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• Received-Pronunciation: täsk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɑːsk/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /task/
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• General-American: tăsk
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• General-American: /tæsk/
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• rhymes with -æsk
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• rhymes with -ɑːsk
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• CMU ARPABET: T AE1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: detyrë — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Arabic: مُهِمَّة (muhimma) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Arabic: وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Arabic: عَمَل (ʕamal) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Armenian: առաջադրանք (aṙaǰadrankʻ) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Azerbaijani: tapşırıq — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Azerbaijani: vəzifə — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Bashkir: эш (eş) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Belarusian: зада́нне (zadánnje) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Belarusian: зада́ньне (zadánʹnje) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Belarusian: зада́ча (zadáča) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Bulgarian: ра́бота (rábota) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Bulgarian: зада́ча (zadáča) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Catalan: tasca — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 課題 /课题 (kètí) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 作業 /作业 (zuòyè) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 任務 /任务 (rènwù) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Cornish: oberen — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Cornish: rann ober — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Czech: úkol — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Czech: úloha — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Danish: opgave — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Danish: tjans — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Danish: job — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Dutch: taak — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Dutch: opgave — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Egyptian: wp:p-W:t-Z9-A2 (wpwt) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Esperanto: tasko — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Estonian: ülesanne — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Estonian: töö — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Finnish: tehtävä — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Finnish: tekeminen — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Finnish: homma — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Finnish: puuha — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Finnish: askare — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• French: tâche — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Galician: tarefa — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Galician: angueira — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Georgian: დავალება (davaleba) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Georgian: ამოცანა (amocana) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Georgian: საქმე (sakme) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• German: Aufgabe — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• German: Pflicht — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌹 (taui) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Greek: δουλειά (douleiá) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Greek: εργασία (ergasía) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Hebrew: מְשִׂימָה (m'simá) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Hebrew: מַטָּלָה (matalá) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Hindi: कार्य (kārya) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Hindi: काम (kām) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Hungarian: feladat — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Icelandic: verkefni — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Irish: tasc — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Italian: compito — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Italian: attività — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Japanese: 仕事 (shigoto) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Japanese: 課題 (kadai) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Kazakh: тапсырма (tapsyrma) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Korean: 일 (il) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Korean: 과제 (gwaje) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Kyrgyz: тапшырма (tapşırma) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Latin: pensum — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Latvian: uzdevums — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Lithuanian: užduotis — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Macedonian: задача (zadača) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Māori: taumahi — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Māori: tūmahi — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Marathi: कार्य (kārya) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Middle English: taske — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Mongolian: даалгавар (daalgavar) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Nahuatl: tequiua — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppgave — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oppgåve — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Occitan: tasca — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Dari: کَار (kār) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Dari: وَظِیفَه (wazīfa) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Iranian Persian: کار (kâr) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Iranian Persian: وَظیفِه (vazife) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Polish: zadanie — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Portuguese: tarefa — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Portuguese: incumbência — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Portuguese: dever — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Romanian: sarcină — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Russian: зада́ние (zadánije) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Russian: зада́ча (zadáča) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Russian: рабо́та (rabóta) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Scottish Gaelic: gnìomh — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Serbo-Croatian: зада́так — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Serbo-Croatian: zadátak — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Slovak: úloha — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Slovak: úkol — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Slovene: naloga — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Spanish: tarea — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Spanish: faena — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Spanish: tonga — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Spanish: tanda — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Swedish: uppgift — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Tagalog: abyad — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Tajik: кор (kor) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Tajik: вазифа (vazifa) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Thai: งาน (ngaan) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Turkish: görev — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Turkish: vazife — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Turkish: ödev — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Turkmen: wezipe — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Ukrainian: завда́ння (zavdánnja) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Ukrainian: зада́ча (zadáča) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Urdu: کام (kām) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Uyghur: تاپشۇرۇق (tapshuruq) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Uyghur: ۋەزىپە (wezipe) — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Uzbek: vazifa — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Welsh: tasg — piece of work done as part of one’s duties
• Belarusian: зада́ча (zadáča) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Catalan: tasca — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 任務 /任务 (rènwù) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Dutch: opgave — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Finnish: tehtävä — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Finnish: suoritus — difficult or tedious undertaking
• French: corvée — difficult or tedious undertaking
• French: tâche — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Greek: αγγαρεία (angareía) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Italian: incombenza — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Japanese: 任務 (ninmu) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Japanese: 問題 (mondai) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Korean: 임무 (immu) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Korean: 문제 (munje) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Portuguese: incumbência — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Russian: зада́ча (zadáča) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Spanish: incumbencia — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Ukrainian: зада́ча (zadáča) — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ — difficult or tedious undertaking
• Arabic: هَدَف (hadaf) — objective
• Arabic: مَقْصَد (maqṣad) — objective
• Belarusian: зада́нне (zadánnje) — objective
• Belarusian: зада́ньне (zadánʹnje) — objective
• Belarusian: цэль (celʹ) — objective
• Belarusian: мэ́та (méta) — objective
• Bulgarian: зада́ние (zadánie) — objective
• Bulgarian: цел (cel) — objective
• Chinese Mandarin: 目標 /目标 (mùbiāo) — objective
• Chinese Mandarin: 目的 (mùdì) — objective
• Danish: mission — objective
• Dutch: doel — objective
• Finnish: tehtävä — objective
• Finnish: päämäärä — objective
• Galician: obxectivo — objective
• Italian: obiettivo — objective
• Japanese: 目的 (mokuteki) — objective
• Japanese: 目標 (mokuhyō) — objective
• Korean: 목적 (mokjeok) — objective
• Korean: 목표 (mokpyo) — objective
• Mongolian: зорилго (zorilgo) — objective
• Nahuatl: tequiua — objective
• Iranian Persian: هَدَف (hadaf) — objective
• Iranian Persian: مَقْصَد (maġsad) — objective
• Portuguese: objetivo — objective
• Russian: зада́ние (zadánije) — objective
• Russian: зада́ча (zadáča) — objective
• Russian: цель (celʹ) — objective
• Slovene: naloga — objective
• Slovene: cilj — objective
• Spanish: cometido — objective
• Spanish: encargo — objective
• Spanish: encomienda — objective
• Spanish: bolado — objective
• Ukrainian: завда́ння (zavdánnja) — objective
• Ukrainian: ціль (cilʹ) — objective
• Ukrainian: мета́ (metá) — objective
• Vietnamese: mục tiêu — objective
• Vietnamese: mục đích — objective
• Bulgarian: зада́ча (zadáča) — process or execution of a program
• Dutch: taak — process or execution of a program
• Finnish: tehtävä — process or execution of a program
• Finnish: prosessi — process or execution of a program
• French: tâche — process or execution of a program
• Italian: task — process or execution of a program
• Japanese: タスク (tasuku) — process or execution of a program
• Korean: 태스크 (taeseukeu) — process or execution of a program
• Polish: zadanie — process or execution of a program
• Portuguese: tarefa — process or execution of a program
• Russian: зада́ча (zadáča) — process or execution of a program
• Bulgarian: давам задача (davam zadača) — assign a task to
• Dutch: opdragen — assign a task to
• Dutch: een taak toekennen — assign a task to
• German: beauftragen — assign a task to
• Hebrew: הטיל (hitíl) — assign a task to
• Japanese: 課す (kasu) — assign a task to
• Portuguese: atarefar — assign a task to
• Russian: поруча́ть (poručátʹ) — assign a task to
• Russian: задава́ть (zadavátʹ) — assign a task to
• Russian: выдава́ть зада́ние (vydavátʹ zadánije) — assign a task to
• Russian: озада́чивать (ozadáčivatʹ) — assign a task to
• Russian: вменя́ть в обя́занность (vmenjátʹ v objázannostʹ) — assign a task to
• Spanish: atarear — assign a task to
• Spanish: encargar — assign a task to
• Spanish: encomendar — assign a task to
• Turkish: görevlendirmek — assign a task to
• Turkish: ödevlendirmek — assign a task to