rescue

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɹɛs.kju/
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• South-Asia: /ˈrɛs.kju/
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• South-Asia, proscribed: /rɪsˈkju/
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• CMU ARPABET: R EH1 S K Y UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

231 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpëtim — act of rescuing, saving
• Arabic: إِنْقَاذ (ʔinqāḏ) — act of rescuing, saving
• Armenian: փրկում (pʻrkum) — act of rescuing, saving
• Asturian: rescate — act of rescuing, saving
• Azerbaijani: xilas — act of rescuing, saving
• Belarusian: ратава́нне (ratavánnje) — act of rescuing, saving
• Belarusian: рату́нак (ratúnak) — act of rescuing, saving
• Belarusian: выратава́нне (vyratavánnje) — act of rescuing, saving
• Bulgarian: спася́ване (spasjávane) — act of rescuing, saving
• Bulgarian: спасе́ние (spasénie) — act of rescuing, saving
• Catalan: rescat — act of rescuing, saving
• Chinese Mandarin: 援救 (yuánjiù) — act of rescuing, saving
• Chinese Mandarin: 營救 /营救 (yíngjiù, yíngjiu) — act of rescuing, saving
• Chinese Mandarin: 救出 (jiùchū) — act of rescuing, saving
• Czech: záchrana — act of rescuing, saving
• Dutch: redding — act of rescuing, saving
• Finnish: pelastus — act of rescuing, saving
• Finnish: pelastaminen — act of rescuing, saving
• French: sauvetage — act of rescuing, saving
• French: secours — act of rescuing, saving
• French: rescousse — act of rescuing, saving
• Galician: rescate — act of rescuing, saving
• German: Rettung — act of rescuing, saving
• Greek: διάσωση (diásosi) — act of rescuing, saving
• Hebrew: הצלה (hatsalá) — act of rescuing, saving
• Hindi: बचाव (bacāv) — act of rescuing, saving
• Hindi: मुक्ति (mukti) — act of rescuing, saving
• Irish: tarrtháil — act of rescuing, saving
• Italian: salvataggio — act of rescuing, saving
• Japanese: 救出 (kyūshutsu) — act of rescuing, saving
• Kazakh: құтқару (qūtqaru) — act of rescuing, saving
• Korean: 구출 (guchul) — act of rescuing, saving
• Kyrgyz: куткаруу (kutkaruu) — act of rescuing, saving
• Latin: ademptio — act of rescuing, saving
• Latin: redemptura — act of rescuing, saving
• Latin: redemptio — act of rescuing, saving
• Latin: asservatio — act of rescuing, saving
• Latin: extractio — act of rescuing, saving
• Latin: subventio — act of rescuing, saving
• Macedonian: спасување (spasuvanje) — act of rescuing, saving
• Manchu: ᠠᡳᡨᡠᠪᡠᠨ (aitubun) — act of rescuing, saving
• Mongolian: аврал (avral) — act of rescuing, saving
• Norwegian Bokmål: berging — act of rescuing, saving
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berging — act of rescuing, saving
• Persian: نجات (nejât) — act of rescuing, saving
• Polish: ratunek — act of rescuing, saving
• Portuguese: resgate — act of rescuing, saving
• Russian: спасе́ние (spasénije) — act of rescuing, saving
• Scottish Gaelic: saoradh — act of rescuing, saving
• Serbo-Croatian: спаша́ва̄ње — act of rescuing, saving
• Serbo-Croatian: spašávānje — act of rescuing, saving
• Slovak: záchrana — act of rescuing, saving
• Slovene: reševanje — act of rescuing, saving
• Spanish: rescate — act of rescuing, saving
• Swedish: räddning — act of rescuing, saving
• Swedish: undsättning — act of rescuing, saving
• Tagalog: pagliligtas — act of rescuing, saving
• Tajik: наҷот (najot) — act of rescuing, saving
• Ottoman Turkish: نجات (necât) — act of rescuing, saving
• Ukrainian: поряту́нок (porjatúnok) — act of rescuing, saving
• Uzbek: qutqarish — act of rescuing, saving
• Uzbek: najot — act of rescuing, saving
• Vietnamese: sự cứu — act of rescuing, saving
• Welsh: achubiaeth — act of rescuing, saving
• Dutch: ontzetting — forcible ending of a siege
• Finnish: vapauttaminen — forcible ending of a siege
• Finnish: pelastuslento — special airliner flight
• Albanian: shpëtoj — to save from any danger or violence
• Arabic: أَنْقَذَ (ʔanqaḏa) — to save from any danger or violence
• Arabic: خَلَّصَ (ḵallaṣa) — to save from any danger or violence
• Arabic: نَجَّى (najjā) — to save from any danger or violence
• Arabic: أنقذ (ʔánqaz) — to save from any danger or violence
• Armenian: փրկել (pʻrkel) — to save from any danger or violence
• Asturian: rescatar — to save from any danger or violence
• Azerbaijani: qurtarmaq — to save from any danger or violence
• Belarusian: ратава́ць (ratavácʹ) — to save from any danger or violence
• Belarusian: вы́ратаваць (výratavacʹ) — to save from any danger or violence
• Bulgarian: спася́вам (spasjávam) — to save from any danger or violence
• Bulgarian: спася́ (spasjá) — to save from any danger or violence
• Burmese: ကယ်ဆယ် (kaihcai) — to save from any danger or violence
• Catalan: salvar — to save from any danger or violence
• Catalan: rescatar — to save from any danger or violence
