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English: comparative
proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison
not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state
estimated by comparison
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Translations
Catalan: comparatiu
Chinese: 比较的
Esperanto: relativa
French: comparatif
Galician: comparativo
German: vergleichend
Hindi: तुलनात्मक
Italian: comparativo
Portuguese: comparativo
Romanian: comparativ
Spanish: comparativo
Swedish: komparativ
Welsh: cymharol
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See words and translations for the past 24 hours below.
English | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish |
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toll | >!péage!< | >!der Zoll!< | >!prezzo!< | Missing? | >!peaje!< |
commanding | >!commandant!< | >!kommandieren!< | >!comandando!< | >!comandando!< | >!mandando!< |
unhappy | Missing? | >!unglücklich!< | >!infelice!< | >!infeliz!< | >!infeliz!< |
prosperity | >!prospérité!< | Missing? | >!prosperità!< | >!prosperidade!< | >!prosperidad!< |
introduction | >!introduction!< | Missing? | >!introduzione!< | >!introdução!< | >!introducción!< |
heavy | >!lourd!< | >!schwer!< | >!pesante!< | >!pesado!< | >!pesado!< |
fold | >!plier!< | >!zu falten!< | >!piega!< | >!dobra!< | >!doblar!< |
piece | >!morceau!< | >!das Stück!< | >!pezzo!< | >!peça!< | >!pieza!< |
when | >!quand!< | >!wann/wenn!< | >!quando!< | >!quando!< | >!cuando!< |
stage | >!scène!< | >!die Bühne / inszenieren!< | >!stadio/palcoscenico!< | >!palco!< | >!escenario!< |
publicly | >!publiquement!< | >!öffentlich!< | >!pubblicamente!< | >!publicamente!< | >!públicamente!< |
binding | >!obligatoire!< | >!bindend!< | >!che lega/legame!< | >!a ligar!< | >!obligatorio!< |
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English: toll
to cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated
the sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated
to take away; to vacate
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Translations
Catalan: peatge
Esperanto: perdo
French: péage
Galician: peaxe
German: der Zoll
Hindi: टोल
Italian: prezzo
Spanish: peaje
Swedish: slå
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English: commanding
exercising authority
actually in command
fitted to impress or control
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Translations
Catalan: manant
Chinese: 有权力的
Esperanto: komandanta
French: commandant
Galician: mandando
German: kommandieren
Hindi: काबू पा
Italian: comandando
Portuguese: comandando
Romanian: comandant
Spanish: mandando
Swedish: behärska
Welsh: gorchymyn
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English: unhappy
not happy or fortunate
unfortunate; unlucky
in a degree miserable or wretched
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Translations
Catalan: infeliç
Esperanto: malfeliĉa
Galician: infeliz
German: unglücklich
Hindi: चिन्तित
Italian: infelice
Portuguese: infeliz
Romanian: nefericit
Spanish: infeliz
Swedish: olycklig
Welsh: anhapus
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English: prosperity
advance or gain in anything good or desirable
successful progress in any business or enterprise
the state of being prosperous
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Translations
Catalan: prosperitat
Esperanto: prospero
French: prospérité
Galician: prosperidade
Hindi: समृद्धि
Italian: prosperità
Portuguese: prosperidade
Romanian: prosperitate
Spanish: prosperidad
Swedish: välstånd
Welsh: ffyniant
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English: introduction
a presentation or making known of one person to another by name
that part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part
the act of formally making persons known to each other
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Translations
Catalan: introducció
Esperanto: enkonduko
French: introduction
Galician: introdución
Hindi: समावेशन
Italian: introduzione
Japanese: 紹介 / しょうかい
Portuguese: introdução
Romanian: introducere
Spanish: introducción
Swedish: inledning
Welsh: arweiniad
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English: heavy
hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects
heaved or lifted with labor
not light; weighty
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Translations
Catalan: pesat
Esperanto: peza
French: lourd
Galician: pesado
German: schwer
Hindi: भारी
Italian: pesante
Japanese: 重い / おもい
Portuguese: pesado
Romanian: greu
Spanish: pesado
Swedish: tung
Welsh: Drwm
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English: fold
to double or lay together, as the arms or the hands
to lay one part over another part of
to close over another of the same kind
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Translations
Catalan: plec
Esperanto: faldo
French: plier
Galician: dobra
German: zu falten
Hindi: वलि
Italian: piega
Portuguese: dobra
Romanian: a împături
Spanish: doblar
Swedish: veck
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English: piece
a definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work
a fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing
any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind
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Translations
Catalan: peça
Chinese: 片
Esperanto: peco
French: morceau
Galician: peza
German: das Stück
Hindi: गोटी
Italian: pezzo
Portuguese: peça
Romanian: bucată
Spanish: pieza
Swedish: stycke
Welsh: darn
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English: when
at, during, or after the time that
at or just after, the moment that
as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man
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Translations
Catalan: quan
Esperanto: kiam
French: quand
Galician: cando
German: wann/wenn
Hindi: जब
Italian: quando
Portuguese: quando
Romanian: când
Spanish: cuando
Swedish: när
Welsh: pryd
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English: stage
a platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf
a floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like
the platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. see illust. of microscope
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Translations
Catalan: etapa
Esperanto: stadio
French: scène
Galician: etapa
German: die Bühne / inszenieren
Hindi: स्टेज
Italian: stadio/palcoscenico
Portuguese: palco
Romanian: scenă
Spanish: escenario
Swedish: scen
Welsh: llwyfan
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English: publicly
with exposure to popular view or notice
without concealment
openly
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Translations
Catalan: públicament
Esperanto: publike
French: publiquement
Galician: publicamente
German: öffentlich
Italian: pubblicamente
Portuguese: publicamente
Romanian: public
Spanish: públicamente
Welsh: ar goedd
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English: binding
the transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel
of bind
the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.
