wary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛə.ɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈwɛɚ.i/
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• Australian: /ˈweːɹi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈweəɹi/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈwiəɹi/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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• Scotland: /ˈweɹɪ/
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• Scotland: /ˈweɹe/
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• /ˈwɜːɹɪ/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹi
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• homophone: weary (cheer–chair merger)
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• homophone: whirry (fair–fur merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: W EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the adjective ware + -y.

From Middle English warien, from Old English wierġan (“to curse, do evil”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to condemn, curse”), from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal”). Doublet of warry.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ጠንቃቃ (ṭänḳaḳa) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Armenian: զգույշ (zguyš) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Asturian: prudente — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Aymara: amulli — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Belarusian: асцяро́жны (ascjaróžny) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Breton: diskredig — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Breton: evezieg — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Bulgarian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Bulgarian: предпазлив (predpazliv) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Catalan: cautelós — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Chinese Mandarin: 小心翼翼 (xiǎoxīn yìyì) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Chinese Mandarin: 謹慎 /谨慎 (jǐnshèn) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Danish: varsom — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Danish: forsigtig — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Danish: på vagt — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Dutch: behoedzaam — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Estonian: ettevaatlik — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Finnish: to be wary — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Finnish: pelätä — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• French: méfiant — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Galician: cauteloso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Galician: precavido — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Georgian: წინდახედული (c̣indaxeduli) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Georgian: ფრთხილი (prtxili) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• German: achtsam — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• German: umsichtig — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• German: vorsichtig — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• German: wachsam — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Greek: επιφυλακτικός (epifylaktikós) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hawaiian: ʻeʻena — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hawaiian: ʻāhē — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hebrew: נזהר (niz'hár) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hebrew: זהיר (zahír) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hindi: सावधान (sāvdhān) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hindi: सतर्क (satark) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hungarian: gyanakvó — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hungarian: bizalmatlankodó — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Hungarian: óvatos — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Irish: airdeallach — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Irish: braiteach — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Irish: faichilleach — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Italian: diffidente — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Italian: accorto — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Italian: circospetto — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Japanese: 用心深い (yōjin-bukai) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Khmer: ប្រុងប្រយត្ន័ (prong prɑyat) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Latin: cautus — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Latvian: piesardzīgs — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Luxembourgish: virsiichteg — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Macedonian: претпазлив (pretpazliv) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Malay: hati-hati — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Malay: waspada — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Māori: matakana — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Māori: owhiti — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Māori: korita — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Māori: paoke — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Marathi: सावध (sāvadh) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Mirandese: couteloso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Occitan: cautelós — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Polish: czujny — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Polish: przezorny — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Polish: ostrożny — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Portuguese: cauteloso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Portuguese: cuidadoso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Portuguese: de pé atrás — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Russian: насторо́женный (nastoróžennyj) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Russian: осторо́жный (ostoróžnyj) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Russian: подозри́тельный (podozrítelʹnyj) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Slovak: dávať si pozor — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Slovak: mať sa na pozore — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: cauteloso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: precavido — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: desconfiado — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: receloso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: sospechoso — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: sospechante — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Spanish: suspicaz — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Swedish: försiktig — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Swedish: varsam — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Thai: ระวัง (rá-wang) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Thai: ระมัดระวัง (rá-mát-rá-wang) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Thai: ระแวง (rá-wɛɛng) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Turkish: dikkat etmek — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Turkish: sakınmak — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Ukrainian: обере́жний (oberéžnyj) — cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
• Bulgarian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Bulgarian: бдителен (bditelen) — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Finnish: varovainen — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• German: vorsichtig — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Hindi: सावधान (sāvdhān) — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Hindi: सतर्क (satark) — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Hungarian: óvatos — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Hungarian: elővigyázatos — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Hungarian: körültekintő — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Italian: cauto — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Italian: vigile — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Italian: accorto — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Italian: circospetto — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Italian: guardingo — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Italian: cauteloso — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Māori: korita — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Portuguese: cauteloso — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Portuguese: cuidadoso — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Russian: осторо́жный (ostoróžnyj) — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Spanish: cauteloso — characterized by caution; guarded; careful
• Thai: ขี้ระแวง — characterized by caution; guarded; careful