sharpen

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• General-American: /ˈʃɑɹpən/
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• British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard: /ˈʃɑːpən/
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AA1 R P AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English scharpenen, scharpnen, equivalent to sharp + -en.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَحَذَ (šaḥaḏa) — to make sharp
• Armenian: սրել (srel) — to make sharp
• Azerbaijani: itiləmək — to make sharp
• Basque: zorroztu — to make sharp
• Bulgarian: остря (ostrja) — to make sharp
• Bulgarian: точа (toča) — to make sharp
• Burmese: ချွန် (hkywan) — to make sharp
• Catalan: esmolar — to make sharp
• Catalan: agusar — to make sharp
• Cherokee: ᎬᏟᎭ (gvtliha) — to make sharp
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨 (mó) — to make sharp
• Chinese Mandarin: 削尖 (xuējiān) — to make sharp
• Crimean Tatar: qayramaq — to make sharp
• Czech: ostřit — to make sharp
• Danish: skærpe — to make sharp
• Dutch: scherpen — to make sharp
• Dutch: slijpen — to make sharp
• Dutch: aanscherpen — to make sharp
• Esperanto: akrigi — to make sharp
• Estonian: ihuma hammast/hambaid — to make sharp
• Estonian: teravdama (teravda) — to make sharp
• Estonian: teritama pliiatsit (terita) — to make sharp
• Finnish: teroittaa — to make sharp
• French: affiler — to make sharp
• French: affûter — to make sharp
• French: aiguiser — to make sharp
• Friulian: spiçâ — to make sharp
• Galician: afiar — to make sharp
• Galician: aguzar — to make sharp
• Gallurese: arrudà — to make sharp
• Georgian: გალესვა (galesva) — to make sharp
• Georgian: წაწვეტება (c̣ac̣veṭeba) — to make sharp
• Georgian: წამახვა (c̣amaxva) — to make sharp
• Georgian: მოპირვა (moṗirva) — to make sharp
• German: schärfen — to make sharp
• German: spitzen — to make sharp
• Greek: ακονίζω (akonízo) — to make sharp
• Ancient Greek: ὀξύνω (oxúnō) — to make sharp
• Hindi: पैना करना (painā karnā) — to make sharp
• Hungarian: élesít — to make sharp
• Hungarian: hegyez — to make sharp
• Hungarian: kihegyez — to make sharp
• Hungarian: fen — to make sharp
• Hungarian: köszörül — to make sharp
• Indonesian: mengasah — to make sharp
• Ingrian: hiuttaa — to make sharp
• Ingrian: kirahuttaa — to make sharp
• Irish: faobhraigh — to make sharp
• Irish: géaraigh — to make sharp
• Italian: arrotare — to make sharp
• Italian: affilare — to make sharp
• Italian: molare — to make sharp
• Italian: affinare — to make sharp
• Japanese: 研ぐ (togu) — to make sharp
• Japanese: 削る (kezuru) — to make sharp
• Javanese: ngasah — to make sharp
• Kazakh: ұштау (ūştau) — to make sharp
• Khmer: សំរួច (sɑmruəc) — to make sharp
• Latin: acuō — to make sharp
• Latin: cuspidō — to make sharp
• Luxembourgish: schäerfen — to make sharp
• Luxembourgish: schläifen — to make sharp
• Macedonian: о́стри (óstri) — to make sharp
• Macedonian: то́чи (tóči) — to make sharp
• Macedonian: ши́ли (šíli) — to make sharp
• Malay: asah — to make sharp
• Māori: oroi — to make sharp
• Māori: whakakoi — to make sharp
• Māori: whakaratarata — to make sharp
• Māori: whakangangahu — to make sharp
• Mongolian: хурцлах (xurclax) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: ирлэх (irlex) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: билүүдэх (bilüüdex) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: үрэх (ürex) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: үзүүрлэх (üzüürlex) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠷᠴᠠᠯᠠᠬᠤ (qurčalaqu) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ (irlekü) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠯᠡᠭᠦᠳᠡᠬᠦ (bilegüdekü) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: ᠦᠷᠦᠬᠦ (ürükü) — to make sharp
• Mongolian: ᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ (üǰügürlekü) — to make sharp
• Nanai: пивэ- (piwe-) — to make sharp
• Nanai: сули- (suli-) — to make sharp
• Norman: appointchi — to make sharp
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjerpe — to make sharp
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvesse — to make sharp
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvesse — to make sharp
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjerpe — to make sharp
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvesse — to make sharp
• Occitan: amolar — to make sharp
• Occitan: agusar — to make sharp
• Oromo: qaruu — to make sharp
• Polish: ostrzyć — to make sharp
• Polish: naostrzyć — to make sharp
• Polish: temperować — to make sharp
• Polish: natemperować — to make sharp
• Polish: zatemperować — to make sharp
• Portuguese: afiar — to make sharp
• Portuguese: apontar — to make sharp
• Romanian: ascuți — to make sharp
• Russian: точи́ть (točítʹ) — to make sharp
• Russian: заточи́ть (zatočítʹ) — to make sharp
• Russian: наточи́ть (natočítʹ) — to make sharp
• Russian: поточи́ть (potočítʹ) — to make sharp
• Campidanese Sardinian: arrodare — to make sharp
• Sardinian: arrodare — to make sharp
• Sassarese: arruddà — to make sharp
• Serbo-Croatian: šiljiti — to make sharp
• Slovene: šiliti — to make sharp
• Slovene: ošiliti — to make sharp
• Spanish: afilar — to make sharp
• Spanish: tajar — to make sharp
• Spanish: sacar punta a — to make sharp
• Spanish: poner más nítido — to make sharp
• Spanish: nitidizar — to make sharp
• Spanish: nitificar — to make sharp
• Spanish: hacer más nítido — to make sharp
• Spanish: reseguir — to make sharp
• Swedish: vässa — to make sharp
• Tamil: சீவு (cīvu) — to make sharp
• Tausug: hasa — to make sharp
• Telugu: పదునుపెట్టు (padunupeṭṭu) — to make sharp
• Thai: ลับ (láp) — to make sharp
• Thai: เหลา (lǎo) — to make sharp
• Turkish: keskinleştirmek — to make sharp
• Turkish: açmak — to make sharp
• Ukrainian: заго́стрювати (zahóstrjuvaty) — to make sharp
• Ukrainian: загостри́ти (zahostrýty) — to make sharp
• Unami: kinhàmën — to make sharp
• Vietnamese: mài — to make sharp
• Vietnamese: vót — to make sharp
• Volapük: japükön — to make sharp
• Volapük: tipükön — to make sharp
• Walloon: rawijhî — to make sharp
• Walloon: shinmî — to make sharp
• Walloon: rishinmî — to make sharp
• Woiwurrung: kirk-kirk-konak — to make sharp