shift

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• /ˈʃɪft/
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The noun is from Middle English schyft, shyffte. Cognate with German Schicht (“layer, shift”). The verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). Cognate with Scots schift, skift (“to shift”), West Frisian skifte, skiftsje (“to sort”), Dutch schiften (“to sort, screen, winnow, part”), German schichten (“to stack, layer”), Swedish skifta (“to shift, change, exchange, vary”), Norwegian skifte (“to shift”), Icelandic skipta (“to switch”). See ship.

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266 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: turn — change of workers
• Albanian: ndërresë — change of workers
• Arabic: نَوْبَة (nawba) — change of workers
• Armenian: հերթափոխություն (hertʻapʻoxutʻyun) — change of workers
• Azerbaijani: iş növbəsi — change of workers
• Azerbaijani: smen — change of workers
• Basque: txanda — change of workers
• Belarusian: зме́на (zmjéna) — change of workers
• Bulgarian: смя́на (smjána) — change of workers
• Chinese Mandarin: 班 (bān) — change of workers
• Chinese Mandarin: 輪班 /轮班 (lúnbān) — change of workers
• Czech: směna — change of workers
• Danish: skifte — change of workers
• Dutch: ploegendienst — change of workers
• Dutch: ploegenstelsel — change of workers
• Dutch: ploeg — change of workers
• Estonian: vahetus — change of workers
• Finnish: työvuoro — change of workers
• Finnish: vuoro — change of workers
• French: quart — change of workers
• French: équipe — change of workers
• French: poste — change of workers
• French: shift — change of workers
• Galician: quenda — change of workers
• Georgian: ცვლა (cvla) — change of workers
• German: Schicht — change of workers
• Greek: βάρδια (várdia) — change of workers
• Hebrew: מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishméret) — change of workers
• Hindi: बारी (bārī) — change of workers
• Hindi: पाली (pālī) — change of workers
• Hungarian: műszak — change of workers
• Icelandic: vakt — change of workers
• Indonesian: giliran — change of workers
• Italian: cambio — change of workers
• Italian: turno — change of workers
• Japanese: 交代 (kōtai) — change of workers
• Japanese: 入れ替え (irekae) — change of workers
• Korean: 교대 (gyodae) — change of workers
• Korean: 시프트 (sipeuteu) — change of workers
• Kyrgyz: смена (smena) — change of workers
• Latvian: maiņa — change of workers
• Lithuanian: pamaina — change of workers
• Macedonian: смена (smena) — change of workers
• Māori: mahinga — change of workers
• Mongolian: ээлж (eelž) — change of workers
• Norwegian Bokmål: skift — change of workers
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skift — change of workers
• Dari: نَوْبَت (nawbat) — change of workers
• Iranian Persian: نُوْبَت (nowbat) — change of workers
• Iranian Persian: شیفْت (šift) — change of workers
• Polish: zmiana — change of workers
• Portuguese: turno — change of workers
• Quechua: mit'a — change of workers
• Romanian: schimb — change of workers
• Russian: сме́на (sména) — change of workers
• Serbo-Croatian: сме̏на — change of workers
• Serbo-Croatian: смје̏на — change of workers
• Serbo-Croatian: smȅna — change of workers
• Serbo-Croatian: smjȅna — change of workers
• Slovak: zmena — change of workers
• Slovene: izmena — change of workers
• Slovene: šiht — change of workers
• Spanish: turno — change of workers
• Spanish: jornada — change of workers
• Spanish: jornal — change of workers
• Swahili: shifti — change of workers
• Swedish: skift — change of workers
• Swedish: arbetsskift — change of workers
• Swedish: arbetspass — change of workers
• Swedish: pass — change of workers
• Tagalog: tanda — change of workers
• Tajik: смена (smena) — change of workers
• Telugu: బదిలీ (badilī) — change of workers
• Thai: กะ (gà) — change of workers
• Turkish: vardiya — change of workers
• Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — change of workers
• Ukrainian: змі́на (zmína) — change of workers
• Urdu: شِفْٹ (śifṭ) — change of workers
• Urdu: نَوبَت (naubat) — change of workers
• Uzbek: smena — change of workers
• Vietnamese: ban — change of workers
• Vietnamese: phiên — change of workers
• Bulgarian: отме́стване (otméstvane) — act of shifting
• Bulgarian: преме́стване (preméstvane) — act of shifting
• Czech: posun — act of shifting
• Czech: posuv — act of shifting
• Finnish: siirtyminen — act of shifting
• Finnish: siirto — act of shifting
• Finnish: muutos — act of shifting
• French: décalage — act of shifting
• German: Verschiebung — act of shifting
• German: Verlagerung — act of shifting
• German: Verstellung — act of shifting
