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• rhymes with -eɪd
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• homophone: trayed
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh2- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *tradu, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“track, way”), and cognate with Old English tredan (“to tread”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh2- (“to tread, walk, step, run”). Cognate with Dutch trade, tra (“path, trail, course, trade”), German Low German Traad (“track, wagon trail”), Luxembourgish Tratt (“step, pace”), Icelandic tröð (“a lane between fences, enclosure, pen”).

414 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: mercantil — attributive to commerce
• Spanish: gremial — attributive to professions
• Afrikaans: ruil — buying and selling
• Afrikaans: handel — buying and selling
• Albanian: tregti — buying and selling
• Amharic: ንግድ (nəgd) — buying and selling
• Arabic: تِجَارَة (tijāra) — buying and selling
• Armenian: առեւտուր (aṙewtur) — buying and selling
• Assamese: বেহাবেপাৰ (behabepar) — buying and selling
• Assamese: বেপাৰ (bepar) — buying and selling
• Assamese: বেহা (beha) — buying and selling
• Azerbaijani: alver — buying and selling
• Azerbaijani: ticarət — buying and selling
• Bangi: mombongo — buying and selling
• Bashkir: сауҙа (sawźa) — buying and selling
• Belarusian: га́ндаль (hándalʹ) — buying and selling
• Belarusian: каме́рцыя (kamjércyja) — buying and selling
• Belarusian: камэ́рцыя (kamércyja) — buying and selling
• Belarusian: тарго́ўля (tarhówlja) — buying and selling
• Bengali: বাণিজ্য (banijjo) — buying and selling
• Bengali: তেজারত (tejarot) — buying and selling
• Bengali: সওদা (śoōda) — buying and selling
• Bulgarian: търго́вия (tǎrgóvija) — buying and selling
• Burmese: အရောင်းအဝယ် (a.raung:a.wai) — buying and selling
• Burmese: ဝါဏိဇ္ဇ (wanijja.) — buying and selling
• Burmese: ကုန်သွယ်ရေး (kunswaire:) — buying and selling
• Buryat: наймаан (najmaan) — buying and selling
• Catalan: comerç — buying and selling
• Chechen: махлелор (maxlelor) — buying and selling
• Chechen: йохкар эцар (joxkar ecar) — buying and selling
• Chinese Cantonese: 貿易 /贸易 (mau6 jik6) — buying and selling
• Eastern Min Chinese: 貿易 /贸易 (mâiu-ĭk) — buying and selling
• Hakka Chinese: 貿易 /贸易 (meu-yi̍t / méu-yi̍t / mo-yi) — buying and selling
• Chinese: 貿易 /贸易 (zh-min-nan) — buying and selling
• Chinese Mandarin: 貿易 /贸易 (màoyì) — buying and selling
• Chinese Mandarin: 交易 (jiāoyì) — buying and selling
• Wu Chinese: 貿易 /贸易 (6meu-yiq) — buying and selling
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓiashara — buying and selling
• Czech: obchod — buying and selling
• Danish: handel — buying and selling
• Dutch: handel — buying and selling
• Dutch: commercie — buying and selling
• Esperanto: komerco — buying and selling
• Estonian: kaubandus — buying and selling
• Finnish: kauppa — buying and selling
• Finnish: kaupankäynti — buying and selling
• French: commerce — buying and selling
• Galician: comercio — buying and selling
• Galician: trato — buying and selling
• Georgian: ვაჭრობა (vač̣roba) — buying and selling
• German: Handel — buying and selling
• German: Kommerz — buying and selling
• Greek: εμπόριο (empório) — buying and selling
• Ancient Greek: ἐμπορία (emporía) — buying and selling
• Gujarati: વ્યાપાર (vyāpār) — buying and selling
• Hausa: ciniki — buying and selling
• Hausa: kasuwanci — buying and selling
• Hebrew: סַחַר (sákhar) — buying and selling
• Hebrew: מִסְחָר (miskhár) — buying and selling
• Hindi: व्यापार (vyāpār) — buying and selling
• Hindi: व्यवसाय (vyavsāy) — buying and selling
• Hindi: वाणिज्य (vāṇijya) — buying and selling
• Hindi: पणन (paṇan) — buying and selling
• Hungarian: kereskedelem — buying and selling
• Icelandic: viðskipti — buying and selling
• Icelandic: verslun — buying and selling
• Indonesian: perdagangan — buying and selling
• Ingrian: kauppa — buying and selling
• Irish: tráchtáil — buying and selling
• Italian: commercio — buying and selling
• Japanese: 貿易 (bōeki) — buying and selling
• Japanese: 交易 (kōeki) — buying and selling
• Japanese: 商業 (shōgyō) — buying and selling
• Japanese: 商う (akinau) — buying and selling
• Kannada: ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ (vāṇijya) — buying and selling
• Kazakh: сауда (sauda) — buying and selling
• Kazakh: коммерция (kommersiä) — buying and selling
• Khmer: ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម (piəniccĕəʼkam) — buying and selling