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Translations
Catalan: obligatori
Chinese: 捆绑的
Esperanto: ligado
French: obligatoire
Galician: vinculativo
German: bindend
Hindi: जम
Italian: che lega/legame
Portuguese: a ligar
Romanian: legătură
Spanish: obligatorio
Swedish: bindande
Welsh: rhwymo
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See words and translations for the past 24 hours below.
English | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish |
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dependence | >!dépendance!< | Missing? | >!dipendenza!< | >!dependência!< | >!dependencia!< |
discontent | >!mécontent!< | >!die Unzufriedenheit!< | >!malcontento!< | >!descontente!< | >!disgusto!< |
pointed | >!visé!< | Missing? | >!segnalò!< | >!pontiagudo!< | >!puntiagudo!< |
associate | >!associe!< | >!Adjektiv: verbunden; Verb: verbinden, assoziieren; Substantiv: Mitarbeiter, Partner!< | Missing? | >!associar / sócio!< | >!asocia!< |
delicious | >!délicieux!< | >!köstlich!< | >!delizioso!< | >!delicioso!< | >!delicioso!< |
lock | >!serrure!< | >!die Locke!< | >!serratura!< | >!trava!< | >!cerradura!< |
remote | >!distant!< | >!die Fernbedienung!< | >!remoto!< | >!remoto!< | >!remoto!< |
appear | >!semble!< | >!aussehen/erscheinen!< | Missing? | >!parecer / aparecer!< | >!parece!< |
infection | >!infection!< | >!der Infekt!< | >!infezione!< | >!infecção!< | >!infección!< |
growth | >!croissance!< | Missing? | >!crescita!< | >!crescimento!< | >!crecimiento!< |
sixteen | >!seize!< | >!sechszehn!< | >!sedici!< | >!desesseis!< | >!dieciséis!< |
little | >!petit!< | >!klein!< | >!piccolo / poco!< | >!pouco!< | >!poco!< |
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English: dependence
subjection (as of an effect to its cause)
the act or state of depending
a hanging down or from
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Translations
Catalan: dependència
Esperanto: dependeco
French: dépendance
Galician: dependencia
Hindi: परतंत्रता
Italian: dipendenza
Portuguese: dependência
Romanian: dependență
Spanish: dependencia
Swedish: beroende
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English: discontent
to deprive of content
to make uneasy
want of content
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Translations
Catalan: disgust
Esperanto: malkontento
French: mécontent
Galician: desgusto
German: die Unzufriedenheit
Hindi: असंतोष
Italian: malcontento
Portuguese: descontente
Spanish: disgusto
Swedish: missnöjd
Welsh: anfodlonrwydd
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English: pointed
characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression
having a sharp point
of point
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Translations
Catalan: assenyalat
Esperanto: indikita
French: visé
Galician: sinalado
Hindi: तान
Italian: segnalò
Portuguese: pontiagudo
Spanish: puntiagudo
Swedish: spetsig
Welsh: pwyntio
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English: associate
to join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate
to unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body
closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office
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Translations
Catalan: associa
Chinese: 关联,同事
Esperanto: asociito
French: associe
Galician: asocia
German: Adjektiv: verbunden; Verb: verbinden, assoziieren; Substantiv: Mitarbeiter, Partner
Hindi: सहयोगी
Japanese: 仲間 / なかま
Portuguese: associar / sócio
Romanian: a asocia
Spanish: asocia
Swedish: associera
Welsh: cymdeithasu
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English: delicious
affording exquisite pleasure
most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste
addicted to pleasure
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Translations
Catalan: deliciós
Chinese: 美味的
Esperanto: bongusta
French: délicieux
Galician: delicioso
German: köstlich
Hindi: आनन्दायक
Italian: delizioso
Japanese: 美味しい / おいしい
Portuguese: delicioso
Romanian: delicios
Spanish: delicioso
Welsh: pêr
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English: lock
a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance
the barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal
a tuft of hair
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Translations
Catalan: pany
Esperanto: seruro
French: serrure
Galician: fechadura
German: die Locke
Hindi: ताला
Italian: serratura
Portuguese: trava
Romanian: a încuia, încuietoare
Spanish: cerradura
Swedish: lås
Welsh: clo
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English: remote
not near; far away; distant
removed to a distance
hence, removed
