thicken

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• US: /ˈθɪkən/
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• rhymes with -ɪkən
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• CMU ARPABET: TH IH1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English thickenen, thikkenen, perhaps from Old Norse þykkna (“to thicken”); equivalent to thick + -en. Cognate with Swedish tjockna (“to thicken”), Icelandic þykkna (“to thicken”).

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: trash — (transitive) to make wider
• Arabic: غَلَّظَ (ḡallaẓa) — (transitive) to make wider
• Bulgarian: удебелявам (udebeljavam) — (transitive) to make wider
• Catalan: espessir — (transitive) to make wider
• Dutch: verbreden — (transitive) to make wider
• Finnish: paksuntaa — (transitive) to make wider
• French: épaissir — (transitive) to make wider
• Hungarian: vastagít — (transitive) to make wider
• Hungarian: megvastagít — (transitive) to make wider
• Ido: dikigar — (transitive) to make wider
• Italian: infittire — (transitive) to make wider
• Latin: lato — (transitive) to make wider
• Occitan: espessir — (transitive) to make wider
• Polish: pogrubiać — (transitive) to make wider
• Polish: pogrubić — (transitive) to make wider
• Russian: утолща́ть (utolščátʹ) — (transitive) to make wider
• Russian: утолсти́ть (utolstítʹ) — (transitive) to make wider
• Spanish: engrosar — (transitive) to make wider
• Spanish: engruesar — (transitive) to make wider
• Turkish: kalınlaştırmak — (transitive) to make wider
• Albanian: shtoj — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Arabic: عَقَّدَ (ʕaqqada) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Bulgarian: сгъстяван (sgǎstjavan) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Catalan: espessir — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Finnish: paksuntaa — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Finnish: sakeuttaa — (transitive) to make more viscous
• French: épaissir — (transitive) to make more viscous
• French: lier — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Galician: espesar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Galician: entestar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Hungarian: sűrít — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Hungarian: besűrít — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Hungarian: habar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Hungarian: behabar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Ido: densigar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Ido: denseskar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Latvian: biezināt — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Occitan: espessir — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Polish: zagęszczać — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Polish: zagęścić — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Russian: сгуща́ть (sguščátʹ) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Russian: сгусти́ть (sgustítʹ) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Spanish: espesar — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Ukrainian: густи́ти (hustýty) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Ukrainian: згу́щувати (zhúščuvaty) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Ukrainian: згуща́ти (zhuščáty) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Ukrainian: згусти́ти (zhustýty) — (transitive) to make more viscous
• Albanian: trash — (intransitive) to become wider
• Albanian: zgjeroj — (intransitive) to become wider
• Bulgarian: удебелявам се (udebeljavam se) — (intransitive) to become wider
• Catalan: espessir — (intransitive) to become wider
• Dutch: verbreden — (intransitive) to become wider
• Finnish: paksuuntua — (intransitive) to become wider
• French: s'épaissir — (intransitive) to become wider
• French: épaissir — (intransitive) to become wider
• Hungarian: vastagodik — (intransitive) to become wider
• Hungarian: megvastagodik — (intransitive) to become wider
• Hungarian: vastagszik — (intransitive) to become wider
• Hungarian: megvastagszik — (intransitive) to become wider
• Italian: infittirsi — (intransitive) to become wider
• Occitan: espessir — (intransitive) to become wider
• Polish: grubieć — (intransitive) to become wider
• Polish: zgrubieć — (intransitive) to become wider
• Russian: утолща́ться (utolščátʹsja) — (intransitive) to become wider
• Russian: утолсти́ться (utolstítʹsja) — (intransitive) to become wider
• Spanish: engrosar — (intransitive) to become wider
• Spanish: engrosarse — (intransitive) to become wider
• Spanish: engruesar — (intransitive) to become wider
• Spanish: embastecer — (intransitive) to become wider
• Spanish: embarnecer — (intransitive) to become wider
• Turkish: kalınlaşmak — (intransitive) to become wider
• Bulgarian: сгъстявам се (sgǎstjavam se) — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Catalan: espessir — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Czech: houstnout — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Dutch: verdikken — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Finnish: paksuuntua — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Finnish: saeta — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Finnish: sakeutua — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• French: s'épaissir — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• French: se densifier — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• French: épaissir — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Galician: entestar — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Galician: espesar — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Hungarian: sűrűsödik — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Hungarian: besűrűsödik — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Māori: ete — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Occitan: espessir — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Polish: gęstnieć — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Polish: zgęstnieć — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Russian: сгуща́ться (sguščátʹsja) — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Russian: сгусти́ться (sgustítʹsja) — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Spanish: espesar — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Spanish: espesarse — (intransitive) to become more viscous
• Ottoman Turkish: قویولمق (koyulmak) — (intransitive) to become more viscous