• Khmer: វណិជ្ជា (vĕəʼnɨcciə) — buying and selling
• Khmer: ពាណិជ្ជ (piənɨc) — buying and selling
• Korean: 거래 (georae) — buying and selling
• Korean: 교역 (gyoyeok) — buying and selling
• Korean: 무역 (muyeok) — buying and selling
• Korean: 상업 (sang'eop) — buying and selling
• Northern Kurdish: sewda — buying and selling
• Northern Kurdish: bazirganî — buying and selling
• Kyrgyz: соода (sooda) — buying and selling
• Kyrgyz: коммерция (kommertsiya) — buying and selling
• Lao: ການຄ້າ (kān khā) — buying and selling
• Lao: ທຸລະກິດ (thu la kit) — buying and selling
• Latin: commercium — buying and selling
• Latvian: tirgošanās — buying and selling
• Latvian: tirdzniecība — buying and selling
• Latvian: komercija — buying and selling
• Lingala: mombongo — buying and selling
• Lithuanian: prekyba — buying and selling
• Lithuanian: komercija — buying and selling
• Macedonian: трговија (trgovija) — buying and selling
• Macedonian: комерција (komercija) — buying and selling
• Malay: perdagangan — buying and selling
• Malayalam: വ്യാപാരം (vyāpāraṁ) — buying and selling
• Maltese: kummerċ — buying and selling
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᠮᠠᠨ (maiman) — buying and selling
• Marathi: वाणिज्य (vāṇijya) — buying and selling
• Middle English: chaffare — buying and selling
• Mongolian: наймаа (najmaa) — buying and selling
• Mongolian: худалдаа (xudaldaa) — buying and selling
• Navajo: naʼiiniʼ — buying and selling
• Norwegian Bokmål: handel — buying and selling
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handel — buying and selling
• Occitan: comèrci — buying and selling
• Old English: ġemangian — buying and selling
• Oromo: daldala — buying and selling
• Ossetian: базар (bazar) — buying and selling
• Pali: vaṇijjā — buying and selling
• Pannonian Rusyn: тарґованє (targovanje) — buying and selling
• Pashto: تجارت (tejārát) — buying and selling
• Pashto: سودا (sawdā) — buying and selling
• Dari: تِجَارَت (tijārat) — buying and selling
• Dari: سَودَا (sawdā) — buying and selling
• Iranian Persian: تِجارَت (tejârat) — buying and selling
• Iranian Persian: سُودا (sowdâ) — buying and selling
• Polish: handel — buying and selling
• Portuguese: comércio — buying and selling
• Romanian: comerț — buying and selling
• Russian: торго́вля (torgóvlja) — buying and selling
• Russian: комме́рция (kommércija) — buying and selling
• Sanskrit: वाणिज्य (vāṇijya) — buying and selling
• Serbo-Croatian: трго̀вина — buying and selling
• Serbo-Croatian: trgòvina — buying and selling
• Shor: садығ (sadığ) — buying and selling
• Sinhalese: වෙළෙඳාම (weḷendāma) — buying and selling
• Slovak: obchod — buying and selling
• Slovene: trgovina — buying and selling
• Somali: ganacsi — buying and selling
• Spanish: comercio — buying and selling
• Spanish: compraventa — buying and selling
• Spanish: trocamiento — buying and selling
• Swahili: biashara — buying and selling
• Swedish: handel — buying and selling
• Swedish: byteshandel — buying and selling
• Tagalog: baliwasan — buying and selling
• Tagalog: kalakalan — buying and selling
• Tajik: тиҷорат (tijorat) — buying and selling
• Tajik: савдо (savdo) — buying and selling
• Tamil: வணிகம் (vaṇikam) — buying and selling
• Tatar: сәүдә (säwdä) — buying and selling
• Telugu: వర్తకము (vartakamu) — buying and selling
• Telugu: వాణిజ్యము (vāṇijyamu) — buying and selling
• Thai: พาณิชย์ (paa-nít) — buying and selling
• Thai: ธุรกิจ (tú-rá-gìt) — buying and selling
• Thai: การค้า (gaan-káa) — buying and selling
• Tibetan: རྗེ (rje) — buying and selling
• Tocharian B: karyor — buying and selling
• Turkish: alım satım — buying and selling
• Turkish: ticaret — buying and selling
• Turkish: tecim — buying and selling
• Turkish: satmanlık — buying and selling
• Turkish: satkanlık — buying and selling
• Ottoman Turkish: تجارت (ticâret) — buying and selling
• Turkmen: söwda — buying and selling
• Ukrainian: торгі́вля (torhívlja) — buying and selling
• Ukrainian: коме́рція (komércija) — buying and selling
• Urdu: تِجارَت (tijārat) — buying and selling
• Urdu: سَودا (saudā) — buying and selling
• Uyghur: تىجارەت (tijaret) — buying and selling
• Uyghur: سودا (soda) — buying and selling
• Uzbek: tijorat — buying and selling
• Uzbek: kommersiya — buying and selling
• Uzbek: savdo — buying and selling
• Vietnamese: sự buôn bán — buying and selling
• Vietnamese: thương mại — buying and selling
• Vietnamese: thương nghiệp — buying and selling
• Yakut: эргиэн (ergien) — buying and selling
• Yakut: атыы (atïï) — buying and selling
• Yiddish: האַנדל (handl) — buying and selling
