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• /kwəʊt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [k(h)wəʊt]
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• US: [khwoʊt]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [khwəwt]
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• Canada: [k(h)woːt]
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• Australian: [khwɐʉt]
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• South-Asia: /k(ʋ)oʈ/
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• homophone: coat
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• homophone: (non-rhotic) court
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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• CMU ARPABET: K W OW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kw- Proto-Indo-European *kwó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kwótider. Proto-Italic *kwot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.

320 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: citat — a statement attributed to someone
• Amharic: ጥቅሶች (ṭəḳsoč) — a statement attributed to someone
• Arabic: اِقْتِبَاس (iqtibās) — a statement attributed to someone
• Arabic: اِسْتِشْهَاد (istišhād) — a statement attributed to someone
• Armenian: մեջբերում (meǰberum) — a statement attributed to someone
• Armenian: ցիտատ (cʻitat) — a statement attributed to someone
• Azerbaijani: sitat — a statement attributed to someone
• Belarusian: цыта́та (cytáta) — a statement attributed to someone
• Bulgarian: цита́т (citát) — a statement attributed to someone
• Burmese: ချီးကျူးလွှာ (hkyi:kyu:hlwa) — a statement attributed to someone
• Burmese: အာဂမယုတ္တိ (aga.ma.yutti.) — a statement attributed to someone
• Catalan: citació — a statement attributed to someone
• Chinese Cantonese: 引用 (jan5 jung6) — a statement attributed to someone
• Chinese: 引用 (zh-min-nan) — a statement attributed to someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 引用 (yǐnyòng) — a statement attributed to someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 引語 /引语 (yǐnyǔ) — a statement attributed to someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 引文 (yǐnwén) — a statement attributed to someone
• Czech: citát — a statement attributed to someone
• Danish: citat — a statement attributed to someone
• Dutch: citaat — a statement attributed to someone
• Dutch: tekstaanhaling — a statement attributed to someone
• Dutch: aanhaling — a statement attributed to someone
• Esperanto: citaĵo — a statement attributed to someone
• Estonian: tsitaat — a statement attributed to someone
• Estonian: tsiteerimine — a statement attributed to someone
• Finnish: lainaus — a statement attributed to someone
• Finnish: sitaatti — a statement attributed to someone
• French: citation — a statement attributed to someone
• Georgian: ციტატა (ciṭaṭa) — a statement attributed to someone
• German: Zitat — a statement attributed to someone
• Greek: παράθεμα (paráthema) — a statement attributed to someone
• Greek: παράθεση (paráthesi) — a statement attributed to someone
• Greek: περικοπή (perikopí) — a statement attributed to someone
• Greek: χωρίο (chorío) — a statement attributed to someone
• Greek: εδάφιο (edáfio) — a statement attributed to someone
• Hebrew: ציטוט \ צִטּוּט (tsitút) — a statement attributed to someone
• Hebrew: צִיטָטָה (tsitata) — a statement attributed to someone
• Hebrew: מוּבָאָה (muvah) — a statement attributed to someone
• Hindi: उद्धरण (uddharaṇ) — a statement attributed to someone
• Hungarian: idézet — a statement attributed to someone
• Icelandic: tilvitnun — a statement attributed to someone
• Indonesian: kutipan — a statement attributed to someone
• Indonesian: sitasi — a statement attributed to someone
• Indonesian: sitat — a statement attributed to someone
• Indonesian: nukilan — a statement attributed to someone
• Italian: citazione — a statement attributed to someone
• Japanese: 引用 (in'yō) — a statement attributed to someone
• Kazakh: цитата (sitata) — a statement attributed to someone
• Kazakh: дәйексөз (däieksöz) — a statement attributed to someone
• Khmer: សេចក្តីដកស្រង់ (sackdəy dɑɑk srɑng) — a statement attributed to someone
• Khmer: សម្រង់ (sɑmrɑng) — a statement attributed to someone
• Korean: 인용 (inyong) — a statement attributed to someone
• Northern Kurdish: îqtibas — a statement attributed to someone
• Kyrgyz: цитата (tsitata) — a statement attributed to someone
• Lao: ການອ້າງອີງ (kān ʼāng ʼīng) — a statement attributed to someone
• Latvian: citāts — a statement attributed to someone
• Lithuanian: citata — a statement attributed to someone
• Macedonian: цита́т (citát) — a statement attributed to someone
• Malay: petikan — a statement attributed to someone
• Malayalam: ഉദ്ധരണി (uddharaṇi) — a statement attributed to someone
• Mongolian: эшлэл (ešlel) — a statement attributed to someone
• Mongolian: ишлэл (išlel) — a statement attributed to someone
• Norwegian Bokmål: sitat — a statement attributed to someone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sitat — a statement attributed to someone
• Pashto: اقتباس (eqtebās) — a statement attributed to someone
• Iranian Persian: نَقْلِ قُول (naġl-e ġowl) — a statement attributed to someone
• Iranian Persian: اِقْتِباس (eġtebâs) — a statement attributed to someone
• Iranian Persian: واگویِه (vâguye) — a statement attributed to someone
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتاوَرْد (goftâvard) — a statement attributed to someone
• Polish: cytat — a statement attributed to someone
• Portuguese: citação — a statement attributed to someone