• Hindi: स्थानांतरण (sthānāntraṇ) — act of shifting
• Hungarian: váltás — act of shifting
• Indonesian: penjelmaan — act of shifting
• Italian: mutamento — act of shifting
• Italian: spostamento — act of shifting
• Polish: przesunięcie — act of shifting
• Portuguese: troca — act of shifting
• Portuguese: desvio — act of shifting
• Portuguese: mudança — act of shifting
• Romanian: schimbare — act of shifting
• Russian: сдвиг (sdvig) — act of shifting
• Russian: передвиже́ние (peredvižénije) — act of shifting
• Russian: смеще́ние (smeščénije) — act of shifting
• Russian: измене́ние (izmenénije) — act of shifting
• Russian: перемеще́ние (peremeščénije) — act of shifting
• Slovak: posun — act of shifting
• Slovak: posuv — act of shifting
• Slovene: premik — act of shifting
• Slovene: zamik — act of shifting
• Spanish: cambio — act of shifting
• Spanish: desviación — act of shifting
• Spanish: deslizamiento — act of shifting
• Spanish: desplazamiento — act of shifting
• Spanish: conmutación — act of shifting
• Spanish: transmudación — act of shifting
• Spanish: transmudamiento — act of shifting
• Swedish: skifte — act of shifting
• Swedish: byte — act of shifting
• Telugu: మార్పు (mārpu) — act of shifting
• Turkish: değiştirme — act of shifting
• Turkish: kaydırma — act of shifting
• Vietnamese: sự chuyển — act of shifting
• Vietnamese: sự thay đổi — act of shifting
• Vietnamese: sự giao ban — act of shifting
• Bulgarian: превклю́чване (prevkljúčvane) — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Finnish: vaihteisto — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• French: vitesse — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• German: Gangschaltung — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• German: Schaltung — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Hungarian: váltó — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Indonesian: gigi — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Indonesian: persneling — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Italian: cambio — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Portuguese: câmbio — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Portuguese: marcha — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Russian: переключе́ние (pereključénije) — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Russian: переключе́ние переда́ч (pereključénije peredáč) — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Spanish: cambio — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Swedish: växel — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Turkish: vites — gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
• Armenian: դարձ (darj) — button on a keyboard
• Bulgarian: шифт (šift) — button on a keyboard
• Chinese Mandarin: 換檔鍵 /换档键 (huàndǎng jiàn) — button on a keyboard
• Chinese Mandarin: 移位鍵 /移位键 (yíwèi jiàn) — button on a keyboard
• Esperanto: registrumo — button on a keyboard
• Finnish: vaihto — button on a keyboard
• Finnish: shift — button on a keyboard
• French: touche majuscule — button on a keyboard
• German: Umschalten — button on a keyboard
• German: Shift — button on a keyboard
• German: Shifttaste — button on a keyboard
• German: Umschalttaste — button on a keyboard
• German: Hochstelltaste — button on a keyboard
• Icelandic: skiptihnappur — button on a keyboard
• Indonesian: shift — button on a keyboard
• Italian: maiusc — button on a keyboard
• Italian: maiuscolo — button on a keyboard
• Japanese: シフトキー (shifuto kī) — button on a keyboard
• Japanese: シフト (shifuto) — button on a keyboard
• Korean: 시프트 키 (sipeuteu ki) — button on a keyboard
• Korean: 시프트 (sipeuteu) — button on a keyboard
• Persian: شیفت (šift) — button on a keyboard
• Portuguese: shift — button on a keyboard
• Russian: шифт (šift) — button on a keyboard
• Russian: кла́виша шифт (kláviša šift) — button on a keyboard
• Spanish: tecla mayús — button on a keyboard
• Spanish: mayús — button on a keyboard
• Spanish: tecla shift — button on a keyboard
• Spanish: tecla mayúsculas — button on a keyboard
• Swedish: skift — button on a keyboard
• Swedish: skifttangent — button on a keyboard
• Turkish: shift tuşu — button on a keyboard
• Turkish: üst karakter tuşu — button on a keyboard
• Bulgarian: сменям (smenjam) — to change, swap
• Bulgarian: променям (promenjam) — to change, swap
• Chinese Mandarin: 转变 (zhuǎnbiàn) — to change, swap
• Finnish: muuttaa — to change, swap
• French: échanger — to change, swap
• French: permuter — to change, swap
• French: switcher — to change, swap
• Indonesian: berubah — to change, swap
• Italian: scambiare — to change, swap
