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• /ɹɪˈlæks/
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From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”). By surface analysis, re- + lax (“open, free, loose”).

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتَرْخَى (istarḵā) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Arabic: هِدي (hidi) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Arabic: طْلق (ṭləq) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Bulgarian: разхлабвам (razhlabvam) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Catalan: relaxar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Catalan: afluixar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬆開 /松开 (sōngkāi) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Chinese Mandarin: 放鬆 /放松 (fàngsōng) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Czech: uvolnit — (transitive) to make something loose
• Dutch: losmaken — (transitive) to make something loose
• Finnish: löysentää — (transitive) to make something loose
• Finnish: löysätä — (transitive) to make something loose
• French: relâcher — (transitive) to make something loose
• Galician: relaxar — (transitive) to make something loose
• German: lockern — (transitive) to make something loose
• German: entspannen — (transitive) to make something loose
• Ido: laxigar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Japanese: くつろがせる (kutsurogaseru) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Latin: relaxō — (transitive) to make something loose
• Māori: whakakorokoro — (transitive) to make something loose
• Māori: whakangoru — (transitive) to make something loose
• Māori: whakatangatanga — (transitive) to make something loose
• Norwegian: slappe av — (transitive) to make something loose
• Polish: rozluźniać — (transitive) to make something loose
• Polish: rozluźnić — (transitive) to make something loose
• Polish: poluzowywać — (transitive) to make something loose
• Polish: poluzować — (transitive) to make something loose
• Portuguese: soltar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Portuguese: afrouxar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Romanian: relaxa — (transitive) to make something loose
• Romanian: destinde — (transitive) to make something loose
• Romanian: desface — (transitive) to make something loose
• Russian: расслабля́ть (rasslabljátʹ) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Russian: рассла́бить (rasslábitʹ) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Spanish: relajar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Spanish: aflojar — (transitive) to make something loose
• Thai: ผ่อนคลาย (pɔ̀n-klaai) — (transitive) to make something loose
• Walloon: laispi — (transitive) to make something loose
• Walloon: låtchî — (transitive) to make something loose
• Walloon: distinkyî — (transitive) to make something loose
• Welsh: llacio — (transitive) to make something loose
• Arabic: اِسْتَرْخَى (istarḵā) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Azerbaijani: istirahət etmək — (intransitive) to become loose
• Azerbaijani: dincəlmək — (intransitive) to become loose
• Belarusian: расслабля́цца (rasslabljácca) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Belarusian: рассла́біцца (rasslábicca) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Bulgarian: разхлабвам се (razhlabvam se) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Catalan: relaxar-se — (intransitive) to become loose
• Catalan: afluixar-se — (intransitive) to become loose
• Chinese Mandarin: 放鬆下來 /放松下来 (fàngsōng xiàlái) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Esperanto: malstreĉiĝi — (intransitive) to become loose
• Finnish: rentoutua — (intransitive) to become loose
• Finnish: rauhoittua — (intransitive) to become loose
• Finnish: löystyä — (intransitive) to become loose
• Ido: laxeskar — (intransitive) to become loose
• Japanese: くつろぐ (kutsurogu) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Japanese: リラックスする (rirakkusu suru) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Korean: 늦추다 (neutchuda) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Korean: 편안히 하다 (pyeonanhi hada) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Polish: poluzowywać się — (intransitive) to become loose
• Polish: poluzować się — (intransitive) to become loose
• Portuguese: soltar — (intransitive) to become loose
• Portuguese: afrouxar — (intransitive) to become loose
• Russian: расслабля́ться (rasslabljátʹsja) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Russian: рассла́биться (rasslábitʹsja) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Spanish: relajar — (intransitive) to become loose
• Swedish: slappna av — (intransitive) to become loose
• Thai: หย่อน (yɔ̀n) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Ukrainian: розслабля́тися (rozslabljátysja) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Ukrainian: розсла́битися (rozslábytysja) — (intransitive) to become loose
• Welsh: ymlacio — (intransitive) to become loose
• Bulgarian: отпускам (otpuskam) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Bulgarian: разпускам (razpuskam) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Catalan: relaxar — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Dutch: ontspannen — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Finnish: rentouttaa — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• German: entspannen — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Italian: rilassare — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Japanese: 落ち着かせる (ochitsukaseru) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Japanese: 和らげる (yawarageru) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Japanese: 緊張を解く (kinchō o toku) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Latin: relaxō — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Māori: whakatakupe — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Polish: relaksować — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Polish: zrelaksować — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Polish: odprężać — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Polish: odprężyć — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Portuguese: relaxar — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Romanian: relaxa — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Russian: расслабля́ть (rasslabljátʹ) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Russian: рассла́бить (rasslábitʹ) — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Spanish: relajarse — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Spanish: estar de relax — (transitive) to relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress
