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FromMiddle English answere ,andsware , fromOld English andswaru ( “ answer ” ) , fromand- ( “ against ” ) +-swaru ( “ affirmation ” ) , (fromProto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ( “ front, forehead ” ) andOld English swerian ( “ to swear ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *swer- ), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence ofProto-Germanic *andaswarō ( “ a reply to a question ” ) . Cognate withOld Frisian ondser ( “ answer ” ) ,Old Saxon andswōr ( “ answer ” ) ,Danish andSwedish ansvar ( “ liability, responsibility, answer ” ) ,Icelandic andsvar ( “ answer, response ” ) . Compare alsoOld English andwyrde ( “ answer ” ) (cognate toDutch antwoord ,German Antwort ),Old English andcwiss ( “ reply ” ) ,German Schwur ( “ oath, vow ” ) .
answer (plural answers )
Aresponse orreply ; somethingsaid ordone inreaction to astatement orquestion .Heranswer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
Asolution to a problem.There is no simpleanswer to corruption. Violence is not theanswer to disagreements. ( after a possessive, withto ) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.1977 December 3, “England's Bryant”, inGay Community News , volume 5, number22 , page 2:Anti-pornography crusader Mary Whitehouse, who successfully brought London'sGay News to trial recently on charges of "blasphemy," is emerging as England'sanswer to Anita Bryant.
( law ) Adocument filed in response to acomplaint , responding to each point raised in the complaint and raisingcounterpoints .Terms derived fromanswer (noun)
response
Adyghe:джэуап ( džɛwap ) Afrikaans:antwoord (af) Albanian:përgjigje (sq) f Amharic:መልስ ( mäls ) Arabic:جَوَاب m ( jawāb ) ,إِجَابَة f ( ʔijāba ) ,رَدّ (ar) m ( radd ) Aragonese:please add this translation if you can Argobba:መልስ ( mäls ) Armenian:պատասխան (hy) ( patasxan ) Aromanian:apocrisi ,apandisi ,giuvapi f Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܓ݂ܘܼܝܵܒ݂ܵܐ m ( ḡuyāwā ) ,ܓ̰ܘܼܘܵܒܵܐ m ( juwābā ) Asturian:respuesta f Avar:жаваб ( žawab ) Azerbaijani:cavab (az) Baluchi:جواب ( jawáb ) Bashkir:яуап ( yawap ) Basque:erantzun Belarusian:адка́з m ( adkáz ) ,во́дпаведзь f ( vódpavjedzʹ ) Bengali:উত্তর (bn) ( uttor ) ,জবাব (bn) ( jobab ) Bikol Central:simbag (bcl) Bislama:ansa Breton:respont (br) m Bulgarian:о́тговор (bg) m ( ótgovor ) Burmese:အဖြေ (my) ( a.hpre ) Buryat:харюу ( xarjuu ) Catalan:resposta (ca) f Cebuano:tubag Chechen:жоп ( žop ) Cherokee:please add this translation if you can Chichewa:yankho Chinese:Cantonese:回答 ( wui4 dap3 ) ,對答 / 对答 ( deoi3 dap3 ) Dungan:хуэйда ( hueyda ) ,җәвабу ( žəvabu ) Hokkien:回答 (zh-min-nan) ( hôe-tap / hê-tap ) ,對答 / 对答 (zh-min-nan) ( tùi-tap ) Mandarin:回答 (zh) ( huídá ) ,對答 / 对答 (zh) ( duìdá ) Wu:回答 ( 6 we-taq) Chukchi:татԓыӈ ( tatḷyṇ ) Cornish:gorthyp Corsican:risposta (co) f Crimean Tatar:cevap Czech:odpověď (cs) f Danish:svar (da) n Dutch:antwoord (nl) n Erzya:каршо вал ( karšo val ) ,пшкадема ( pškadema ) Esperanto:respondo (eo) Estonian:vastus Farefare:lergre Faroese:svar n Finnish:vastaus (fi) French:réponse (fr) f Friulian:please add this translation if you can Gagauz:cuvap Galician:resposta (gl) f Georgian:პასუხი ( ṗasuxi ) German:Antwort (de) f ,Entgegnung (de) f Gothic:𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 n ( andawaurdi ) ,𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 f ( andahafts ) Greek:απάντηση (el) f ( apántisi ) Ancient:ἀπόκρισις f ( apókrisis ) ,ὑπόκρισις f ( hupókrisis ) Greenlandic:akissut Gujarati:જવાબ ( javāb ) ,ઉત્તર (gu) ( uttar ) Haitian Creole:repons Hawaiian:pane Hebrew:תְּשׁוּבָה (he) f ( t'shuvá ) Higaonon:tubag Hindi:जवाब (hi) m ( javāb ) ,उत्तर (hi) m ( uttar ) Hungarian:válasz (hu) ,felelet (hu) Icelandic:svar (is) n ,ans n Ido:respondo (io) Indonesian:jawaban (id) Ingrian:vassus Irish:freagra (ga) m Italian:risposta (it) f Ivatan:atbay Japanese:答え (ja) ( こたえ, kotae ) ,回答 (ja) ( かいとう, kaitō ) ,応答 (ja) ( おうとう, ōtō ) Javanese:jawab (jv) ,wales (jv) Kalmyk:хәрү ( xärü ) Kapampangan:pakibat Karachay-Balkar:жауап ( jauap ) Kazakh:жауап ( jauap ) Khmer:ពាក្យឆ្លើយ ( piək chlaəy ) Korean:대답(對答) (ko) ( daedap ) ,회답(回答) ( hoedap ) ,응답(應答) (ko) ( eungdap ) ,답변(答辯) (ko) ( dapbyeon ) ,답(答) (ko) ( dap ) Koryak:аӈъягыйӈын ( aŋyagəyŋən ) Kumyk:жавап ( jawap ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:وەڵام ( wellam ) Northern Kurdish:cewab (ku) ,bersiv (ku) Kyrgyz:жооп (ky) ( joop ) Lao:ຄຳຕອບ ( kham tǭp ) Latin:respōnsum n Latvian:atbilde f Lezgi:жаваб ( žavab ) Ligurian:rispósta Lithuanian:atsakymas (lt) m Low German:Antwoort (nds) f Luxembourgish:Äntwert (lb) f Macedonian:одговор (mk) m ( odgovor ) Malay:jawaban (ms) ,jawapan (ms) Malayalam:ഉത്തരം (ml) ( uttaraṁ ) ,മറുപടി (ml) ( maṟupaṭi ) Maltese:wieġeb m Manx:ansoor m ,freggyrt m Maori:whakautu Mari:Eastern Mari:вашмут ( vašmut ) Mbyá Guaraní:mbovai Mirandese:respuosta f Mongolian:Cyrillic:хариу (mn) ( xariu ) Nogai:явап ( yavap ) Northern Sami:vástádus Norwegian:Bokmål:svar (no) n Nynorsk:svar n Occitan:responsa (oc) f Old Church Slavonic:Cyrillic:отъвѣтъ m ( otŭvětŭ ) ,отповѣдь f ( otpovědĭ ) ,одповѣдь f ( odpovědĭ ) Old English:andwyrde n ,andswaru f Old Javanese:wales Old Norse:svar n Oromo:deebii Ottoman Turkish:جواب ( cevab ) ,اجابت ( icabet ) Pannonian Rusyn:одвит m ( odvit ) Pashto:جواب (ps) m ( jawāb ) ,ځواب (ps) m ( jwāb ) Persian:Dari:جَوَاب ( jawāb ) ,پَاسُخ ( pāsux ) Iranian Persian:جَواب ( javâb ) ,پاسُخ ( pâsox ) ,پِیْواژ ( peyvâž ) ( archaic ) Plautdietsch:Auntwuat (nds) f Polish:odpowiedź (pl) f Portuguese:resposta (pt) f Punjabi:Gurmukhi:ਜਵਾਬ m ( javāb ) Romanian:răspuns (ro) n Russian:отве́т (ru) m ( otvét ) ,о́тповедь (ru) f ( ótpovedʹ ) ( archaic or poetic ) Sardinian:Logudorese:rispòsta f Scottish Gaelic:freagairt