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• /ˈwaɪ̯ld/
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• General-South-African, Southern-US: /ˈwaːld/
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• General-South-African, Southern-US: [ˈwaːld]
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• rhymes with -aɪld
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From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2welh1- (“hair; wool”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wil (“wild”), Saterland Frisian wíeld, wüüld (“wild”), West Frisian wyld (“wild”), Bavarian wüd (“wild”), Central Franconian weld (“wild”), Cimbrian bill (“crazy, mad; wild; stupid”), Dutch, German, and Low German wild (“wild”), Luxembourgish wëll (“wild; savage”), Vilamovian wyłd (“wild”), Yiddish ווילד (vild, “wild; savage”), Danish and Swedish vild (“wild”), Faroese villur (“wild”), Icelandic villtur (“wild; lost; barbaric, savage; uncultivated; untamed”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vill (“wild”), vill (“lost”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis, “wild”); also Cornish gwlan (“wool”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic olann (“wool”), Manx ollan (“wool”), Welsh gwlân (“wool”), Latin vellus (“fleece, wool”), villus (“hair, shaggy hair”), Ancient Greek λάχνη (lákhnē, “woolly hair; thin hair; soft nap or pile on cloth; quills hedgehog; leafage”), Lithuanian valai (“hair of the horse tail”), Belarusian во́лас (vólas, “single hair”), Czech and Slovak vlas (“single hair”), Macedonian влас (vlas, “fluff; thread (of hair)”), Polish włos (“single hair”), Russian and Ukrainian во́лос (vólos, “single hair”), Serbo-Croatian вла̑с, vlȃs (“single hair”), Slovene las (“hair on top of head; nap, pile”), Armenian գեղմ (geġm, “fleece, wool”), Central Kurdish پرچ (pirç, “fax, headhair”), Northern Kurdish hirî (“wool”), Persian گرس (gors, “curl, ringlet; braid”), Hittite 𒋠𒀸 (SÍG-aš, “wool”), Tocharian A urṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Tocharian B *ūrṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “branch, shoot, twig”).

228 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wild — not domesticated or tamed
• Albanian: egër — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: кийик (kiyik) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: јерлик (ǰerlik) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: эмтик (emtik) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: казыр (kazïr) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: калју (kalǰu) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: ээн (een) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: кижи јӱрбеген (kiži ǰürbegen) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: ойлоок (oylook) — not domesticated or tamed
• Southern Altai: уйалчак (uyalčak) — not domesticated or tamed
• Arabic: مُتَوَحِّش (mutawaḥḥiš) — not domesticated or tamed
• Arabic: بَرِّيّ (barriyy) — not domesticated or tamed
• Arabic: شموس (šamūs) — not domesticated or tamed
• Arabic: بري (bárri) — not domesticated or tamed
• Arabic: بري (bárri) — not domesticated or tamed
• Armenian: վայրի (vayri) — not domesticated or tamed
• Aromanian: ayru — not domesticated or tamed
• Aromanian: aghru — not domesticated or tamed
• Assamese: বনৰীয়া (bonoria) — not domesticated or tamed
• Assamese: জংঘলী (zoṅgholi) — not domesticated or tamed
• Assamese: বনজ (bonoz) — not domesticated or tamed
• Asturian: montés — not domesticated or tamed
• Asturian: salvaxe — not domesticated or tamed
• Azerbaijani: vəhşi — not domesticated or tamed
• Belarusian: дзі́кі (dzíki) — not domesticated or tamed
• Central Bikol: maulam — not domesticated or tamed
• Bulgarian: див (div) — not domesticated or tamed
• Catalan: salvatge — not domesticated or tamed
• Chickasaw: imilhlha — not domesticated or tamed
• Chinese Mandarin: 野生 (yěshēng) — not domesticated or tamed
• Chinese Mandarin: 野 (yě) — not domesticated or tamed
• Maore Comorian: nyeha — not domesticated or tamed
• Czech: divoký — not domesticated or tamed
• Danish: vild — not domesticated or tamed
• Dutch: wild — not domesticated or tamed
• Estonian: metsik — not domesticated or tamed
• Finnish: villi — not domesticated or tamed
• Finnish: kesytön — not domesticated or tamed
• Finnish: villi- — not domesticated or tamed
• French: sauvage — not domesticated or tamed
• Friulian: salvadi — not domesticated or tamed
• Galician: salvaxe — not domesticated or tamed
• Galician: fero — not domesticated or tamed
• Galician: bravo — not domesticated or tamed
• Georgian: ველური (veluri) — not domesticated or tamed
• German: wild — not domesticated or tamed
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis) — not domesticated or tamed
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (haiþiwisks) — not domesticated or tamed
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — not domesticated or tamed
• Ancient Greek: ἄγριος (ágrios) — not domesticated or tamed
• Haitian Creole: sovaj — not domesticated or tamed
• Hebrew: בַּר (bar) — not domesticated or tamed
• Hebrew: פֶּרֶא (pére) — not domesticated or tamed
