reply

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• /ɹɪˈplaɪ/
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From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“to fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plicō (“to fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of replicate and replica.

236 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përgjigje — written or spoken response
• Arabic: إِجَابَة (ʔijāba) — written or spoken response
• Arabic: جَوَاب (jawāb) — written or spoken response
• Arabic: رَدّ (radd) — written or spoken response
• Armenian: պատասխան (patasxan) — written or spoken response
• Asturian: rempuesta — written or spoken response
• Asturian: rimpuesta — written or spoken response
• Asturian: resposta — written or spoken response
• Asturian: respuesta — written or spoken response
• Azerbaijani: cavab — written or spoken response
• Bangi: eyano — written or spoken response
• Bashkir: яуап (yawap) — written or spoken response
• Belarusian: адка́з (adkáz) — written or spoken response
• Bengali: জবাব (jobab) — written or spoken response
• Bengali: উত্তর (uttor) — written or spoken response
• Bulgarian: о́тговор (ótgovor) — written or spoken response
• Catalan: resposta — written or spoken response
• Chinese Cantonese: 回答 (wui4 daap3) — written or spoken response
• Chinese Mandarin: 回答 (huídá) — written or spoken response
• Czech: odpověď — written or spoken response
• Danish: svar — written or spoken response
• Danish: besvarelse — written or spoken response
• Dutch: antwoord — written or spoken response
• Dutch: respons — written or spoken response
• Erzya: каршо вал (karšo val) — written or spoken response
• Estonian: vastus — written or spoken response
• Finnish: vastaus — written or spoken response
• French: réponse — written or spoken response
• Old French: response — written or spoken response
• Georgian: პასუხი (ṗasuxi) — written or spoken response
• German: Antwort — written or spoken response
• German: Entgegnung — written or spoken response
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (andahafts) — written or spoken response
• Greek: απάντηση (apántisi) — written or spoken response
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis) — written or spoken response
• Hebrew: תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá) — written or spoken response
• Hebrew: תְּגוּבָה (t’goovah / tehgoovah) — written or spoken response
• Hindi: जवाब (javāb) — written or spoken response
• Hindi: उत्तर (uttar) — written or spoken response
• Hungarian: válasz — written or spoken response
• Hungarian: felelet — written or spoken response
• Ingrian: vassus — written or spoken response
• Irish: freagairt — written or spoken response
• Italian: risposta — written or spoken response
• Italian: replica — written or spoken response
• Japanese: 返事 (henji) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: 返答 (hentō) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: 答え (kotae) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: 返信 (henshin) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: 回答 (kaitō) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: リプライ (ripurai) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: リプ (ripu) — written or spoken response
• Japanese: レス (resu) — written or spoken response
• Kazakh: жауап (jauap) — written or spoken response
• Khmer: ពាក្យឆ្លើយ (piək chlaəy) — written or spoken response
• Korean: 대답 (daedap) — written or spoken response
• Korean: 답변 (dapbyeon) — written or spoken response
• Korean: 회답 (hoedap) — written or spoken response
• Korean: 리플 (ripeul) — written or spoken response
• Korean: 댓글 (daetgeul) — written or spoken response
• Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — written or spoken response
• Kyrgyz: жооп (joop) — written or spoken response
• Latin: responsum — written or spoken response
• Latvian: atbilde — written or spoken response
• Lingala: eyano — written or spoken response
• Lithuanian: atsakymas — written or spoken response
• Macedonian: одговор (odgovor) — written or spoken response
• Malayalam: മറുപടി (maṟupaṭi) — written or spoken response
• Malayalam: പ്രതികരണം (pratikaraṇaṁ) — written or spoken response
• Manx: freggyrt — written or spoken response
• Eastern Mari: вашмут (vašmut) — written or spoken response
• Norman: rêponse — written or spoken response
• Norwegian Bokmål: svar — written or spoken response
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svar — written or spoken response
• Old English: ġeġncwide — written or spoken response
• Pashto: ځواب (źwāb) — written or spoken response
• Dari: جَوَاب (jawāb) — written or spoken response
• Dari: پَاسُخ (pāsux) — written or spoken response
• Iranian Persian: جَواب (javâb) — written or spoken response
