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• /weɪt/
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• General-American: /weɪt/
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• General-American: [weɪ̯ʔt]
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• South-Asia: /wɛjʈ/
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• South-Asia: /weʈ/ pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪt
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• homophone: weight
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• CMU ARPABET: W EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Cognate with Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”), German Low German wachten (“to wait”), Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”), French guetter (“to watch out for”), Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”), West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”), North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”). More at watch. In some senses, merged or influenced by Middle English waiten, weiten (“to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare”), from Old Norse veita (“to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to show, guide, advise, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Largely overtook native Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan, source of bide.

English surname, variant of Waite.

273 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pritje — a delay
• Asturian: espera — a delay
• Bulgarian: очакване (očakvane) — a delay
• Catalan: espera — a delay
• Finnish: odotus — a delay
• French: attente — a delay
• Galician: espera — a delay
• Gallurese: asèttu — a delay
• German: Warten — a delay
• Italian: attesa — a delay
• Japanese: 待ち (machi) — a delay
• Korean: 기다림 (gidarim) — a delay
• Latin: expectatio — a delay
• Macedonian: чекање (čekanje) — a delay
• Macedonian: исчекувње (isčekuvnje) — a delay
• Occitan: espèra — a delay
• Polish: opóźnienie — a delay
• Portuguese: espera — a delay
• Romanian: așteptare — a delay
• Russian: ожида́ние (ožidánije) — a delay
• Russian: задержка (zaderžka) — a delay
• Campidanese Sardinian: abetu — a delay
• Campidanese Sardinian: aspettu — a delay
• Sardinian: iséttu — a delay
• Sassarese: aisettu — a delay
• Spanish: espera — a delay
• Spanish: retraso — a delay
• Swedish: väntan — a delay
• Tagalog: paghihintay — a delay
• Afrikaans: wag — delay until some event
• Albanian: pres — delay until some event
• Southern Altai: кӱйер (küyer) — delay until some event
• Amharic: መጠበቅ (mäṭäbäḳ) — delay until some event
• Arabic: اِنْتَظَرَ (intaẓara) — delay until some event
• Arabic: استنى (istanna) — delay until some event
• Arabic: استنى (astanna) — delay until some event
• Arabic: انتظر (antaẓar) — delay until some event
• Arabic: تسنى (tsanna) — delay until some event
• Arabic: ستنى (stanna) — delay until some event
• Arabic: عاين (ʕāyen) — delay until some event
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܵܦܹܪ (saper) — delay until some event
• Armenian: սպասել (spasel) — delay until some event
• Aromanian: ashteptu — delay until some event
• Asturian: esperar — delay until some event
• Asturian: aguardar — delay until some event
• Azerbaijani: gözləmək — delay until some event
• Bashkir: көтөү (kötöw) — delay until some event
• Belarusian: чака́ць (čakácʹ) — delay until some event
• Belarusian: пачака́ць (pačakácʹ) — delay until some event
• Belarusian: ждаць (ždacʹ) — delay until some event
• Bengali: অপেক্ষা করা (opekkha kora) — delay until some event
• Bulgarian: ча́кам (čákam) — delay until some event
• Bulgarian: оча́квам (očákvam) — delay until some event
• Burmese: စောင့် (caung.) — delay until some event
• Carpathian Rusyn: че́кати (čékaty) — delay until some event
• Catalan: esperar — delay until some event
• Catalan: esperar-se — delay until some event
• Cebuano: hulat — delay until some event
• Chinese Cantonese: 等 (dang2) — delay until some event
• Chinese: дын (dɨn) — delay until some event
• Chinese Mandarin: 等 (děng) — delay until some event
• Chinese Mandarin: 等待 (děngdài) — delay until some event
• Chinese Mandarin: 待 (dài) — delay until some event
• Chinese Mandarin: 候 (hòu) — delay until some event
• Czech: čekat — delay until some event
• Danish: vente — delay until some event
• Dutch: wachten — delay until some event
• Dutch: afwachten — delay until some event
• Esperanto: atendi — delay until some event
• Estonian: ootama — delay until some event
• Even: алат- (alat-) — delay until some event
• Evenki: алат- (alat-) — delay until some event
• Ewe: lala — delay until some event
• Faroese: bíða — delay until some event
• Finnish: odottaa — delay until some event
• French: attendre — delay until some event
• French: patienter — delay until some event
• Friulian: spietâ — delay until some event
