widen

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• /ˈwaɪdn̩/
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• rhymes with -aɪdən
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• CMU ARPABET: W AY1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Swedish Widén.

PIE word *dwóh1 From wide + -en (verbal suffix).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разширявам се (razširjavam se) — to become wider
• Chinese Mandarin: 擴大 /扩大 (kuòdà) — to become wider
• Finnish: laajentua — to become wider
• French: s’élargir — to become wider
• Galician: anchear — to become wider
• German: sich weiten — to become wider
• Ido: larjeskar — to become wider
• Ingrian: levetä — to become wider
• Irish: leathnaigh — to become wider
• Italian: allargarsi — to become wider
• Japanese: 広がる (hirogaru) — to become wider
• Japanese: 広まる (hiromaru) — to become wider
• Central Kurdish: پان بوون (pan bûn) — to become wider
• Marathi: रुंद होणे (runda hoṇe) — to become wider
• Old English: wīdian — to become wider
• Polish: poszerzać się — to become wider
• Polish: poszerzyć się — to become wider
• Russian: расширя́ться (rasširjátʹsja) — to become wider
• Russian: расши́риться (rasšíritʹsja) — to become wider
• Swedish: vidga sig — to become wider
• Yiddish: אויסברייטערן זיך (oysbreytern zikh) — to become wider
• Aromanian: lãrdzescu — to make wider
• Bulgarian: разширявам (razširjavam) — to make wider
• Catalan: ampliar — to make wider
• Czech: rozšířit — to make wider
• Finnish: laajentaa — to make wider
• French: élargir — to make wider
• Galician: anchear — to make wider
• German: erweitern — to make wider
• German: weiten — to make wider
• Ido: larjigar — to make wider
• Irish: leathnaigh — to make wider
• Italian: allargare — to make wider
• Japanese: 広げる (hirogeru) — to make wider
• Japanese: 広める (hiromeru) — to make wider
• Central Kurdish: پان کردن (pan kirdin) — to make wider
• Latin: ampliō — to make wider
• Māori: whakawhānui — to make wider
• Marathi: रुंदावणे (rundāvṇe) — to make wider
• Marathi: रुंद करणे (runda karṇe) — to make wider
• Mirandese: alhargar — to make wider
• Mirandese: alargar — to make wider
• Polish: poszerzać — to make wider
• Polish: poszerzyć — to make wider
• Portuguese: alargar — to make wider
• Romanian: lărgi — to make wider
• Russian: расширя́ть (rasširjátʹ) — to make wider
• Russian: расши́рить (rasšíritʹ) — to make wider
• Swedish: vidga — to make wider
• Yiddish: אויסברייטערן (oysbreytern) — to make wider
• Bulgarian: отпускам (otpuskam) — to let out clothes
• Finnish: leventää — to let out clothes
• French: élargir — to let out clothes
• Japanese: 大きくする (ōkiku suru) — to let out clothes
• Polish: poszerzać — to let out clothes
• Polish: poszerzyć — to let out clothes
• Bulgarian: разширявам (razširjavam) — to broaden or extend
• Catalan: estendre — to broaden or extend
• Catalan: eixamplar — to broaden or extend
• Finnish: laajentaa — to broaden or extend
• French: élargir — to broaden or extend
• German: erweitern — to broaden or extend
• Irish: leathnaigh — to broaden or extend
• Italian: allargare — to broaden or extend
• Japanese: 拡張する (kakuchō suru) — to broaden or extend
• Japanese: 広める (hiromeru) — to broaden or extend
• Māori: whakawhānui — to broaden or extend
• Polish: poszerzać — to broaden or extend
• Polish: poszerzyć — to broaden or extend
• Russian: расширя́ть (rasširjátʹ) — to broaden or extend
• Russian: расши́рить (rasšíritʹ) — to broaden or extend
• Swedish: vidga — to broaden or extend
• Swedish: utvidga — to broaden or extend
• Swedish: utöka — to broaden or extend