wish

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• /ˈwɪʃ/
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• rhymes with -ɪʃ
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• homophone: whish (wine–whine merger)
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From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh1- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.

307 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: urim — desire
• Arabic: أُمْنِيَّة (ʔumniyya) — desire
• Arabic: رَغْبَة (raḡba) — desire
• Arabic: مُنْيَة (munya) — desire
• Arabic: امنية (umnīya) — desire
• Armenian: ցանկություն (cʻankutʻyun) — desire
• Armenian: իղձ (iġj) — desire
• Assamese: হেঁপাহ (hẽpah) — desire
• Assamese: ইচ্ছা (issa) — desire
• Assamese: বাঞ্ছা (bañsa) — desire
• Azerbaijani: dilək — desire
• Azerbaijani: istək — desire
• Azerbaijani: arzu — desire
• Baluchi: واہگ — desire
• Baluchi: ارمان — desire
• Belarusian: жада́нне (žadánnje) — desire
• Bengali: আরজু (arzu) — desire
• Bengali: আরমান (arman) — desire
• Bengali: তামান্না (tamanna) — desire
• Bengali: ইচ্ছা (iccha) — desire
• Bengali: খায়েশ (khaẏeś) — desire
• Bhojpuri: चाह (cāh) — desire
• Bulgarian: жела́ние (želánie) — desire
• Catalan: desig — desire
• Chinese Mandarin: 願望 /愿望 (yuànwàng) — desire
• Czech: přání — desire
• Danish: ønske — desire
• Dutch: wens — desire
• Esperanto: deziro — desire
• Esperanto: volo — desire
• Estonian: soov — desire
• Faroese: ynski — desire
• Finnish: toive — desire
• French: souhait — desire
• Old French: vuel — desire
• West-Frisian: winsk — desire
• Galician: desexo — desire
• Georgian: სურვილი (survili) — desire
• German: Wunsch — desire
• Greek: ευχή (efchí) — desire
• Greek: επιθυμία (epithymía) — desire
• Ancient Greek: εὐχή (eukhḗ) — desire
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιθυμία (epithumía) — desire
• Hebrew: משאלה (mish'alá) — desire
• Hindi: आशा (āśā) — desire
• Hindi: इच्छा (icchā) — desire
• Hindi: अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā) — desire
• Hindi: कामना (kāmnā) — desire
• Hindi: आकांक्षा (ākāṅkṣā) — desire
• Hindi: चाह (cāh) — desire
• Hindi: आरज़ू (ārzū) — desire
• Hindi: आरजू (ārjū) — desire
• Hindi: तमन्ना (tamannā) — desire
• Hindi: चाहत (cāhat) — desire
• Hindi: ख़्वाहिश (xvāhiś) — desire
• Hindi: ख्वाहिश (khvāhiś) — desire
• Hungarian: kívánság — desire
• Icelandic: ósk — desire
• Ingrian: iso — desire
• Ingrian: halu — desire
• Ingrian: himo — desire
• Ingrian: ohvotta — desire
• Irish: mian — desire
• Italian: desiderio — desire
• Italian: voglia — desire
• Japanese: 願い (negai) — desire
• Japanese: 願望 (ganbō) — desire
• Japanese: 希望 (kibō) — desire
• Javanese: karep — desire
• Old Javanese: harĕp — desire
• Kazakh: тілек (tılek) — desire
• Khmer: ចំណង (cɑmnɑɑng) — desire
• Khmer: បំណង (bɑmnɑɑng) — desire
• Korean: 소원 (sowon) — desire
• Korean: 희망 (huimang) — desire
• Krymchak: акибат — desire
• Central Kurdish: ئارەزوو (arezû) — desire
• Kyrgyz: тилек (tilek) — desire
• Latgalian: gribiejums — desire
• Latgalian: gryba — desire
• Latin: desiderium — desire
• Latin: cupiditas — desire
• Latin: studium — desire
• Latvian: vēlme — desire
• Latvian: vēlēšanās — desire
• Lithuanian: noras — desire
• Macedonian: желба (želba) — desire
• Maranao: ilmi — desire