• Galician: esperar — delay until some event
• Galician: agardar — delay until some event
• Galician: mentrexar — delay until some event
• Gallurese: asittà — delay until some event
• Gallurese: ambarà — delay until some event
• Georgian: დალოდება (dalodeba) — delay until some event
• German: warten — delay until some event
• German: beite — delay until some event
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan) — delay until some event
• Greek: περιμένω (periméno) — delay until some event
• Ancient Greek: προσδέχομαι (prosdékhomai) — delay until some event
• Ancient Greek: μένω (ménō) — delay until some event
• Haitian Creole: tann — delay until some event
• Hawaiian: kali — delay until some event
• Hebrew: חיכה \ חִכָּה (khiká) — delay until some event
• Hebrew: הִמְתִּין (himtín) — delay until some event
• Hindi: प्रतीक्षा करना (pratīkṣā karnā) — delay until some event
• Hindi: इंतज़ार करना (intzār karnā) — delay until some event
• Hindi: ठहरना (ṭhaharnā) — delay until some event
• Hungarian: vár — delay until some event
• Icelandic: bíða — delay until some event
• Ido: vartar — delay until some event
• Ilocano: aguray — delay until some event
• Indonesian: menunggu — delay until some event
• Irish: fan — delay until some event
• Irish: fuirigh — delay until some event
• Istriot: spattà — delay until some event
• Italian: aspettare — delay until some event
• Italian: attendere — delay until some event
• Japanese: 待つ (matsu) — delay until some event
• Kashubian: czekac — delay until some event
• Kazakh: күту (kütu) — delay until some event
• Kazakh: тосу (tosu) — delay until some event
• Khmer: ចាំ (cam) — delay until some event
• Khmer: រងចាំ (rɔɔng cam) — delay until some event
• Korean: 기다리다 (gidarida) — delay until some event
• Korean: 대기하다 (daegihada) — delay until some event
• Kumyk: къаравулламакъ (qarawullamaq) — delay until some event
• Kumyk: къарамакъ (qaramaq) — delay until some event
• Kumyk: гёзлемек (gözlemek) — delay until some event
• Central Kurdish: چاوەڕێ کردن (çawerrê kirdin) — delay until some event
• Kyrgyz: күтүү (kütüü) — delay until some event
• Kyrgyz: күйүү (küyüü) — delay until some event
• Ladino: asperar — delay until some event
• Lao: ລໍ (lǭ) — delay until some event
• Lao: ລໍຖ້າ (lǭ thā) — delay until some event
• Latgalian: gaideit — delay until some event
• Latin: expectō — delay until some event
• Latin: exspectō — delay until some event
• Latin: opperior — delay until some event
• Latvian: gaidīt — delay until some event
• Lithuanian: laukti — delay until some event
• Lombard: spettà — delay until some event
• Luxembourgish: waarden — delay until some event
• Macedonian: че́ка (čéka) — delay until some event
• Macedonian: почека (počeka) — delay until some event
• Macedonian: дочека (dočeka) — delay until some event
• Malay: menunggu — delay until some event
• Maltese: stenna — delay until some event
• Māori: whanga — delay until some event
• Māori: tatari — delay until some event
• Marathi: वाट पाहणे (vāṭ pāhṇe) — delay until some event
• Marathi: वाट बघणे (vāṭ baghṇe) — delay until some event
• Mongolian: хүлээх (xüleex) — delay until some event
• Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠯᠢᠶᠡᠬᠦ (küliyekü) — delay until some event
• Khiamniungan Naga: têu — delay until some event
• Nanai: халачи- (halači-) — delay until some event
• Neapolitan: aspettà — delay until some event
• Nepali: पर्खनु (parkhanu) — delay until some event
• Norman: attendre — delay until some event
• Norwegian Bokmål: vente — delay until some event
• Norwegian Bokmål: bie — delay until some event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: venta — delay until some event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bie — delay until some event
• Occitan: esperar — delay until some event
• Church Slavic: жьдати (žĭdati) — delay until some event
• Church Slavic: чекати (čekati) — delay until some event
• Church Slavic: ⰶⱐⰴⰰⱅⰻ (žĭdati) — delay until some event
• Old English: bīdan — delay until some event
• Old English: ġebīdan — delay until some event
• Pannonian Rusyn: чекац (čekac) — delay until some event
• Pannonian Rusyn: почекац (počekac) — delay until some event
• Pashto: انتظارايستل (entezãristᶕl) — delay until some event
• Iranian Persian: مُنْتَظِر شُدَن (montazer šodan) — delay until some event
• Iranian Persian: مُنْتَظِر بودَن (montazer budan) — delay until some event
• Iranian Persian: صَبْر کَرْدَن (sabr kardan) — delay until some event
• Iranian Persian: اِنْتِظار داشْتَن (entezâr dâštan) — delay until some event
• Iranian Persian: وایْسادَن (vâysâdan) — delay until some event
• Polish: czekać — delay until some event
• Polish: oczekiwać — delay until some event
• Old Polish: żdać — delay until some event
• Portuguese: esperar — delay until some event
• Portuguese: aguardar — delay until some event
• Quechua: suyay — delay until some event
• Quechua: suyai — delay until some event
