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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /-ˈtɪɚ/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˌvɒlənˈtɪɹ/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˌvɔlənˈtɪə/
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: V AA2 L AH0 N T IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary + -eer.

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vullnetar — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Arabic: مُتَطَوِّع (mutaṭawwiʕ) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Arabic: مُتَطَوِّعَة (mutaṭawwiʕa) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Armenian: կամավոր (kamavor) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Azerbaijani: könüllü — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Bashkir: ирекмән (irekmən) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Belarusian: добраахво́тнік (dobraaxvótnik) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Belarusian: добраахво́тніца (dobraaxvótnica) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Belarusian: валанцёр (valancjór) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Belarusian: валанцёрка (valancjórka) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Bulgarian: доброво́лец (dobrovólec) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Burmese: စေတနာ့ဝန်ထမ်း (ceta.na.wanhtam:) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Catalan: voluntari — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Chinese Mandarin: 志願者 /志愿者 (zhìyuànzhě) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Czech: dobrovolník — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Czech: dobrovolnice — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Danish: frivillig — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Dutch: vrijwilliger — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Dutch: vrijwilligster — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Estonian: vabatahtlik — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Finnish: vapaaehtoinen — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• French: volontaire — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• French: bénévole — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Georgian: მოხალისე (moxalise) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• German: Freiwilliger — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• German: Freiwillige — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• German: Ehrenamtlicher — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• German: Ehrenamtliche — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Greek: εθελοντής (ethelontís) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Hebrew: מתנדב (mitnadev) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Hebrew: מתנדבת (mitnadevet) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Hindi: स्वयंसेवक (svayansevak) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Hindi: वालंटियर (vālaṇṭiyar) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Hungarian: önkéntes — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Icelandic: sjálfboðaliði — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Italian: volontario — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Italian: volontaria — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Japanese: 有志 (yūshi) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Japanese: ボランティア (borantia) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Kazakh: ерікті (erıktı) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Khmer: អ្នកស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត (nĕək smak cət) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Korean: 지원자 (jiwonja) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Korean: 볼런티어 (bolleontieo) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Kyrgyz: ыктыярчы (ıktıyarcı) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Lao: ຜູ້ອາສາສະຫມັກ (phū ʼā sā sa mak) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Latin: volo — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Latin: voluntārius — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Latvian: brīvprātīgais — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Latvian: brīvprātīgs — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Lithuanian: savanoris — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Lithuanian: savanorė — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Macedonian: доброволец (dobrovolec) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Macedonian: волонте́р (volontér) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Malay: sukarelawan — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Malay: volenter — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Māori: kaitūao — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Central Melanau: volentir — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Norman: volontaithe — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Norwegian Bokmål: frivillig — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Pannonian Rusyn: волонтер (volonter) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Pannonian Rusyn: волонтерка (volonterka) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Pannonian Rusyn: доброволєц (dobrovoljec) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Pannonian Rusyn: доброволька (dobrovolʹka) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Persian: داوْطَلَب (dâvtalab) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Polish: wolontariusz — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Polish: wolontariuszka — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Polish: ochotnik — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Polish: ochotniczka — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Portuguese: voluntário — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Romanian: voluntar — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Romanian: voluntară — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Russian: доброво́лец (dobrovólec) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Russian: доброво́лица (dobrovólica) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Russian: волонтёр (volontjór) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Russian: волонтёрка (volontjórka) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-deònach — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Serbo-Croatian: доброво́љац — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrovóljac — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Slovak: dobrovoľník — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Slovak: dobrovoľníčka — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Slovene: prostovoljec — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Slovene: prostovoljka — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Spanish: voluntario — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Swedish: frivillig — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Swedish: volontär — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Tajik: довталаб (dovtalab) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Thai: อาสาสมัคร (aa-sǎa-sà-màk) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Tibetan: དྭང་བླངས་བྱེད་མཁན (dwang blangs byed mkhan) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Turkish: gönüllü — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Turkmen: meýletinçi — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Ukrainian: доброво́лець (dobrovólecʹ) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Ukrainian: доброво́лиця (dobrovólycja) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Ukrainian: волонте́р (volontér) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Ukrainian: волонте́рка (volontérka) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Urdu: رَضا کار (razā kār) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Urdu: والَنْٹِیَر (vālanṭiyar) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Uyghur: پىدائىي (pida'iy) — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Uzbek: koʻngilli — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Vietnamese: quân tình nguyện — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Vietnamese: tình nguyện viên — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Vietnamese: người tình nguyện — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Vietnamese: thiện nguyện viên — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Vietnamese: người thiện nguyện — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Welsh: gwirfoddolwr — one who voluntarily offers themselves for service
• Arabic: مُتَطَوِّع (mutaṭawwiʕ) — voluntary soldier
• Arabic: مُتَطَوِّعَة (mutaṭawwiʕa) — voluntary soldier
• Belarusian: добраахво́тнік (dobraaxvótnik) — voluntary soldier
• Belarusian: добраахво́тніца (dobraaxvótnica) — voluntary soldier
• Belarusian: валанцёр (valancjór) — voluntary soldier
• Belarusian: валанцёрка (valancjórka) — voluntary soldier
• Bulgarian: доброво́лец (dobrovólec) — voluntary soldier
• Chinese Mandarin: 志願兵 /志愿兵 (zhìyuànbīng) — voluntary soldier
• Dutch: vrijwilliger — voluntary soldier
• Finnish: vapaaehtoinen — voluntary soldier
• French: volontaire — voluntary soldier
• Georgian: მოხალისე (moxalise) — voluntary soldier
• German: Freiwilliger — voluntary soldier
• German: Freiwillige — voluntary soldier
• Hebrew: מתנדב (mitnadev) — voluntary soldier
• Hebrew: מתנדבת (mitnadevet) — voluntary soldier
• Irish: óglach — voluntary soldier
• Japanese: 志願兵 (shiganhei) — voluntary soldier
• Japanese: 義勇兵 (giyūhei) — voluntary soldier
• Korean: 지원병 (jiwonbyeong) — voluntary soldier
• Korean: 지원군 (jiwon'gun) — voluntary soldier
• Korean: 의용병 (uiyongbyeong) — voluntary soldier
• Latvian: brīvprātīgais — voluntary soldier
• Māori: kaitūao — voluntary soldier
• Pannonian Rusyn: доброволєц (dobrovoljec) — voluntary soldier
• Pannonian Rusyn: доброволька (dobrovolʹka) — voluntary soldier
• Pannonian Rusyn: волонтер (volonter) — voluntary soldier
• Pannonian Rusyn: волонтерка (volonterka) — voluntary soldier
• Polish: żołnierz ochotniczy — voluntary soldier
• Portuguese: voluntário — voluntary soldier
• Romanian: voluntar — voluntary soldier
• Russian: доброво́лец (dobrovólec) — voluntary soldier
• Russian: доброво́лица (dobrovólica) — voluntary soldier
• Russian: волонтёр (volontjór) — voluntary soldier
• Russian: волонтёрка (volontjórka) — voluntary soldier
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach — voluntary soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: воло̀нте̄р — voluntary soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: доброво́љац — voluntary soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: volòntēr — voluntary soldier
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrovóljac — voluntary soldier
• Ukrainian: доброво́лець (dobrovólecʹ) — voluntary soldier
• Ukrainian: доброво́лиця (dobrovólycja) — voluntary soldier
• Ukrainian: волонте́р (volontér) — voluntary soldier
• Ukrainian: волонте́рка (volontérka) — voluntary soldier
• Welsh: gwirfoddolwr — voluntary soldier
• Arabic: مُتَطَوِّع (mutaṭawwiʕ) — one who acts without legal obligation
• Chinese Mandarin: 志願者 /志愿者 (zhìyuànzhě) — one who acts without legal obligation
• Finnish: vapaaehtoinen — one who acts without legal obligation
• Georgian: მოხალისე (moxalise) — one who acts without legal obligation
• Japanese: 志願者 (shigansha) — one who acts without legal obligation
• Japanese: 篤志家 (tokushika) — one who acts without legal obligation
• Latvian: brīvprātīgais — one who acts without legal obligation
• Latvian: brīvprātīgs — one who acts without legal obligation
• Polish: ochotnik — one who acts without legal obligation
