voluntary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈvɒl.ən.t(ɛ)ɹi/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈvɔ̟l.ən.tɹi]
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• [voˈlɔn.t̠ɹ̠̊ɹ̩.ri] Ghana
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• /ˌvo.lɔnˈtɛ.ri/
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• CMU ARPABET: V AA1 L AH0 N T EH0 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vullnetar — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Armenian: կամավոր (kamavor) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Azerbaijani: könüllü — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Bengali: নফল (nôfôl) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Bulgarian: доброво́лен (dobrovólen) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Catalan: voluntari — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Czech: dobrovolný — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Dutch: vrijwillig — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Esperanto: volonta — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Finnish: omaehtoinen — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Finnish: vapaaehtoinen — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Finnish: halukas — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• French: volontaire — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Galician: voluntario — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Georgian: ნებაყოფლობითი (nebaq̇oplobiti) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• German: freiwillig — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (silbawiljis) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Greek: εκούσιος (ekoúsios) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Greek: εθελοντικός (ethelontikós) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Greek: προαιρετικός (proairetikós) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Greek: εθελούσιος (etheloúsios) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Ancient Greek: ἑκούσιος (hekoúsios) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Hindi: स्वेच्छा (svecchā) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Hungarian: önkéntes — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Icelandic: frjáls — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Ido: volunta — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Ido: voluntala — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Ido: voluntanta — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Indonesian: swakarsa — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Indonesian: volunter — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Indonesian: sukarela — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Indonesian: rela hati — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Interlingua: voluntari — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Italian: spontaneo — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Italian: volontario — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Italian: di propria iniziativa — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Japanese: 志願して (shigan-shite) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Northern Kurdish: xwewîst — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Latin: voluntarius — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Latvian: brīvprātīgs — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Malayalam: സ്വമേധയാ (svamēdhayā) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Norman: volontaithe — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Norwegian: frivillig — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Old English: selfwille — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Polish: dobrowolny — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Portuguese: voluntário — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Romanian: voit — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Russian: доброво́льный (dobrovólʹnyj) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Slovene: prostovoljen — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Spanish: voluntario — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Swedish: frivillig — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Tagalog: pakusa — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Telugu: స్వచ్ఛంద (svacchanda) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Turkish: istemli — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Ukrainian: доброві́льний (dobrovílʹnyj) — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Uzbek: ixtiyoriy — done, given, or acting of one's own free will
• Bulgarian: умишлен (umišlen) — done by design or intention; intentional
• Finnish: tahallinen — done by design or intention; intentional
• Finnish: suunniteltu — done by design or intention; intentional
• Georgian: განზრახული (ganzraxuli) — done by design or intention; intentional
• Georgian: თვითნებური (tvitneburi) — done by design or intention; intentional
• Georgian: შეგნებული (šegnebuli) — done by design or intention; intentional
• Hindi: स्वैच्छिक (svaicchik) — done by design or intention; intentional
• Hungarian: szándékos — done by design or intention; intentional
• Hungarian: akaratlagos — done by design or intention; intentional
• Italian: intenzionale — done by design or intention; intentional
• Italian: deliberato — done by design or intention; intentional
• Italian: voluto — done by design or intention; intentional
• Latin: ultrōneus — done by design or intention; intentional
• Polish: zamierzony — done by design or intention; intentional
• Polish: celowy — done by design or intention; intentional
• Polish: umyślny — done by design or intention; intentional
• Portuguese: voluntário — done by design or intention; intentional
• Slovene: nameren — done by design or intention; intentional
• Turkish: istemli — done by design or intention; intentional
• Turkish: kasıtlı — done by design or intention; intentional
• Turkish: kasti — done by design or intention; intentional
• Bulgarian: безплатен (bezplaten) — working or done without payment
• Czech: dobrovolný — working or done without payment
• Finnish: vapaaehtoinen — working or done without payment
• Finnish: vapaaehtois- — working or done without payment
• Finnish: talkoo- — working or done without payment
• French: bénévole — working or done without payment
• Georgian: მოხალისეობრივი (moxaliseobrivi) — working or done without payment
• German: ohne Bezahlung — working or done without payment
• German: ehrenamtlich — working or done without payment
• Greek: εθελοντικός (ethelontikós) — working or done without payment
• Hungarian: önkéntes — working or done without payment
• Hungarian: fizetés nélküli — working or done without payment
• Hungarian: fizetetlen — working or done without payment
• Italian: volontario — working or done without payment
• Italian: gratuito — working or done without payment
• Polish: ochotniczy — working or done without payment
• Portuguese: voluntário — working or done without payment
• Romanian: voluntar — working or done without payment
• Romanian: benevol — working or done without payment
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach — working or done without payment
• Slovene: prostovoljen — working or done without payment
• Slovene: prostovoljski — working or done without payment
• Finnish: tahdollinen — endowed with the power of will
• Polish: świadomy — endowed with the power of will
• Albanian: vullnetar — of or relating to voluntaryism
• Finnish: vapaaehtois- — of or relating to voluntaryism
• Finnish: vapaa- — of or relating to voluntaryism
• Italian: volenteroso — of or relating to voluntaryism
• Polish: woluntarystyczny — of or relating to voluntaryism
• Portuguese: voluntário — of or relating to voluntaryism