response

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒns/
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• General-American: /ɹɪˈspɑns/
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• rhymes with -ɒns
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 S P AA1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 S P AA1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *spend- Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti Proto-Italic *spondejō Proto-Italic *spondeō Latin spondeō Latin respondeō Latin respōnsumbor. Old French respunsbor. Middle English respounse English response From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”). Doublet of responsum.

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përgjigje — an answer or reply
• Armenian: պատասխան (patasxan) — an answer or reply
• Azerbaijani: cavab — an answer or reply
• Bashkir: яуап (yawap) — an answer or reply
• Belarusian: адка́з (adkáz) — an answer or reply
• Bengali: উত্তর (uttor) — an answer or reply
• Bengali: জবাব (jobab) — an answer or reply
• Bulgarian: о́тговор (ótgovor) — an answer or reply
• Catalan: resposta — an answer or reply
• Chinese Cantonese: 回答 (wui4 daap3) — an answer or reply
• Chinese Mandarin: 回答 (huídá) — an answer or reply
• Czech: odpověď — an answer or reply
• Danish: svar — an answer or reply
• Dutch: antwoord — an answer or reply
• Dutch: respons — an answer or reply
• Esperanto: respondo — an answer or reply
• Estonian: vastus — an answer or reply
• Finnish: vastaus — an answer or reply
• French: réponse — an answer or reply
• Old French: response — an answer or reply
• Georgian: პასუხი (ṗasuxi) — an answer or reply
• German: Antwort — an answer or reply
• German: Entgegnung — an answer or reply
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 (andawaurdi) — an answer or reply
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (andahafts) — an answer or reply
• Greek: απάντηση (apántisi) — an answer or reply
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis) — an answer or reply
• Hebrew: תְּגוּבָה (tguvá) — an answer or reply
• Hebrew: תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá) — an answer or reply
• Hindi: अनुक्रिया (anukriyā) — an answer or reply
• Hindi: जवाब (javāb) — an answer or reply
• Hindi: उत्तर (uttar) — an answer or reply
• Hungarian: válasz — an answer or reply
• Ido: respondo — an answer or reply
• Italian: responso — an answer or reply
• Japanese: 答え (kotae) — an answer or reply
• Japanese: 解答 (kaitō) — an answer or reply
• Japanese: 回答 (kaitō) — an answer or reply
• Kazakh: жауап (jauap) — an answer or reply
• Khmer: ការឆ្លើយតប (kaa chlaəy tɑɑp) — an answer or reply
• Khmer: ពាក្យឆ្លើយ (piək chlaəy) — an answer or reply
• Korean: 대답 (daedap) — an answer or reply
• Korean: 회답 (hoedap) — an answer or reply
• Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — an answer or reply
• Kyrgyz: жооп (joop) — an answer or reply
• Latin: responsum — an answer or reply
• Latvian: atbilde — an answer or reply
• Lithuanian: atsakymas — an answer or reply
• Macedonian: одговор (odgovor) — an answer or reply
• Malay: gerak balas — an answer or reply
• Malay: respons — an answer or reply
• Māori: kupu whakahoki — an answer or reply
• Māori: kupu paremata — an answer or reply
• Māori: whakautu — an answer or reply
• Māori: whakahoki — an answer or reply
• Eastern Mari: вашмут (vašmut) — an answer or reply
• Mongolian: хариу (xariu) — an answer or reply
• Nepali: जवाफ (jawāph) — an answer or reply
• Norwegian Bokmål: svar — an answer or reply
• Dari: پَاسُخ (pāsux) — an answer or reply
• Dari: جَوَاب (jawāb) — an answer or reply
• Iranian Persian: پاسُخ (pâsox) — an answer or reply
• Iranian Persian: جَواب (javâb) — an answer or reply
• Plautdietsch: Auntwuat (nds) — an answer or reply
• Polish: odpowiedź — an answer or reply
• Portuguese: resposta — an answer or reply
• Romanian: răspuns — an answer or reply
• Russian: отве́т (otvét) — an answer or reply
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дгово̄р — an answer or reply
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdgovōr — an answer or reply
• Slovak: odpoveď — an answer or reply
• Slovene: odgovor — an answer or reply
• Spanish: respuesta — an answer or reply
• Spanish: responso — an answer or reply
• Swedish: svar — an answer or reply
• Swedish: respons — an answer or reply
• Tajik: жавоб (žavob) — an answer or reply
• Tajik: посух (posux) — an answer or reply
• Tatar: җавап (cawap) — an answer or reply
• Thai: คําตอบ (kam-dtɔ̀ɔp) — an answer or reply
• Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevab) — an answer or reply
• Ottoman Turkish: اجابت (icabet) — an answer or reply
• Turkmen: jogap — an answer or reply
• Ukrainian: ві́дповідь (vídpovidʹ) — an answer or reply
• Urdu: جَواب (javāb) — an answer or reply
• Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab) — an answer or reply
• Uzbek: javob — an answer or reply
• Vietnamese: trả lời — an answer or reply
• Welsh: ateb — an answer or reply
• Welsh: ymateb — an answer or reply
• Armenian: պատասխան (patasxan) — the act of responding or replying
• Bulgarian: отгова́ряне (otgovárjane) — the act of responding or replying
• Czech: odpovídání — the act of responding or replying
• Czech: reagování — the act of responding or replying
• Dutch: antwoorden — the act of responding or replying
• Finnish: vastaus — the act of responding or replying
• Finnish: vastaaminen — the act of responding or replying
• Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — the act of responding or replying
• Malay: gerak balas — the act of responding or replying
• Malay: respons — the act of responding or replying
• Māori: tāorotanga — the act of responding or replying
• Portuguese: resposta — the act of responding or replying
• Russian: отве́т (otvét) — the act of responding or replying
• Spanish: respuesta — the act of responding or replying
• Spanish: responso — the act of responding or replying
• Spanish: responsión — the act of responding or replying
• Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevab) — the act of responding or replying
• Ottoman Turkish: اجابت (icabet) — the act of responding or replying
• Bulgarian: о́тзвук (ótzvuk) — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Bulgarian: о́тзив (ótziv) — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Czech: odezva — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Czech: reakce — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Finnish: reaktio — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Finnish: vastaus — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• French: réponse — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Italian: risposta — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Northern Kurdish: bertek — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Portuguese: resposta — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Russian: о́тклик (ótklik) — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Russian: о́тзвук (ótzvuk) — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Spanish: respuesta — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Spanish: responso — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Spanish: responsión — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Ukrainian: ві́дгук (vídhuk) — a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
• Spanish: responso — (liturgics)