• Romanian: citat — a statement attributed to someone
• Russian: цита́та (citáta) — a statement attributed to someone
• Scottish Gaelic: às-aithris — a statement attributed to someone
• Serbo-Croatian: цѝта̄т — a statement attributed to someone
• Serbo-Croatian: на́вод — a statement attributed to someone
• Serbo-Croatian: cìtāt — a statement attributed to someone
• Serbo-Croatian: návod — a statement attributed to someone
• Slovak: citát — a statement attributed to someone
• Slovene: citat — a statement attributed to someone
• Spanish: cita — a statement attributed to someone
• Spanish: citación — a statement attributed to someone
• Spanish: entrecomillado — a statement attributed to someone
• Swedish: citat — a statement attributed to someone
• Tajik: иқтибос (iqtibos) — a statement attributed to someone
• Tajik: гуфтовард (guftovard) — a statement attributed to someone
• Thai: การอ้างอิง (gaan-âang-ing) — a statement attributed to someone
• Thai: อัญพจน์ (an-yá-pót) — a statement attributed to someone
• Turkish: alıntı — a statement attributed to someone
• Turkish: iktibas — a statement attributed to someone
• Turkish: söz — a statement attributed to someone
• Turkish: vecize — a statement attributed to someone
• Turkmen: sitata — a statement attributed to someone
• Ukrainian: цита́та (cytáta) — a statement attributed to someone
• Urdu: اِقْتِباس (iqtibās) — a statement attributed to someone
• Uyghur: نەقىل (neqil) — a statement attributed to someone
• Uzbek: sitata — a statement attributed to someone
• Uzbek: iqtibos — a statement attributed to someone
• Vietnamese: đoạn trích dẫn — a statement attributed to someone
• Welsh: dyfyniad — a statement attributed to someone
• Yakut: сытаата (sïtaata) — a statement attributed to someone
• Arabic: عَلَامَة اِقْتِبَاس — a quotation mark
• Arabic: عَلَامَة تَنْصِيص — a quotation mark
• Armenian: չակերտ (čʻakert) — a quotation mark
• Belarusian: двуко́ссе (dvukóssje) — a quotation mark
• Bulgarian: кави́чка (kavíčka) — a quotation mark
• Catalan: citació — a quotation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 引號 /引号 (yǐnhào) — a quotation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 『 /‘ — a quotation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 』 /’ — a quotation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 「 /“ — a quotation mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 」 /” — a quotation mark
• Czech: uvozovka — a quotation mark
• Danish: citationstegn — a quotation mark
• Dutch: aanhalingsteken — a quotation mark
• Esperanto: citilo — a quotation mark
• Finnish: lainausmerkki — a quotation mark
• French: guillemet — a quotation mark
• Georgian: ბრჭყალები (brč̣q̇alebi) — a quotation mark
• German: Anführungszeichen — a quotation mark
• Greek: εισαγωγικό (eisagogikó) — a quotation mark
• Greek: εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká) — a quotation mark
• Icelandic: gæsalappir — a quotation mark
• Icelandic: tilvitnunarmerki — a quotation mark
• Indonesian: tanda petik — a quotation mark
• Indonesian: tanda kutip — a quotation mark
• Italian: virgolette — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 「 — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 」 — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 鉤括弧 (kagikakko) — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 『 — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 』 — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 二重鉤括弧 (nijūkagikakko) — a quotation mark
• Japanese: 二重引用符 (nijū in'yōfu) — a quotation mark
• Korean: 따옴표 (ttaompyo) — a quotation mark
• Macedonian: наводник (navodnik) — a quotation mark
• Norwegian Bokmål: anførselstegn — a quotation mark
• Norwegian Bokmål: hermetegn — a quotation mark
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hermeteikn — a quotation mark
• Polish: cudzysłów — a quotation mark
• Portuguese: aspa — a quotation mark
• Russian: кавы́чка (kavýčka) — a quotation mark
• Russian: кавы́чки (kavýčki) — a quotation mark
• Russian: « — a quotation mark
• Russian: » — a quotation mark
• Serbo-Croatian: на́воднӣк — a quotation mark
• Serbo-Croatian: návodnīk — a quotation mark
• Slovak: úvodzovka — a quotation mark
• Slovene: narekovaj — a quotation mark
• Spanish: comillas — a quotation mark
• Spanish: comilla — a quotation mark
• Swedish: citationstecken — a quotation mark
• Turkish: tırnak — a quotation mark
• Turkish: tırnak işareti — a quotation mark
• Ukrainian: лапки́ (lapký) — a quotation mark
• Zazaki: nengu (diq) — a quotation mark
• Arabic: سَعَر (saʕar) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Bulgarian: но́рма (nórma) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Dutch: bestek — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Dutch: offerte — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Dutch: prijsofferte — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Dutch: prijsopgave — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Finnish: tarjous — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• French: devis — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• French: cotation — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Galician: orzamento — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Georgian: წინადადება (c̣inadadeba) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Georgian: კოტირება (ḳoṭireba) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• German: Angebot — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Greek: προσφορά (prosforá) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Greek: