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Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).

From Middle English repairen (“to return”), from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pair English repair From re- + pair.

231 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: riparim — act of repairing something
• Arabic: تَصْلِيح (taṣlīḥ) — act of repairing something
• Arabic: إِصْلَاح (ʔiṣlāḥ) — act of repairing something
• Arabic: تَرْمِيم (tarmīm) — act of repairing something
• Arabic: مَرَمَّة (maramma) — act of repairing something
• Armenian: վերանորոգում (veranorogum) — act of repairing something
• Assamese: মেৰামতি (meramoti) — act of repairing something
• Azerbaijani: təmir — act of repairing something
• Belarusian: рамо́нт (ramónt) — act of repairing something
• Belarusian: рэмо́нт (remónt) — act of repairing something
• Belarusian: напра́ва (napráva) — act of repairing something
• Bulgarian: попра́вка (poprávka) — act of repairing something
• Bulgarian: ремо́нт (remónt) — act of repairing something
• Burmese: ပြုပြင်ခြင်း (pru.pranghkrang:) — act of repairing something
• Catalan: reparació — act of repairing something
• Chinese Mandarin: 修理 (xiūlǐ) — act of repairing something
• Czech: oprava — act of repairing something
• Danish: reparation — act of repairing something
• Dutch: reparatie — act of repairing something
• Esperanto: riparado — act of repairing something
• Estonian: remont — act of repairing something
• Finnish: korjaus — act of repairing something
• Finnish: korjaaminen — act of repairing something
• French: réparation — act of repairing something
• Georgian: რემონტი (remonṭi) — act of repairing something
• German: Reparatur — act of repairing something
• Greek: επισκευή (episkeví) — act of repairing something
• Greek: επιδιόρθωση (epidiórthosi) — act of repairing something
• Hebrew: תיקון — act of repairing something
• Hebrew: תִּקּוּן (tikún) — act of repairing something
• Hindi: मरम्मत (marammat) — act of repairing something
• Hungarian: javítás — act of repairing something
• Icelandic: viðgerð — act of repairing something
• Icelandic: bæting — act of repairing something
• Icelandic: lagfæring — act of repairing something
• Ido: reparo — act of repairing something
• Indonesian: perbaikan — act of repairing something
• Irish: deisiú — act of repairing something
• Japanese: 修理 (shūri) — act of repairing something
• Kazakh: жөндеу (jöndeu) — act of repairing something
• Khmer: ការកែ (kaa kae) — act of repairing something
• Khmer: ការសមសែម (kaa sɑɑmsaem) — act of repairing something
• Korean: 수리 (suri) — act of repairing something
• Kyrgyz: ремонт (remont) — act of repairing something
• Lao: ການສ້ອມ (kān sǭm) — act of repairing something
• Lao: ການສ້ອມແປງ (kān sǭm pǣng) — act of repairing something
• Lao: ການສ້ອມແຊມ (kān sǭm sǣm) — act of repairing something
• Latgalian: taiseit — act of repairing something
• Latgalian: pruoveit — act of repairing something
• Latgalian: lobuot — act of repairing something
• Latvian: remonts — act of repairing something
• Lithuanian: remontas — act of repairing something
• Macedonian: поправка (popravka) — act of repairing something
• Malay: pembaikpulihan — act of repairing something
• Norwegian Bokmål: reparasjon — act of repairing something
• Norwegian Bokmål: reparering — act of repairing something
• Dari: تَعْمِیر (ta'mīr) — act of repairing something
• Dari: مَرَمَّت (marammat) — act of repairing something
• Dari: تَرْمِیم (tarmīm) — act of repairing something
• Iranian Persian: تَعْمیر (ta'mir) — act of repairing something
• Iranian Persian: مَرَمَّت (marammat) — act of repairing something
• Iranian Persian: تَرْمیم (tarmim) — act of repairing something
• Polish: naprawa — act of repairing something
• Portuguese: reparo — act of repairing something
• Portuguese: conserto — act of repairing something
• Portuguese: reparação — act of repairing something
• Romanian: reparație — act of repairing something
• Russian: ремо́нт (remónt) — act of repairing something
• Russian: почи́нка (počínka) — act of repairing something
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀правак — act of repairing something
• Serbo-Croatian: pòpravak — act of repairing something
• Slovak: oprava — act of repairing something
• Slovene: poprava — act of repairing something
• Spanish: reparación — act of repairing something
• Swedish: reparation — act of repairing something
• Swedish: lagning — act of repairing something
• Tagalog: pag-ayo — act of repairing something
• Tajik: таъмир (ta'mir) — act of repairing something
• Tajik: тармим (tarmim) — act of repairing something
