quench

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• /kwɛnt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հագեցնել (hagecʻnel) — to satisfy thirst
• Old Armenian: հարկանեմ (harkanem) — to satisfy thirst
• Azerbaijani: doymaq — to satisfy thirst
• Bambara: mìn — to satisfy thirst
• Basque: ase — to satisfy thirst
• Breton: divalbiñ — to satisfy thirst
• Bulgarian: утолявам (utoljavam) — to satisfy thirst
• Catalan: sadollar — to satisfy thirst
• Catalan: assaciar — to satisfy thirst
• Chinese Cantonese: 止渴 (zi2 hot3) — to satisfy thirst
• Chinese Cantonese: 解渴 (gaai2 hot3) — to satisfy thirst
• Hakka Chinese: 止渴 (chṳ́-hot) — to satisfy thirst
• Hakka Chinese: 解渴 (kié-hot) — to satisfy thirst
• Chinese: 止渴 (chí-khat / chí-khoah) — to satisfy thirst
• Chinese Mandarin: 止渴 (zhǐkě) — to satisfy thirst
• Chinese Mandarin: 解渴 (jiěkě) — to satisfy thirst
• Czech: hasit — to satisfy thirst
• Danish: slukke — to satisfy thirst
• Dutch: lessen — to satisfy thirst
• Egyptian: H-t:tm-m-G38-nDs (ḥtm) — to satisfy thirst
• Esperanto: sensoifigi — to satisfy thirst
• Esperanto: malsoifigi — to satisfy thirst
• Esperanto: sensoifiĝi — to satisfy thirst
• Esperanto: malsoifiĝi — to satisfy thirst
• Finnish: sammuttaa — to satisfy thirst
• French: apaiser — to satisfy thirst
• French: étancher — to satisfy thirst
• French: rassasier — to satisfy thirst
• French: désaltérer — to satisfy thirst
• Galician: saciar — to satisfy thirst
• Georgian: წყურვილის მოკვლა (c̣q̇urvilis moḳvla) — to satisfy thirst
• German: stillen — to satisfy thirst
• German: löschen — to satisfy thirst
• Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to satisfy thirst
• Greek: ξεδιψώ (xedipsó) — to satisfy thirst
• Ancient Greek: παίω (paíō) — to satisfy thirst
• Hebrew: הִרְוָה (hirvá) — to satisfy thirst
• Hungarian: csillapít — to satisfy thirst
• Hungarian: olt — to satisfy thirst
• Hungarian: elver — to satisfy thirst
• Icelandic: svala — to satisfy thirst
• Icelandic: slökkva — to satisfy thirst
• Icelandic: væta kverkarnar — to satisfy thirst
• Ido: sendurstigar — to satisfy thirst
• Irish: cosc — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: dissetare — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: abbeverare — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: estinguere — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: appagare — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: spegnere — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: levarsi — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: smorzare — to satisfy thirst
• Italian: cavarsi — to satisfy thirst
• Khmer: បន្ធូរ (bɑnthuu) — to satisfy thirst
• Khmer: ឆ្អែត (c’aet) — to satisfy thirst
• Khmer: ស្កប់ស្កល់ (skɑp skɑl) — to satisfy thirst
• Lithuanian: numalšinti — to satisfy thirst
• Lithuanian: malšinti — to satisfy thirst
• Maltese: seqa — to satisfy thirst
• Manx: east — to satisfy thirst
• Māori: whakanā — to satisfy thirst
• Norwegian: slukke — to satisfy thirst
• Norwegian Bokmål: lekke — to satisfy thirst
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sløkkja — to satisfy thirst
• Occitan: levar — to satisfy thirst
• Occitan: estancar — to satisfy thirst
• Occitan: atudar — to satisfy thirst
• Old Church Slavonic: гасити (gasiti) — to satisfy thirst
• Phuthi: nyorulla — to satisfy thirst
• Polish: gasić pragnienie — to satisfy thirst
• Portuguese: saciar — to satisfy thirst
• Portuguese: matar a sede — to satisfy thirst
• Russian: утоля́ть (utoljátʹ) — to satisfy thirst
• Russian: утоли́ть (utolítʹ) — to satisfy thirst
• Russian: напива́ться (napivátʹsja) — to satisfy thirst
• Russian: напи́ться (napítʹsja) — to satisfy thirst
• Russian: удовлетворя́ть (udovletvorjátʹ) — to satisfy thirst
• Russian: удовлетвори́ть (udovletvorítʹ) — to satisfy thirst
• Scottish Gaelic: bàth — to satisfy thirst
