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• /ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/
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• /ˈɹɛk.ɪɡ.naɪz/
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• proscribed, sometimes: /ˈɹɛk.ən.aɪz/
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• Australian: /ˈɹekənɑɪz/
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• Australian: /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/
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• CMU ARPABET: R EH1 K AH0 G N AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna. Latin had rare recognizare (“to try by jury”).

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize From re- + cognize.

209 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: herken — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Albanian: njoh — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Arabic: تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Armenian: Ճանաչել (Čanačʻel) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Assamese: চিনি পোৱা (sini püa) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Assamese: চিনা (sina) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Bashkir: таныу (tanıw) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Belarusian: распазнава́ць (raspaznavácʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Belarusian: распазна́ць (raspaznácʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Belarusian: пазнава́ць (paznavácʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Belarusian: пазна́ць (paznácʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Bulgarian: позна́вам (poznávam) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Bulgarian: позна́я (poznája) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Burmese: မှတ်မိ (hmatmi.) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Catalan: reconèixer — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Chinese Mandarin: 認出 /认出 (rènchū) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Chinese Mandarin: 認識 /认识 — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ngazidja Comorian: uramɓua — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Czech: poznávat — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Czech: poznat — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Danish: genkende — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Dutch: herkennen — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Esperanto: rekoni — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Finnish: tunnistaa — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Finnish: tuntea — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• French: reconnaître — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Friulian: ricognossi — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Galician: recoñecer — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• German: erkennen — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Greek: αναγνωρίζω (anagnorízo) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιγιγνώσκω (epigignṓskō) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ancient Greek: ἀναγνωρίζω (anagnōrízō) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ancient Greek: ἀναγιγνώσκω (anagignṓskō) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Gujarati: ઓળખવું (oḷkhavũ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Old Gujarati: उलखिवउं (ulakhivaũ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Hindi: पहचानना (pahcānnā) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Hungarian: felismer — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Hungarian: megismer — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Icelandic: kannast við — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ido: rikonocar — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Irish: aithin — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Old Irish: ad·gnin — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Istriot: ricugnusi — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Italian: riconoscere — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Japanese: 認識する (ninshiki-suru) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Jarai: kran — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Javanese: weruh — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Kashmiri: پَرزٕناوُن (parzụnāvun) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Korean: 알아보다 (araboda) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Kyrgyz: таануу (taanuu) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Latin: cōgnōscō — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Latin: recōgnōscō — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Macedonian: препознава (prepoznava) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Macedonian: препознае (prepoznae) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Malayalam: തിരിച്ചറിയുക (tiriccaṟiyuka) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Mansaka: kilara — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Māori: āhukahuka — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Maranao: kilala — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjenkjenne — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Occitan: reconéisser — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Occitan: arreconéisher — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Old Saxon: undarthenkian — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Persian: شناختن (šenâxtan) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Plautdietsch: kjanen — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Polish: rozpoznawać — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Polish: rozpoznać — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Polish: poznać — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Portuguese: reconhecer — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Romanian: recunoaște — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Russian: узнава́ть (uznavátʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Russian: узна́ть (uznátʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Russian: опознава́ть (opoznavátʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Russian: опозна́ть (opoznátʹ) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Serbo-Croatian: препозна́вати — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Serbo-Croatian: препо̀знати — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Serbo-Croatian: prepoznávati — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Serbo-Croatian: prepòznati — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Sicilian: ricanùsciri — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Sicilian: arricanùsciri — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Slovak: spoznávať — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Slovak: spoznať — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Slovene: prepoznavati — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Slovene: prepoznati — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Lower Sorbian: spóznaś — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Lower Sorbian: póznaś — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Spanish: reconocer — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Spanish: identificar — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Swahili: kutambua — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Swedish: känna igen — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Tagalog: makilala — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Tagalog: kumilala — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Tagalog: kilalanin — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Tagalog: mamukhaan — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Tajik: шинохтан (šinoxtan) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Tocharian B: kärs- — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Turkish: tanımak — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ottoman Turkish: طانیمق (tanımak) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ukrainian: впізнава́ти (vpiznaváty) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ukrainian: впізна́ти (vpiznáty) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ukrainian: розпізнава́ти (rozpiznaváty) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Ukrainian: розпізна́ти (rozpiznáty) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Urdu: پہچانا (pahcānnā) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Walloon: ricnoxhe — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Welsh: adnabod — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Yiddish: דערקענען (derkenen) — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Zazaki: şık bıyen — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Zazaki: sınasten — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Zulu: -bona — to match in memory; to know from a previous encounter