• Italian: permutare — to change, swap
• Italian: barattare — to change, swap
• Portuguese: mudar — to change, swap
• Portuguese: trocar — to change, swap
• Russian: меня́ть (menjátʹ) — to change, swap
• Russian: поменя́ть (pomenjátʹ) — to change, swap
• Russian: изменя́ть (izmenjátʹ) — to change, swap
• Russian: измени́ть (izmenítʹ) — to change, swap
• Spanish: conmutar — to change, swap
• Spanish: transmudar — to change, swap
• Swedish: byta — to change, swap
• Swedish: skifta — to change, swap
• Swedish: ändra — to change, swap
• Swedish: växla — to change, swap
• Telugu: మార్చు (mārcu) — to change, swap
• Vietnamese: thay đổi — to change, swap
• Vietnamese: thay — to change, swap
• Vietnamese: đổi — to change, swap
• Bulgarian: местя (mestja) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Bulgarian: премествам (premestvam) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Finnish: siirtää — transitive: to move from one place to another
• French: décaler — transitive: to move from one place to another
• German: verschieben — transitive: to move from one place to another
• German: verlagern — transitive: to move from one place to another
• German: verstellen — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Indonesian: geser — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Italian: spostarsi — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Italian: muoversi — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Italian: slittare — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Persian: جابهجا کردن (jâ-be-jâ kardan) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Polish: przesuwać — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Portuguese: mover — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Russian: перемеща́ть (peremeščátʹ) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Russian: перемести́ть (peremestítʹ) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Russian: дви́гать (dvígatʹ) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Russian: дви́нуть (dvínutʹ) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Spanish: transmudar — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Spanish: desplazar — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Spanish: mudar — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Swedish: flytta — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Swedish: skifta — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Telugu: మార్చు (mārcu) — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Turkish: kaydırmak — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Vietnamese: dời — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Vietnamese: di dời — transitive: to move from one place to another
• Bulgarian: отмествам се (otmestvam se) — intransitive: to change position
• Bulgarian: премествам се (premestvam se) — intransitive: to change position
• Finnish: siirtyä — intransitive: to change position
• Indonesian: ingsut — intransitive: to change position
• Italian: spostarsi — intransitive: to change position
• Persian: جابهجا شدن (jâ-be-jâ šodan) — intransitive: to change position
• Portuguese: se mover — intransitive: to change position
• Russian: перемеща́ться (peremeščátʹsja) — intransitive: to change position
• Russian: перемести́ться (peremestítʹsja) — intransitive: to change position
• Russian: дви́гаться (dvígatʹsja) — intransitive: to change position
• Russian: дви́нуться (dvínutʹsja) — intransitive: to change position
• Spanish: transmudarse — intransitive: to change position
• Swedish: flytta — intransitive: to change position
• Swedish: skifta — intransitive: to change position
• Swedish: ändra — intransitive: to change position
• Telugu: మారు (māru) — intransitive: to change position
• Vietnamese: đổi chỗ — intransitive: to change position
• Vietnamese: chuyển chỗ — intransitive: to change position
• Bulgarian: сменям (smenjam) — to change gears
• Bulgarian: превключвам (prevključvam) — to change gears
• Dutch: schakelen — to change gears
• Finnish: vaihtaa — to change gears
• German: umschalten — to change gears
• Hungarian: vált — to change gears
• Indonesian: ganti gigi — to change gears
• Indonesian: ganti persneling — to change gears
• Italian: cambiare — to change gears
• Persian: انداختن (andâxtan) — to change gears
• Portuguese: trocar — to change gears
• Romanian: schimba — to change gears
• Russian: переключа́ть (pereključátʹ) — to change gears
• Russian: переключи́ть (pereključítʹ) — to change gears
• Spanish: cambiar — to change gears
• Swedish: växla — to change gears
• Telugu: మార్చు (mārcu) — to change gears
• Vietnamese: sang số — to change gears