• Scottish Gaelic: caisg — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: утажи́вати — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: ута́жити — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: утољи́вати — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: уто̀лити — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: напи́јати — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀пити — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: уга́сити — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: utažívati — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: utážiti — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: utoljívati — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: utòliti — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: napíjati — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: nàpiti — to satisfy thirst
• Serbo-Croatian: ugásiti — to satisfy thirst
• Spanish: matar la sed — to satisfy thirst
• Spanish: aplacar — to satisfy thirst
• Swedish: släcka — to satisfy thirst
• Swedish: läska — to satisfy thirst
• Telugu: దాహముతీర్చు (dāhamutīrcu) — to satisfy thirst
• Turkish: (susuzluğu) gidermek — to satisfy thirst
• Ukrainian: вгамо́вувати (vhamóvuvaty) — to satisfy thirst
• Ukrainian: вгамува́ти (vhamuváty) — to satisfy thirst
• Volapük: säsoafükön — to satisfy thirst
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܟ̰ܡܥ — to extinguish or put out
• Old Armenian: շիջուցանեմ (šiǰucʻanem) — to extinguish or put out
• Aromanian: astingu — to extinguish or put out
• Basque: itzali — to extinguish or put out
• Bulgarian: гася (gasja) — to extinguish or put out
• Czech: hasit — to extinguish or put out
• Czech: uhasit — to extinguish or put out
• Danish: slukke — to extinguish or put out
• Dutch: blussen — to extinguish or put out
• Dutch: uitdoven — to extinguish or put out
• Dutch: verblinken — to extinguish or put out
• Dutch: verglimmen — to extinguish or put out
• Middle Dutch: blusschen — to extinguish or put out
• Middle Dutch: lesschen — to extinguish or put out
• Egyptian: a:x-m-Q7 (ꜥḫm) — to extinguish or put out
• Esperanto: estingi — to extinguish or put out
• Faroese: sløkkja — to extinguish or put out
• Finnish: sammuttaa — to extinguish or put out
• French: éteindre — to extinguish or put out
• Galician: matar — to extinguish or put out
• Galician: apagar — to extinguish or put out
• Georgian: ჩაქრობა (čakroba) — to extinguish or put out
• German: löschen — to extinguish or put out
• German: ablöschen — to extinguish or put out
• German: verlöschen — to extinguish or put out
• German: auslöschen — to extinguish or put out
• Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to extinguish or put out
• Greek: αποσβήνω (aposvíno) — to extinguish or put out
• Ancient Greek: σβέννυμι (sbénnumi) — to extinguish or put out
• Ancient Greek: μαραίνω (maraínō) — to extinguish or put out
• Hindi: बुझाना (bujhānā) — to extinguish or put out
• Hungarian: elolt — to extinguish or put out
• Hungarian: kiolt — to extinguish or put out
• Hungarian: olt — to extinguish or put out
• Icelandic: slökkva — to extinguish or put out
• Ido: extingar — to extinguish or put out
• Irish: múch — to extinguish or put out
• Old Irish: ardíbdai — to extinguish or put out
• Italian: estinguere — to extinguish or put out
• Italian: smorzare — to extinguish or put out
• Kumyk: сёндюрмек (söndürmek) — to extinguish or put out
• Latin: extinguō — to extinguish or put out
• Latin: exstinguō — to extinguish or put out
• Latin: restinguō — to extinguish or put out
• Lithuanian: gesinti — to extinguish or put out
• Luxembourgish: läschen — to extinguish or put out
• Macedonian: гасне (gasne) — to extinguish or put out
• Manx: moogh — to extinguish or put out
• Māori: tinei — to extinguish or put out
• Māori: whakapoko — to extinguish or put out
• Māori: tini — to extinguish or put out
• Middle English: stranglen — to extinguish or put out
• Norwegian Bokmål: slukke — to extinguish or put out
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sløkkja — to extinguish or put out
• Old English: dwǣsċan — to extinguish or put out
• Old English: ādwǣsċan — to extinguish or put out
• Old English: cwenċan — to extinguish or put out
• Polish: ugaszać — to extinguish or put out
• Polish: ugasić — to extinguish or put out
• Polish: wygaszać — to extinguish or put out
• Polish: wygasić — to extinguish or put out
• Polish: gasić — to extinguish or put out
• Polish: zgasić — to extinguish or put out
• Portuguese: apagar — to extinguish or put out
• Portuguese: extinguir — to extinguish or put out