• Tajik: мараммат (marammat) — act of repairing something
• Thai: การซ่อม (gaan-sɔ̂m) — act of repairing something
• Thai: การซ่อมแซม (gaan-sɔ̂m-sɛɛm) — act of repairing something
• Turkish: tamir — act of repairing something
• Turkish: onarım — act of repairing something
• Turkish: tamirat — act of repairing something
• Ottoman Turkish: تعمیر (taʼmir) — act of repairing something
• Ottoman Turkish: مرمت (meremet) — act of repairing something
• Ukrainian: ремо́нт (remónt) — act of repairing something
• Ukrainian: напра́ва (napráva) — act of repairing something
• Urdu: تَعْمِیر (ta'mīr) — act of repairing something
• Urdu: مَرَمَّت (marammat) — act of repairing something
• Uyghur: رېمونت (rëmont) — act of repairing something
• Uzbek: remont — act of repairing something
• Uzbek: taʼmir — act of repairing something
• Vietnamese: sửa chữa — act of repairing something
• Yiddish: רעפּאַראַטור (reparatur) — act of repairing something
• Bulgarian: изпра́вност (izprávnost) — result of repairing something
• Esperanto: riparo — result of repairing something
• Finnish: korjaus — result of repairing something
• French: réparation — result of repairing something
• German: Ausbesserung — result of repairing something
• German: Instandsetzung — result of repairing something
• Portuguese: reparo — result of repairing something
• Russian: испра́вность (isprávnostʹ) — result of repairing something
• Spanish: reparación — result of repairing something
• Bulgarian: посещение (poseštenie) — act of going to a place
• Finnish: käynti — act of going to a place
• Finnish: matka — act of going to a place
• Finnish: lempipaikka — place to which one goes often
• Albanian: ndreq — to restore to good working order
• Southern Altai: јамаар (ǰamaar) — to restore to good working order
• Southern Altai: јазаар (ǰazaar) — to restore to good working order
• Arabic: أَصْلَحَ (ʔaṣlaḥa) — to restore to good working order
• Arabic: صلح (ṣallaḥ) — to restore to good working order
• Armenian: վերանորոգել (veranorogel) — to restore to good working order
• Belarusian: рамантава́ць (ramantavácʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Belarusian: адрамантава́ць (adramantavácʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Belarusian: пра́віць (právicʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Belarusian: папра́віць (paprávicʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Belarusian: папраўля́ць (paprawljácʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Central Bikol: hirahay — to restore to good working order
• Bulgarian: попра́вям (poprávjam) — to restore to good working order
• Bulgarian: попра́вя (poprávja) — to restore to good working order
• Bulgarian: ремонти́рам (remontíram) — to restore to good working order
• Burmese: ပြုပြင် (pru.prang) — to restore to good working order
• Catalan: reparar — to restore to good working order
• Chinese Mandarin: 修理 (xiūlǐ) — to restore to good working order
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulekeza — to restore to good working order
• Czech: spravit — to restore to good working order
• Czech: opravit — to restore to good working order
• Danish: reparere — to restore to good working order
• Dutch: herstellen — to restore to good working order
• Dutch: repareren — to restore to good working order
• Esperanto: ripari — to restore to good working order
• Estonian: taastama — to restore to good working order
• Faroese: umvæla — to restore to good working order
• Finnish: korjata — to restore to good working order
• Finnish: kunnostaa — to restore to good working order
• Finnish: remontoida — to restore to good working order
• French: réparer — to restore to good working order
• Galician: reparar — to restore to good working order
• Galician: arranxar — to restore to good working order
• Galician: amañar — to restore to good working order
• Galician: gobernar — to restore to good working order
• Galician: compoñer — to restore to good working order
• Gallurese: accuncià — to restore to good working order
• German: reparieren — to restore to good working order
• Greek: επιδιορθώνω (epidiorthóno) — to restore to good working order
• Greek: επισκευάζω (episkevázo) — to restore to good working order
• Ancient Greek: καταρτίζω (katartízō) — to restore to good working order
• Hungarian: megjavít — to restore to good working order
• Icelandic: laga — to restore to good working order
• Ido: reparar — to restore to good working order
• Ingrian: kohentaa — to restore to good working order
• Irish: deisigh — to restore to good working order
• Irish: cuir caoi ar — to restore to good working order
• Italian: riparare — to restore to good working order
