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• Received-Pronunciation: wŏnt
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• Received-Pronunciation: wŭnt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /wɒnt/
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• General-American: wŏnt
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• General-American: wŭnt
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• General-American: wônt
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• General-American: /wɑnt/
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• General-American: /wʌnt/
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• General-American: /wɔnt/
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• Canada: [wɔːnt]
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• Canada: [wʌnt]
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• Australian: wŏnt
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• Australian: /wɔnt/
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• New-Zealand: wŏnt
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• New-Zealand: wŭnt
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• New-Zealand: /wɒnt/
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• nonstandard, New-Zealand: /wɐnt/
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• South-Asia: /ʋɔɳʈ/
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• South-Asia: /ʋɑɳʈ/ father-bother merger
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• homophone: vaunt
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• rhymes with -ɒnt
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• rhymes with -ʌnt
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• wŏnt
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• /wɒnt/
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• CMU ARPABET: W AA1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wanten (“to lack, to need”), from Old Norse vanta (“to lack”), from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną (“to be wanting, lack”), from *wanô (“lack, deficiency”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1weh2- (“empty”). Cognate with Middle High German wan (“not full, empty”), Middle Dutch wan (“empty, poor”), Old English wana (“want, lack, absence, deficiency”), Latin vanus (“empty”). See wan, wan-.

From Middle English wont (“mole”), from Old English wand, wond, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz.

371 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: ইচ্ছা (iccha) — desire, wish, longing
• Bulgarian: желание (želanie) — desire, wish, longing
• Bulgarian: нужда (nužda) — desire, wish, longing
• Catalan: desig — desire, wish, longing
• Danish: ønske — desire, wish, longing
• Dutch: behoefte — desire, wish, longing
• Finnish: halu — desire, wish, longing
• Finnish: kaipuu — desire, wish, longing
• French: besoin — desire, wish, longing
• French: désir — desire, wish, longing
• Galician: desexo — desire, wish, longing
• Galician: vontade — desire, wish, longing
• German: Not — desire, wish, longing
• Hindi: इच्छा (icchā) — desire, wish, longing
• Hindi: आशा (āśā) — desire, wish, longing
• Hindi: कामना (kāmnā) — desire, wish, longing
• Hindi: चाह (cāh) — desire, wish, longing
• Ingrian: iso — desire, wish, longing
• Ingrian: halu — desire, wish, longing
