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• Received-Pronunciation: sûrch
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɜːt͡ʃ/
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• General-American: sûrch
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• General-American: /sɝt͡ʃ/
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• dialectal, obsolete: /sɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/
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• Early, Modern: /sɛːrt͡ʃ/
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• Early, Modern: /sɛrt͡ʃ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: S ER1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Variant of Surridge.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin circō Anglo-Norman sercherbor. Middle English serchen English search Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, ,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.

310 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: soektog — an attempt to find something
• Afrikaans: soektogte — an attempt to find something
• Albanian: kërkim f lyp — an attempt to find something
• Southern Altai: тинтӱ (tintü) — an attempt to find something
• Arabic: طَلَب (ṭalab) — an attempt to find something
• Arabic: بَحْث (baḥṯ) — an attempt to find something
• Armenian: որոնում (oronum) — an attempt to find something
• Armenian: խուզարկություն (xuzarkutʻyun) — an attempt to find something
• Azerbaijani: axtarış — an attempt to find something
• Belarusian: по́шук (póšuk) — an attempt to find something
• Belarusian: во́быск (vóbysk) — an attempt to find something
• Bulgarian: тъ́рсене (tǎ́rsene) — an attempt to find something
• Catalan: cerca — an attempt to find something
• Chinese Mandarin: 搜索 (sōusuǒ) — an attempt to find something
• Czech: hledání — an attempt to find something
• Danish: eftersøgning — an attempt to find something
• Dutch: speurtocht — an attempt to find something
• Dutch: zoektocht — an attempt to find something
• Esperanto: serĉo — an attempt to find something
• Estonian: otsimine — an attempt to find something
• Estonian: otsing — an attempt to find something
• Finnish: etsintä — an attempt to find something
• Finnish: haku — an attempt to find something
• Finnish: etsiminen — an attempt to find something
• Finnish: hakeminen — an attempt to find something
• Finnish: penkominen — an attempt to find something
• French: recherche — an attempt to find something
• Galician: busca — an attempt to find something
• Galician: procura — an attempt to find something
• Georgian: ძებნა (ʒebna) — an attempt to find something
• German: Suche — an attempt to find something
• Greek: αναζήτηση (anazítisi) — an attempt to find something
• Ancient Greek: ζήτησις (zḗtēsis) — an attempt to find something
• Ancient Greek: ἔρευνα (éreuna) — an attempt to find something
• Hebrew: חיפוש \ חִפּוּשׂ (khipús) — an attempt to find something
• Hindi: खोज (khoj) — an attempt to find something
• Hindi: जाँच (jā̃c) — an attempt to find something
• Hindi: तलाश (talāś) — an attempt to find something
• Hindi: जुस्तजू (justajū) — an attempt to find something
• Hungarian: keresés — an attempt to find something
• Icelandic: leit — an attempt to find something
• Ido: sercho — an attempt to find something
• Ingrian: etso — an attempt to find something
• Irish: cuardach — an attempt to find something
• Italian: ricerca — an attempt to find something
• Italian: cerca — an attempt to find something
• Japanese: 検索 (kensaku) — an attempt to find something
• Japanese: 捜索 (sōsaku) — an attempt to find something
• Javanese: upaya — an attempt to find something
• Kazakh: ізденіс (ızdenıs) — an attempt to find something
• Korean: 검색 (geomsaek) — an attempt to find something
• Korean: 수색 (susaek) — an attempt to find something
• Korean: 찾기 (chatgi) — an attempt to find something
• Kyrgyz: издөө (izdöö) — an attempt to find something
• Kyrgyz: тинтүү (tintüü) — an attempt to find something
• Latin: scrūtinium — an attempt to find something
• Latvian: meklēšana — an attempt to find something
• Lingala: luka — an attempt to find something
• Lithuanian: paieška — an attempt to find something
• Lithuanian: ieškojimas — an attempt to find something
• Luxembourgish: Sich — an attempt to find something
• Macedonian: трагање (traganje) — an attempt to find something
• Malay: cari — an attempt to find something
• Māori: kimihanga — an attempt to find something
• Māori: rapunga — an attempt to find something
• Central Sierra Miwok: ˀaký·l- — an attempt to find something
• Mizo: zawn — an attempt to find something
• Mizo: zawnna — an attempt to find something
• Khiamniungan Naga: lìam — an attempt to find something
• Nepali: खोजी गर्नु (khojī garnu) — an attempt to find something
• Norwegian Bokmål: leting — an attempt to find something
• Norwegian Bokmål: søk — an attempt to find something
• Norwegian Bokmål: søken — an attempt to find something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: søk — an attempt to find something
• Dari: جُسْتُجو (justujō) — an attempt to find something
• Iranian Persian: جُسْتُجو (jostoju) — an attempt to find something
• Piedmontese: serca — an attempt to find something
• Polish: poszukiwanie — an attempt to find something
• Polish: przeszukiwanie — an attempt to find something
• Portuguese: busca — an attempt to find something
• Russian: по́иск (póisk) — an attempt to find something
• Russian: о́быск (óbysk) — an attempt to find something
• Russian: ро́зыск (rózysk) — an attempt to find something
• Scottish Gaelic: sireadh — an attempt to find something
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏трага — an attempt to find something
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍtraga — an attempt to find something
• Slovak: hľadanie — an attempt to find something
• Slovene: iskanje — an attempt to find something
• Lower Sorbian: pytanje — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: búsqueda — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: esculco — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: rebusca — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: rebusco — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: campeada — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: busca — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: buscamiento — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: rebuscamiento — an attempt to find something
• Spanish: cateo — an attempt to find something
• Swedish: sökning — an attempt to find something
• Swedish: sökande — an attempt to find something
• Tajik: ҷустуҷӯ (justujü) — an attempt to find something
• Telugu: వెతుకు (vetuku) — an attempt to find something
• Thai: การค้นหา (gaan-kón-hǎa) — an attempt to find something
• Turkish: arama — an attempt to find something
• Ukrainian: по́шук (póšuk) — an attempt to find something
• Ukrainian: о́бшук (óbšuk) — an attempt to find something
• Urdu: جُستَجُو (justajū) — an attempt to find something
• Urdu: جُسْتُجُو (justujū) — an attempt to find something
• Urdu: کھوج (khoj) — an attempt to find something