• Hindi: जंगली (jaṅglī) — not domesticated or tamed
• Hungarian: vad — not domesticated or tamed
• Icelandic: villtur — not domesticated or tamed
• Ido: sovaja — not domesticated or tamed
• Ingrian: diikkoi — not domesticated or tamed
• Ingrian: villi — not domesticated or tamed
• Italian: selvaggio — not domesticated or tamed
• Italian: selvatico — not domesticated or tamed
• Italian: brado — not domesticated or tamed
• Japanese: 野生の (yasei no) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kapampangan: lasip — not domesticated or tamed
• Kazakh: жабайы (jabaiy) — not domesticated or tamed
• Korean: 야생의 (yasaeng'ui) — not domesticated or tamed
• Korean: 길들여지지 않은 (gildeuryeojiji aneun) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: вагьши (wahşi) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: къыр (qır) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: къолгъа уьйренмеген (qolğa üyrenmegen) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: авлакъ (awlaq) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: адамсыз (adamsız) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: бош къоркъунчлу (boş) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: къутургъан (quturğan) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: башсыз (başsız) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: тамаша (tamaşa) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: тюрлю (türlü) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: чыгъынсыз (çığınsız) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: уялчан (uyalçan) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kumyk: мююшбаш (müyuşbaş) — not domesticated or tamed
• Kyrgyz: жапайы (japayı) — not domesticated or tamed
• Lao: ປ່າ (pā) — not domesticated or tamed
• Latin: ferōx — not domesticated or tamed
• Latin: ferus — not domesticated or tamed
• Latin: silvestris — not domesticated or tamed
• Latvian: mežonīgs — not domesticated or tamed
• Latvian: meža — not domesticated or tamed
• Lithuanian: laukinis — not domesticated or tamed
• Livonian: mõtsāli — not domesticated or tamed
• Livonian: mõtsā- — not domesticated or tamed
• Luxembourgish: wëll — not domesticated or tamed
• Macedonian: див (div) — not domesticated or tamed
• Malay: liar — not domesticated or tamed
• Malayalam: വന്യ (vanya) — not domesticated or tamed
• Malayalam: കാട്ട് (kāṭṭŭ) — not domesticated or tamed
• Māori: kuwao — not domesticated or tamed
• Māori: taewao — not domesticated or tamed
• Māori: mohoao — not domesticated or tamed
• Māori: tūwā — not domesticated or tamed
• Māori: pāwhara — not domesticated or tamed
• Mauritian Creole: sovaz — not domesticated or tamed
• Middle English: wilde — not domesticated or tamed
• Mon: ဂြိုပ် — not domesticated or tamed
• Mongolian: зэрлэг (zerleg) — not domesticated or tamed
• Norwegian: vill — not domesticated or tamed
• Occitan: salvatge — not domesticated or tamed
• Occitan: sauvatge — not domesticated or tamed
• Old English: wilde — not domesticated or tamed
• Old Prussian: pausts — not domesticated or tamed
• Old Prussian: pausto — not domesticated or tamed
• Old Prussian: paustan — not domesticated or tamed
• Persian: دد (dad) — not domesticated or tamed
• Persian: وحشی (vahši) — not domesticated or tamed
• Polabian: dai̯vĕ — not domesticated or tamed
• Polish: dziki — not domesticated or tamed
• Portuguese: selvagem — not domesticated or tamed
• Portuguese: silvestre — not domesticated or tamed
• Portuguese: bravio — not domesticated or tamed
• Quechua: sallqa — not domesticated or tamed
• Quechua: purun — not domesticated or tamed
• Quechua: k'ita — not domesticated or tamed
• Romanian: sălbatic — not domesticated or tamed
• Romansh: selvadi — not domesticated or tamed
• Romansh: salvadi — not domesticated or tamed
• Romansh: salvatg — not domesticated or tamed
• Romansh: sulvedi — not domesticated or tamed
• Romansh: sulvadi — not domesticated or tamed
• Russian: ди́кий (díkij) — not domesticated or tamed
• Sardinian: eremidu — not domesticated or tamed
• Sardinian: spédriu — not domesticated or tamed
• Sardinian: spérdiu — not domesticated or tamed
• Scottish Gaelic: allaidh — not domesticated or tamed
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadhaich — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: дивљи — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: дивљачки — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: диваљ — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: необуздан — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: divlji — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: divljački — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: divalj — not domesticated or tamed
• Serbo-Croatian: neobuzdan — not domesticated or tamed
• Sicilian: sarvaggiu — not domesticated or tamed
• Sicilian: sarbaggiu — not domesticated or tamed
• Slovak: divoký — not domesticated or tamed
• Slovak: divý — not domesticated or tamed
• Slovene: divji — not domesticated or tamed
• Spanish: salvaje — not domesticated or tamed
• Spanish: montaraz — not domesticated or tamed
• Swedish: vild — not domesticated or tamed