• Ingrian: himo — desire, wish, longing
• Ingrian: ohvotta — desire, wish, longing
• Italian: volere — desire, wish, longing
• Italian: voglia — desire, wish, longing
• Malay: kemahuan — desire, wish, longing
• Malayalam: ആഗ്രഹം (āgrahaṁ) — desire, wish, longing
• Persian: آرزو (ârezu) — desire, wish, longing
• Persian: خواست (xâst) — desire, wish, longing
• Portuguese: afã — desire, wish, longing
• Portuguese: vontade — desire, wish, longing
• Russian: потре́бность (potrébnostʹ) — desire, wish, longing
• Russian: жела́ние (želánije) — desire, wish, longing
• Russian: нужда́ (nuždá) — desire, wish, longing
• Sardinian: apèddiu — desire, wish, longing
• Spanish: afán — desire, wish, longing
• Spanish: anhelo — desire, wish, longing
• Spanish: querencia — desire, wish, longing
• Tagalog: gusto — desire, wish, longing
• Tagalog: kagustuhan — desire, wish, longing
• Tagalog: ibig — desire, wish, longing
• Tagalog: nais — desire, wish, longing
• Turkish: istek — desire, wish, longing
• Armenian: կարիք (karikʻ) — lack (of)
• Armenian: պակաս (pakas) — lack (of)
• Bulgarian: липса (lipsa) — lack (of)
• Bulgarian: недостиг (nedostig) — lack (of)
• Danish: brist — lack (of)
• Dutch: tekort — lack (of)
• Finnish: puute — lack (of)
• French: manque — lack (of)
• German: Mangel — lack (of)
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (þarba) — lack (of)
• Hindi: नियाज (niyāj) — lack (of)
• Irish: ceal — lack (of)
• Italian: mancanza — lack (of)
• Latin: inopia — lack (of)
• Norwegian: mangel — lack (of)
• Persian: نیاز (niyâz) — lack (of)
• Portuguese: falta — lack (of)
• Romanian: lipsă (de) — lack (of)
• Russian: отсу́тствие (otsútstvije) — lack (of)
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — lack (of)
• Scottish Gaelic: cion — lack (of)
• Scottish Gaelic: gainne — lack (of)
• Scottish Gaelic: gainnead — lack (of)
• Scottish Gaelic: easbhaidh — lack (of)
• Slovene: pomanjkanje — lack (of)
• Spanish: falta — lack (of)
• Swedish: brist — lack (of)
• Telugu: వాంఛ (vāñcha) — lack (of)
• Telugu: కోరిక (kōrika) — lack (of)
• Ottoman Turkish: نقصان (noksan) — lack (of)
• Armenian: կարիք (karikʻ) — poverty — see also poverty
• Bulgarian: бе́дност (bédnost) — poverty — see also poverty
• Bulgarian: лишение (lišenie) — poverty — see also poverty
• Danish: behov — poverty — see also poverty
• Finnish: köyhyys — poverty — see also poverty
• French: pauvreté — poverty — see also poverty
• French: misère — poverty — see also poverty
• German: Not — poverty — see also poverty
• Hindi: तंगी (taṅgī) — poverty — see also poverty
• Hindi: ग़रीबी (ġarībī) — poverty — see also poverty
• Irish: díothacht — poverty — see also poverty
• Irish: ar an gcaolchuid — poverty — see also poverty
• Italian: povertà — poverty — see also poverty
• Italian: miseria — poverty — see also poverty
• Norwegian: behov — poverty — see also poverty
• Persian: بینوایی (binavâyi) — poverty — see also poverty
• Persian: تنگدستی (tangdasti) — poverty — see also poverty
• Portuguese: pobreza — poverty — see also poverty
• Russian: бе́дность (bédnostʹ) — poverty — see also poverty
• Russian: нужда́ (nuždá) — poverty — see also poverty
• Russian: нищета́ (niščetá) — poverty — see also poverty
• Russian: ску́дность (skúdnostʹ) — poverty — see also poverty
• Scots: puirtith — poverty — see also poverty
