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/ˌwʌt ə ˈpɪti/ [ˌwɐɾ ə ˈphɪɾi ~ ˌwɜɾ ə ˈphɪɾi]
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/ˌwɔt ə ˈpɪtɪj/
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/ˌʍɔt ə ˈpɪte/
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Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
What a pity you can't attend our party tonight.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: what a shame
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
يَا خَسَارَة
(yā ḵasāra)
— used to express regret
Arabic :
يَا لَلْأَسَف
(yā la-l-ʔasaf)
— used to express regret
Armenian :
ափսոս
(apʻsos)
— used to express regret
Belarusian :
які́ жаль
(jakí žalʹ)
— used to express regret
Bulgarian :
жа́лко
(žálko)
— used to express regret
Bulgarian :
за жа́лост
(za žálost)
— used to express regret
Bulgarian :
уви́
(uví)
— used to express regret
Catalan :
quina llàstima
— used to express regret
Chinese Mandarin :
真遺憾 /真遗憾
(zhēn yíhàn)
— used to express regret
Chinese Mandarin :
真倒霉
(zhēn dǎoméi)
— used to express regret
Czech :
to je škoda
— used to express regret
Danish :
det er synd
— used to express regret
Dutch :
wat jammer
— used to express regret
Esperanto :
domaĝe
— used to express regret
Estonian :
kahju
— used to express regret
Finnish :
sääli
— used to express regret
Finnish :
ikävää
— used to express regret
Finnish :
harmi
— used to express regret
Finnish :
voi harmi
— used to express regret
Finnish :
harmin paikka
— used to express regret
French :
quel dommage
— used to express regret
French :
dommage
— used to express regret
Galician :
que mágoa
— used to express regret
Georgian :
რა სამწუხაროა
(ra samc̣uxaroa)
— used to express regret
German :
das ist aber schade
— used to express regret
German :
schade
— used to express regret
German :
wie schade
— used to express regret
Greek :
τι κρίμα
(ti kríma)
— used to express regret
Hawaiian :
aloha ʻino
— used to express regret
Hebrew :
כמה חבל
(kamá khavál)
— used to express regret
Hungarian :
kár
— used to express regret
Hungarian :
de kár
— used to express regret
Hungarian :
milyen kár
— used to express regret
Indonesian :
sayang
— used to express regret
Indonesian :
yah
— used to express regret
Italian :
peccato
— used to express regret
Italian :
che peccato!
— used to express regret
Japanese :
残念
(zannen)
— used to express regret
Khmer :
គួរឱ្យអាណិតណាស់
(kuə ʼaoy ʼaanət nah)
— used to express regret
Korean :
유가밉니다
(yugamimnida)
— used to express regret
Korean :
유감입니다
(yugamimnida)
— used to express regret
Korean :
안됐다
(andwaetda)
— used to express regret
Ladino :
ke pekado
— used to express regret
Low German :
dat is aver schaad
— used to express regret
Low German :
schaad
— used to express regret
Malay :
sayang
— used to express regret
Norwegian Bokmål :
det var synd
— used to express regret
Persian :
چه حیف
(če heyf)
— used to express regret
Persian :
حیف شد
(heyf šod)
— used to express regret
Polish :
szkoda
— used to express regret
Portuguese :
que pena
— used to express regret
Romanian :
ce păcat
— used to express regret
Russian :
как жа́ль
(kak žálʹ)
— used to express regret
Russian :
жа́ль
(žálʹ)
— used to express regret
Russian :
кака́я жа́лость
(kakája žálostʹ)
— used to express regret
Serbo-Croatian :
ште̏та
— used to express regret
Serbo-Croatian :
štȅta
— used to express regret
Spanish :
qué lástima
— used to express regret
Spanish :
qué pena
— used to express regret
Swedish :
vad synd
— used to express regret
Tagalog :
sayang!
— used to express regret
Tamil :
பாவம்
(pāvam)
— used to express regret
Turkish :
ne yazık
— used to express regret
Ukrainian :
яки́й жаль
(jakýj žalʹ)
— used to express regret
Ukrainian :
яка́ шко́да
(jaká škóda)
— used to express regret
Vietnamese :
tiếc quá
— used to express regret
Vietnamese :
chán thế
— used to express regret
Vietnamese :
chán nhỉ
— used to express regret
Votic :
žaali
— used to express regret
Welsh :
dyna drueni
— used to express regret
Welsh :
trueni
— used to express regret