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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪɡə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈtɹ̝̊wɪɡə]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪɡə]
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈtɹ̝̊wɪɡɚ] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊wɪɡɹ̩]
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• General-American: [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪɡɚ] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔wɪɡɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɪɡə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: T R IH1 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sneller — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Albanian: këmbëz — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Albanian: ngalës — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Northern Altai: тек (tek) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Northern Altai: мажык (mažïk) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Northern Altai: чактырма (čaktïrma) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Northern Altai: кӱрок (kürok) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Southern Altai: чактырма (čaktïrma) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Southern Altai: собачка (sobačka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Southern Altai: тӱжӱ (tüžü) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Arabic: زِنَاد (zinād) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Assamese: খিলিকি (khiliki) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Assamese: ফৰিঙা (phoriṅa) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Assamese: কজক (kozok) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Assamese: লপলপী (loplopi) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Bashkir: тәте (təte) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Belarusian: спускавы́ кручо́к (spuskavý kručók) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Belarusian: цы́нгель (cýnhjelʹ) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Belarusian: куро́к (kurók) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Belarusian: саба́чка (sabáčka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Belarusian: гашэ́тка (hašétka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Bulgarian: спу́сък (spúsǎk) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Burmese: လက်လှုပ် (lakhlup) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Catalan: gallet — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Chinese Mandarin: 扳機 /扳机 (bānjī) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Czech: spoušť — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Danish: udløser — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Danish: aftrækker — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Dutch: trekker — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Esperanto: baskulo — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Faroese: stillipinnur — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Faroese: avtrekkjari — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Finnish: liipaisin — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• French: détente — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• French: gâchette — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Galician: can — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Georgian: სასხლეტი (sasxleṭi) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• German: Abzug — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Greek: σκανδάλη (skandáli) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Hebrew: הֶדֶק (hédek) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Hungarian: ravasz — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Icelandic: gikkur — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Indonesian: pelatuk — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ingrian: kurokka — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Irish: truicear — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Italian: grilletto — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Japanese: 引き金 (hikigane) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Japanese: 鉷 — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Kazakh: шүріппе (şürıppe) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Khmer: កៃ (kay) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Korean: 방아쇠 (bang'asoe) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Latvian: mēlīte — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Macedonian: чкрапало (čkrapalo) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Malay: picu — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Māori: keu — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Māori: kātipuhi — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Mongolian: гох (gox) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ (ɣoq-a) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Norwegian Bokmål: utløser — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Norwegian Bokmål: utløyser — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utløysar — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Persian: ماشه (mâše) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Plautdietsch: Aufdrekja — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Polish: spust — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Polish: cyngiel — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Portuguese: gatilho — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Romanian: trăgaci — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Russian: спусково́й крючо́к (spuskovój krjučók) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Russian: куро́к (kurók) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Russian: гаше́тка (gašétka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Russian: соба́чка (sobáčka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Russian: спуск (spusk) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Scottish Gaelic: snap — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Slovak: spúšť — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Slovene: sprožilec — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Spanish: gatillo — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Spanish: perrillo — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Spanish: disparador — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Spanish: disparadero — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Swedish: avtryckare — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Tagalog: gatilyo — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Tagalog: kulbitan — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Tagalog: kaltisan — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Thai: ไก (gai) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Thai: ไกปืน (gai-bpʉʉn) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Tibetan: སྐམ་པ (skam pa) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Turkish: [4, 5] tetikleme — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Turkish: tetik — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ottoman Turkish: تتك (tetik) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ukrainian: спускови́й гачо́к (spuskovýj hačók) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ukrainian: соба́чка (sobáčka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ukrainian: гаше́тка (hašétka) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ukrainian: ци́нгель (cýnhelʹ) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Ukrainian: куро́к (kurók) — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Vietnamese: cò — finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