• Spanish: egestad — poverty — see also poverty
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقسوللق (yoksulluk) — poverty — see also poverty
• Afrikaans: wil — to desire
• Albanian: dua — to desire
• Southern Altai: тилеер (tileer) — to desire
• Amharic: መፈለግ (mäfäläg) — to desire
• Arabic: أَرَادَ (ʔarāda) — to desire
• Arabic: رَغِبَ (raḡiba) — to desire
• Arabic: شَاءَ (šāʔa) — to desire
• Chadian Arabic: دور (dawwar) — to desire
• Arabic: عايز (ʕāyez) — to desire
• Arabic: بِغي (biḡi) — to desire
• Arabic: حب (ḥabb) — to desire
• Arabic: حب (ḥabb) — to desire
• Arabic: بغى (bḡa) — to desire
• Arabic: بد (bidd) — to desire
• Sudanese Arabic: داير (dāyir) — to desire
• Yemeni Arabic: يِشْتِي (yištī) — to desire
• Aragonese: voler — to desire
• Aragonese: querer — to desire
• Archi: кьан (klʼan) — to desire
• Armenian: ուզել (uzel) — to desire
• Armenian: ուզենալ (uzenal) — to desire
• Aromanian: voi — to desire
• Asturian: querer — to desire
• Azerbaijani: istəmək — to desire
• Bakhtiari: خواستن (xâsten) — to desire
• Basque: nahi izan — to desire
• Belarusian: хаце́ць (xacjécʹ) — to desire
• Belarusian: захаце́ць (zaxacjécʹ) — to desire
• Belarusian: жада́ць (žadácʹ) — to desire
• Belarusian: пажада́ць (pažadácʹ) — to desire
• Bengali: চাওয়া (caōẇa) — to desire
• Bislama: wantem — to desire
• Breton: fellout — to desire
• Bulgarian: и́скам (ískam) — to desire
• Bulgarian: жела́я (želája) — to desire
• Burmese: လို (lui) — to desire
• Burmese: အလို (a.lui) — to desire
• Burmese: ချင် (hkyang) — to desire
• Burmese: လိုချင် (luihkyang) — to desire
• Carpathian Rusyn: хотї́ти (xotjíty) — to desire
• Catalan: voler — to desire
• Chechen: лаа (laa) — to desire
• Chechen: еза (jeza) — to desire
• Cheyenne: -ho'ahe — to desire
• Chinese Cantonese: 要 (jiu3) — to desire
• Chinese Cantonese: 想 (soeng2) — to desire
• Chinese Cantonese: 想要 (soeng2 jiu3) — to desire
• Chinese Cantonese: 愛 /爱 (oi3) — to desire
• Chinese: ё (io) — to desire
• Chinese: щён (xion) — to desire
• Eastern Min Chinese: 欲 (buóh) — to desire
• Hakka Chinese: 愛 /爱 (oi) — to desire
• Hakka Chinese: 想愛 /想爱 (sióng-oi) — to desire
• Chinese: 欲 (beh) — to desire
• Chinese: 愛 /爱 (ài) — to desire
• Chinese: 想欲 (siūn-beh) — to desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 要 (yào) — to desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 想 (xiǎng) — to desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 想要 (xiǎngyào) — to desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 願意 /愿意 (yuànyi) — to desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 需要 (xūyào) — to desire
• Maore Comorian: utsaha — to desire
• Corsican: vulè — to desire
• Czech: chtít — to desire
• Dalmatian: blaire — to desire
• Danish: ville — to desire
• Danish: kræve — to desire
• Dutch: willen — to desire
• Esperanto: voli — to desire
• Esperanto: deziri — to desire
• Estonian: tahtma — to desire
• Estonian: soovima — to desire
• Fijian: vinakata — to desire
• Finnish: tahtoa — to desire
• Finnish: haluta — to desire
• French: vouloir — to desire
• North Frisian: wel — to desire
• Old Frisian: willa — to desire
• West-Frisian: wolle — to desire
• Friulian: volê — to desire
• Galician: querer — to desire
• Gamilaraay: -nginda — to desire
• Georgian: სურვილი (survili) — to desire
• German: wollen — to desire
