soften

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• Received-Pronunciation: sŏfʹen
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒfən/
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• sôfʹen US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
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• /ˈsɔfən/ US, dialectal, lot–cloth split
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈsɑfən/ of Canada
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: sŏfʹen of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: sŏfʹen of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈsɒfən/ of the US
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• Australian: sôfʹen
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• Australian: /ˈsɔfən/
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• New-Zealand: sŏfʹen
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• New-Zealand: /ˈsɒfən/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈsɔ̟fən]
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• CMU ARPABET: S AA1 F AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S AO1 F AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zbut — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Azerbaijani: yumşaltmaq — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Bulgarian: размеквам (razmekvam) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Catalan: estovar — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Catalan: ablanir — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Chinese Mandarin: 軟化 /软化 (ruǎnhuà) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Danish: blødgøre — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Dutch: verzachten — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Finnish: pehmentää — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Finnish: pehmittää — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• French: adoucir — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Galician: suavizar — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Galician: amolecer — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Galician: amolegar — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Galician: amolentar — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• German: aufweichen — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• German: weichen — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Ancient Greek: μαλάσσω (malássō) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Italian: ammorbidire — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Italian: addolcire — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Kazakh: жұмсарту (jūmsartu) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Latin: molliō — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Māori: whakapē — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Māori: whakangāwari — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Māori: whakangohengohe — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Norwegian: bløtgjøre — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Polish: zmiękczać — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Polish: zmiękczyć — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Portuguese: amolecer — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Romanian: muia — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Romanian: înmuia — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Russian: смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Russian: смягчи́ть (smjaxčítʹ) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Russian: размягча́ть (razmjaxčátʹ) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Russian: размягчи́ть (razmjaxčítʹ) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Sicilian: arrijuncari — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Spanish: ablandar — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Spanish: suavizar — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Spanish: emblandecer — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Spanish: reblandecer — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Spanish: enllentecer — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Spanish: enternecer — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Swedish: mjukna — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Tagalog: lumambot — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Turkish: yumuşatmak — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Ukrainian: пом'я́кшувати (pomʺjákšuvaty) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Ukrainian: пом'якши́ти (pomʺjakšýty) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Ukrainian: розм'я́кшувати (rozmʺjákšuvaty) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Ukrainian: розм'якши́ти (rozmʺjakšýty) — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• ǃXóõ: gǃxàn — (transitive) To make something soft or softer
• Danish: blødgøre — (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up)
• Finnish: pehmittää — (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up)
• Italian: rendere arrendevole — (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up)
• Azerbaijani: yumşaltmaq — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Azerbaijani: mülayimləşdirmək — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Bulgarian: смекчавам (smekčavam) — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Finnish: pehmittää — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Italian: rendere malleabile — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Italian: addolcire — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Italian: ammorbidire — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Portuguese: suavizar — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Russian: смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Russian: смягчи́ть (smjaxčítʹ) — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Spanish: suavizar — (transitive) To make less harsh
• Assamese: মজা (moza) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Azerbaijani: yumşalmaq — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Bulgarian: омеквам (omekvam) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Chinese Mandarin: 變軟 /变软 (biànruǎn) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Danish: blødgøres — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Egyptian: g:n:n-A7 (gnn) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Finnish: pehmetä — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Finnish: pehmentyä — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Galician: amolecer — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• German: aufweichen — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• German: weichen — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ancient Greek: μαλάσσομαι (malássomai) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ido: deshardeskar — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Italian: ammorbidirsi — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Japanese: 柔らかくなる (yawarakaku naru) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Japanese: 軟らかくなる (yawarakaku naru) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Latin: mollescō — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Polish: mięknąć — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Polish: zmięknąć — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Russian: смягча́ться (smjaxčátʹsja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Russian: смягчи́ться (smjaxčítʹsja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Russian: размягча́ться (razmjaxčátʹsja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Russian: размягчи́ться (razmjaxčítʹsja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: ablandarse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: lentecer — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: enllentecerse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: reblandecerse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: relentecer — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: relentecerse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: lentecerse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: emblandecerse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: molificarse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: suavizarse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: amelcocharse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: enternecerse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Spanish: macerarse — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Swedish: mjuka — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Turkish: yumuşamak — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ukrainian: пом'я́кшуватися (pomʺjákšuvatysja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ukrainian: пом'якши́тися (pomʺjakšýtysja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ukrainian: м'я́кшати (mʺjákšaty) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ukrainian: розм'я́кшуватися (rozmʺjákšuvatysja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ukrainian: розм'якши́тися (rozmʺjakšýtysja) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer
• Ukrainian: розм'яка́ти (rozmʺjakáty) — (intransitive) To become soft or softer