• Polish: ochotniczka — one who acts without legal obligation
• Portuguese: voluntário — one who acts without legal obligation
• Russian: доброво́лец (dobrovólec) — one who acts without legal obligation
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-thoileach — one who acts without legal obligation
• Welsh: gwirfoddolwr — one who acts without legal obligation
• Bulgarian: диворастящ (divorastjašt) — volunteer plant
• Finnish: villikasvi — volunteer plant
• Japanese: 自生植物 (jisei shokubutsu) — volunteer plant
• Polish: samosiejka — volunteer plant
• Slovene: samosevec — volunteer plant
• Slovene: samosevka — volunteer plant
• Azerbaijani: könüllü yazılmaq — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Bulgarian: постъпвам доброволец (postǎpvam dobrovolec) — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Dutch: vrijwilligen — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Finnish: ilmoittautua vapaaehtoiseksi — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• French: se porter volontaire — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Galician: presentarse voluntario — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Galician: saír voluntario — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• German: sich freiwillig melden — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Hebrew: התנדב (hitnadev) — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Hebrew: התנדבה (hitnadva) — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Italian: offrirsi — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Italian: offrirsi volontario — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Japanese: 志願する (shigan-suru) — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Polish: zaciągać się — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Polish: zaciągnąć się — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Spanish: voluntariarse — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Spanish: avoluntariarse — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Spanish: envoluntariarse — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Tibetan: དྭང་བླངས་བྱས (dwang blangs byas) — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Vietnamese: đi tình nguyện — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Vietnamese: đi thiện nguyện — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Welsh: gwirfoddoli — to enlist oneself as a volunteer
• Chinese Mandarin: 自告奮勇 /自告奋勇 (zìgàofènyǒng) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Dutch: vrijwilligen — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Finnish: tehdä vapaaehtoisesti — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Finnish: tarjoutua vapaaehtoiseksi — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• French: être bénévole — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• French: être volontaire — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• German: anbieten — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• German: sich anbieten — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hebrew: התנדב (hitnadev) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hebrew: התנדבה (hitnadva) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hungarian: vállalkozik — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hungarian: vállal — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hungarian: önkénteskedik — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hungarian: felajánl (ja a segítségét) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Japanese: 志願する (shigan-suru) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Khmer: ស្ម័គ្រចិត្ត (smak cət) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Lao: ສະຫມັກ (sa mak) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Māori: tūao — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Polish: zgłaszać się na ochotnika — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Polish: zgłosić się na ochotnika — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Polish: oferować się — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Polish: zaoferować się — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Spanish: comedirse — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Spanish: ofrecerse — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Spanish: prestarse — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Spanish: acomedirse — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Tibetan: དྭང་བླངས་བྱས (dwang blangs byas) — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Vietnamese: tình nguyện — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Welsh: gwirfoddoli — to do or offer to do something voluntarily
• Hungarian: kérdezés nélkül / kéretlenül mond/hozzátesz — to offer, usually unprompted
• Polish: wtrącać swoje trzy grosze — to offer, usually unprompted
• Polish: wtrącić swoje trzy grosze — to offer, usually unprompted
• Hungarian: ajánl — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Hungarian: javasol — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Polish: zgłaszać na ochotnika — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Polish: zgłosić na ochotnika — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Polish: oferować — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Polish: zaoferować — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Spanish: voluntariar — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Spanish: avoluntariar — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Spanish: envoluntariar — to offer the services of (someone else) to do something
• Finnish: kasvaa villinä — botany: to grow without cultivation
• Japanese: 自生する (jisei suru) — botany: to grow without cultivation
• Polish: rosnąć dziko — botany: to grow without cultivation
• Polish: urosnąć dziko — botany: to grow without cultivation