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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
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• CMU ARPABET: R EH2 K AH0 M EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”). Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporǎčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (rǎka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: айдар (aydar) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Arabic: وَصَّى (waṣṣā) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Arabic: أَوْصَى (ʔawṣā) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Arabic: نَصَحَ (naṣaḥa) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Arabic: نصح (naṣaḥ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Armenian: հանձնարարել (hanjnararel) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Azerbaijani: tövsiyə etmək — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Azerbaijani: məsləhət görmək — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Basque: gomendatu — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Belarusian: рэкамендава́ць (rekamjendavácʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Belarusian: парэкамендава́ць (parekamjendavácʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Belarusian: ра́іць (ráicʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Belarusian: пара́іць (paráicʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Bulgarian: препоръ́чвам (preporǎ́čvam) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Bulgarian: препоръ́чам (preporǎ́čam) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Bulgarian: съве́твам (sǎvétvam) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Burmese: ထောက်ခံ (htaukhkam) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Catalan: recomanar — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Chinese Mandarin: 推薦 /推荐 (tuījiàn) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Czech: doporučovat — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Czech: doporučit — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Danish: anbefale — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Dutch: aanraden — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Dutch: aanbevelen — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Esperanto: rekomendi — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Estonian: soovitama — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Finnish: suositella — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Finnish: suosittaa — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• French: recommander — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Georgian: რეკომენდაციას აძლევს (reḳomendacias aʒlevs) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Georgian: რეკომენდაციას უწევს (reḳomendacias uc̣evs) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Georgian: რეკომენდირება (reḳomendireba) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Georgian: რეკომენდება (reḳomendeba) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• German: empfehlen — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Central Franconian: aabeveële — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Greek: προτείνω (proteíno) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Ancient Greek: παραινέω (parainéō) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Hebrew: המליץ (himlíts) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Hindi: सिफ़ारिश करना (sifāriś karnā) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Hungarian: ajánl — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Icelandic: mæla með — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Istriot: racumandà — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Italian: raccomandare — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Italian: consigliare — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Japanese: 推薦する (suisen suru) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Japanese: 勧める (susumeru) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Kazakh: ұсыну (ūsynu) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Kazakh: ұсыныс жасау (ūsynys jasau) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Khmer: អនុសាស (ʼaʼnusaah) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Korean: 추천하다 (chucheonhada) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Kyrgyz: сунуш кылуу (sunuş kıluu) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Lao: ແນະນໍາ (næ nam) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Latin: commendo — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Latvian: ieteikt — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Lithuanian: patarti — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Macedonian: препорачува (preporačuva) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Macedonian: препорача (preporača) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Māori: marohi — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Middle English: recomaunden — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Middle English: recommenden — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Norwegian Bokmål: anbefale — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Persian: توصیه کردن (towsiye kardan) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Polish: polecać — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Polish: polecić — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Portuguese: recomendar — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Romanian: recomanda — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Russian: рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Russian: порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Russian: сове́товать (sovétovatʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Russian: посове́товать (posovétovatʹ) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Scottish Gaelic: mol — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Serbo-Croatian: препоручи́вати — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Serbo-Croatian: препору́чити — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Serbo-Croatian: preporučívati — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Serbo-Croatian: preporúčiti — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Slovak: odporúčať — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Slovak: odporučiť — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Slovene: priporočati — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Slovene: priporočiti — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Spanish: recomendar — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Swedish: rekommendera — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Swedish: anbefalla — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Tajik: тавсия кардан (tavsiya kardan) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Thai: แนะนํา (nɛ́-nam) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Turkish: tavsiye etmek — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Ottoman Turkish: توصیه ایتمك (tavsiye etmek) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Ukrainian: рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Ukrainian: порекомендува́ти (porekomenduváty) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Ukrainian: ра́дити (rádyty) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Ukrainian: пора́дити (porádyty) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Urdu: سفارش کرنا (sifāriś karnā) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Urdu: مشورہ دینا (maśvirā denā) — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Uzbek: tavsiya etmoq — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Uzbek: maslahat bermoq — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Venetan: recomandar — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Venetan: racomandar — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Vietnamese: giới thiệu — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Vietnamese: đề nghị — to commend to the favorable notice of another
• Arabic: نصح (naṣaḥ) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Azerbaijani: tövsiyə etmək — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Bulgarian: препоръчвам (preporǎčvam) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Dutch: aanbevelen — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Dutch: voordragen — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Finnish: suositella — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Central Franconian: aabeveële — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Greek: υποδεικνύω (ypodeiknýo) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Ancient Greek: παραινέω (parainéō) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Māori: marohi — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Māori: mārohirohi — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Middle English: recomaunden — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Middle English: commenden — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Middle English: recommenden — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Russian: рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Russian: порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Russian: сове́товать (sovétovatʹ) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Russian: посове́товать (posovétovatʹ) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Swedish: rekommendera — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Swedish: förespråka — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Tamil: பரிந்துரை செய் (parinturai cey) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Ottoman Turkish: توصیه ایتمك (tavsiye etmek) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Ukrainian: рекомендува́ти (rekomenduváty) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Ukrainian: порекомендува́ти (porekomenduváty) — to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
• Finnish: houkutella — to make acceptable; to attract favor to
• Finnish: olla houkuttava — to make acceptable; to attract favor to
• Arabic: يوصي يقترح — to advise, propose
• Arabic: نصح (naṣaḥ) — to advise, propose
• Bulgarian: съветвам (sǎvetvam) — to advise, propose
• Dutch: aanraden — to advise, propose
• Dutch: aanbevelen — to advise, propose
• Dutch: adviseren — to advise, propose
• Finnish: suositella — to advise, propose
• Finnish: suosittaa — to advise, propose
• German: empfehlen — to advise, propose
• Central Franconian: aabeveële — to advise, propose
• Ancient Greek: παραινέω (parainéō) — to advise, propose
• Italian: consigliare — to advise, propose
• Russian: рекомендова́ть (rekomendovátʹ) — to advise, propose
• Russian: порекомендова́ть (porekomendovátʹ) — to advise, propose
• Russian: сове́товать (sovétovatʹ) — to advise, propose
• Russian: посове́товать (posovétovatʹ) — to advise, propose
• Swedish: rekommendera — to advise, propose
• Swedish: föreslå — to advise, propose
• Bulgarian: поверявам (poverjavam) — archaic: to confide to another
• Dutch: bevelen in ... — archaic: to confide to another
• Dutch: aanbevelen — archaic: to confide to another
• Dutch: overdragen aan — archaic: to confide to another
• Finnish: luovuttaa — archaic: to confide to another