• Iranian Persian: پاسُخ (pâsox) — written or spoken response
• Plautdietsch: Auntwuat (nds) — written or spoken response
• Polish: odpowiedź — written or spoken response
• Portuguese: resposta — written or spoken response
• Romanian: răspuns — written or spoken response
• Russian: отве́т (otvét) — written or spoken response
• Scottish Gaelic: freagairt — written or spoken response
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дгово̄р — written or spoken response
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdgovōr — written or spoken response
• Slovak: odpoveď — written or spoken response
• Slovene: odgovor — written or spoken response
• Spanish: respuesta — written or spoken response
• Spanish: responsión — written or spoken response
• Spanish: contestación — written or spoken response
• Swedish: svar — written or spoken response
• Tagalog: sagot — written or spoken response
• Tagalog: buwelta — written or spoken response
• Tajik: жавоб (žavob) — written or spoken response
• Tajik: посух (posux) — written or spoken response
• Tatar: җавап (cawap) — written or spoken response
• Thai: คําตอบ (kam-dtɔ̀ɔp) — written or spoken response
• Turkish: yanıt — written or spoken response
• Turkish: cevap — written or spoken response
• Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevab) — written or spoken response
• Ottoman Turkish: اجابت (icabet) — written or spoken response
• Turkmen: jogap — written or spoken response
• Ukrainian: ві́дповідь (vídpovidʹ) — written or spoken response
• Urdu: جَواب (javāb) — written or spoken response
• Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab) — written or spoken response
• Uzbek: javob — written or spoken response
• Vietnamese: trả lời — written or spoken response
• Welsh: ateb — written or spoken response
• Zazaki: cewab — written or spoken response
• Armenian: պատասխան (patasxan) — something given in reply
• Danish: svar — something given in reply
• Finnish: vastaus — something given in reply
• French: réponse — something given in reply
• German: Antwort — something given in reply
• Ingrian: vassus — something given in reply
• Japanese: お返し (okaeshi) — something given in reply
• Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — something given in reply
• Macedonian: одговор (odgovor) — something given in reply
• Malayalam: മറുപടി (maṟupaṭi) — something given in reply
• Eastern Mari: вашмут (vašmut) — something given in reply
• Portuguese: resposta — something given in reply
• Russian: отве́т (otvét) — something given in reply
• Spanish: respuesta — something given in reply
• Spanish: responsión — something given in reply
• Spanish: contestación — something given in reply
• Arabic: أَجَابَ (ʔajāba) — to give a written or spoken response
• Arabic: رَدَّ (radda) — to give a written or spoken response
• Arabic: رد (radd) — to give a written or spoken response
• Armenian: պատասխանել (patasxanel) — to give a written or spoken response
• Azerbaijani: cavab vermək — to give a written or spoken response
• Azerbaijani: cavablandırmaq — to give a written or spoken response
• Bangi: yanola — to give a written or spoken response
• Bengali: জবাব দেওয়া (jobab deōẇa) — to give a written or spoken response
• Bengali: উত্তর দেওয়া (uttor deōẇa) — to give a written or spoken response
• Bulgarian: отгова́рям (otgovárjam) — to give a written or spoken response
• Catalan: respondre — to give a written or spoken response
• Cherokee: ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᎠ (gawohiliyva) — to give a written or spoken response
• Chinese Mandarin: 回答 (huídá) — to give a written or spoken response
• Chinese Mandarin: 答應 /答应 (dāying) — to give a written or spoken response
• Chinese Mandarin: 答覆 (dáfù) — to give a written or spoken response
• Czech: odpovědět — to give a written or spoken response
• Czech: odepsat — to give a written or spoken response
• Danish: svare — to give a written or spoken response
• Danish: besvare — to give a written or spoken response
• Dutch: antwoorden — to give a written or spoken response
• Dutch: beantwoorden — to give a written or spoken response
• Esperanto: respondi — to give a written or spoken response
• Finnish: vastata — to give a written or spoken response
• French: répondre — to give a written or spoken response
• Friulian: rispuindi — to give a written or spoken response
• Georgian: პასუხობს (ṗasuxobs) — to give a written or spoken response
• German: antworten — to give a written or spoken response
• German: erwidern — to give a written or spoken response
• Greek: απαντώ (apantó) — to give a written or spoken response
• Ancient Greek: ἀποκρίνομαι (apokrínomai) — to give a written or spoken response
• Hindi: जवाब (javāb) — to give a written or spoken response
• Hindi: जवाब देना (javāb denā) — to give a written or spoken response
