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Added 9 October 2026

translate

/tɹɑːnzˈleɪt/ verb

In Latin: trādūcō, interpreto, interpretor Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about translate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Restate (words) from one language into another language.
I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
Change from one form or medium into another.
Braque translated collage into oil
Make sense of a language.
She understands French

Origin

From Middle English translaten (“to transport, translate, transform”), from Anglo-Norman translater, from Latin trānslātus, perfect passive participle of trānsferō (“to transport, carry across, translate”). See also -ate (verb-forming suffix). Distant doublet of transfer, see collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. In this sense, displaced Old English wendan (“to translate,” also the word for “to turn” and “to change”).

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