τιμή (timí) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Hebrew: הצעת מחיר — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Italian: preventivo — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Polish: wycena — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Polish: kosztorys — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Portuguese: orçamento — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Russian: предложе́ние цены́ (predložénije cený) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Russian: назна́ченная цена́ (naznáčennaja cená) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Russian: котиро́вка (kotiróvka) — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Spanish: presupuesto — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Swedish: anbud — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Swedish: offert — a summary of work to be done with a set price
• Arabic: سِعْرُ ٱلْأَسْهُم (siʕru l-ʔashum) — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Bulgarian: котиро́вка (kotiróvka) — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Finnish: noteeraus — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Georgian: კოტირება (ḳoṭireba) — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Georgian: საბირჟო ფასი (sabiržo pasi) — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Italian: aliquota — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Russian: котиро́вка (kotiróvka) — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Spanish: cotización — a price set for a financial security or commodity
• Bulgarian: but see цити́рам (citíram) — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• Finnish: lainaus — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• Finnish: sanatarkasti — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• German: Zitat — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• German: ich zitiere — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• Korean: -이라고 (-irago) — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• Korean: -라고 (-rago) — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• Korean: -라는 (-raneun) — used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation
• Albanian: citoj — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Arabic: اِسْتَشْهَدَ (istašhada) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Arabic: اِقْتَبَسَ (iqtabasa) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Armenian: մեջբերել (meǰberel) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Armenian: ցիտել (cʻitel) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Belarusian: цытава́ць (cytavácʹ) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Belarusian: зацытава́ць (zacytavácʹ) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Bulgarian: цити́рам (citíram) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Burmese: ကိုးကား (kui:ka:) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Chinese Cantonese: 引用 (jan5 jung6) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Chinese Cantonese: 摘引 (zaak6 jan5) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Chinese: 引用 (zh-min-nan) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Chinese Mandarin: 引用 (yǐnyòng) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Chinese Mandarin: 摘引 (zhāiyǐn) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Cornish: devynna — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Cornish: devydna — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Czech: citovat — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Czech: zacitovat — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Danish: citere — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Dutch: aanhalen — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Dutch: citeren — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Esperanto: citi — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Estonian: osundama — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Estonian: tsiteerima — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Finnish: lainata — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Finnish: siteerata — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• French: citer — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Georgian: ციტირება (ciṭireba) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• German: zitieren — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Greek: παραθέτω (parathéto) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Greek: αναφέρω (anaféro) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Hebrew: ציטט \ צִטֵּט (tsitét) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Hungarian: idéz — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Icelandic: vitna í — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Ido: citar — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Indonesian: mengutip — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Indonesian: nukil — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Indonesian: menukil — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Irish: luaigh — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Italian: citare — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Italian: riferire — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Japanese: 引用する (in'yō suru) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Korean: 인용하다 (inyonghada) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Lao: ອ້າງອີງ (ʼāng ʼīng) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Latvian: citēt — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Lithuanian: cituoti — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Macedonian: цити́ра (citíra) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Malay: memetik kata — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Māori: takitaki — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Norwegian Bokmål: sitere — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Persian: نقلقول کردن (naql-e-qowl kardan) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Persian: واگفتن (vāgoftan) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Polish: cytować — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Polish: zacytować — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Portuguese: citar — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Romanian: a cita — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Russian: цити́ровать (citírovatʹ) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Russian: процити́ровать (procitírovatʹ) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Russian: ссыла́ться (ssylátʹsja) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Serbo-Croatian: цити́рати — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Serbo-Croatian: citírati — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Slovak: citovať — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Slovak: zacitovať — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Slovene: citirati — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Spanish: acotar — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Spanish: entrecomillar — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Swedish: citera — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Thai: อ้างอิง (âang-ing) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Turkish: alıntı yapmak — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Turkish: alıntılamak — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Turkish: iktibas etmek — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Ukrainian: цитува́ти (cytuváty) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Ukrainian: зацитува́ти (zacytuváty) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Ukrainian: процитува́ти (procytuváty) — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Vietnamese: trích dẫn — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Vietnamese: trích — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Welsh: dyfynnu — to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else
• Bulgarian: норми́рам (normíram) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Chinese Mandarin: 報價 /报价 (bàojià) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Chinese Mandarin: 開價 /开价 (kāijià) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Dutch: een bestek opmaken — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Dutch: eenofferte doen (prijs) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Finnish: tarjota — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• French: deviser — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• French: coter — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Georgian: კოტირება (ḳoṭireba) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• German: Preisangebot machen — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• German: anbieten — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Greek: προσφέρω (prosféro) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Hungarian: árajánlatot ad/tesz — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Polish: wyceniać — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Portuguese: orçar — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Russian: дава́ть расце́нку (davátʹ rascénku) — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Spanish: cotizar — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Swedish: ge anbud — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Swedish: offerera — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Turkish: fiyat teklif etmek — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Turkish: piyasa fiyatını bildirmek — to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price
• Bulgarian: коти́рам (kotíram) — to name the current price
• Czech: kótovat — to name the current price
• Czech: kotovat — to name the current price
• Dutch: quoteren — to name the current price
• French: coter — to name the current price
• German: Preis angeben — to name the current price
• Portuguese: cotar — to name the current price
• Russian: назнача́ть це́ну (naznačátʹ cénu) — to name the current price
• Russian: дава́ть расце́нку (davátʹ rascénku) — to name the current price
• Turkish: fiyat söylemek — to name the current price
• Bulgarian: цити́рам (citíram) — to indicate the start of a quotation
• French: ouvrir les guillemets — to indicate the start of a quotation
• German: anführen — to indicate the start of a quotation
• Turkish: tırnak içine almak — to indicate the start of a quotation
• German: bemerken — to observe, to take account of
• German: berücksichtigen — to observe, to take account of
• Greek: μνημονεύω (mnimonévo) — to observe, to take account of
• Greek: επικαλούμαι (epikaloúmai) — to observe, to take account of
• Turkish: belirtmek — to observe, to take account of
• Turkish: akılta tutmak — to observe, to take account of
• Turkish: dikkate almak — to observe, to take account of
• Turkish: göz önünde bulundurmak — to observe, to take account of
• Turkish: göz önüne almak — to observe, to take account of
• Turkish: hesaba katmak — to observe, to take account of