summons

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• /ˈsʌ.mənz/
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From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتِدْعَاء (istidʕāʔ) — call to do something, especially to come
• Azerbaijani: çağırış — call to do something, especially to come
• Belarusian: выкліка́нне (vyklikánnje) — call to do something, especially to come
• Belarusian: вы́клік (výklik) — call to do something, especially to come
• Belarusian: вы́заў (výzaw) — call to do something, especially to come
• Bulgarian: при́зив (príziv) — call to do something, especially to come
• Catalan: citació — call to do something, especially to come
• Czech: výzva — call to do something, especially to come
• Dutch: oproep — call to do something, especially to come
• Finnish: kutsu — call to do something, especially to come
• Finnish: kokouskutsu — call to do something, especially to come
• French: convocation — call to do something, especially to come
• Galician: chamamento — call to do something, especially to come
• German: Aufforderung — call to do something, especially to come
• Ancient Greek: κλῆσις (klêsis) — call to do something, especially to come
• Indonesian: surat panggilan — call to do something, especially to come
• Irish: toghairm — call to do something, especially to come
• Italian: convocazione — call to do something, especially to come
• Italian: adunanza — call to do something, especially to come
• Japanese: 呼び出し (yobidashi) — call to do something, especially to come
• Polish: wezwanie — call to do something, especially to come
• Portuguese: convocação — call to do something, especially to come
• Russian: вы́зов (výzov) — call to do something, especially to come
• Spanish: convocatoria — call to do something, especially to come
• Swedish: kallelse — call to do something, especially to come
• Ottoman Turkish: دعوت (daʼvet) — call to do something, especially to come
• Ukrainian: ви́клик (výklyk) — call to do something, especially to come
• Ukrainian: за́клик (záklyk) — call to do something, especially to come
• Ukrainian: виклика́ння (vyklykánnja) — call to do something, especially to come
• Albanian: fletëthirrje — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Arabic: اِسْتِدْعَاء (istidʕāʔ) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Armenian: ծանուցագիր (canucʻagir) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Azerbaijani: çağırış — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Belarusian: паве́стка (pavjéstka) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Bengali: সমন (śomon) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Bulgarian: призо́вка (prizóvka) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Bulgarian: повиква́телна (povikvátelna) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Catalan: compareixença — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Cebuano: sumon — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳票 /传票 (chuánpiào) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳訊 /传讯 (chuánxùn) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Czech: předvolání — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Dutch: dagvaarding — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Finnish: haaste — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Finnish: kutsu — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• French: citation à comparaître — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• French: citation — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• French: convocation — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• German: Vorladung — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Greek: κλήση (klísi) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Ancient Greek: κλῆσις (klêsis) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Hindi: सम्मन (samman) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Hungarian: idézés — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Hungarian: beidézés — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Indonesian: surat panggilan sidang — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Indonesian: surat pemanggilan sidang — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Irish: fógra — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Irish: toghairm — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Italian: citazione — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Japanese: 召喚 (shōkan) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Japanese: 召喚状 (shōkanjō) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Korean: 소환 (sohwan) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Korean: 소환장 (sohwanjang) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Malay: saman — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Polish: wezwanie — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Portuguese: intimação — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Russian: пове́стка (povéstka) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Slovak: predvolanie — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Spanish: citación — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Swahili: barua ya wito — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Swedish: kallelse — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Tamil: சம்மன் (cammaṉ) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Thai: หมายเรียก (mǎai-rîiak) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Ukrainian: пові́стка (povístka) — notice summoning someone to appear in court
• Welsh: gwŷs — notice summoning someone to appear in court