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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɔːs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɔːs/
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• Canada, US: /ˈɹisɔɹs/
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• Canada, US: /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/
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• Canada, US: /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/
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• /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɹɪˈsoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɹɪˈzoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈɹiːsoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
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• CMU ARPABET: R IY1 S AO0 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.

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

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: burim — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Arabic: مَوْرِد (mawrid) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Armenian: ռեսուրս (ṙesurs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Azerbaijani: resurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Belarusian: рэсу́рс (resúrs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Belarusian: сро́дак (sródak) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Bulgarian: ресу́рс (resúrs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Bulgarian: сре́дство (srédstvo) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Catalan: recurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Catalan: mitjà — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Chinese Cantonese: 資源 /资源 (zi1 jyun4) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Chinese: 資源 /资源 (zh-min-nan) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Chinese Mandarin: 資源 /资源 (zīyuán) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Czech: zdroj — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Danish: resurse — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Danish: ressource — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Dutch: bron — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Dutch: hulpbron — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Dutch: faciliteit — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Dutch: hulpmiddel — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Dutch: ressource — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Esperanto: resurso — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Esperanto: rimedo — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Estonian: ressurss — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Finnish: voimavara — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Finnish: resurssi — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• French: ressource — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Georgian: რესურსი (resursi) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Ressource — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Mittel — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Rohstoff — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Quelle — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Einsatzmittel — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Betriebsmittel — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• German: Hilfsmittel — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Greek: πόροι (póroi) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Hebrew: מַשְׁאָב (mash'áv) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Hindi: संसाधन (sansādhan) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Hungarian: erőforrás — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Icelandic: aðföng — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Indonesian: sumber daya — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Italian: risorsa — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Japanese: 資源 (shigen) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Japanese: 資産 (shisan) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Japanese: 供給源 (kyōkyūgen) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Japanese: リソース (risōsu) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Kazakh: ресурс (resurs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Kazakh: қор (qor) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Khmer: ធនធាន (thŭən thiən) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Korean: 자원 (jawon) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Kyrgyz: ресурс (resurs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Lao: ຊັບພະຍາກອນ (sap pha nyā kǭn) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Latvian: resurss — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Lithuanian: išteklius — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Lithuanian: resursas — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Macedonian: ресурс (resurs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Malay: sumber — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Māori: rawa — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Māori: rauemi — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Māori: matatiki — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Norwegian Bokmål: ressurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Norwegian Bokmål: resurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ressurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Norwegian Nynorsk: resurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Iranian Persian: مَنْبَع (manba') — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Iranian Persian: مَنابِع (manâbe') — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Plautdietsch: Väarot — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Polish: środki — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Polish: zasób — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Portuguese: recurso — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Portuguese: expediente — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Romanian: resursă — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Romanian: mijloc — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Russian: ресу́рс (resúrs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Russian: запа́с (zapás) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Russian: сре́дство (srédstvo) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Scottish Gaelic: goireas — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Serbo-Croatian: срѐдство — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Serbo-Croatian: рѐсурс — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Serbo-Croatian: srèdstvo — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Serbo-Croatian: rèsurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Sicilian: risursa — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Slovak: zdroj — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Slovene: sredstvo — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Slovene: vir — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Spanish: recurso — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Swahili: raslimali — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Swedish: resurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Tagalog: yaman — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Tagalog: kayamanan — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Tajik: манбаъ (manba') — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Tajik: захира (zaxira) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Thai: ทรัพยากร (sáp-pá-yaa-gɔɔn) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Turkish: kaynak — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Ukrainian: ресу́рс (resúrs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Ukrainian: за́сіб (zásib) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Urdu: وَسائِل (vasāil) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Uzbek: resurs — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Vietnamese: tài nguyên — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Yiddish: רעסורס (resurs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Yiddish: רעזורס (rezurs) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Yiddish: מיטל (mitl) — something that one uses to achieve an objective
• Bulgarian: нахо́дчивост (nahódčivost) — personal capacity
• Catalan: recurs — personal capacity
• Danish: resurse — personal capacity
• Danish: ressource — personal capacity
• Dutch: middel — personal capacity
• Dutch: middelen — personal capacity
• Finnish: voimavara — personal capacity
• German: Fähigkeiten — personal capacity
• German: Mittel — personal capacity
• Hindi: साधन (sādhan) — personal capacity
• Hindi: संसाधन (sansādhan) — personal capacity
• Italian: risorsa — personal capacity
• Japanese: 資質 (shishitsu) — personal capacity
• Portuguese: expediente — personal capacity
• Romanian: resursă — personal capacity
• Romanian: resurse — personal capacity
• Russian: нахо́дчивость (naxódčivostʹ) — personal capacity
• Russian: изобрета́тельность (izobretátelʹnostʹ) — personal capacity
• Sicilian: spirtizza — personal capacity
• Sicilian: capacità — personal capacity
• Sicilian: majistrìa — personal capacity
• Spanish: recurso — personal capacity
• Swahili: raslimali — personal capacity
• Italian: fornire — To supply with resources
• Italian: dotare — To supply with resources
• Spanish: surtir — To supply with resources
• Spanish: abastecer — To supply with resources
• Spanish: dotar — To supply with resources