relinquish

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• /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 L IH1 NG K W IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 L IH1 NG K W IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykw- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékwti Proto-Italic *linkwō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изоставям (izostavjam) — to give up, abandon
• Bulgarian: напускам (napuskam) — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: relinquir — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: abandonar — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: deixar — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: cedir — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: renunciar a — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: rendir-se — to give up, abandon
• Catalan: derelinquir — to give up, abandon
• Dutch: opgeven — to give up, abandon
• Dutch: loslaten — to give up, abandon
• Dutch: verzaken — to give up, abandon
• Dutch: afstand doen van — to give up, abandon
• Esperanto: abandoni — to give up, abandon
• Finnish: luovuttaa — to give up, abandon
• Finnish: luopua — to give up, abandon
• French: abandonner — to give up, abandon
• French: délaisser — to give up, abandon
• French: céder — to give up, abandon
• French: renoncer à — to give up, abandon
• French: relinquir — to give up, abandon
• German: verlassen — to give up, abandon
• German: aufgeben — to give up, abandon
• German: überlassen — to give up, abandon
• Hungarian: lemond — to give up, abandon
• Hungarian: felad — to give up, abandon
• Irish: tabhair suas — to give up, abandon
• Italian: abbandonare — to give up, abandon
• Italian: lasciare — to give up, abandon
• Italian: cedere — to give up, abandon
• Italian: rinunciare a — to give up, abandon
• Italian: relinquere — to give up, abandon
• Japanese: 放棄する (houki suru) — to give up, abandon
• Korean: 포기하다 (pogihada) — to give up, abandon
• Latin: relinquō — to give up, abandon
• Māori: tuku — to give up, abandon
• Norwegian: gi opp — to give up, abandon
• Polish: porzucać — to give up, abandon
• Portuguese: renunciar a — to give up, abandon
• Portuguese: abandonar — to give up, abandon
• Portuguese: deixar — to give up, abandon
• Portuguese: ceder — to give up, abandon
• Portuguese: desistir de — to give up, abandon
• Portuguese: relinquir — to give up, abandon
• Romanian: lepăda — to give up, abandon
• Russian: оставлять (ostavljatʹ) — to give up, abandon
• Russian: отказываться (otkazyvatʹsja) — to give up, abandon
• Sanskrit: रिणक्ति (riṇakti) — to give up, abandon
• Serbo-Croatian: prepustiti — to give up, abandon
• Serbo-Croatian: odstupiti — to give up, abandon
• Slovak: odstúpiť — to give up, abandon
• Spanish: dimitir de — to give up, abandon
• Spanish: derrelinquir — to give up, abandon
• Spanish: derelinquir — to give up, abandon
• Thai: สละ (sà-là) — to give up, abandon
• Turkish: bırakmak — to give up, abandon
• Turkish: el çekmek — to give up, abandon
• Turkish: elini çekmek — to give up, abandon
• Turkish: vazgeçmek — to give up, abandon
• Turkish: feragat etmek — to give up, abandon
• Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to give up, abandon
• Bulgarian: изпускам (izpuskam) — to let go, physically release
• Dutch: loslaten — to let go, physically release
• Dutch: vrijlaten — to let go, physically release
• Finnish: luovuttaa — to let go, physically release
• Finnish: luopua — to let go, physically release
• French: lâcher — to let go, physically release
• French: relâcher — to let go, physically release
• German: abtreten — to let go, physically release
• German: Verzicht leisten — to let go, physically release
• German: verzichten — to let go, physically release
• Hungarian: elenged — to let go, physically release
• Hungarian: elereszt — to let go, physically release
• Hungarian: kienged — to let go, physically release
• Hungarian: kiejt — to let go, physically release
• Italian: rilasciare — to let go, physically release
• Italian: lasciare andare — to let go, physically release
• Italian: liberare — to let go, physically release
• Polish: porzucać — to let go, physically release
• Polish: zwalniać — to let go, physically release
• Portuguese: soltar — to let go, physically release
• Russian: отпускать (otpuskatʹ) — to let go, physically release
• Spanish: soltar — to let go, physically release
• Turkish: bırakmak — to let go, physically release
• Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to let go, physically release
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — to let go, physically release
• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Bulgarian: отказвам се (otkazvam se) — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Dutch: opgeven — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Dutch: loslaten — to surrender, yield control or possession
• German: aufgeben — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Hungarian: átenged — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Italian: consegnarsi — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Italian: consegnare — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Italian: cedere — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Norwegian: å gi opp — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Polish: poddawać — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Portuguese: abandonar — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Russian: сдавать (sdavatʹ) — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Russian: уступить (ustupitʹ) — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Serbo-Croatian: odstupiti — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Serbo-Croatian: ustupiti — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Serbo-Croatian: prepustiti — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Slovak: odstúpiť — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Turkish: terk etmek — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Turkish: vazgeçmek — to surrender, yield control or possession
• Bulgarian: предавам се (predavam se) — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Dutch: opgeven — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Dutch: loslaten — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Dutch: verzaken (ann) — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• German: aufgeben — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• German: abtreten — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Hungarian: felad — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Italian: desistere — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Italian: ritirarsi — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Italian: ritirare — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Portuguese: desistir de — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Spanish: desistir de — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Turkish: terk etmek — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
• Turkish: vazgeçmek — to accept to give up, withdraw etc.