proselytize

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• UK: /ˈpɹɒs.əl.ɪ.taɪz/
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• UK: /ˈpɹɒs.əl.ə.taɪz/
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɑ.sə.lɪ.taɪz/
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• General-American: /ˈpɹɑ.sə.lə.taɪz/
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• Canada: /ˈpɹɑ.zə.lɪ.taɪz/
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• Canada: /ˈpɹɑ.zə.lə.taɪz/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 S AH0 L AH0 T AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English proselyte Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English proselytize From proselyte + -ize.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 傳教 /传教 — convert to one’s own faith
• Czech: obrátit na víru — convert to one’s own faith
• Czech: obracet na víru — convert to one’s own faith
• Danish: omvende — convert to one’s own faith
• Dutch: bekeren — convert to one’s own faith
• Finnish: käännyttää — convert to one’s own faith
• Finnish: tehdä lähetystyötä — convert to one’s own faith
• French: prosélytiser — convert to one’s own faith
• German: bekehren — convert to one’s own faith
• German: missionieren — convert to one’s own faith
• German: seinen Glauben predigen — convert to one’s own faith
• German: seinen Glauben verkünden — convert to one’s own faith
• Greek: προσηλυτίζω (prosilytízo) — convert to one’s own faith
• Hungarian: megtérít — convert to one’s own faith
• Hungarian: áttérít (hitre, vallásra) — convert to one’s own faith
• Japanese: 改宗 (kaishū) — convert to one’s own faith
• Malayalam: മതം മാറ്റുക (mataṁ māṟṟuka) — convert to one’s own faith
• Norwegian: misjonere — convert to one’s own faith
• Polish: apostołować — convert to one’s own faith
• Portuguese: converter — convert to one’s own faith
• Russian: обраща́ть в свою веру (obraščátʹ) — convert to one’s own faith
• Serbo-Croatian: preobratiti se — convert to one’s own faith
• Serbo-Croatian: promijeniti vjeru — convert to one’s own faith
• Serbo-Croatian: konvertirati se — convert to one’s own faith
• Spanish: misionar — convert to one’s own faith
• Spanish: catequizar — convert to one’s own faith
• Spanish: proselitizar — convert to one’s own faith
• Swedish: omvända — convert to one’s own faith
• Swedish: proselytisera — convert to one’s own faith
• Welsh: proselyteiddio — convert to one’s own faith
• Czech: získávat stoupence — induce people to join a cause
• Danish: missionere — induce people to join a cause
• Dutch: missioneren — induce people to join a cause
• Dutch: werven — induce people to join a cause
• Finnish: käännyttää — induce people to join a cause
• Finnish: tehdä käännytystyötä — induce people to join a cause
• Finnish: värvätä — induce people to join a cause
• French: prosélytiser — induce people to join a cause
• German: bekehren — induce people to join a cause
• German: überzeugen — induce people to join a cause
• German: (Anhänger) gewinnen (als) — induce people to join a cause
• German: für seine Sache gewinnen — induce people to join a cause
• Greek: προσηλυτίζω (prosilytízo) — induce people to join a cause
• Hungarian: térít (hitre, vallásra) — induce people to join a cause
• Polish: apostołować — induce people to join a cause
• Portuguese: proselitizar — induce people to join a cause
• Portuguese: proselitar — induce people to join a cause
• Russian: завлека́ть (zavlekátʹ) — induce people to join a cause
• Serbo-Croatian: misionirati — induce people to join a cause
• Spanish: misionar — induce people to join a cause
• Spanish: catequizar — induce people to join a cause
• Spanish: proselitizar — induce people to join a cause