• Hindi: उत्तर देना (uttar denā) — to give a written or spoken response
• Hungarian: felel — to give a written or spoken response
• Hungarian: válaszol — to give a written or spoken response
• Indonesian: jawab — to give a written or spoken response
• Ingrian: vassata — to give a written or spoken response
• Irish: freagair — to give a written or spoken response
• Italian: rispondere — to give a written or spoken response
• Italian: replicare — to give a written or spoken response
• Japanese: 返事する (henji-suru) — to give a written or spoken response
• Japanese: 返信する (henshin-suru) — to give a written or spoken response
• Japanese: 答える (kotaeru) — to give a written or spoken response
• Khmer: ឆ្លើយ (claəy) — to give a written or spoken response
• Khmer: តប (tɑɑp) — to give a written or spoken response
• Korean: 대답하다 (daedaphada) — to give a written or spoken response
• Central Kurdish: وەڵام دان (wellam dan) — to give a written or spoken response
• Ladin: respuender — to give a written or spoken response
• Latin: respondeō — to give a written or spoken response
• Latin: resequor — to give a written or spoken response
• Lingala: yanola — to give a written or spoken response
• Macedonian: одговара (odgovara) — to give a written or spoken response
• Malayalam: മറുപടി നൽകുക (maṟupaṭi nalkuka) — to give a written or spoken response
• Malayalam: പ്രതികരിക്കുക (pratikarikkuka) — to give a written or spoken response
• Manx: freggyr — to give a written or spoken response
• Māori: urupare — to give a written or spoken response
• Khiamniungan Naga: thòshī — to give a written or spoken response
• Norman: rêpondre — to give a written or spoken response
• Norwegian: svare — to give a written or spoken response
• Persian: جواب دادن (javâb dâdan) — to give a written or spoken response
• Persian: پاسخانیدن (pâsoxânidan) — to give a written or spoken response
• Plautdietsch: auntwuate — to give a written or spoken response
• Polish: odpowiadać — to give a written or spoken response
• Polish: odpowiedzieć — to give a written or spoken response
• Portuguese: responder — to give a written or spoken response
• Romanian: răspunde — to give a written or spoken response
• Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — to give a written or spoken response
• Russian: отве́тить (otvétitʹ) — to give a written or spoken response
• Scottish Gaelic: freagair — to give a written or spoken response
• Serbo-Croatian: odgovoriti — to give a written or spoken response
• Somali: jawaabid — to give a written or spoken response
• Spanish: responder — to give a written or spoken response
• Spanish: contestar — to give a written or spoken response
• Swedish: svara — to give a written or spoken response
• Swedish: besvara — to give a written or spoken response
• Tamil: பதில் சொல் (patil col) — to give a written or spoken response
• Tok Pisin: bekim tok — to give a written or spoken response
• Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (rozpovidáty) — to give a written or spoken response
• Ukrainian: розпові́сти (rozpovísty) — to give a written or spoken response
• Urdu: جواب دینا (javāb denā) — to give a written or spoken response
• Vietnamese: trả lời — to give a written or spoken response
• Vietnamese: hồi đáp — to give a written or spoken response
• Vietnamese: hồi âm — to give a written or spoken response
• Welsh: ateb — to give a written or spoken response
• Zazaki: cewab — to give a written or spoken response
• Bulgarian: отвръщам (otvrǎštam) — to act or gesture in response
• Danish: svare — to act or gesture in response
• Danish: genmæle — to act or gesture in response
• Dutch: beantwoorden — to act or gesture in response
• Finnish: vastata — to act or gesture in response
• Ingrian: vassata — to act or gesture in response
• Japanese: 返事する (henji-suru) — to act or gesture in response
• Central Kurdish: وەڵام دان (wellam dan) — to act or gesture in response
• Macedonian: одговара (odgovara) — to act or gesture in response
• Malayalam: മറുപടി നൽകുക (maṟupaṭi nalkuka) — to act or gesture in response
• Portuguese: responder — to act or gesture in response
• Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — to act or gesture in response
• Russian: отве́тить (otvétitʹ) — to act or gesture in response
• Scottish Gaelic: freagair — to act or gesture in response
• Spanish: responder — to act or gesture in response
• Spanish: contestar — to act or gesture in response
• Finnish: palauttaa — to repeat something back
• Italian: ripetere — to repeat something back
• Japanese: 返事する (henji-suru) — to repeat something back
• Malayalam: മറുപടി നൽകുക (maṟupaṭi nalkuka) — to repeat something back
• Portuguese: repetir — to repeat something back
• Spanish: repetir — to repeat something back
• Tok Pisin: bekim tok — to repeat something back