• Bulgarian: пусково устройство (puskovo ustrojstvo) — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Czech: spoušť — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Danish: udløser — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Esperanto: baskulo — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Finnish: laukaisija — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Finnish: laukaisin — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• French: actionneur — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• German: Auslöser — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Greek: σκανδάλη (skandáli) — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Irish: truicear — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Italian: levetta — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Māori: keu — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Polish: spust — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Polish: wyzwalacz — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Portuguese: gatilho — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Russian: спуск (spusk) — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Slovak: spúšťač — similar device used to activate any mechanism
• Czech: spoušť — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Czech: spouštěč — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Finnish: laukaisija — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Finnish: alkusysäys — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• French: activateur — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• German: Auslöser — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Greek: έναυσμα (énafsma) — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Icelandic: kveikja — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Indonesian: pemicu — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Italian: innesco — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Italian: detonatore — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Portuguese: gatilho — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Spanish: desencadenante — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Spanish: detonante — event that initiates others, or incites a response
• Finnish: laukaisija — event that initiates others
• Portuguese: estopim — event that initiates others
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — event that initiates others
• Portuguese: gatilho — concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response
• Dutch: trigger — psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
• Finnish: laukaisija — psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
• Portuguese: gatilho — psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
• Russian: и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) — psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
• Russian: побужде́ние (pobuždénije) — psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
• Finnish: laukaisin — music: electronic transducer allowing a percussion instrument to control an electronic device
• Finnish: liipaisin — music: device that manually lengthens the slide or tubing of a brass instrument
• Finnish: heräte — pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component
• Italian: impulso — pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component
• Portuguese: gatilho — pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component
• Spanish: desencadenante — pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component
• Chinese Mandarin: 觸發器 /触发器 (chùfāqì) — SQL procedure
• Finnish: automaattisesti käynnistyvä proseduuri — SQL procedure
• Finnish: triggeri — SQL procedure
• Japanese: トリガ (toriga) — SQL procedure
• Korean: 트리거 (teurigeo) — SQL procedure
• Polish: wyzwalacz — SQL procedure
• Portuguese: trigger — SQL procedure
• Russian: три́ггер (trígger) — SQL procedure
• Ukrainian: три́гер (trýher) — SQL procedure
• Dutch: trigger — online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command
• Finnish: triggeri — online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command
• Portuguese: trigger — online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command
• Bulgarian: натискам спусъка (natiskam spusǎka) — to fire a weapon
• Dutch: afvuren — to fire a weapon
• Dutch: vuren — to fire a weapon
• Finnish: laukaista — to fire a weapon
• Galician: apertar o gatillo — to fire a weapon
• Galician: disparar — to fire a weapon
• Georgian: სროლა (srola) — to fire a weapon
• Georgian: გასროლა (gasrola) — to fire a weapon
• Greek: πυροδοτώ (pyrodotó) — to fire a weapon
• Hungarian: elsüt — to fire a weapon
• Italian: premere il grilletto — to fire a weapon
• Korean: 쏘다 (ssoda) — to fire a weapon
• Korean: 발포(發砲)하다 (balpohada) — to fire a weapon
• Korean: 발사(發射)하다 (balsahada) — to fire a weapon
• Norwegian Bokmål: avfyre — to fire a weapon
• Polish: pociągać za spust — to fire a weapon
• Portuguese: apertar o gatilho — to fire a weapon
• Portuguese: atirar — to fire a weapon
• Spanish: apretar el gatillo — to fire a weapon
• Spanish: gatillar — to fire a weapon
• Spanish: chejear — to fire a weapon
• Turkish: ateşlemek — to fire a weapon
• Bulgarian: започвам (započvam) — to initiate something
• Bulgarian: инициирам (iniciiram) — to initiate something
• Catalan: desencadenar — to initiate something
• Czech: spustit — to initiate something
• Dutch: initiëren — to initiate something
• Dutch: activeren — to initiate something
• Dutch: ontketenen — to initiate something
• Esperanto: ekigi — to initiate something
• Estonian: päästikustama — to initiate something
• Finnish: käynnistää — to initiate something
• French: déclencher — to initiate something
• Galician: desencadear — to initiate something
• German: auslösen — to initiate something
• German: triggern — to initiate something
• Greek: πυροδοτώ (pyrodotó) — to initiate something
• Hungarian: kivált — to initiate something
• Hungarian: kelt — to initiate something
• Hungarian: előidéz — to initiate something
• Icelandic: hrinda af stað — to initiate something
• Icelandic: koma af stað — to initiate something
• Italian: innescare — to initiate something
• Italian: accendere la miccia — to initiate something
• Italian: attivare — to initiate something
• Italian: provocare — to initiate something
• Italian: scatenare — to initiate something
• Korean: 일으키다 (ireukida) — to initiate something
• Korean: 촉발(觸發)시키다 (chokbalsikida) — to initiate something
• Korean: 유발(誘發)하다 (yubalhada) — to initiate something
• Polish: powodować — to initiate something
• Polish: wywoływać — to initiate something
• Portuguese: ativar — to initiate something
• Portuguese: desencadear — to initiate something
• Slovak: spustiť — to initiate something
• Spanish: desencadenar — to initiate something
• French: être évocateur ; déchaîner — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Galician: alterar — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Hungarian: felzaklat — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Hungarian: kiborít — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Polish: wyzwalać — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Polish: powodować — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Portuguese: desencadear — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Portuguese: dar gatilho — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Spanish: alterar — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Spanish: desencadenar — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Spanish: repatear — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Tamil: உசுப்பேற்று (ucuppēṟṟu) — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Tamil: தூண்டு (tūṇṭu) — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Tamil: தூண்டிவிடு (tūṇṭiviṭu) — to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
• Bulgarian: тригерирам (trigeriram) — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
• German: triggern — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
• Hungarian: aktivál — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
• Hungarian: érvénybe léptet — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
• Hungarian: élesít — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
• Italian: attivare — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
• Portuguese: ativar — (intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active