnish: sutjakka — quick
• German: prompt — quick
• Greek: γρήγορα (grígora) — quick
• Hungarian: prompt — quick
• Hungarian: gyors — quick
• Hungarian: haladéktalan — quick
• Indonesian: cepat — quick
• Irish: tapa — quick
• Irish: pras — quick
• Italian: pronto — quick
• Italian: disponibile — quick
• Māori: takaniti — quick
• Norwegian: prompt — quick
• Norwegian: prompte — quick
• Polish: prędki — quick
• Portuguese: rápido — quick
• Portuguese: imediato — quick
• Romanian: rapid — quick
• Romanian: prompt — quick
• Russian: бы́стрый (býstryj) — quick
• Russian: прово́рный (provórnyj) — quick
• Spanish: rápido — quick
• Spanish: pronto — quick
• Spanish: raudo — quick
• Spanish: célere — quick
• Ukrainian: швидки́й (švydkýj) — quick
• Vietnamese: nhanh lẹ — quick
• Vietnamese: mau lẹ — quick
• Vietnamese: nhanh nhẹn — quick
• Vietnamese: nhanh — quick
• Yiddish: באַלדיק (baldik) — quick
• Albanian: në kohë — on time
• Arabic: فورا — on time
• Bulgarian: навременен (navremenen) — on time
• Catalan: puntual — on time
• Chinese Mandarin: 準時 /准时 (zhǔnshí) — on time
• Chinese Mandarin: 及時 /及时 (jíshí) — on time
• Esperanto: akurata — on time
• Finnish: täsmällinen — on time
• French: ponctuel — on time
• Ido: akurata — on time
• Italian: puntuale — on time
• Māori: takaniti — on time
• Norwegian: prompt — on time
• Norwegian: prompte — on time
• Polish: na czas — on time
• Portuguese: pontual — on time
• Romanian: punctual — on time
• Russian: пунктуа́льный (punktuálʹnyj) — on time
• Russian: аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) — on time
• Serbo-Croatian: promptno — on time
• Spanish: puntual — on time
• Ukrainian: то́чний (tóčnyj) — on time
• Ukrainian: пунктуа́льний (punktuálʹnyj) — on time
• Urdu: فوراً (fauran) — on time
• Armenian: հուշում (hušum) — a reminder or cue
• Bulgarian: напомняне (napomnjane) — a reminder or cue
• Finnish: kehote — a reminder or cue
• Finnish: muistutus — a reminder or cue
• French: indicateur — a reminder or cue
• Hungarian: emlékeztető — a reminder or cue
• Hungarian: felszólítás — a reminder or cue
• Italian: promemoria — a reminder or cue
• Italian: segnale — a reminder or cue
• Italian: avvertimento — a reminder or cue
• Italian: scadenzario — a reminder or cue
• Māori: kupu whāngai — a reminder or cue
• Māori: tīwhiri — a reminder or cue
• Polish: podpowiedź — a reminder or cue
• Russian: подска́зка (podskázka) — a reminder or cue
• Russian: напомина́ние (napominánije) — a reminder or cue
• Serbo-Croatian: podsjetnik — a reminder or cue
• Spanish: pie — a reminder or cue
• Spanish: entrada — a reminder or cue
• Spanish: señal — a reminder or cue
• Spanish: apunte — a reminder or cue
• Spanish: soplo — a reminder or cue
• Spanish: pitazo — a reminder or cue
• Ukrainian: підка́зка (pidkázka) — a reminder or cue
• Ukrainian: нага́дування (naháduvannja) — a reminder or cue
• Vietnamese: nhắc nhở — a reminder or cue
• Dutch: prompt — a computer prompt
• Finnish: kehote — a computer prompt
• French: invite de commande — a computer prompt
• German: Eingabeaufforderung — a computer prompt
• Greek: προτροπή (protropí) — a computer prompt
• Hungarian: prompt — a computer prompt
• Indonesian: wantian — a computer prompt
• Indonesian: pesan — a computer prompt
• Italian: avvio di comando — a computer prompt
• Japanese: プロンプト (puronputo) — a computer prompt
• Korean: 프롬프트 (peurompeuteu) — a computer prompt
• Māori: tohuāki — a computer prompt
• Polish: monit — a computer prompt
• Portuguese: prompt de comando — a computer prompt
• Russian: подска́зка (podskázka) — a computer prompt
• Russian: приглаше́ние (priglašénije) — a computer prompt
• Russian: промпт (prompt) — a computer prompt
• Serbo-Croatian: prompt — a computer prompt
• Serbo-Croatian: upit — a computer prompt
• Serbo-Croatian: poruka — a computer prompt
• Serbo-Croatian: ponuka — a computer prompt
• Spanish: prompt — a computer prompt
• Swedish: prompt — a computer prompt
• Ukrainian: підка́зка (pidkázka) — a computer prompt
• Ukrainian: запро́шення (zapróšennja) — a computer prompt
• Azerbaijani: promt — textual input given to a LLM
• French: prompt — textual input given to a LLM
• German: Prompt — textual input given to a LLM
• German: KI-Anweisung — textual input given to a LLM
• Portuguese: prompt — textual input given to a LLM
• Spanish: prompt — textual input given to a LLM
• Turkish: istem — textual input given to a LLM
• Albanian: nxis — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Bulgarian: подсказвам (podskazvam) — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Catalan: incitar — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Czech: přimět — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Czech: pohnout — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Czech: dohnat — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Dutch: aansporen — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Dutch: aanmoedigen — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Dutch: aanzetten — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Finnish: johdatella — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• French: inciter — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• German: veranlassen — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• German: dazu bringen — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• German: antreiben — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• German: anstacheln — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• German: anleiten — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Hungarian: buzdít — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Hungarian: ösztönöz — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Hungarian: sarkall — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Hungarian: indít — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Hungarian: felszólít — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Irish: spreag — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Italian: incitare — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Italian: guidare — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Italian: spingere — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Korean: 부추기다 (buchugida) — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Māori: whāngai kupu — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Māori: āki — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Portuguese: incitar — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Portuguese: impelir — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Russian: побужда́ть (pobuždátʹ) — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Russian: внуша́ть (vnušátʹ) — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Serbo-Croatian: poticati — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Serbo-Croatian: nukati — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Serbo-Croatian: ponukati — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Spanish: llevar a — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Spanish: concitar — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Spanish: suscitar — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Ukrainian: спонука́ти (sponukáty) — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Ukrainian: заохо́чувати (zaoxóčuvaty) — to lead someone toward what they should say or do
• Albanian: sufloj — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Bulgarian: суфлирам (sufliram) — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Catalan: apuntar — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Czech: napovědět — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Dutch: souffleren — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Esperanto: suflori — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Finnish: kuiskata — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• German: vorsagen — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• German: vormachen — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Hungarian: súg — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Ido: suflar — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Italian: suggerire — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Italian: imbeccare — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Italian: dettare — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Māori: whāngai kupu — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Portuguese: pontar — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Russian: подска́зывать (podskázyvatʹ) — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Russian: суфли́ровать (suflírovatʹ) — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Serbo-Croatian: šaptati — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Serbo-Croatian: suflirati — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Spanish: apuntar — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Spanish: soplar — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Spanish: dar el pitazo — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Swedish: sufflera — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Ukrainian: підка́зувати (pidkázuvaty) — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Ukrainian: підказа́ти (pidkazáty) — to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing
• Bulgarian: подтиквам (podtikvam) — to cause or lead to
• Catalan: causar — to cause or lead to
• Chinese: 指使 (zhǐshǐ) — to cause or lead to
• Danish: forårsage — to cause or lead to
• Dutch: veroorzaken — to cause or lead to
• French: causer — to cause or lead to
• Galician: causar — to cause or lead to
• German: verursachen — to cause or lead to
• Hungarian: késztet — to cause or lead to
• Hungarian: indít — to cause or lead to
• Hungarian: okoz — to cause or lead to
• Hungarian: kivált — to cause or lead to
• Ido: efektigar — to cause or lead to
• Italian: causare — to cause or lead to
• Portuguese: causar — to cause or lead to
• Romanian: cauza — to cause or lead to
• Spanish: suscitar — to cause or lead to
• Spanish: concitar — to cause or lead to
• Swedish: orsaka — to cause or lead to
• Swedish: leda till — to cause or lead to
• Finnish: antaa kehote — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• French: prompter — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• German: prompten — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• Spanish: promptear — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• Spanish: mandar — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• Spanish: ordenar — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• Spanish: instruir — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system
• Swedish: prompta — to give instructions to an artificial intelligence system