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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɔːs/
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• General-American: /sɔɹs/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /so(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /soəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• obsolete: /suːɹs/
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• obsolete: /sʊɹs/
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• homophone: sauce (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
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• CMU ARPABET: S AO1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h3réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h3reǵ-. Doublet of surge.

254 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bron — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Albanian: burim — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Amharic: ምንጭ (mənč̣) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Arabic: مَصْدَر (maṣdar) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Arabic: مَصَادِر (maṣādir) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Armenian: աղբյուր (aġbyur) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Asturian: fonte — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Azerbaijani: qaynaq — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Azerbaijani: mənbə — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Belarusian: крыні́ца (kryníca) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Bulgarian: изто́чник (iztóčnik) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Catalan: font — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Cebuano: tuboran — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Chinese Mandarin: 根源 (gēnyuán) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Chinese Mandarin: 來源 /来源 (láiyuán) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Chinese Mandarin: 本源 (běnyuán) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Czech: zdroj — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Danish: kilde — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Danish: udspring — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Dutch: bron — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Esperanto: fonto — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Finnish: lähde — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• French: source — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• West-Frisian: boarne — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• German: Quelle — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• German: Ursprung — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Greek: πηγή (pigí) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Haitian Creole: sous — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Hebrew: מָקוֹר (makór) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Hindi: स्रोत (srot) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Hindi: उद्गम (udgam) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Hungarian: forrás — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Hungarian: eredet — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Indonesian: sumber — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Irish: foinse — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Italian: fonte — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Japanese: 源 (minamoto) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Japanese: 根源 (kongen) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Japanese: 起源 (kigen) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Japanese: 本源 (hongen) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Kapampangan: pikuanan — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Kazakh: қайнар (qainar) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Kazakh: көз (köz) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Kazakh: дереккөз (derekköz) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Korean: 출처 (chulcheo) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Korean: 본원 (bonwon) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Central Kurdish: کانگە (kange) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Central Kurdish: سەرچاوە (serçawe) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Northern Kurdish: kanî kanî — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Latgalian: olūts — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Latin: orīgō — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Latvian: avots — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Lithuanian: šaltinis — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Luxembourgish: Quell — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Luxembourgish: Quellen — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Macedonian: извор (izvor) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Malay: sumber — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Malayalam: സ്രോതസ്സ് (srōtassŭ) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Māori: pūhanga — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Māori: mātāpuna — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Marathi: स्रोत (srot) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Meänkieli: lähe — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Middle English: sours — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Norwegian Bokmål: kilde — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjelde — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjelde — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Persian: بنخان (bonxān) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Dari: مَنْبَع (manba') — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Iranian Persian: مَنْبَع (manba') — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Plautdietsch: Häakunft — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Polish: źródło — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Polish: krynica — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Portuguese: origem — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Portuguese: fonte — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Quechua: pukyu — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Romanian: sursă — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Russian: исто́к (istók) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Russian: ключ (ključ) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Russian: первоисто́чник (pervoistóčnik) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Kildin-Sami: ка̄ййв (kājjv) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Scots: soorce — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Scottish Gaelic: stòr — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвор — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzvor — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Sikkimese: ཁུང (khung) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Slovak: zdroj — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Spanish: fuente — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Spanish: origen — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Swedish: källa — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Swedish: ursprung — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Tagalog: pinagkuhanan — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Tagalog: pinagkunan — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Tajik: манбаъ (manba') — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Tatar: чыганак (çığanaq) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Turkish: kaynak — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Turkish: memba — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Ukrainian: джерело́ (džereló) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Ukrainian: крини́ця (krynýcja) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Urdu: مَنْبَع (manba') — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Urdu: مَصْدَر (masdar) — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Uzbek: manba — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Uzbek: masdar — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Vietnamese: nguồn — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Walloon: sourdant — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Walloon: sourd — the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired
• Afrikaans: bron — spring etc.
• Albanian: burim — spring etc.
• Arabic: عَيْن (ʕayn) — spring etc.
• Arabic: عين (ʕayn, ʕīn) — spring etc.
• Armenian: աղբյուր (aġbyur) — spring etc.
• Armenian: ակ (ak) — spring etc.
• Armenian: ակունք (akunkʻ) — spring etc.
• Azerbaijani: bulaq — spring etc.
• Bashkir: шишмә (şişmə) — spring etc.
• Belarusian: жарало́ (žaraló) — spring etc.
• Belarusian: крыні́ца (kryníca) — spring etc.
• Bulgarian: и́звор (ízvor) — spring etc.
• Cebuano: tuboran — spring etc.
• Chinese Cantonese: 源泉 (jyun4 cyun4) — spring etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 源泉 (yuánquán) — spring etc.
• Crimean Gothic: brunna — spring etc.
• Czech: zdroj — spring etc.
• Danish: kilde — spring etc.
• Dutch: bron — spring etc.
• Esperanto: fonto — spring etc.
• Finnish: lähde — spring etc.
• French: source — spring etc.
• German: Quelle — spring etc.
• Greek: πηγή (pigí) — spring etc.
• Haitian Creole: sous — spring etc.
• Hebrew: מָקוֹר (makór) — spring etc.
• Hebrew: מעיין \ מַעְיָן (ma'yán) — spring etc.