• Zhuang: gaicawx — buying and selling
• Zhuang: mouyiz — buying and selling
• Afrikaans: handel — instance of buying or selling
• Bulgarian: сде́лка (sdélka) — instance of buying or selling
• Chinese Mandarin: 貿易 /贸易 (màoyì) — instance of buying or selling
• Czech: obchod — instance of buying or selling
• Danish: handel — instance of buying or selling
• Danish: byttehandel — instance of buying or selling
• Dutch: handel — instance of buying or selling
• Esperanto: negoco — instance of buying or selling
• Finnish: kauppa — instance of buying or selling
• French: commerce — instance of buying or selling
• French: magasin — instance of buying or selling
• Galician: negocio — instance of buying or selling
• Galician: trato — instance of buying or selling
• German: Handel — instance of buying or selling
• German: Geschäft — instance of buying or selling
• Hindi: व्यापार (vyāpār) — instance of buying or selling
• Hindi: व्यवसाय (vyavsāy) — instance of buying or selling
• Hindi: वाणिज्य (vāṇijya) — instance of buying or selling
• Hindi: पणन (paṇan) — instance of buying or selling
• Hungarian: kereskedés — instance of buying or selling
• Hungarian: üzlet — instance of buying or selling
• Hungarian: üzletelés — instance of buying or selling
• Icelandic: kaup — instance of buying or selling
• Ingrian: kauppa — instance of buying or selling
• Japanese: 商売 (shōbai) — instance of buying or selling
• Korean: 거래 (georae) — instance of buying or selling
• Macedonian: тргување (trguvanje) — instance of buying or selling
• Middle English: chaffare — instance of buying or selling
• Norwegian Bokmål: handel — instance of buying or selling
• Polish: transakcja — instance of buying or selling
• Portuguese: negócio — instance of buying or selling
• Russian: сде́лка (sdélka) — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑змена — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑змјена — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏змена — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏змјена — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃzmena — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃzmjena — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzmena — instance of buying or selling
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉzmjena — instance of buying or selling
• Spanish: trueque — instance of buying or selling
• Swahili: biashara — instance of buying or selling
• Tagalog: baliwasan — instance of buying or selling
• Turkish: alım satım — instance of buying or selling
• Turkish: alışveriş — instance of buying or selling
• Bulgarian: размя́на (razmjána) — instance of bartering
• Finnish: vaihtokauppa — instance of bartering
• French: négoce — instance of bartering
• Galician: negocio — instance of bartering
• Galician: troco — instance of bartering
• German: Tausch — instance of bartering
• German: Handel — instance of bartering
• Hungarian: csere — instance of bartering
• Icelandic: skipti — instance of bartering
• Korean: 교환 (gyohwan) — instance of bartering
• Latvian: kaulēšanās — instance of bartering
• Plautdietsch: Schacha — instance of bartering
• Portuguese: troca — instance of bartering
• Russian: обме́н (obmén) — instance of bartering
• Spanish: trueque — instance of bartering
• Spanish: transa — instance of bartering
• Turkish: takas — instance of bartering
• Turkish: ödeşim — instance of bartering
• Turkish: değiş tokuş — instance of bartering
• Ottoman Turkish: عوض (ʼivâz) — instance of bartering
• Finnish: ammattikunta — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Finnish: ammatti — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• French: corps de métier — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Galician: oficio — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Galician: trato — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• German: Facharbeiter — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Hungarian: mesterember — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Hungarian: szakember — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Portuguese: ofício — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Swedish: yrkesman — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Swedish: fackman — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Turkish: bilirkişi — those who perform a particular kind of skilled work
• Finnish: ammattilaiset — those engaged in an industry
• French: ouvriers — those engaged in an industry
• French: techniciens — those engaged in an industry