• Quechua: şuyai — delay until some event
• Romanian: aștepta — delay until some event
• Romansh: spetgar — delay until some event
• Russian: ждать (ždatʹ) — delay until some event
• Russian: подожда́ть (podoždátʹ) — delay until some event
• Russian: ожида́ть (ožidátʹ) — delay until some event
• Russian: чека́ть (čekátʹ) — delay until some event
• Northern Sami: vuordit — delay until some event
• Sanskrit: प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) — delay until some event
• Campidanese Sardinian: abettài — delay until some event
• Campidanese Sardinian: agguardai — delay until some event
• Campidanese Sardinian: aspettài — delay until some event
• Sardinian: appelidare — delay until some event
• Sardinian: appittu — delay until some event
• Sardinian: isettare — delay until some event
• Sardinian: ispettare — delay until some event
• Sassarese: aipittà — delay until some event
• Sassarese: aisittà — delay until some event
• Sassarese: aisitt' — delay until some event
• Serbo-Croatian: че̏кати — delay until some event
• Serbo-Croatian: čȅkati — delay until some event
• Slovak: čakať — delay until some event
• Slovene: čakati — delay until some event
• Somali: sugid — delay until some event
• Upper Sorbian: čakać — delay until some event
• Spanish: esperar — delay until some event
• Spanish: aguardar — delay until some event
• Spanish: bancar — delay until some event
• Spanish: aguantar — delay until some event
• Sranan Tongo: wakti — delay until some event
• Swedish: vänta — delay until some event
• Swedish: bida — delay until some event
• Tagalog: maghintay — delay until some event
• Tajik: мунтазир шудан (muntazir šudan) — delay until some event
• Tajik: мунтазир будан (muntazir budan) — delay until some event
• Tajik: интизор шудан (intizor šudan) — delay until some event
• Tajik: интизор кашидан (intizor kašidan) — delay until some event
• Tajik: сабр кардан (sabr kardan) — delay until some event
• Tamil: பொறுத்திரு (poṟuttiru) — delay until some event
• Tatar: көтәргә (kötärgä) — delay until some event
• Thai: รอ (rɔɔ) — delay until some event
• Tibetan: སྒུག (sgug) — delay until some event
• Tibetan: ཕེབས་སྒུག་ཞུ (phebs sgug zhu) — delay until some event
• Turkish: beklemek — delay until some event
• Turkmen: garaşmak — delay until some event
• Ukrainian: чека́ти (čekáty) — delay until some event
• Ukrainian: жда́ти (ždáty) — delay until some event
• Ukrainian: очі́кувати (očíkuvaty) — delay until some event
• Urdu: اِنْتِظار کَرْنا (intizār karnā) — delay until some event
• Urdu: مُنْتَظِر ہونا (muntazir honā) — delay until some event
• Urdu: صَبْر کَرْنا (sabr karnā) — delay until some event
• Urdu: ٹَھہَرْنا (ṭhaharnā) — delay until some event
• Uyghur: كۈتمەك (kütmek) — delay until some event
• Uzbek: kutmoq — delay until some event
• Venetan: aspetar — delay until some event
• Venetan: spetar — delay until some event
• Vietnamese: đợi — delay until some event
• Vietnamese: chờ — delay until some event
• Vietnamese: chờ đợi — delay until some event
• Volapük: stebedön — delay until some event
• Walloon: ratinde — delay until some event
• Walloon: rawårder — delay until some event
• Walloon: atinde — delay until some event
• Welsh: aros — delay until some event
• Yiddish: וואַרטן (vartn) — delay until some event
• Zazaki: vende — delay until some event
• Zazaki: pawen — delay until some event
• Zazaki: poşeyen — delay until some event
• Armenian: սպասարկել (spasarkel) — to serve customers
• Asturian: sirvir — to serve customers
• Bulgarian: обслу́жвам (obslúžvam) — to serve customers
• Bulgarian: серви́рам (servíram) — to serve customers
• Chinese Cantonese: 企檯 /企台 — to serve customers
• Czech: obsluhovat — to serve customers
• Dutch: bedienen — to serve customers
• Finnish: tarjoilla — to serve customers
• French: servir — to serve customers
• French: faire le service — to serve customers
• German: bedienen — to serve customers
• Greek: σερβίρω (servíro) — to serve customers
• Italian: servire a tavola — to serve customers
• Japanese: ウエイターをする (ueitā o suru) — to serve customers
• Japanese: ウエイトレスをする (ueitoresu o suru) — to serve customers
• Korean: 시중들다 (sijungdeulda) — to serve customers
• Korean: 서비스하다 (seobiseuhada) — to serve customers
• Latvian: apkalpot — to serve customers
• Macedonian: слу́жи (slúži) — to serve customers
• Māori: rato — to serve customers
• Māori: whakarato — to serve customers
• Māori: tuari — to serve customers
• Polish: kelnerować — to serve customers
• Polish: obsługiwać — to serve customers
• Polish: obsłużyć — to serve customers
• Portuguese: servir — to serve customers
• Romanian: a servi masa — to serve customers
• Russian: обслу́живать (obslúživatʹ) — to serve customers
• Russian: обслужи́ть (obslužítʹ) — to serve customers
• Spanish: servir — to serve customers
• Spanish: ser camarero — to serve customers
• Volapük: bötön — to serve customers