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wiljan) — to desire
• Greek: θέλω (thélo) — to desire
• Ancient Greek: ἐθέλω (ethélō) — to desire
• Ancient Greek: βούλομαι (boúlomai) — to desire
• Gujarati: જોઈવું (joīvũ) — to desire
• Haitian Creole: vle — to desire
• Hawaiian: makemake — to desire
• Hebrew: רָצָה (ratsá) — to desire
• Hebrew: חָפֵץ (ẖafétz) — to desire
• Hindi: चाहना (cāhnā) — to desire
• Hindi: इच्छा (icchā) — to desire
• Hungarian: akar — to desire
• Icelandic: vilja — to desire
• Ido: dezirar — to desire
• Ido: volar — to desire
• Indonesian: mau — to desire
• Indonesian: hendak — to desire
• Indonesian: menginginkan — to desire
• Ingrian: tahtoa — to desire
• Ingrian: haluta — to desire
• Ingrian: himottaa — to desire
• Ingrian: ohvottaissa — to desire
• Interlingua: voler — to desire
• Irish: bheith ag iarraidh — to desire
• Old Irish: ad·cobra — to desire
• Italian: volere — to desire
• Japanese: 欲しい (hoshii) — to desire
• Japanese: 欲する (hossuru) — to desire
• Japanese: 望む (nozomu) — to desire
• Kabyle: bɣu — to desire
• Kaitag: бикка́ра (bikkára) — to desire
• Kansa: gónya — to desire
• Kashubian: chcec — to desire
• Kazakh: келу (kelu) — to desire
• Kazakh: қалау (qalau) — to desire
• Kazakh: тілеу (tıleu) — to desire
• Khmer: ចង់ (cɑng) — to desire
• Korean: 빌다 (bilda) — to desire
• Korean: 바라다 (barada) — to desire
• Korean: 싶다 (sipda) — to desire
• Korean: 원하다 (wonhada) — to desire
• Korean: -고 싶다 (-go sipda) — to desire
• Central Kurdish: خواستن (xwastin) — to desire
• Northern Kurdish: xwestin — to desire
• Northern Kurdish: viyan — to desire
• Kyrgyz: каалоо (kaaloo) — to desire
• Kyrgyz: келүү (kelüü) — to desire
• Ladin: volei — to desire
• Ladin: voler — to desire
• Lao: ເອົາ (ē ʼ) — to desire
• Lao: ຢາກ (yāk) — to desire
• Lao: ຕ້ອງການ (tǭng kān) — to desire
• Latin: volō — to desire
• Latvian: gribēt — to desire
• Latvian: vēlēties — to desire
• Lezgi: кӏан хьун (ḳan xun) — to desire
• Ligurian: voéi — to desire
• Lithuanian: norė́ti — to desire
• Lombard: vorè — to desire
• Lü: ᦀᧁ (̇ʼaw) — to desire
• Lü: ᦊᦱᧅ (ẏaak) — to desire
• Lü: ᦎᦸᧂᧉᦂᦱᧃ (ṫoang2k̇aan) — to desire
• Macedonian: са́ка (sáka) — to desire
• Malay: mahu — to desire
• Malay: ingin — to desire
• Malay: hendak — to desire
• Malayalam: ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക (āgrahikkuka) — to desire
• Maltese: ried — to desire
• Māori: hiahia — to desire
• Maranao: ngena — to desire
• Mauritian Creole: oule — to desire
• Megleno-Romanian: voi — to desire
• Middle English: willen — to desire
• Mongolian: дурлах (durlax) — to desire
• Nahuatl: nequi — to desire
• Classical Nahuatl: nequi — to desire
• Neapolitan: vulè — to desire
• Nepali: चाहनु (cāhanu) — to desire
• Norman: vouler — to desire
• Norwegian Bokmål: ville — to desire
• Norwegian Bokmål: ønske — to desire
• Nǀuu: ǂau — to desire
• Nǀuu: ǂao — to desire
• Nǀuu: ǂxaqake — to desire
• Occitan: voler — to desire
• Odia: ଚାହିବା (cāhibā) — to desire
• Church Slavic: хотѣти (xotěti) — to desire
• Church Slavic: ⱈⱁⱅⱑⱅⰻ (xotěti) — to desire
• Old East Slavic: хотѣти (xotěti) — to desire
• Old English: willan — to desire
• Old Saxon: willian — to desire
• Old Tupi: potar — to desire
• Oromo: barbaaduu — to desire
• Oromo: fedhuu — to desire
• Pannonian Rusyn: сцец (scec) — to desire
• Pannonian Rusyn: жадац (žadac) — to desire
