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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə/
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• General-American: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/
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• /ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/ Canada, idle-idol split
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• rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R IY2 K W AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 K W AY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: R IH0 K W AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French requerre (whence Modern French requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”, literally “to seek back”), from re- (“back; again”) + quaerō (“to seek”, whence query).

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: պահանջել (pahanǰel) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Belarusian: патрабава́ць (patrabavácʹ) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Belarusian: запатрабава́ць (zapatrabavácʹ) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Bulgarian: изисквам (iziskvam) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Catalan: exigir — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Catalan: requerir — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Chinese Mandarin: 要求 (yāoqiú) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Czech: žádat — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Czech: požadovat — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Czech: vyžadovat — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Danish: kræve — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Esperanto: postuli — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Finnish: vaatia — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Finnish: perätä — to demand, call for authoritatively
• French: exiger — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Galician: esixir — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Galician: requirir — to demand, call for authoritatively
• German: erfordern — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Hungarian: követel — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Hungarian: megkövetel — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Italian: esigere — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Italian: prevedere — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Japanese: 要求する (yōkyū suru) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Korean: 요구하다 (yoguhada) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Portuguese: exigir — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Portuguese: requerer — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Russian: тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Russian: потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Swedish: kräva — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Swedish: utkräva — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Tocharian B: ñäsk- — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Ukrainian: вимага́ти (vymaháty) — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Vietnamese: yêu cầu — to demand, call for authoritatively
• Arabic: اِقْتَضَى (iqtaḍā) — to need
• Arabic: تَطَلَّبَ (taṭallaba) — to need
• Armenian: անհրաժեշտ լինել (anhražešt linel) — to need
• Armenian: կարիք ունենալ (karikʻ unenal) — to need
• Bulgarian: нуждая се (nuždaja se) — to need
• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᎬᎦ (unigvga) — to need
• Chinese Mandarin: 需要 (xūyào) — to need
• Czech: žádat — to need
• Czech: vyžadovat — to need
• Danish: kræve — to need
• Esperanto: bezoni — to need
• Finnish: vaatia — to need
• Finnish: edellyttää — to need
• French: demander — to need
• French: avoir besoin de — to need
• French: requérir — to need
• French: nécessiter — to need
• Galician: precisar — to need
• Galician: requirir — to need
• German: brauchen — to need
• German: benötigen — to need
• German: erfordern — to need
• Greek: χρειάζομαι (chreiázomai) — to need
• Ancient Greek: δέω (déō) — to need
• Ido: necesigar — to need
• Interlingua: requirer — to need
• Italian: richiedere — to need
• Italian: necessitare — to need
• Japanese: 必要とする (hitsuyō to suru) — to need
• Japanese: 要する (yōsuru) — to need
• Lao: ຕ້ອງການ (tǭng kān) — to need
• Polish: potrzebować — to need
• Portuguese: precisar de — to need
• Portuguese: necessitar — to need
• Portuguese: requerer — to need
• Spanish: requerir — to need
• Spanish: precisar (de) — to need
• Swedish: behöva — to need
• Swedish: kräva — to need
• Turkish: gerektirmek — to need
• Turkish: gereksinmek — to need
• Turkish: icap etmek — to need
• Ukrainian: потребува́ти (potrebuváty) — to need
• Armenian: պահանջել (pahanǰel) — to demand of (someone)
• Bulgarian: искам (iskam) — to demand of (someone)
• Chinese Mandarin: 要求 (yāoqiú) — to demand of (someone)
• Finnish: vaatia — to demand of (someone)
• Finnish: edellyttää — to demand of (someone)
• French: exiger de — to demand of (someone)
• French: prier — to demand of (someone)
• Galician: requirir — to demand of (someone)
• Italian: richiedere — to demand of (someone)
• Italian: domandare — to demand of (someone)
• Japanese: 要求する (yōkyū suru) — to demand of (someone)
• Russian: тре́бовать (trébovatʹ) — to demand of (someone)
• Russian: потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ) — to demand of (someone)
• Swedish: avkräva — to demand of (someone)