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• /ˈɹiːd͡ʒɛkt/
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• [ˈɹwɪi̯d͡ʒɛkt]
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• /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ weak vowel distinction
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• /ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ weak vowel merger
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• [ɹwəˈd͡ʒɛkt] weak vowel merger
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 JH EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бракуван продукт (brakuvan produkt) — something that is rejected
• Finnish: rejekti — something that is rejected
• Finnish: hylky — something that is rejected
• Hungarian: selejt — something that is rejected
• Hungarian: kiselejtezett holmi — something that is rejected
• Hungarian: kiszuperált holmi — something that is rejected
• Māori: paruranga — something that is rejected
• Māori: whakarerenga — something that is rejected
• Plautdietsch: Aufgank — something that is rejected
• Polish: odrzut — something that is rejected
• Spanish: artículo defectuoso — something that is rejected
• Finnish: hylkiö — slang: an unpopular person
• Spanish: marginado — slang: an unpopular person
• Spanish: marginada — slang: an unpopular person
• Arabic: رَفَضَ (rafaḍa) — to refuse to accept
• Armenian: մերժել (meržel) — to refuse to accept
• Azerbaijani: rədd etmək — to refuse to accept
• Basque: atzera bota — to refuse to accept
• Bulgarian: отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) — to refuse to accept
• Catalan: rebutjar — to refuse to accept
• Catalan: refusar — to refuse to accept
• Chinese: khì-choa̍t — to refuse to accept
• Chinese: kū-choa̍t — to refuse to accept
• Chinese Mandarin: 拒絕 /拒绝 (jùjué) — to refuse to accept
• Cornish: denagha — to refuse to accept
• Czech: odmítnout — to refuse to accept
• Czech: zamítnout — to refuse to accept
• Danish: afvise — to refuse to accept
• Dutch: verwerpen — to refuse to accept
• Dutch: afwijzen — to refuse to accept
• Esperanto: malakcepti — to refuse to accept
• Esperanto: malagnoski — to refuse to accept
• Finnish: hylätä — to refuse to accept
• Finnish: torjua — to refuse to accept
• French: rejeter — to refuse to accept
• Galician: rexeitar — to refuse to accept
• German: verwerfen — to refuse to accept
• German: ablehnen — to refuse to accept
• German: zurückweisen — to refuse to accept
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (frakunnan) — to refuse to accept
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwandjan) — to refuse to accept
• Greek: απορρίπτω (aporrípto) — to refuse to accept
• Ancient Greek: ἀναίνομαι (anaínomai) — to refuse to accept
• Ancient Greek: ἀθετέω (athetéō) — to refuse to accept
• Hindi: अस्वीकार करना (asvīkār karnā) — to refuse to accept
• Hungarian: visszautasít — to refuse to accept
• Hungarian: elvet — to refuse to accept
• Hungarian: elutasít — to refuse to accept
• Hungarian: visszadob — to refuse to accept
• Icelandic: hafna — to refuse to accept
• Indonesian: menolak — to refuse to accept
• Ingrian: hylätä — to refuse to accept
• Irish: eitigh — to refuse to accept
• Italian: respingere — to refuse to accept
• Italian: rifiutare — to refuse to accept
• Japanese: 拒絶する (kyozetsu suru) — to refuse to accept
• Kazakh: бас тарту (bas tartu) — to refuse to accept
• Kazakh: қабылдамау (qabyldamau) — to refuse to accept
• Kazakh: қабыл алмау (qabyl almau) — to refuse to accept
• Kazakh: жоламау (jolamau) — to refuse to accept
• Kazakh: қағажулау (qağajulau) — to refuse to accept
• Khmer: ច្រានចោល (craan caol) — to refuse to accept
• Korean: 거절하다 (geojeol-hada) — to refuse to accept
• Latin: negō — to refuse to accept
• Latin: spernō — to refuse to accept
• Lithuanian: atmesti — to refuse to accept
• Māori: ākiri — to refuse to accept
• Māori: hape — to refuse to accept
• Māori: whakahoe — to refuse to accept
• Māori: hoehoe — to refuse to accept
• Norwegian: avslå — to refuse to accept
• Norwegian: avvise — to refuse to accept
• Old English: āweorpan — to refuse to accept
• Polish: odrzucać — to refuse to accept
• Polish: odrzucić — to refuse to accept
• Portuguese: rejeitar — to refuse to accept
• Romanian: respinge — to refuse to accept
• Romanian: refuza — to refuse to accept
• Russian: отверга́ть (otvergátʹ) — to refuse to accept
• Russian: отве́ргнуть (otvérgnutʹ) — to refuse to accept
• Russian: отмета́ть (otmetátʹ) — to refuse to accept
• Russian: отмести́ (otmestí) — to refuse to accept
• Sanskrit: स्फुरति (sphurati) — to refuse to accept
• Scottish Gaelic: rach an aghaidh — to refuse to accept
• Scottish Gaelic: diùlt — to refuse to accept
• Spanish: rechazar — to refuse to accept
• Spanish: desestimar — to refuse to accept
• Spanish: inadmitir — to refuse to accept
• Spanish: plaguear — to refuse to accept
• Swedish: avslå — to refuse to accept
• Swedish: avvisa — to refuse to accept
• Swedish: avfärda — to refuse to accept
• Swedish: rata — to refuse to accept
• Tagalog: itanggi — to refuse to accept
• Telugu: తిరస్కరించు (tiraskariñcu) — to refuse to accept
• Thai: ปฏิเสธ (bpà-dtì-sèet) — to refuse to accept
• Turkish: reddetmek — to refuse to accept
• Ukrainian: відкида́ти (vidkydáty) — to refuse to accept
• Ukrainian: відки́нути (vidkýnuty) — to refuse to accept
• Vietnamese: từ chối — to refuse to accept
• Chinese Mandarin: 拒絕 /拒绝 (jùjué) — to refuse a romantic advance
• Finnish: torjua — to refuse a romantic advance
• Hungarian: kikosaraz — to refuse a romantic advance
• Ingrian: hylätä — to refuse a romantic advance
• Russian: отшивать (otšivatʹ) — to refuse a romantic advance
• Russian: отвергать (otvergatʹ) — to refuse a romantic advance
• Spanish: chotear — to refuse a romantic advance
• Spanish: bochar — to refuse a romantic advance
• Spanish: dar boche — to refuse a romantic advance
• Spanish: dar un boche — to refuse a romantic advance