spontaneous

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• Received-Pronunciation: /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
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• US: /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
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• rhymes with -eɪniəs
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AA0 N T EY1 N IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin sponte Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Late Latin spontāneuslbor. English spontaneous Learned borrowing from Late Latin spontāneus.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: স্বতঃস্ফুৰ্ট (sotohsphurt) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Bulgarian: самопроизво́лен (samoproizvólen) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Catalan: espontani — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 自发的 — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Czech: spontánní — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Dutch: spontaan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Esperanto: spontanea — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Esperanto: spontana — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Finnish: spontaani — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• French: spontané — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• French: volontaire — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Galician: ventureiro — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• German: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Greek: αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Greek: εθελοντικός (ethelontikós) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Ancient Greek: αὐτόματος (autómatos) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Hungarian: spontán — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Italian: spontaneo — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Latin: spontāneus — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Macedonian: спо́нтан (spóntan) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Malay: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Māori: tene — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Norwegian Bokmål: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Polish: spontaniczny — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Polish: samorzutny — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Portuguese: espontâneo — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Romanian: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Russian: спонта́нный (spontánnyj) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Russian: самопроизво́льный (samoproizvólʹnyj) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍntān — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Spanish: espontáneo — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Swedish: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Tagalog: kusa — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Turkish: kendiliğinden — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Turkish: spontan — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Ukrainian: спонта́нний (spontánnyj) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Ukrainian: мимові́льний (mymovílʹnyj) — self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
• Bulgarian: спонтанен (spontanen) — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Czech: spontánní — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Finnish: spontaani — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Finnish: oma-aloitteinen — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Finnish: omaehtoinen — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• French: spontané — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Galician: espontáneo — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• German: spontan — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Greek: αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Greek: αβίαστος (avíastos) — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Hungarian: spontán — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Italian: spontaneo — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Latin: extemporālis — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Macedonian: добро́волен (dobróvolen) — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Māori: tene — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Polish: spontaniczny — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Portuguese: espontâneo — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Romanian: spontan — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Russian: доброво́льный (dobrovólʹnyj) — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍntān — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Swedish: spontan — done by one's own free choice, or without planning
• Assamese: সহজাত (xohozat) — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Bulgarian: непринуден (neprinuden) — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Catalan: espontani — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Czech: spontánní — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• French: spontané — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Greek: αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Greek: πηγαίος (pigaíos) — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Greek: ενστικτώδης (enstiktódis) — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Macedonian: непри́нуден (neprínuden) — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Māori: tene — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍntān — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Spanish: espontáneo — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Swedish: spontan — proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
• Bulgarian: спонтанен (spontanen) — arising from a momentary impulse
• Catalan: espontani — arising from a momentary impulse
• Czech: impulzivní — arising from a momentary impulse
• Finnish: impulsiivinen — arising from a momentary impulse
• French: impulsif — arising from a momentary impulse
• Greek: παρορμητικός (parormitikós) — arising from a momentary impulse
• Greek: αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) — arising from a momentary impulse
• Macedonian: спо́нтан (spóntan) — arising from a momentary impulse
• Māori: ohia — arising from a momentary impulse
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍntān — arising from a momentary impulse
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉmpulzīvan — arising from a momentary impulse
• Spanish: espontáneo — arising from a momentary impulse
• Swedish: spontan — arising from a momentary impulse
• French: réflexe — controlled and directed internally
• Greek: ακούσιος (akoúsios) — controlled and directed internally
• Swedish: reflexmässig — controlled and directed internally
• Bulgarian: естествен (estestven) — produced without being planted or without human labor
• Finnish: luonnollinen — produced without being planted or without human labor
• French: indigène — produced without being planted or without human labor
• French: endémique — produced without being planted or without human labor
• Galician: ventureiro — produced without being planted or without human labor
• Macedonian: при́роден (príroden) — produced without being planted or without human labor
• Finnish: spontaani — not apparently contrived or manipulated
• French: naturel — not apparently contrived or manipulated
• French: spontané — not apparently contrived or manipulated
• Greek: αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) — not apparently contrived or manipulated
• Greek: φυσικός (fysikós) — not apparently contrived or manipulated
• Bulgarian: внезапен (vnezapen) — sudden, without warning
• Finnish: yllättävä — sudden, without warning
• Finnish: äkillinen — sudden, without warning
• French: soudain — sudden, without warning
• Greek: ξαφνικός (xafnikós) — sudden, without warning
• Hungarian: spontán — sudden, without warning
• Norwegian Bokmål: plutselig — sudden, without warning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plutseleg — sudden, without warning
• Persian: خود جوش، داوطلبانه، ناگهانی — sudden, without warning