• Marathi: इच्छा (icchā) — desire
• Marathi: वासना (vāsnā) — desire
• Mongolian: хүсэл (xüsel) — desire
• Norwegian Bokmål: ønske — desire
• Old English: wūsc — desire
• Persian: آرزو (ârezu) — desire
• Plautdietsch: Wensch — desire
• Polish: życzenie — desire
• Portuguese: desejo — desire
• Portuguese: pedido — desire
• Romanian: dorință — desire
• Russian: жела́ние (želánije) — desire
• Sanskrit: इच्छा (icchā) — desire
• Sanskrit: स्पृहा (spṛhā) — desire
• Sanskrit: काङ्क्षा (kāṅkṣā) — desire
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr — desire
• Serbo-Croatian: же̏ља — desire
• Serbo-Croatian: žȅlja — desire
• Sicilian: disiu — desire
• Sidamo: hexxo — desire
• Slovak: prianie — desire
• Slovak: želanie — desire
• Slovene: želja — desire
• Spanish: deseo — desire
• Spanish: gana — desire
• Sranan Tongo: winsi — desire
• Swedish: önskan — desire
• Tajik: орзу (orzu) — desire
• Tajik: хоҳиш (xohiš) — desire
• Tajik: майл (mayl) — desire
• Tajik: рағбат (raġbat) — desire
• Tamil: ஆசை (ācai) — desire
• Tamil: விருப்பம் (viruppam) — desire
• Telugu: కోరిక (kōrika) — desire
• Telugu: అభిలాష (abhilāṣa) — desire
• Turkish: dilek — desire
• Turkish: istek — desire
• Turkish: arzu — desire
• Turkmen: arzuw — desire
• Ukrainian: бажа́ння (bažánnja) — desire
• Uzbek: orzu — desire
• Uzbek: tilak — desire
• Uzbek: istak — desire
• Vietnamese: mong muốn — desire
• Volapük: vip — desire
• Zazaki: boka — desire
• Zazaki: waştış — desire
• Zazaki: maram — desire
• Zazaki: merem — desire
• Albanian: uroj — to hope for an outcome
• Arabic: تَمَنَّى (tamannā) — to hope for an outcome
• Armenian: ցանկանալ (cʻankanal) — to hope for an outcome
• Azerbaijani: arzu etmək — to hope for an outcome
• Basque: nahi izan — to hope for an outcome
• Belarusian: жада́ць (žadácʹ) — to hope for an outcome
• Belarusian: пажада́ць (pažadácʹ) — to hope for an outcome
• Bulgarian: жела́я (želája) — to hope for an outcome
• Catalan: desitjar — to hope for an outcome
• Chickasaw: anhi — to hope for an outcome
• Chickasaw: imhani — to hope for an outcome
• Chinese Mandarin: 願望 /愿望 (yuànwàng) — to hope for an outcome
• Chinese Mandarin: 希望 (xīwàng) — to hope for an outcome
• Chinese Mandarin: 但願 /但愿 (dànyuàn) — to hope for an outcome
• Czech: přát si — to hope for an outcome
• Czech: přát — to hope for an outcome
• Danish: ønske — to hope for an outcome
• Dutch: wensen — to hope for an outcome
• Dutch: willen — to hope for an outcome
• Esperanto: deziri — to hope for an outcome
• Estonian: soovima — to hope for an outcome
• Faroese: ynskja — to hope for an outcome
• Finnish: toivoa — to hope for an outcome
• French: souhaiter — to hope for an outcome
• French: espérer — to hope for an outcome
• West-Frisian: winskje — to hope for an outcome
• Friulian: volê — to hope for an outcome
• Galician: desexar — to hope for an outcome
• Galician: agardar — to hope for an outcome
• Georgian: წადილი (c̣adili) — to hope for an outcome
• Georgian: ნდომა (ndoma) — to hope for an outcome
• Georgian: ნატვრა (naṭvra) — to hope for an outcome
• German: wünschen — to hope for an outcome
• German: wünschen — to hope for an outcome
• Greek: εύχομαι (éfchomai) — to hope for an outcome
• Ancient Greek: ἐθέλω (ethélō) — to hope for an outcome
• Ancient Greek: θέλω (thélō) — to hope for an outcome
