shun

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• /ʃʌn/
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• Ireland, Northern-England: /ʃʊn/
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From Middle English schonen (“to decline to do, avoid, fear”), from Old English sċunian (“to shun, fear, avoid”), of uncertain origin, though probably ultimately connected to the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”) via Proto-Germanic *skunōną; see that entry for more discussion. Compare hide, shy, and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “to cover”).

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отбягвам (otbjagvam) — to avoid, ostracize
• Chinese Mandarin: 畏避 (wèibì) — to avoid, ostracize
• Czech: vyhnout se — to avoid, ostracize
• Czech: vyhýbat se — to avoid, ostracize
• Danish: sky — to avoid, ostracize
• Dutch: ontwijken — to avoid, ostracize
• Dutch: vermijden — to avoid, ostracize
• Esperanto: eviti — to avoid, ostracize
• Finnish: karttaa — to avoid, ostracize
• French: éviter — to avoid, ostracize
• French: rejeter — to avoid, ostracize
• Galician: evitar — to avoid, ostracize
• German: aus dem Weg gehen — to avoid, ostracize
• German: ausweichen — to avoid, ostracize
• German: meiden — to avoid, ostracize
• German: scheuen — to avoid, ostracize
• German: vermeiden — to avoid, ostracize
• German: ausstoßen — to avoid, ostracize
• German: ausschließen — to avoid, ostracize
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwandjan) — to avoid, ostracize
• Greek: αποφεύγω (apofévgo) — to avoid, ostracize
• Hungarian: kerül — to avoid, ostracize
• Hungarian: elkerül — to avoid, ostracize
• Hungarian: visszariad — to avoid, ostracize
• Italian: evitare — to avoid, ostracize
• Italian: detestare — to avoid, ostracize
• Japanese: 忌む (imu) — to avoid, ostracize
• Japanese: 忌避する (kihi suru) — to avoid, ostracize
• Latin: ēvītō — to avoid, ostracize
• Norwegian: unngå — to avoid, ostracize
• Norwegian: sky — to avoid, ostracize
• Polish: unikać — to avoid, ostracize
• Polish: stronić — to avoid, ostracize
• Portuguese: evitar — to avoid, ostracize
• Romanian: evita — to avoid, ostracize
• Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — to avoid, ostracize
• Russian: избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) — to avoid, ostracize
• Russian: сторони́ться (storonítʹsja) — to avoid, ostracize
• Russian: остерега́ться (osteregátʹsja) — to avoid, ostracize
• Russian: бере́чься (beréčʹsja) — to avoid, ostracize
• Slovak: vyhýbať sa — to avoid, ostracize
• Slovak: strániť sa — to avoid, ostracize
• Spanish: evitar — to avoid, ostracize
• Swedish: sky — to avoid, ostracize
• Swedish: skygga — to avoid, ostracize
• Turkish: kaçınmak — to avoid, ostracize
• Turkish: sakınmak — to avoid, ostracize
• Turkish: uzak durmak — to avoid, ostracize
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to avoid, ostracize
• Ukrainian: цура́тися (curátysja) — to avoid, ostracize
• Ukrainian: остеріга́тися (osterihátysja) — to avoid, ostracize
• Ukrainian: уника́ти (unykáty) — to avoid, ostracize
• Bulgarian: Избягвам (Izbjagvam) — to escape
• Czech: uniknout — to escape
• Czech: unikat — to escape
• French: fuir — to escape
• French: esquiver — to escape
• Galician: escapar — to escape
• German: flüchten — to escape
• German: ausweichen — to escape
• German: umgehen — to escape
• German: aus dem Weg gehen — to escape
• German: entkommen — to escape
• Greek: αποφεύγω (apofévgo) — to escape
• Italian: schivare — to escape
• Italian: eludere — to escape
• Middle English: schonen — to escape
• Romanian: evada — to escape
• Russian: избега́ть (izbegátʹ) — to escape
• Russian: избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) — to escape
• Slovak: utekať — to escape
• Turkish: kaçmak — to escape
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to escape
• Czech: zakrýt — to screen, hide
• Czech: zakrývat — to screen, hide
• Czech: ukrýt — to screen, hide
• Czech: ukrývat — to screen, hide
• Czech: schovat — to screen, hide
• German: abschirmen — to screen, hide
• German: verstecken — to screen, hide
• German: unsichtbar machen — to screen, hide
• Italian: stigmatizzare — to screen, hide
• Romanian: ascunde — to screen, hide
• German: stoßen — to shove, push
• German: schieben — to shove, push
• Romanian: împinge — to shove, push