• Chinese Mandarin: 拯救 (zhěngjiù) — to save from any danger or violence
• Chinese Mandarin: 救援 (jiùyuán) — to save from any danger or violence
• Chinese Mandarin: 營救 /营救 (yíngjiù) — to save from any danger or violence
• Chinese Mandarin: 救助 (jiùzhù) — to save from any danger or violence
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhuyi — to save from any danger or violence
• Czech: zachránit — to save from any danger or violence
• Danish: redde — to save from any danger or violence
• Dutch: bevrijden — to save from any danger or violence
• Dutch: redden — to save from any danger or violence
• Dutch: verlossen — to save from any danger or violence
• Esperanto: savi — to save from any danger or violence
• Estonian: päästma — to save from any danger or violence
• Finnish: pelastaa — to save from any danger or violence
• French: délivrer — to save from any danger or violence
• French: secourir — to save from any danger or violence
• French: sauver — to save from any danger or violence
• Galician: rescatar — to save from any danger or violence
• Georgian: გადარჩენა (gadarčena) — to save from any danger or violence
• Georgian: შველა (švela) — to save from any danger or violence
• Georgian: ხსნა (xsna) — to save from any danger or violence
• German: retten — to save from any danger or violence
• German: bergen — to save from any danger or violence
• German: erlösen — to save from any danger or violence
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganasjan) — to save from any danger or violence
• Greek: σώζω (sózo) — to save from any danger or violence
• Greek: διασώζω (diasózo) — to save from any danger or violence
• Hawaiian: hoʻopakele — to save from any danger or violence
• Hawaiian: hoʻopalekana — to save from any danger or violence
• Hebrew: הִצִּיל (hitsíl) — to save from any danger or violence
• Hindi: बचाना (bacānā) — to save from any danger or violence
• Hungarian: megment — to save from any danger or violence
• Irish: tarrtháil — to save from any danger or violence
• Italian: salvare — to save from any danger or violence
• Japanese: 救う (sukuu) — to save from any danger or violence
• Japanese: 助ける (tasukeru) — to save from any danger or violence
• Japanese: 救い出す (sukuidasu) — to save from any danger or violence
• Japanese: 救助する (kyūjo suru) — to save from any danger or violence
• Kazakh: құтқару (qūtqaru) — to save from any danger or violence
• Khmer: សង្គ្រោះ (sɑɑsɑngkrŭəh) — to save from any danger or violence
• Korean: 구하다 (guhada) — to save from any danger or violence
• Korean: 구출하다 (guchulhada) — to save from any danger or violence
• Kyrgyz: куткаруу (kutkaruu) — to save from any danger or violence
• Lao: ກູ້ໄພ (kū phai) — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: ademptio — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: redemptura — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: redemptiō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: asseravatio — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: extractiō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: subventiō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: adimō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: redimō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: asservo — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: extrahō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: subveniō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latin: ēripiō — to save from any danger or violence
• Latvian: glābt — to save from any danger or violence
• Lithuanian: išgelbėti — to save from any danger or violence
• Macedonian: спасува (spasuva) — to save from any danger or violence
• Macedonian: спаси (spasi) — to save from any danger or violence
• Manchu: ᠠᡳᡨᡠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (aitubumbi) — to save from any danger or violence
• Māori: rauora — to save from any danger or violence
• Māori: whakarauora — to save from any danger or violence
• Mongolian: аврах (avrax) — to save from any danger or violence
• Khiamniungan Naga: ùithām — to save from any danger or violence
• Norwegian Bokmål: redde — to save from any danger or violence
• Norwegian Bokmål: berge — to save from any danger or violence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berge — to save from any danger or violence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berga — to save from any danger or violence
• Church Slavic: съпасти (sŭpasti) — to save from any danger or violence
• Old English: hreddan — to save from any danger or violence
• Persian: نجات دادن (nejât dâdan) — to save from any danger or violence
• Polish: ratować — to save from any danger or violence
• Polish: uratować — to save from any danger or violence
• Polish: ocalić — to save from any danger or violence
• Portuguese: resgatar — to save from any danger or violence