• Japanese: 修理する (shūri suru) — to restore to good working order
• Kashmiri: شیرُن (śērun) — to restore to good working order
• Khmer: កែ (kae) — to restore to good working order
• Khmer: សម (sɑɑm) — to restore to good working order
• Khmer: សមសែម (sɑɑmsaem) — to restore to good working order
• Korean: 고치다 (gochida) — to restore to good working order
• Korean: 수리하다 (surihada) — to restore to good working order
• Kumyk: ямамакъ (yamamaq) — to restore to good working order
• Central Kurdish: چاککردن (çakkirdin) — to restore to good working order
• Lao: ສ້ອມ (sǭm) — to restore to good working order
• Lao: ສ້ອມແປງ (sǭm pǣng) — to restore to good working order
• Lao: ແກ້ໄຂ (kǣ khai) — to restore to good working order
• Lao: ທໍາ (tham) — to restore to good working order
• Lao: ສ້ອມແຊມ (sǭm sǣm) — to restore to good working order
• Latin: reficiō — to restore to good working order
• Latin: sarciō — to restore to good working order
• Lü: ᦶᦙ (mae) — to restore to good working order
• Macedonian: поправува (popravuva) — to restore to good working order
• Macedonian: поправи (popravi) — to restore to good working order
• Norman: r'pather — to restore to good working order
• Norwegian: reparere — to restore to good working order
• Old English: ġebētan — to restore to good working order
• Oromo: suphuu — to restore to good working order
• Polish: naprawiać — to restore to good working order
• Polish: naprawić — to restore to good working order
• Portuguese: reparar — to restore to good working order
• Romanian: repara — to restore to good working order
• Russian: ремонти́ровать (remontírovatʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Russian: отремонти́ровать (otremontírovatʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Russian: чини́ть (činítʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Russian: почини́ть (počinítʹ) — to restore to good working order
• Campidanese Sardinian: acconciai — to restore to good working order
• Campidanese Sardinian: arrangiai — to restore to good working order
• Sardinian: accontzare — to restore to good working order
• Sassarese: aggiustà — to restore to good working order
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀прављати — to restore to good working order
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀правити — to restore to good working order
• Serbo-Croatian: pòpravljati — to restore to good working order
• Serbo-Croatian: pòpraviti — to restore to good working order
• Shan: မႄး (máae) — to restore to good working order
• Slovak: opraviť — to restore to good working order
• Slovene: popravljati — to restore to good working order
• Slovene: popraviti — to restore to good working order
• Spanish: reparar — to restore to good working order
• Spanish: apañar — to restore to good working order
• Spanish: enjaquimar — to restore to good working order
• Swahili: rekebisha — to restore to good working order
• Swedish: reparera — to restore to good working order
• Swedish: laga — to restore to good working order
• Thai: ซ่อม (sɔ̂m) — to restore to good working order
• Thai: ซ่อมแซม (sɔ̂m-sɛɛm) — to restore to good working order
• Thai: แก้ไข (gɛ̂ɛ-kǎi) — to restore to good working order
• Tibetan: བཟོ་གཅོས་རྒྱག (bzo gcos rgyag) — to restore to good working order
• Turkish: onarmak — to restore to good working order
• Turkish: tamir etmek — to restore to good working order
• Ottoman Turkish: تعمیر ایتمك (taʼmir etmek) — to restore to good working order
• Ukrainian: ремонтува́ти (remontuváty) — to restore to good working order
• Ukrainian: відремонтува́ти (vidremontuváty) — to restore to good working order
• Ukrainian: ла́годити (láhodyty) — to restore to good working order
• Ukrainian: пола́годити (poláhodyty) — to restore to good working order
• Ukrainian: справля́ти (spravljáty) — to restore to good working order
• Ukrainian: спра́вити (správyty) — to restore to good working order
• Uyghur: ياسىماق (yasimaq) — to restore to good working order
• Uyghur: ئوڭلىماق (onglimaq) — to restore to good working order
• Uyghur: يامىماق (yamimaq) — to restore to good working order
• Vietnamese: chửa — to restore to good working order
• Vietnamese: sửa chữa — to restore to good working order
• Vietnamese: sửa — to restore to good working order
• Welsh: trwsio — to restore to good working order
• Yiddish: פֿאַרריכטן (farrikhtn) — to restore to good working order
• Bulgarian: отивам (otivam) — to transfer oneself to another place
• Bulgarian: отправям се (otpravjam se) — to transfer oneself to another place
• Finnish: siirtyä — to transfer oneself to another place
• German: begeben — to transfer oneself to another place