• Ancient Greek: βούλομαι (boúlomai) — to hope for an outcome
• Hawaiian: makemake — to hope for an outcome
• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (biqqésh) — to hope for an outcome
• Hindi: चाहना (cāhnā) — to hope for an outcome
• Hindi: तमन्ना (tamannā) — to hope for an outcome
• Hungarian: kíván — to hope for an outcome
• Icelandic: óska — to hope for an outcome
• Indonesian: harapan — to hope for an outcome
• Indonesian: keinginan — to hope for an outcome
• Ingrian: toivoa — to hope for an outcome
• Ingrian: sallia — to hope for an outcome
• Irish: santaigh — to hope for an outcome
• Old Irish: do·futhracair — to hope for an outcome
• Italian: volere — to hope for an outcome
• Italian: desiderare — to hope for an outcome
• Japanese: 願う (negau) — to hope for an outcome
• Japanese: 祈る (inoru) — to hope for an outcome
• Japanese: 欲する (hossuru) — to hope for an outcome
• Japanese: 望む (nozomu) — to hope for an outcome
• Japanese: 希望する (kibō suru) — to hope for an outcome
• Old Japanese: 願ふ (negapu) — to hope for an outcome
• Old Japanese: 望む (nozomu) — to hope for an outcome
• Kazakh: қалау (qalau) — to hope for an outcome
• Kazakh: тілеу (tıleu) — to hope for an outcome
• Khmer: បួង (buəng) — to hope for an outcome
• Khmer: ផ្សង (phsɑɑng) — to hope for an outcome
• Korean: 빌다 (bilda) — to hope for an outcome
• Korean: 바라다 (barada) — to hope for an outcome
• Korean: 원하다 (wonhada) — to hope for an outcome
• Korean: 희망하다 (huimanghada) — to hope for an outcome
• Korean: 소원하다 (sowonhada) — to hope for an outcome
• Central Kurdish: خواز (xwaz) — to hope for an outcome
• Kyrgyz: каалоо (kaaloo) — to hope for an outcome
• Kyrgyz: тилөө (tilöö) — to hope for an outcome
• Latin: volō — to hope for an outcome
• Latin: desiderio — to hope for an outcome
• Latin: cupio — to hope for an outcome
• Latin: desidero — to hope for an outcome
• Latvian: vēlēties — to hope for an outcome
• Lithuanian: norėti — to hope for an outcome
• Luxembourgish: wënschen — to hope for an outcome
• Macedonian: посакува (posakuva) — to hope for an outcome
• Macedonian: посака (posaka) — to hope for an outcome
• Macedonian: пожелува (poželuva) — to hope for an outcome
• Macedonian: пожели (poželi) — to hope for an outcome
• Maltese: tixtieq — to hope for an outcome
• Māori: hiahia-tia — to hope for an outcome
• Mongolian: хүсэх (xüsex) — to hope for an outcome
• Norwegian Bokmål: ønske — to hope for an outcome
• Occitan: desirar — to hope for an outcome
• Old English: willan — to hope for an outcome
• Persian: خواستن (xâstan) — to hope for an outcome
• Persian: آرزو داشتن (ârezu dâštan) — to hope for an outcome
• Persian: آرزو کردن (ârezu kardan) — to hope for an outcome
• Polish: życzyć — to hope for an outcome
• Polish: pożyczyć — to hope for an outcome
• Portuguese: desejar — to hope for an outcome
• Romanian: dori — to hope for an outcome
• Russian: жела́ть (želátʹ) — to hope for an outcome
• Russian: пожела́ть (poželátʹ) — to hope for an outcome
• Northern Sami: sávvat — to hope for an outcome
• Sanskrit: प्रकाङ्क्षति (prakāṅkṣati) — to hope for an outcome
• Sanskrit: विकाङ्क्षति (vikāṅkṣati) — to hope for an outcome
• Sanskrit: लषति (laṣati) — to hope for an outcome