• Afrikaans: erken — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Bashkir: таныу (tanıw) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Bulgarian: призна́вам (priznávam) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Bulgarian: призна́я (priznája) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Catalan: reconèixer — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Chinese Mandarin: 承認 /承认 (chéngrèn) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Czech: uznávat — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Czech: uznat — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Danish: anerkende — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Dutch: erkennen — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Esperanto: rekoni — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Finnish: tunnustaa — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• French: reconnaître — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• German: anerkennen — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Greek: αναγνωρίζω (anagnorízo) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Hungarian: elismer — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Icelandic: viðurkenna — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Irish: aithin — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Italian: ammettere — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Japanese: 認識する (ninshiki-suru) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Javanese: weruh — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Malayalam: അംഗീകരിക്കുക (aṅgīkarikkuka) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Norwegian Bokmål: anerkjenne — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Persian: به رسمیت شناختن (be rasmiyyat šenâxtan) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Polish: uznawać — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Polish: uznać — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Portuguese: reconhecer — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Romanian: recunoaște — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Russian: признава́ть (priznavátʹ) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Russian: призна́ть (priznátʹ) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Slovak: uznávať — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Slovak: uznať — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Spanish: reconocer — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Spanish: homologar — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Swedish: erkänna — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Tagalog: kilanlin — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Tagalog: tumanggap — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Tagalog: tanggapin — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Tagalog: kumilala — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Tagalog: kilalanin — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Turkish: tanımak — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Ottoman Turkish: طانیمق (tanımak) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Ukrainian: визнава́ти (vyznaváty) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Ukrainian: ви́знати (význaty) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Walloon: ricnoxhe — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Yiddish: דערקענען (derkenen) — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Zazaki: sınasnayen — to acknowledge the existence or legality of
• Afrikaans: erken — to acknowledge as something
• Bashkir: таныу (tanıw) — to acknowledge as something
• Bulgarian: зачи́там (začítam) — to acknowledge as something
• Bulgarian: зачета́ (začetá) — to acknowledge as something
• Catalan: reconèixer — to acknowledge as something
• Dutch: erkennen — to acknowledge as something
• Finnish: tunnustaa — to acknowledge as something
• Finnish: tunnistaa — to acknowledge as something
• French: reconnaître — to acknowledge as something
• Greek: αναγνωρίζω (anagnorízo) — to acknowledge as something
• Hungarian: elismer — to acknowledge as something
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to acknowledge as something
• Japanese: 認識する (ninshiki-suru) — to acknowledge as something
• Malayalam: അംഗീകരിക്കുക (aṅgīkarikkuka) — to acknowledge as something
• Portuguese: reconhecer — to acknowledge as something
• Romanian: recunoaște — to acknowledge as something
• Russian: признава́ть (priznavátʹ) — to acknowledge as something
• Russian: призна́ть (priznátʹ) — to acknowledge as something
• Spanish: reconocer — to acknowledge as something
• Ukrainian: визнава́ти (vyznaváty) — to acknowledge as something
• Ukrainian: ви́знати (význaty) — to acknowledge as something
• Walloon: ricnoxhe — to acknowledge as something
• Zulu: -vuma — to acknowledge as something
• Bashkir: таныу (tanıw) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Bulgarian: осъзна́вам (osǎznávam) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Bulgarian: осъзна́я (osǎznája) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Danish: erkende — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Dutch: onderkennen — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Finnish: oivaltaa — to realize or discover the nature of something
• French: reconnaître — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Hungarian: felismer — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Hungarian: észrevesz — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Japanese: 認識する (ninshiki suru) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Persian: تشخیص دادن (tašxis dâdan) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Romanian: recunoaște — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Russian: осознава́ть (osoznavátʹ) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Russian: осозна́ть (osoznátʹ) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Russian: постига́ть (postigátʹ) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Russian: пости́чь (postíčʹ) — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Slovak: rozoznávať — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Slovak: rozoznať — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Spanish: cognocer — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Spanish: distinguir — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Swedish: erkänna — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Walloon: ricnoxhe — to realize or discover the nature of something
• Finnish: palkita — to give an award
• Hungarian: elismer — to give an award
• Italian: premiare — to give an award
• Japanese: 認める (mitomeru) — to give an award
• Japanese: 表彰する (hyōshō suru) — to give an award
• Zulu: -bonga — to give an award