• Tagalog: mailap — not domesticated or tamed
• Tagalog: ligaw — not domesticated or tamed
• Tagalog: maliyap — not domesticated or tamed
• Talysh: vəhşi — not domesticated or tamed
• Tarantino: servagge — not domesticated or tamed
• Tat: vəhşi — not domesticated or tamed
• Telugu: పిచ్చి (picci) — not domesticated or tamed
• Thai: ป่า (bpàa) — not domesticated or tamed
• Tocharian B: col — not domesticated or tamed
• Turkish: vahşi — not domesticated or tamed
• Turkish: yabani — not domesticated or tamed
• Ukrainian: ди́кий (dýkyj) — not domesticated or tamed
• Urdu: جنگلی (jangli) — not domesticated or tamed
• Venetan: salvadego — not domesticated or tamed
• Venetan: salbego — not domesticated or tamed
• Vietnamese: hoang dã — not domesticated or tamed
• Welsh: gwyllt — not domesticated or tamed
• Welsh: diddofi — not domesticated or tamed
• Bulgarian: буен (buen) — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Bulgarian: необуздан (neobuzdan) — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Chickasaw: imilhlha — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Finnish: villi — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Finnish: hillitön — unrestrained or uninhibited
• French: déchaîné — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Middle English: wilde — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Romanian: dezlănțuit — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Russian: буйный (bujnyj) — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Spanish: desmadrado — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Ottoman Turkish: آزغین (azgın) — unrestrained or uninhibited
• Armenian: վայրենի (vayreni) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Assamese: বৰ্বৰ (borror) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Bulgarian: подивял (podivjal) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Bulgarian: неистов (neistov) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Catalan: salvatge — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Chamicuro: matitu — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Chickasaw: imilhlha — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Chinese Mandarin: 狂野 (kuángyě) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Danish: vild — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Dutch: wild — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Esperanto: sovaĝa — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Finnish: raju — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Finnish: villi — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Finnish: hillitön — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Finnish: hurja — raucous, unruly, and savage
• French: sauvage — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Galician: fero — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Galician: salvaxe — raucous, unruly, and savage
• German: wild — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Greek: ανήμερος (anímeros) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Ancient Greek: ἄγριος (ágrios) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Hebrew: פֶּרֶא (pére) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Hungarian: vad — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Ido: sovaja — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Irish: fiáin — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Irish: amhsach — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Italian: selvaggio — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Latin: ferus — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Latin: saevus — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Latin: crudelis — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Latin: immanis — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Macedonian: ра́зузден (rázuzden) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Macedonian: ра́здивен (rázdiven) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Māori: tūperepere — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Middle English: wilde — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Norwegian: vill — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Polish: dziki — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Portuguese: selvagem — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Romanian: sălbatic — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadhaich — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Serbo-Croatian: диваљ — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Serbo-Croatian: разуздан — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Serbo-Croatian: divalj — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Serbo-Croatian: razuzdan — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Spanish: salvaje — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Spanish: fiero — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Thai: เถื่อน (tʉ̀ʉan) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Ottoman Turkish: وحشی (vahşî) — raucous, unruly, and savage
• Ottoman Turkish: آزولو (azulu, azılı) — raucous, unruly, and savage