• Hindi: चश्मा (caśmā) — spring etc.
• Hindi: स्रोत (srot) — spring etc.
• Hungarian: forrás — spring etc.
• Irish: foinse — spring etc.
• Italian: sorgente — spring etc.
• Italian: fonte — spring etc.
• Japanese: 泉 (izumi) — spring etc.
• Japanese: 源泉 (gensen) — spring etc.
• Kapampangan: pekapun — spring etc.
• Kazakh: бұлақ (būlaq) — spring etc.
• Kazakh: қайнар (qainar) — spring etc.
• Kazakh: бастау (bastau) — spring etc.
• Kazakh: тұма (tūma) — spring etc.
• Korean: 샘 (saem) — spring etc.
• Korean: 원천 (woncheon) — spring etc.
• Kyrgyz: булак (bulak) — spring etc.
• Latgalian: olūts — spring etc.
• Latin: fōns — spring etc.
• Latvian: avots — spring etc.
• Lithuanian: šaltinis — spring etc.
• Luxembourgish: Quell — spring etc.
• Macedonian: извор (izvor) — spring etc.
• Malayalam: ഉറവിടം (uṟaviṭaṁ) — spring etc.
• Māori: kopounga — spring etc.
• Māori: mātāpuna — spring etc.
• Māori: mātāwai — spring etc.
• Māori: hōkikitanga — spring etc.
• Māori: tāuru — spring etc.
• Meänkieli: lähe — spring etc.
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵖⴱⴰⵍⵓ (aḡbalu) — spring etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: utspring — spring etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utspring — spring etc.
• Old Prussian: apus — spring etc.
• Dari: چَشْمَه (čašma) — spring etc.
• Iranian Persian: چِشْمِه (češme) — spring etc.
• Iranian Persian: چَشْمِه (čašme) — spring etc.
• Polish: źródło — spring etc.
• Polish: zdrój — spring etc.
• Polish: krynica — spring etc.
• Portuguese: nascente — spring etc.
• Portuguese: cabeceira — spring etc.
• Portuguese: exsurgência — spring etc.
• Quechua: pukyu — spring etc.
• Romanian: sursă — spring etc.
• Romanian: izvor — spring etc.
• Romanian: fântână — spring etc.
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — spring etc.
• Russian: ключ (ključ) — spring etc.
• Russian: родни́к (rodník) — spring etc.
• Kildin-Sami: ка̄ййв (kājjv) — spring etc.
• Scots: soorce — spring etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвор — spring etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzvor — spring etc.
• Slovak: zdroj — spring etc.
• Slovene: izvir — spring etc.
• Lower Sorbian: žŕodło — spring etc.
• Upper Sorbian: žórło — spring etc.
• Spanish: fuente — spring etc.
• Spanish: fontana — spring etc.
• Spanish: fluencia — spring etc.
• Spanish: dimanación — spring etc.
• Swedish: källa — spring etc.
• Swedish: fontän — spring etc.
• Tajik: чашма (čašma) — spring etc.
• Tatar: чишмә (çişmä) — spring etc.
• Tày: bó — spring etc.
• Turkish: kaynak — spring etc.
• Turkish: göze — spring etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: قایناق (kaynak) — spring etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: چشمه (çeşme) — spring etc.
• Turkmen: çeşme — spring etc.
• Ukrainian: джерело́ (džereló) — spring etc.
• Ukrainian: крини́ця (krynýcja) — spring etc.
• Urdu: چَشْمَہ (caśma) — spring etc.
• Uyghur: بۇلاق (bulaq) — spring etc.
• Uzbek: buloq — spring etc.
• Uzbek: chashma — spring etc.
• Vietnamese: nguồn — spring etc.
• Walloon: sourdant — spring etc.
• Walloon: sourd — spring etc.
• Afrikaans: bron — informant
• Arabic: مَصْدَر (maṣdar) — informant
• Armenian: աղբյուր (aġbyur) — informant
• Czech: zdroj — informant
• Danish: kilde — informant
• Dutch: bron — informant
• Finnish: lähde — informant
• French: source — informant
• German: Quelle — informant
• Greek: πηγή (pigí) — informant
• Hebrew: מָקוֹר (makór) — informant
• Hungarian: forrás — informant
• Indonesian: narasumber — informant
• Italian: fonte — informant
• Italian: informatore — informant
• Japanese: 情報源 (jōhōgen) — informant
• Meänkieli: lähe — informant
• Polish: źródło — informant
• Portuguese: fonte — informant
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — informant
• Scottish Gaelic: stòr — informant
• Swedish: källa — informant
• Dutch: source — (electronics) terminal
• Finnish: lähde — (electronics) terminal
• French: source — (electronics) terminal
• Italian: source — (electronics) terminal
• Polish: źródło — (electronics) terminal
• Spanish: fuente — (electronics) terminal
• Chinese Mandarin: 采購 /采购 (cǎigòu) — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Finnish: hankkia — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• French: sourcer — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• German: belegen — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• German: beziehen — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Hebrew: השיג (hisíg) — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Hungarian: beszerez — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Italian: reperire — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Italian: ottenere — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Italian: procurare — to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource
• Finnish: löytää lähde — to find a citation for
• Finnish: lähteistää — to find a citation for