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Translations
Catalan: remot
Esperanto: izolita
French: distant
Galician: remoto
German: die Fernbedienung
Hindi: किंचित्
Italian: remoto
Portuguese: remoto
Spanish: remoto
Swedish: otillgänglig
Welsh: anghysbell
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English: appear
to come or be in sight
to become visible
to come before the public
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Translations
Catalan: apareix
Chinese: 出现,看起来
Esperanto: aperas
French: semble
Galician: aparece
German: aussehen/erscheinen
Hindi: पेश हो
Japanese: 現れる / あらわれる
Portuguese: parecer / aparecer
Romanian: apare
Spanish: parece
Welsh: ymddangos
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English: infection
any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused
the act or process of infecting
that which infects, or causes the communicated disease
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Translations
Catalan: infecció
Esperanto: infekto
French: infection
Galician: infección
German: der Infekt
Italian: infezione
Portuguese: infecção
Romanian: infecție
Spanish: infección
Swedish: smitta
Welsh: haint
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English: growth
the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity
the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body
increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.
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Translations
Catalan: creixement
Esperanto: kresko
French: croissance
Galician: crecemento
Italian: crescita
Japanese: 成長 / せいちょう
Portuguese: crescimento
Romanian: creştere
Spanish: crecimiento
Swedish: växt/tillväxt
Welsh: twf
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English: sixteen
six and ten
fifteen and one more
consisting of six and ten
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Translations
Catalan: setze
Chinese: 十六
Esperanto: dek ses
French: seize
Galician: dezaseis
German: sechszehn
Hindi: सोलह
Italian: sedici
Japanese: 十六 / じゅうろく
Portuguese: desesseis
Romanian: șaisprezece
Spanish: dieciséis
Swedish: sexton
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English: little
small in size or extent
not big; diminutive
small in dignity, power, or importance
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Translations
Catalan: poc
Esperanto: malgranda
French: petit
Galician: pouco
German: klein
Italian: piccolo / poco
Portuguese: pouco
Romanian: mic
Spanish: poco
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English | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish |
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offering | >!offrandes!< | Missing? | >!offrendo!< | >!oferenda!< | >!ofrenda!< |
premium | >!prime!< | >!der Bonus!< | >!premio!< | >!prémio!< | >!prima!< |
understanding | >!compréhension!< | >!das Verständnis!< | >!affiatamento!< | >!entendimento!< | >!comprensivo!< |
council | >!conseil!< | >!Rat!< | >!consiglio!< | >!conselho!< | >!consejo!< |
lack | >!manque!< | Missing? | >!carenza!< | >!falta!< | >!ausencia, falta, carecer!< |
darkness | >!obscurité!< | >!Dunkelheit!< | >!oscurità!< | >!escuridão!< | >!oscuridad!< |
agitate | >!agite!< | >!aufrühren, agitieren, bewegen!< | Missing? | >!agitar!< | >!agita!< |
variant | >!variante!< | >!die Variante!< | Missing? | >!variante!< | >!variante!< |
precious | >!précieux!< | >!wertvoll!< | >!prezioso!< | >!precioso!< | >!preciosa, precioso,!< |
superstition | >!superstition, croyance!< | >!der Aberglaube!< | >!superstizione!< | >!superstição!< | >!superstición !< |
take | >!prendre!< | >!nehmen!< | Missing? | >!pegar!< | >!toma!< |
chest | >!coffre!< | >!die Brust, die Truhe!< | >!petto!< | >!peito!< | >!cofre, pecho!< |
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English: offering
that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift
that which is offered, esp. in divine service
of offer
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Translations
Catalan: oferint
Esperanto: propono
French: offrandes
Galician: ofrecendo
Hindi: भेंट
Italian: offrendo
Portuguese: oferenda
Romanian: ofertă, ofrandă
Spanish: ofrenda
Swedish: utbud
Welsh: cynnig
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English: premium
a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition
a reward or recompense
a sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind
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Translations
Catalan: prima
Esperanto: superpago
French: prime
German: der Bonus
Hindi: अधिमूल्य
Italian: premio
Portuguese: prémio
Romanian: premium
Spanish: prima
Swedish: premie
Welsh: premiwm
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