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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: spĕʹshəl
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɛʃ.əl/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈspɛʃ.ɫ̩]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈspeʃ.əl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈspeʃ.ɫ̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i veçantë — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Arabic: خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Arabic: خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Arabic: خاص (ḵaṣṣ) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Armenian: հատուկ (hatuk) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Azerbaijani: xüsusi — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Azerbaijani: əlahiddə — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Azerbaijani: xas — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Azerbaijani: məxsus — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Basque: berezi — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Belarusian: асаблі́вы (asablívy) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Belarusian: спецыя́льны (spjecyjálʹny) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Belarusian: вынятко́вы (vynjatkóvy) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Bengali: বিশেষ (biśeś) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Bhojpuri: खास (khās) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Bulgarian: осо́бен (osóben) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Bulgarian: специа́лен (speciálen) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Burmese: ထူး (htu:) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Catalan: especial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Chinese Cantonese: 特別 /特别 (dak6 bit6) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 特別的 /特别的 (tèbié de) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 特殊的 (tèshū de) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 專門的 /专门的 (zhuānmén de) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Czech: zvláštní — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Czech: speciální — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Danish: speciel — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Dutch: speciaal — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Esperanto: speciala — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Estonian: eri- — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Finnish: erikoinen — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Finnish: omalaatuinen — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Finnish: erikois- — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• French: spécial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Georgian: განსაკუთრებული (gansaḳutrebuli) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Georgian: სპეციალური (sṗecialuri) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Georgian: საგანგებო (sagangebo) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• German: speziell — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• German: Spezial- — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• German: ungewöhnlich — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• German: Sonder- — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• German: besondere — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Greek: έκτακτος (éktaktos) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hebrew: מיוחד \ מְיֻחָד (m'yukhád) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hebrew: ייחודי (yikhudí) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hindi: विशिष्ट (viśiṣṭ) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hindi: ख़ास (xās) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hindi: विशेष (viśeṣ) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: különleges — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: speciális — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: rendkívüli — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: alkalmi — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: külön- — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: szakmai — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Hungarian: szak- — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Icelandic: sérstakur — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Ido: specala — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Indonesian: khusus — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Indonesian: istimewa — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Indonesian: khas — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Irish: speisialta — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Irish: ar leith — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Italian: speciale — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Italian: specifico — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Japanese: 特別な (tokubetsu na) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Japanese: 特殊な (tokushu na) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Kazakh: арнайы (arnaiy) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Kazakh: арнаулы (arnauly) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Khmer: ពិសេស (pisaeh) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Korean: 특별하다 (teukbyeolhada) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Korean: 특수하다 (teuksuhada) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Northern Kurdish: taybet — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Kyrgyz: атайын (atayın) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Lao: ພິເສດ (phi sēt) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Latgalian: sovins — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Latin: eximius — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Latin: praecipuus — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Latvian: īpašs — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Lithuanian: ypatingas — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Lithuanian: nepaprastas — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Macedonian: посебен (poseben) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Malay: istimewa — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Malay: khas — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Malay: khusus — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Māori: motuhake — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Marathi: विशेष (viśeṣ) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Mongolian: онцгой (oncgoj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Mongolian: тусгай (tusgaj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Navajo: spéshelígíí — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Norwegian Bokmål: spesiell — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Norwegian Bokmål: spesial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spesiell — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spesial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Occitan: especial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Old English: synderlīċ — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Pashto: مخصوص (maxsús) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Pashto: خاص (xās) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Pashto: خصوصي (xosusí) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Persian: ویژه (viže) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Persian: خاص (xâs) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Persian: مخصوص (maxsus) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Plautdietsch: besonda — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Polish: specjalny — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Polish: wyjątkowy — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Polish: osobliwy — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Portuguese: especial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Romanian: special — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Russian: осо́бый (osóbyj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Russian: осо́бенный (osóbennyj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Russian: специа́льный (speciálʹnyj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Scottish Gaelic: sònraichte — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Scottish Gaelic: àraidh — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Serbo-Croatian: по́себан — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Serbo-Croatian: спе̏ција̄лан — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Serbo-Croatian: póseban — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Serbo-Croatian: spȅcijālan — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Slovak: špeciálny — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Slovak: zvláštny — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Slovene: poseben — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Lower Sorbian: wósebny — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Spanish: especial — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Swahili: maalum — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Swedish: speciell — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Swedish: särskild — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Tajik: вижа (viža) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Tajik: хос (xos) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Tajik: махсус (maxsus) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Tajik: алоҳида (alohida) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Tatar: махсус (maxsus) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Thai: พิเศษ (pí-sèet) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Turkish: özel — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Turkish: has — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Turkmen: aýratyn — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Ukrainian: особли́вий (osoblývyj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Ukrainian: спеціа́льний (speciálʹnyj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Ukrainian: ви́їмковий (výjimkovyj) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Urdu: خاص (xās) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Urdu: مخصوص (maxsūs) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Uyghur: ئالاھىدە (alahide) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Uyghur: خاس (xas) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Uzbek: maxsus — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Uzbek: alohida — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Uzbek: xos — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Vietnamese: đặc biệt — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Welsh: arbennig — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Yiddish: ספּעציעל (spetsyel) — distinguished by a unique or unusual quality
• Armenian: հատուկ (hatuk) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Bulgarian: специален (specialen) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Bulgarian: любим (ljubim) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Catalan: especial — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Chinese Mandarin: 格外 (géwài) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Czech: jedinečný — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Dutch: speciaal — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Esperanto: speciala — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Estonian: eriline — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Finnish: pidetty — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Finnish: erityinen — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Finnish: tietty — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• French: particulier — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Georgian: განსაკუთრებული (gansaḳutrebuli) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Georgian: გამორჩეული (gamorčeuli) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• German: speziell — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• German: Spezial- — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• German: Sonder- — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• German: bestimmt — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• German: Lieblings- — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Greek: ειδικός (eidikós) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Greek: ιδιαίτερος (idiaíteros) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Hebrew: מיוחד \ מְיֻחָד (m'yukhád) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Hungarian: különleges — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Ido: specala — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Indonesian: spesial — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Italian: speciale — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Latin: eximius — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Malay: istimewa — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Norwegian: spesiell — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Old English: synderlīċ — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Polish: wyjątkowy — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Portuguese: especial — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Russian: дорого́й (dorogój) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Russian: люби́мый (ljubímyj) — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Scottish Gaelic: sònraichte — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Scottish Gaelic: àraidh — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Spanish: especial — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Swedish: speciell — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Swedish: särskild — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Turkish: özel — of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored
• Hebrew: מיוחד \ מְיֻחָד (m'yukhád) — of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities
• Hungarian: kisegítő — of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities
• Hungarian: speciális — of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities
• Persian: استثنایی (estesnâyi) — of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities
• Swedish: speciell — of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities
• Bulgarian: особен (osoben) — constituting or relating to a species
• Czech: zvláštní — constituting or relating to a species
• Czech: druhový — constituting or relating to a species
• Finnish: lajityypillinen — constituting or relating to a species
• Greek: ειδικός (eidikós) — constituting or relating to a species
• Hungarian: jellegzetes — constituting or relating to a species
• Hungarian: (fajra) jellemző — constituting or relating to a species
• Russian: видово́й (vidovój) — constituting or relating to a species
• Bulgarian: промоция (promocija) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Chinese Mandarin: 促銷 /促销 (cùxiāo) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Chinese Mandarin: 特惠 (tèhuì) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Czech: sleva — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Dutch: aanbieding — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Finnish: erikoistarjous — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• French: solde — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• German: Sonderangebot — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Greek: προσφορά (prosforá) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Hebrew: מבצע (mivtsá) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Hungarian: akció — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Hungarian: árleszállítás — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Japanese: スペシャル (supesharu) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Korean: 스페셜 (seupesyeol) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Malay: tawaran khas — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Malay: tawaran istimewa — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Portuguese: oferta — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Russian: распрода́жа (rasprodáža) — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Slovak: zľava — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Spanish: oferta — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Swedish: specialerbjudande — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Vietnamese: giảm giá đặc biệt — A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered
• Chinese Mandarin: 特輯 /特辑 (tèjí) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Chinese Mandarin: 專輯 /专辑 (zhuānjí) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Finnish: erikoisjakso — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Finnish: erikoislähetys — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• German: Sondersendung — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Greek: έκτακτος (éktaktos) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Hebrew: פרק מיוחד (pérek meyukhád) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Hebrew: ספיישל (spéyshel) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Hungarian: különkiadás — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Japanese: スペシャル (supesharu) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Korean: 스페셜 (seupesyeol) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Marathi: विशेष कार्यक्रम (viśeṣ kāryakram) — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
• Swedish: specialavsnitt — (TV, radio) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series