• Hungarian: szakember — those engaged in an industry
• Hungarian: iparos — those engaged in an industry
• Hungarian: szakmabeli — those engaged in an industry
• Hungarian: szakma — those engaged in an industry
• Afrikaans: ambag — skilled practice of an occupation
• Armenian: արհեստ (arhest) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Bashkir: һөнәр (hönər) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Belarusian: заня́так (zanjátak) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Belarusian: заня́цце (zanjáccje) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Belarusian: заня́цьце (zanjácʹcje) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Belarusian: прафе́сія (prafjésija) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Belarusian: прафэ́сія (prafésija) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Belarusian: фах (fax) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Bulgarian: заня́тие (zanjátie) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Bulgarian: профе́сия (profésija) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Czech: řemeslo — skilled practice of an occupation
• Czech: mistrovství — skilled practice of an occupation
• Dutch: gilde — skilled practice of an occupation
• Finnish: ammattitaito — skilled practice of an occupation
• Finnish: ammatti — skilled practice of an occupation
• French: métier — skilled practice of an occupation
• Galician: oficio — skilled practice of an occupation
• Galician: mestría — skilled practice of an occupation
• German: Handwerk — skilled practice of an occupation
• Hungarian: mesterség — skilled practice of an occupation
• Hungarian: szakma — skilled practice of an occupation
• Icelandic: iðn — skilled practice of an occupation
• Italian: mestiere — skilled practice of an occupation
• Korean: 기술 (gisul) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Macedonian: занает (zanaet) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Macedonian: струка (struka) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Māori: mahi-ā-rehe — skilled practice of an occupation
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndverk — skilled practice of an occupation
• Norwegian Bokmål: fag — skilled practice of an occupation
• Polish: profesja — skilled practice of an occupation
• Polish: zawód — skilled practice of an occupation
• Polish: fach — skilled practice of an occupation
• Portuguese: ofício — skilled practice of an occupation
• Romanian: meserie — skilled practice of an occupation
• Russian: заня́тие (zanjátije) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Russian: профе́ссия (proféssija) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Russian: ремесло́ (remesló) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Serbo-Croatian: за̀на̄т — skilled practice of an occupation
• Serbo-Croatian: zànāt — skilled practice of an occupation
• Spanish: gremio — skilled practice of an occupation
• Spanish: oficio — skilled practice of an occupation
• Swedish: yrke — skilled practice of an occupation
• Swedish: hantverk — skilled practice of an occupation
• Turkish: marifet — skilled practice of an occupation
• Turkish: zanaat — skilled practice of an occupation
• Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Ukrainian: заня́ття (zanjáttja) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Ukrainian: профе́сія (profésija) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Ukrainian: фах (fax) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Udmurt: ӧнер (öńer) — skilled practice of an occupation
• Finnish: ammattityö — occupation in the secondary sector
• Arabic: تِجَارَة (tijāra) — business given by customers
• Bulgarian: търго́вия (tǎrgóvija) — business given by customers
• Chinese Mandarin: 貿易 /贸易 (màoyì) — business given by customers
• Chinese Mandarin: 商業 /商业 (shāngyè) — business given by customers
• Finnish: kauppa — business given by customers
• Finnish: myynti — business given by customers
• French: affaires — business given by customers
• French: négoce — business given by customers
• Hungarian: forgalom — business given by customers
• Hungarian: üzletmenet — business given by customers
• Hungarian: üzlet — business given by customers
• Japanese: 貿易 (bōeki) — business given by customers
• Manx: cochionneeaght — business given by customers
• Portuguese: freguesia — business given by customers
• Russian: торго́вля (torgóvlja) — business given by customers
• Serbo-Croatian: трго̀вина — business given by customers
• Serbo-Croatian: trgòvina — business given by customers
