refer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːfə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɹifɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹiːfə/
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• Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: reefer
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• rhymes with -iːfə(ɹ)
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɜː/
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• Canada, General-American: rī-fûr
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• Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈfɝ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ɹɪˈfɛr/
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• New-Zealand: /ɹəˈføː/
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• /ɹɪˈfeː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /ɹɪˈfɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• /ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R AH0 F ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IH0 F ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. The noun (used in journalism) is from the verb. Doublet of relate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَشَارَ (ʔašāra) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Arabic: كَيْشِيرْ (kayšir) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Arabic: كَيْنْعَّتْ (kaynʕāt) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Bulgarian: отпращам (otpraštam) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Bulgarian: обръщам се (obrǎštam se) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Catalan: referir — to direct to a source for help or information
• Chinese Mandarin: 談到 /谈到 (tándào) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Czech: odkázat — to direct to a source for help or information
• Danish: henvise — to direct to a source for help or information
• Dutch: verwijzen — to direct to a source for help or information
• Dutch: doorverwijzen — to direct to a source for help or information
• Esperanto: plusendi — to direct to a source for help or information
• Finnish: ohjata — to direct to a source for help or information
• Finnish: neuvoa — to direct to a source for help or information
• French: référer — to direct to a source for help or information
• Galician: referir — to direct to a source for help or information
• German: verweisen — to direct to a source for help or information
• Greek: παραπέμπω (parapémpo) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Italian: riferire — to direct to a source for help or information
• Japanese: 問い合わせる (toiawaseru) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Korean: 언급하다 (eon'geuphada) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Persian: ارجاعیدن — to direct to a source for help or information
• Polish: skierować — to direct to a source for help or information
• Portuguese: encaminhar — to direct to a source for help or information
• Russian: ссыла́ться (ssylátʹsja) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Russian: сосла́ться (soslátʹsja) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Russian: относи́ть (otnosítʹ) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Russian: отнести́ (otnestí) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Spanish: referir — to direct to a source for help or information
• Spanish: remitir — to direct to a source for help or information
• Swedish: hänvisa — to direct to a source for help or information
• Swedish: referera — to direct to a source for help or information
• Swedish: åsyfta — to direct to a source for help or information
• Ukrainian: посила́тися (posylátysja) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Ukrainian: посла́тися (poslátysja) — to direct to a source for help or information
• Dutch: verwijzen — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Finnish: ohjata — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Finnish: neuvoa — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Greek: παραπέμπω (parapémpo) — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Italian: fare capo — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Māori: pare — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Middle English: deferren — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Polish: skierować — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Polish: odesłać — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Portuguese: encaminhar — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Portuguese: remeter — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Swedish: hänvisa — to submit to an authority figure for consideration
• Bulgarian: позовавам се (pozovavam se) — to direct the attention of
• Dutch: verwijzen — to direct the attention of
• Finnish: ohjata — to direct the attention of
• Greek: αναφέρω (anaféro) — to direct the attention of
• Indonesian: mengarahkan — to direct the attention of
• Swedish: hänvisa — to direct the attention of
• Turkish: zikretmek — to direct the attention of
• Ottoman Turkish: ذكر ایتمك (zikr etmek) — to direct the attention of
• Bulgarian: приписвам (pripisvam) — to allude to
• Danish: henvise — to allude to
• Danish: referere — to allude to
• Dutch: verwijzen — to allude to
• Esperanto: rilati — to allude to
• Finnish: viitata — to allude to
• French: renvoyer (à) — to allude to
• German: sich auf etwas beziehen — to allude to
• Ancient Greek: ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi) — to allude to
• Hungarian: hivatkozik — to allude to
• Hungarian: vonatkozik — to allude to
• Irish: tagair do — to allude to
• Polish: odnosić się — to allude to
• Portuguese: referir — to allude to
• Portuguese: mencionar — to allude to
• Spanish: referirse a — to allude to
• Spanish: estar relacionado con — to allude to
• Swedish: syfta — to allude to