• Akkadian: napāšum — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Armenian: հանգստանալ (hangstanal) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Catalan: relaxar-se — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬆弛 /松弛 (sōngchí) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Danish: falde til ro — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Danish: slappe af — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• French: se détendre — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• French: se relaxer — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Galician: relaxarse — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Georgian: ისვენებს (isvenebs) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• German: sich entspannen — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• German: relaxen — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Greek: χαλαρώνω (chalaróno) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Hungarian: kipiheni magát — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Hungarian: kikapcsolódik — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Irish: lig do scíth — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Italian: rilassarsi — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Italian: riposarsi — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Japanese: リラックスする (rirakkusu suru) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Polish: relaksować się — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Polish: zrelaksować się — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Polish: odprężać się — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Polish: odprężyć się — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Russian: расслабля́ться (rasslabljátʹsja) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Russian: рассла́биться (rasslábitʹsja) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Spanish: relajarse — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Spanish: reposarse — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Swedish: slappna av — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Swedish: koppla av — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Ukrainian: розслабля́тися (rozslabljátysja) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Ukrainian: розсла́битися (rozslábytysja) — (intransitive) to rest and become relieved of stress
• Bulgarian: отпускам (otpuskam) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Bulgarian: смекчавам (smekčavam) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Catalan: relaxar — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Chinese Mandarin: 緩解 /缓解 (huǎnjiě) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Chinese Mandarin: 緩和 /缓和 (huǎnhé) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Dutch: ontspannen — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Finnish: höllentää — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Finnish: löyhentää — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• German: entspannen — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• German: lockern — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Japanese: 落ち着かせる (ochitsukaseru) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Japanese: 和らげる (yawarageru) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Japanese: 緊張を解く (kinchō wo toku) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Polish: rozluźniać — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Polish: rozluźnić — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Polish: poluzowywać — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Polish: poluzować — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Portuguese: relaxar — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Romanian: relaxa — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Russian: ослабля́ть (oslabljátʹ) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Russian: осла́бить (oslábitʹ) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Russian: распуска́ть (raspuskátʹ) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Russian: распусти́ть (raspustítʹ) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Spanish: relajar — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Ukrainian: послабля́ти (poslabljáty) — (transitive) to make something less severe or tense
• Bulgarian: отпускам се (otpuskam se) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Catalan: relaxar — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Chinese Mandarin: 緩解 /缓解 (huǎnjiě) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Chinese Mandarin: 緩和 /缓和 (huǎnhé) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Esperanto: senstreĉiĝi — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Finnish: rentoutua — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Finnish: rauhoittua — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Finnish: löystyä — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Finnish: relata — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• French: se détendre — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Japanese: 落ち着く (ochitsuku) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Japanese: 緊張を解く (kinchō o toku) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Japanese: ほっとする (hotto suru) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Māori: whakanā — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Polish: rozluźniać się — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Polish: rozluźnić się — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Portuguese: relaxar — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Romanian: relaxa — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Russian: распуска́ться (raspuskátʹsja) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Russian: распусти́ться (raspustítʹsja) — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Spanish: relajar — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Welsh: ymlacio — (intransitive) to become less severe or tense
• Catalan: relaxar — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Catalan: afluixar — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Chinese Mandarin: 緩和 /缓和 (huǎnhé) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Chinese Mandarin: 缓和 (huǎnhé) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Czech: uvolnit — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Dutch: ontspannen — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Finnish: höllentää — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• German: entspannen — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• German: lockern — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Japanese: 緩和する (kanwa suru) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Japanese: 緩める (yurumeru) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Polish: łagodzić — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Polish: złagodzić — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Russian: смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Russian: смягчи́ть (smjaxčítʹ) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Spanish: relajar — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Telugu: సడలించు (saḍaliñcu) — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Thai: ลดหย่อน — (transitive) to make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient
• Catalan: relaxar-se — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Finnish: höllentyä — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Finnish: hölletä — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Japanese: 緩和する (kanwa suru) — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Japanese: 緩める (yurumeru) — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Polish: łagodnieć — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Polish: złagodnieć — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Romanian: relaxa — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Russian: смягча́ться (smjaxčátʹsja) — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Russian: смягчи́ться (smjaxčítʹsja) — (intransitive) to become more lenient
• Spanish: relajar — (intransitive) to become more lenient