• Quechua: thasnuy — to extinguish or put out
• Romanian: stingee — to extinguish or put out
• Russian: туши́ть (tušítʹ) — to extinguish or put out
• Russian: потуши́ть (potušítʹ) — to extinguish or put out
• Serbo-Croatian: га́сити — to extinguish or put out
• Serbo-Croatian: уга́сити — to extinguish or put out
• Serbo-Croatian: утр́нути — to extinguish or put out
• Serbo-Croatian: gásiti — to extinguish or put out
• Serbo-Croatian: ugásiti — to extinguish or put out
• Serbo-Croatian: utŕnuti — to extinguish or put out
• Spanish: apagar — to extinguish or put out
• Swedish: släcka — to extinguish or put out
• Tamil: அவி (avi) — to extinguish or put out
• Tamil: அணை (aṇai) — to extinguish or put out
• Telugu: ఆర్చు (ārcu) — to extinguish or put out
• Tocharian A: käs- — to extinguish or put out
• Tocharian B: käs- — to extinguish or put out
• Turkish: söndürmek — to extinguish or put out
• Ukrainian: га́сити (hásyty) — to extinguish or put out
• Ukrainian: пога́сити (pohásyty) — to extinguish or put out
• Xhosa: qabula — to extinguish or put out
• Yiddish: לעשן (leshn) — to extinguish or put out
• Zulu: cisha — to extinguish or put out
• Arabic: أَنْقَعَ (ʔanqaʕa) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Armenian: մխել (mxel) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Old Armenian: մխեմ (mxem) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Bulgarian: закалявам (zakaljavam) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Catalan: trempar — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Chinese Cantonese: 熞 /𰞤 (gin1) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Chinese Cantonese: 蘸火 (zaam3 fo2) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Chinese Cantonese: 淬火 (ceoi3 fo2, seoi6 fo2) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 熞 /𰞤 (jiān) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘸火 (zhànhuǒ) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 淬火 (cuìhuǒ) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• West Circassian: хэгъэон (xɛğɛwon) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Czech: kalit — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Czech: zakalit — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Dutch: afkoelen — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Dutch: schrikken — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Finnish: karkaista — to cool rapidly by immersion
• French: tremper — to cool rapidly by immersion
• German: abkühlen — to cool rapidly by immersion
• German: abschrecken — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Hungarian: lehűt — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Irish: fuaraigh — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Irish: múch — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Italian: temperare — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Macedonian: закали (zakali) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Macedonian: закалува (zakaluva) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Manx: moogh — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Māori: kōpiro — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Norwegian: bråkjøle — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Portuguese: resfriar — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Portuguese: temperar (aço) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Russian: охлажда́ть — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Serbo-Croatian: ка́лити — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Serbo-Croatian: káliti — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Spanish: templar — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Spanish: enfriar en agua — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Spanish: enfriar con agua — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Turkish: soğutmak — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Ukrainian: гартувати (hartuvaty) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Ukrainian: швидко охолоджувати (švydko oxolodžuvaty) — to cool rapidly by immersion
• Czech: hasit — chemistry: to terminate a reaction
• Finnish: sammuttaa — chemistry: to terminate a reaction
• German: quenchen — chemistry: to terminate a reaction