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr — to hope for an outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐлети — to hope for an outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐљети — to hope for an outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: žèleti — to hope for an outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: žèljeti — to hope for an outcome
• Slovak: priať si — to hope for an outcome
• Slovak: priať — to hope for an outcome
• Slovene: želeti — to hope for an outcome
• Spanish: desear — to hope for an outcome
• Swedish: önska — to hope for an outcome
• Tajik: хостан (xostan) — to hope for an outcome
• Tajik: орзу доштан (orzu doštan) — to hope for an outcome
• Tajik: орзу кардан (orzu kardan) — to hope for an outcome
• Tamil: விரும்பு (virumpu) — to hope for an outcome
• Tày: ái — to hope for an outcome
• Telugu: అభిలషించు (abhilaṣiñcu) — to hope for an outcome
• Telugu: కోరు (kōru) — to hope for an outcome
• Thai: ประสงค์ (bprà-sǒng) — to hope for an outcome
• Turkish: istemek — to hope for an outcome
• Turkish: dilemek — to hope for an outcome
• Ukrainian: бажа́ти (bažáty) — to hope for an outcome
• Urdu: چاہنا (cāhnā) — to hope for an outcome
• Uzbek: tilamoq — to hope for an outcome
• Uzbek: istamoq — to hope for an outcome
• Uzbek: orzu qilmoq — to hope for an outcome
• Vietnamese: cầu mong — to hope for an outcome
• Vietnamese: muốn — to hope for an outcome
• Vietnamese: mong — to hope for an outcome
• Vietnamese: hy vọng — to hope for an outcome
• Vietnamese: chúc — to hope for an outcome
• Welsh: dymuno — to hope for an outcome
• Woiwurrung: intak-kongi — to hope for an outcome
• Wolaytta: amuwa — to hope for an outcome
• Yiddish: ווינטשן (vintshn) — to hope for an outcome
• Zazaki: wasten — to hope for an outcome
• Zazaki: arzu kerden — to hope for an outcome
• Azerbaijani: diləmək — to bestow a thought
• Bulgarian: жела́я (želája) — to bestow a thought
• Catalan: desitjar — to bestow a thought
• Chickasaw: anhi — to bestow a thought
• Chickasaw: imanhi — to bestow a thought
• Chinese Mandarin: 祝 (zhù) — to bestow a thought
• Dutch: wensen — to bestow a thought
• Esperanto: deziri — to bestow a thought
• Faroese: ynskja — to bestow a thought
• Finnish: toivottaa — to bestow a thought
• French: souhaiter — to bestow a thought
• Galician: desexar a — to bestow a thought
• German: wünschen — to bestow a thought
• Hungarian: kíván — to bestow a thought
• Italian: augurare — to bestow a thought
• Khmer: សូមជូនពរ (somchunpôr) — to bestow a thought
• Macedonian: посакува (posakuva) — to bestow a thought
• Macedonian: посака (posaka) — to bestow a thought
• Persian: آرزو کردن (ârezu kardan) — to bestow a thought
• Persian: آرزو داشتن (ârezu dâštan) — to bestow a thought
• Polish: życzyć — to bestow a thought
• Polish: zażyczyć — to bestow a thought
• Portuguese: desejar a — to bestow a thought
• Romanian: ura — to bestow a thought
• Scottish Gaelic: guidh — to bestow a thought
• Spanish: desear — to bestow a thought
• Swedish: tillönska — to bestow a thought
• Tamil: வாழ்த்து (vāḻttu) — to bestow a thought
• Tày: ái — to bestow a thought
• Ukrainian: зи́чити (zýčyty) — to bestow a thought
• Ukrainian: бажа́ти (bažáty) — to bestow a thought
• Ukrainian: побажа́ти (pobažáty) — to bestow a thought
• Vietnamese: chúc — to bestow a thought