• Vietnamese: thương mại — business given by customers
• Bulgarian: паса́т (pasát) — steady winds above and below equator
• Czech: pasát — steady winds above and below equator
• Finnish: pasaati — steady winds above and below equator
• Finnish: pasaatituuli — steady winds above and below equator
• German: Passat — steady winds above and below equator
• German: Passatwind — steady winds above and below equator
• Hungarian: passzát — steady winds above and below equator
• Hungarian: passzátszél — steady winds above and below equator
• Japanese: 貿易風 (bōekifū) — steady winds above and below equator
• Russian: пасса́т (passát) — steady winds above and below equator
• Finnish: ammattilehti — publication intended for participants in an industry
• Finnish: ammattijulkaisu — publication intended for participants in an industry
• French: presse spécialisée — publication intended for participants in an industry
• Hungarian: szaklap — publication intended for participants in an industry
• Hungarian: szakfolyóirat — publication intended for participants in an industry
• Czech: číslo — slang: brief sexual encounter
• Finnish: poka — slang: brief sexual encounter
• Hungarian: numera — slang: brief sexual encounter
• Finnish: työkalut — instruments of any occupation
• Finnish: sivukivi — mining: refuse or rubbish from a mine
• Esperanto: vojo — track or trail; way; path; passage
• Finnish: tie — track or trail; way; path; passage
• Esperanto: kutimo — course; custom; practice; occupation
• Finnish: reitti — course; custom; practice; occupation
• Finnish: suunta — course; custom; practice; occupation
• Finnish: tapa — course; custom; practice; occupation
• Bulgarian: търгувам (tǎrguvam) — to engage in trade
• Catalan: comerciar — to engage in trade
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏍᏕᏓᎵᏴᎡᎭ (adasdedaliyveha) — to engage in trade
• Dutch: handelen — to engage in trade
• Esperanto: komerci — to engage in trade
• Finnish: käydä kauppaa — to engage in trade
• French: commercer — to engage in trade
• German: handeln — to engage in trade
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (kaupōn) — to engage in trade
• Hawaiian: kūʻai — to engage in trade
• Hebrew: סָחַר (saẖár) — to engage in trade
• Hungarian: kereskedik — to engage in trade
• Hungarian: üzletel — to engage in trade
• Indonesian: berdagang — to engage in trade
• Italian: commerciare — to engage in trade
• Italian: trafficare — to engage in trade
• Old Javanese: dagaṅ — to engage in trade
• Old English: ġemangian — to engage in trade
• Oromo: daldaluu — to engage in trade
• Spanish: comerciar — to engage in trade
• Spanish: mercadear — to engage in trade
• Spanish: platear — to engage in trade
• Swedish: handla — to engage in trade
• Swedish: byteshandla — to engage in trade
• Tai Dam: ꪁ꫁ꪱ — to engage in trade
• Ottoman Turkish: صاتمق (satmak) — to engage in trade
• Finnish: vaihtaa — finance: to be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
• Finnish: olla listautunut — finance: to be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
• Bulgarian: разменям (razmenjam) — to give in exchange
• Catalan: intercanviar — to give in exchange
• Dutch: ruilen — to give in exchange
• Esperanto: interŝanĝi — to give in exchange
• Finnish: vaihtaa — to give in exchange
• French: échanger — to give in exchange
• Georgian: ყიდის (q̇idis) — to give in exchange
• Georgian: გადაცვლის (gadacvlis) — to give in exchange
• Hungarian: cserél — to give in exchange
• Hungarian: elcserél — to give in exchange
• Icelandic: skipta — to give in exchange
• Italian: scambiare — to give in exchange
• Italian: barattare — to give in exchange
• Korean: 교환하다 (gyohwanhada) — to give in exchange
• Korean: 바꾸다 (bakkuda) — to give in exchange
• Portuguese: trocar — to give in exchange
• Spanish: trocar — to give in exchange
• Spanish: intercambiar — to give in exchange
• Spanish: permutar — to give in exchange
• Turkish: alıp satmak — to give in exchange
• Turkish: takas etmek — to give in exchange
• Turkish: değiş tokuş etmek — to give in exchange
• Russian: эксплуати́ровать (ekspluatírovatʹ) — to use or exploit a particular aspect
• Russian: торгова́ть (torgovátʹ) — to use or exploit a particular aspect
• Russian: испо́льзовать (ispólʹzovatʹ) — to use or exploit a particular aspect
• Finnish: vaihtaa — gardening: to give someone a plant and receive a different one in return
• Finnish: myydä — to do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
• Finnish: olla tekemisissä — to have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with)