• Urdu: تَلاش (talāś) — an attempt to find something
• Urdu: جان٘چ (jā̃c) — an attempt to find something
• Uzbek: qidiruv — an attempt to find something
• Uzbek: qidirish — an attempt to find something
• Zazaki: geniyayış — an attempt to find something
• Afrikaans: soek — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Albanian: kërkoj — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Arabic: بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Arabic: فَتَّشَ (fattaša) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Armenian: փնտրել (pʻntrel) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Armenian: որոնել (oronel) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Armenian: ման գալ — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Assamese: বিচাৰ (bisar) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Azerbaijani: axtarmaq — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Azerbaijani: aramaq — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Bashkir: эҙләү (eźləw) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Basque: bilatu — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Basque: xerkatu — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Belarusian: шука́ць (šukácʹ) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Bengali: খোঁজা (khō̃ja) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Bulgarian: тъ́рся (tǎ́rsja) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Bulgarian: претъ́рсвам (pretǎ́rsvam) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Burmese: ရှာ (hra) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Catalan: inspeccionar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Catalan: cercar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese: 抄找 (chhiau-chhōe, hhiau-chhē) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese: 搜索 (so͘-sek) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 搜索 (sōusuǒ) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 搜尋 /搜寻 (sōuxún) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 尋找 /寻找 (xúnzhǎo) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 尋覓 /寻觅 (xúnmì) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 尋求 /寻求 (xúnqiú) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 找 (zhǎo) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Chinese Mandarin: 找尋 /找寻 (zhǎoxún) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Czech: hledat — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Danish: søge — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Danish: lede — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Dutch: afzoeken — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Dutch: doorzoeken — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Dutch: zoeken — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Esperanto: priserĉi — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Estonian: otsima — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Faroese: leita — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Finnish: etsiä — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Finnish: tutkia — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Finnish: penkoa — to look throughout (a place) for something
• French: chercher — to look throughout (a place) for something
• French: fouiller — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Galician: buscar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Galician: cachear — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Georgian: ძებნა (ʒebna) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• German: suchen — to look throughout (a place) for something
• German: absuchen — to look throughout (a place) for something
• German: durchsuchen — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Greek: ψάχνω (psáchno) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Ancient Greek: ἐρευνάω (ereunáō) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Hebrew: חיפש \ חִפֵּשׂ (khipés) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Hindi: खोजना (khojnā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Hindi: ढूँढना (ḍhūṇḍhnā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Hindi: ढूँढ़ना (ḍhū̃ṛhnā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Hindi: जुस्तजू करना (justajū karnā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Hungarian: átkutat — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Icelandic: leita — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Indonesian: mencari — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Indonesian: geledah — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Irish: cuardaigh — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Italian: cercare — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Japanese: 探す (sagasu) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Japanese: 捜す (sagasu) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Javanese: golèk — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Javanese: glédhah — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Kabuverdianu: djobe — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Kannada: ಹುಡುಕು (huḍuku) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Kazakh: іздеу (ızdeu) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Kazakh: жоқтау (joqtau) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Khmer: រកមើល (rɔɔk meul) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Khmer: រក (rɔɔk) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Khmer: ស្វែងរក (svaeng rɔɔk) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Korean: 찾다 (chatda) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Kyrgyz: издөө (izdöö) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Lao: ຫາ (hā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Lao: ຄົ້ນ (khon) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Lao: ຄົ້ນຫາ (khon hā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Latin: scisco — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Latin: scrūtor — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Latin: pervēnor — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Latvian: meklēt — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Lithuanian: ieškoti — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Macedonian: бара (bara) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Macedonian: трага (traga) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Malay: mencari — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Maltese: fittex — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: kimi — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: kimikimi — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: rapu — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: pōrangi — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: ngaropoko — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: hāhau — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Māori: tīrama — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Mizo: zawng — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Mongolian: эрэх (erex) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Mongolian: хайх (xajx) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Khiamniungan Naga: lìam — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Norwegian Bokmål: søke — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Norwegian Bokmål: lete — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Occitan: cercar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Persian: جستجو کردن (jostoju kardan) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Polish: szukać — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Polish: przeszukać — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Polish: przeszukiwać — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Portuguese: buscar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Portuguese: procurar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Quechua: maskai — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Quechua: aşii — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Romanian: căuta — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Russian: иска́ть (iskátʹ) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Serbo-Croatian: тражити — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Serbo-Croatian: потражити — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Serbo-Croatian: trážiti — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Serbo-Croatian: potražiti — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Slovak: hľadať — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Slovene: iskati — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: rebuscar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: allanar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: registrar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: esculcar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: escurcar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: campear — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: camperear — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Spanish: catear — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Swedish: genomsöka — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Swedish: söka — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Tajik: ҷустуҷӯ кардан (justujü kardan) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Thai: ค้นหา (kón-hǎa) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Thai: มองหา (mɔɔng-hǎa) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Thai: หา (hǎa) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Thai: ค้น (kón) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Tongan: kumi — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Turkish: aramak — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Turkmen: agtarmak — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Ukrainian: шука́ти (šukáty) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Ukrainian: обшу́кувати (obšúkuvaty) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Ukrainian: обшука́ти (obšukáty) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Urdu: ڈھونڈھنا (ḍhū̃ḍhnā) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Uzbek: axtarmoq — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Uzbek: qidirmoq — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Venetan: çercar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Venetan: sercar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Venetan: ẑercar — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Vietnamese: tìm — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Vietnamese: tìm kiếm — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Volapük: sukön — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Yámana: tēnux — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn) — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Zazaki: geniyayen — to look throughout (a place) for something
• ǃXóõ: ǃxáa — to look throughout (a place) for something
• Arabic: بَحَثَ عَنْ (baḥaṯa ʕan) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Bengali: খোঁজা (khō̃ja) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Bulgarian: търся (tǎrsja) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Burmese: ရှာ (hra) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Catalan: buscar — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Catalan: cercar — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Czech: hledat — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Danish: søge — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Danish: lede — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Dutch: zoeken — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Esperanto: serĉi — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Finnish: etsiä — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• French: chercher — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Friulian: cirî — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Georgian: ძებნა (ʒebna) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• German: suchen — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Greek: αναζητώ (anazitó) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Greek: ερευνώ (erevnó) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Hindi: खोजना (khojnā) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Italian: buscare — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Italian: cercare — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Japanese: 探す (sagasu) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Latin: quaerō — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Latin: scisco — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Latin: vestigo — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Lithuanian: ieškoti — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Māori: kimi — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Māori: hure — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Māori: haurapa — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Mizo: zawng — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Norwegian: lete — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Occitan: cercar — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Portuguese: procurar — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Russian: разы́скивать (razýskivatʹ) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Russian: разыска́ть (razyskátʹ) — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Scottish Gaelic: lorg — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Scottish Gaelic: sir — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Lower Sorbian: pytaś — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Spanish: buscar — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Spanish: sondear buscando — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Swedish: söka — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Swedish: leta — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Vietnamese: tìm kiếm — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
• Vietnamese: tìm — (followed by "for") to look thoroughly