• Pannonian Rusyn: глєдац (hljedac) — to desire
• Pashto: غوښتل (ǧox̌tël) — to desire
• Persian: خْوَاسْتَن (xwāstan) — to desire
• Dari: خَواسْتَن (xāstan) — to desire
• Iranian Persian: خواسْتَن (xâstan) — to desire
• Piedmontese: vorej — to desire
• Pipil: neki — to desire
• Polish: chcieć — to desire
• Polish: życzyć — to desire
• Portuguese: querer — to desire
• Portuguese: desejar — to desire
• Quechua: munay — to desire
• Romagnol: vlér — to desire
• Romani: kamel — to desire
• Romanian: vrea — to desire
• Romansh: vulair — to desire
• Romansh: vuler — to desire
• Romansh: vuleir — to desire
• Romansh: ler — to desire
• Romansh: leir — to desire
• Russian: хоте́ть (xotétʹ) — to desire
• Russian: захоте́ть (zaxotétʹ) — to desire
• Russian: жела́ть (želátʹ) — to desire
• Russian: пожела́ть (poželátʹ) — to desire
• Sanskrit: वष्टि (vaṣṭi) — to desire
• Sanskrit: इच्छति (icchati) — to desire
• Sardinian: bòliri — to desire
• Sardinian: bolli — to desire
• Sardinian: bòlliri — to desire
• Sardinian: chèrrere — to desire
• Sardinian: chèrri — to desire
• Sardinian: bòlere — to desire
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr — to desire
• Serbo-Croatian: хте̏ти — to desire
• Serbo-Croatian: хтје̏ти — to desire
• Serbo-Croatian: htȅti — to desire
• Serbo-Croatian: htjȅti — to desire
• Sicilian: vuliri — to desire
• Sinhalese: අඩුව පවතිනවා (aḍuwa pawatinawā) — to desire
• Slovak: chcieť — to desire
• Slovene: hoteti — to desire
• Lower Sorbian: kśěś — to desire
• Upper Sorbian: chcyć — to desire
• Upper Sorbian: zechcyć — to desire
• Sotho: batla — to desire
• Spanish: querer — to desire
• Spanish: desear — to desire
• Sranan Tongo: wani — to desire
• Swahili: taka — to desire
• Swedish: vilja — to desire
• Tagalog: magustohan — to desire
• Tajik: хостан (xostan) — to desire
• Tamil: வேண்டு (vēṇṭu) — to desire
• Tatar: теләргә (telärgä) — to desire
• Tày: ái — to desire
• Telugu: కోరుకొను (kōrukonu) — to desire
• Telugu: వాంఛించు (vāñchiñcu) — to desire
• Thai: อยาก (yàak) — to desire
• Thai: ต้องการ (dtɔ̂ng-gaan) — to desire
• Thai: เอา (ao) — to desire
• Northern Thai: ᩐᩣ — to desire
• Northern Thai: ᩀᩣ᩠ᨠ — to desire
• Northern Thai: ᨲᩬ᩶ᨦᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ — to desire
• Tibetan: འཁོ་བ ('kho ba) — to desire
• Tibetan: འཁོ ('kho) — to desire
• Tibetan: འདོད ('dod) — to desire
• Tibetan: འཚལ་བ ('tshal ba) — to desire
• Tibetan: དགོས (dgos) — to desire
• Tocharian B: kulyp- — to desire
• Turkish: istemek — to desire
• Ottoman Turkish: استمك (istemek) — to desire
• Turkmen: gereklemek — to desire
• Turkmen: islemek — to desire
• Tuvan: күзээр (küzeer) — to desire
• Ukrainian: хоті́ти (xotíty) — to desire
• Ukrainian: бажа́ти (bažáty) — to desire
• Urdu: چاہْنا (cāhnā) — to desire
• Uyghur: خالىماق (xalimaq) — to desire
• Uyghur: ئىستىمەك (istimek) — to desire
• Uzbek: xohlamoq — to desire
• Uzbek: istamoq — to desire
• Venetan: vołer — to desire
• Venetan: voler — to desire
• Vietnamese: muốn — to desire
• Vietnamese: cần — to desire
• Volapük: vilön — to desire
• Walloon: voleur — to desire
• Welsh: bod eisiau — to desire
• Welsh: bod am — to desire
• Yaghnobi: хоҳак (xohak) — to desire
• Yiddish: וועלן (veln) — to desire
• Yoruba: fẹ́ — to desire
• Yucatec Maya: k'áat — to desire
• Zazaki: waştene (diq) — to desire
• Zhuang: aeu — to desire