• Portuguese: salvar — to save from any danger or violence
• Romanian: a salva — to save from any danger or violence
• Russian: спаса́ть (spasátʹ) — to save from any danger or violence
• Russian: спасти́ (spastí) — to save from any danger or violence
• Russian: выруча́ть (vyručátʹ) — to save from any danger or violence
• Russian: вы́ручить (výručitʹ) — to save from any danger or violence
• Sanskrit: पिपर्ति (piparti) — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: спаша́вати — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: спаса́вати — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: спа́сити — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: спа̑сти — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: spašávati — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: spasávati — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: spásiti — to save from any danger or violence
• Serbo-Croatian: spásti — to save from any danger or violence
• Slovak: zachraňovať — to save from any danger or violence
• Slovak: zachrániť — to save from any danger or violence
• Slovene: reševati — to save from any danger or violence
• Slovene: rešīti — to save from any danger or violence
• Slovene: rẹ́šiti — to save from any danger or violence
• Southern Altai: куткарар (kutkarar) — to save from any danger or violence
• Spanish: rescatar — to save from any danger or violence
• Spanish: socorrer — to save from any danger or violence
• Spanish: acorrer — to save from any danger or violence
• Swahili: okoa — to save from any danger or violence
• Swedish: rädda — to save from any danger or violence
• Swedish: undsätta — to save from any danger or violence
• Tajik: наҷот додан (najot dodan) — to save from any danger or violence
• Tatar: коткару (qotqaru) — to save from any danger or violence
• Thai: ช่วยเหลือ (chûai-lʉ̌ʉa) — to save from any danger or violence
• Thai: กู้ภัย (gûu-pai) — to save from any danger or violence
• Tibetan: ཉེན་ག་ནས་བཏོན (nyen ga nas bton) — to save from any danger or violence
• Turkish: kurtarmak — to save from any danger or violence
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎍𐎉 (plṭ) — to save from any danger or violence
• Ukrainian: рятува́ти (rjatuváty) — to save from any danger or violence
• Ukrainian: врятува́ти (vrjatuváty) — to save from any danger or violence
• Urdu: بچانا (bacānā) — to save from any danger or violence
• Uyghur: قۇتقۇزماق (qutquzmaq) — to save from any danger or violence
• Uyghur: قۇتۇلدۇرماق (qutuldurmaq) — to save from any danger or violence
• Uzbek: qutqarmoq — to save from any danger or violence
• Uzbek: xalos qilmoq — to save from any danger or violence
• Vietnamese: cứu — to save from any danger or violence
• Walloon: schaper — to save from any danger or violence
• Welsh: achub — to save from any danger or violence
• Yámana: tama-lāgöna — to save from any danger or violence
• Yiddish: ראַטעווען (rateven) — to save from any danger or violence
• Yiddish: מציל זײַן (matsl zayn) — to save from any danger or violence
• Albanian: shpëtoj — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Armenian: ազատել (azatel) — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Bulgarian: освобождавам (osvoboždavam) — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Dutch: bevrijden — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Dutch: verlossen — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galausjan) — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Khiamniungan Naga: ùithām — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Russian: освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Russian: освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Spanish: rescatar — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Welsh: achub — to free, liberate from physical restraint
• Dutch: loswrikken — to recover forcibly
• Dutch: ontfutselen — to recover forcibly
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to recover forcibly
• Dutch: redden — to remove from exposure to evil/sin
• Finnish: pelastaa — to remove from exposure to evil/sin
• Russian: спаса́ть (spasátʹ) — to remove from exposure to evil/sin
• Russian: спасти́ (spastí) — to remove from exposure to evil/sin
• Russian: выруча́ть (vyručátʹ) — to remove from exposure to evil/sin
• Russian: вы́ручить (výručitʹ) — to remove from exposure to evil/sin
• Finnish: säilyttää — to achieve something positive under difficult conditions
• Finnish: pelastaa — to achieve something positive under difficult conditions
• Finnish: palauttaa — biology, genetics: to restore a particular trait in an organism
• Finnish: pelastaa — to salvage and restore something that has been discarded
• Finnish: pelastaa — to fix a mistake made while preparing something
• Finnish: adoptoida — to adopt (an animal)