f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:о̏дгово̄р m Roman:ȍdgovōr (sh) m Sicilian:risposta (scn) f Sinhalese:please add this translation if you can Slovak:odpoveď f Slovene:odgovor (sl) m Somali:jawaab (so) Southern Altai:каруу ( karuu ) ,јооп ( ǰoop ) Spanish:respuesta (es) f Swahili:jibu (sw) ,jawabu (sw) Swedish:svar (sv) n Tagalog:sagot Tajik:жавоб ( žavob ) ,посух ( posux ) Tamil:பதில் (ta) ( patil ) Tatar:җавап (tt) ( cawap ) Telugu:జవాబు (te) ( javābu ) ,సమాధానం (te) ( samādhānaṁ ) Thai:คำตอบ (th) ( kam-dtɔ̀ɔp ) Turkish:yanıt (tr) ,cevap (tr) Turkmen:jogap (tk) Tuvan:харыы ( xarıı ) Ukrainian:ві́дповідь (uk) f ( vídpovidʹ ) Urdu:جَواب m ( javāb ) ,(pleaseverify ) اُتَّر (ur) m ( uttar ) ,پاسُخ m ( pāsux ) Uyghur:جاۋاب ( jawab ) Uzbek:javob (uz) Vietnamese:trả lời (vi) ,câu trả lời Volapük:please add this translation if you can Walloon:please add this translation if you can Waray-Waray:baton ,tubag Welsh:ateb (cy) Yakut:эппиэт ( eppiet ) ,харда ( qarda ) ,хоруй ( qoruy ) Yiddish:ענטפֿער m ( entfer ) Zazaki:cıwab ,cewab c
solution
Arabic:حَلّ (ar) m ( ḥall ) Gulf Arabic:حَلّ ( ḥəl, ḥəll ) Bulgarian:реше́ние (bg) n ( rešénie ) Chinese:Cantonese:解答 ( gaai2 daap3 ) ,答案 ( daap3 on3 ) Mandarin:解答 (zh) ( jiědá ) ,答案 (zh) ( dá'àn ) Danish:løsning (da) c ,svar (da) n Esperanto:repliko Finnish:ratkaisu (fi) ,vastaus (fi) French:solution (fr) ,réponse (fr) German:Lösung (de) f Greek:λύση (el) f ( lýsi ) Hebrew:מַעֲנֶה (he) m ( ma'ané ) Hungarian:megoldás (hu) Icelandic:svar (is) n Ido:repliko (io) ,solvo (io) Indonesian:solusi (id) Ingrian:vassus Japanese:解答 (ja) ( かいとう, kaitō ) Korean:해답(解答) (ko) ( haedap ) ,정답(正答) (ko) ( jeongdap ) ,답안(答案) (ko) ( daban ) ,답(答) (ko) ( dap ) Luxembourgish:Léisung f Macedonian:решение n ( rešenie ) Malay:penyelesaian (ms) Malayalam:ഉത്തരം (ml) ( uttaraṁ ) Norwegian:Bokmål:svar (no) n ,løsning (no) m Plautdietsch:Auntwuat (nds) f Polish:odpowiedź (pl) f Portuguese:resposta (pt) f Romanian:rezolvare (ro) f ,soluție (ro) f Russian:реше́ние (ru) n ( rešénije ) ,отве́т (ru) m ( otvét ) Scottish Gaelic:freagairt f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:реше́ње n ,рјеше́ње n Roman:rešénje (sh) n ,rješénje (sh) n Slovak:riešenie n ,odpoveď f Slovene:odgovor (sl) m ,rešitev (sl) f Spanish:respuesta (es) f Swahili:jibu (sw) Swedish:svar (sv) n Tagalog:solusyon Tamil:விடை (ta) ( viṭai ) Telugu:పరిష్కారం (te) ( pariṣkāraṁ ) Vietnamese:đáp án (vi)
reply to email
Arabic:Gulf Arabic:رَدّ ( rəd, rədd ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܓ݂ܘܼܝܵܒ݂ܵܐ m ( ḡuyāwā ) ,ܓ̰ܘܼܘܵܒܵܐ m ( juwābā ) Bulgarian:о́тговор (bg) m ( ótgovor ) Chinese:Mandarin:回答 (zh) ( huídá ) ,回復 / 回复 (zh) ( huífù ) ,回信 (zh) ( huíxìn ) Danish:svar (da) n Finnish:vastaus (fi) French:réponse (fr) Greek:απάντηση (el) f ( apántisi ) ,απόκριση (el) f ( apókrisi ) Hebrew:תשובה (he) f ( tshuva ) Hindi:जवाब देना ( javāb denā ) ,उत्तर देना ( uttar denā ) Hungarian:válasz (hu) Indonesian:balas (id) Japanese:返事 (ja) ( へんじ, henji ) ,返答 (ja) ( へんとう, hentō ) Korean:대답(對答) (ko) ( daedap ) ,답변(答辯) (ko) ( dapbyeon ) ,회답(回答) ( hoedap ) ,회신(回信) ( hoesin ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:وەڵام ( wellam ) Macedonian:о́дговор (mk) m ( ódgovor ) Malayalam:മറുപടി (ml) ( maṟupaṭi ) ,പ്രതികരണം (ml) ( pratikaraṇaṁ ) Norwegian:svar (no) n Polish:odpowiedź (pl) f Portuguese:resposta (pt) f Romanian:răspuns (ro) n Russian:отве́т (ru) m ( otvét ) Scottish Gaelic:freagairt f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:о̏дгово̄р m Roman:ȍdgovōr (sh) m Slovak:odpoveď f Slovene:odgovor (sl) m Spanish:contestación (es) f ,respuesta (es) f Swahili:jibu (sw) Swedish:svar (sv) n Tagalog:sagot Telugu:జవాబు (te) ( javābu ) ,సమాధానం (te) ( samādhānaṁ ) Vietnamese:(pleaseverify ) tin trả lời
document filed in response to a complaint
FromMiddle English answeren ,andswaren ,answerien , fromOld English andswarian ,answarien ( “ to answer, to respond, to deny an allegation under oath ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *andaswarōną ,*andaswarjaną ( “ to answer, to give a response, to rebut ” ) , from*anda- ( “ against ” ) +*swarjaną ,*swarōną ( “ to swear an oath, to answer, to respond ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ( “ face, forehead ” ) and*swer- ( “ to swear ” ) . Cognate withOld Frisian ondswera ( “ to answer ” ) ,Danish ansvare ( “ to answer, account for ” ) ,Swedish ansvara ( “ to answer, account for ” ) ,Icelandic andsvara ( “ to answer, reply ” ) .
answer (third-person singular simple present answers ,present participle answering ,simple past and past participle answered )
( ambitransitive ) To make a reply or response to.1897 December (indicated as1898 ),Winston Churchill , chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company ; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd. ,→OCLC :“Well,” Ianswered , at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
Heanswered the question.
( transitive ) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.toanswer a charge or accusation
( ambitransitive ) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.Sheanswered the door.
Nobodyanswered when I knocked on the door.
( ambitransitive ) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.1815 December (indicated as1816 ), [Jane Austen ], chapter 6, inEmma: [ … ] , volume III, London: [ … ] [ Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray ,→OCLC :Mr. Knightley had done all in his power for Mr. Woodhouse’s entertainment. Books of engravings, drawers of medals, cameos, corals, shells, and every other family collection within his cabinets, had been prepared for his old friend, to while away the morning; and the kindness had perfectlyanswered .
1864 , Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Uncle Silas :Inexperienced girl as I was, I fired at the idea of becoming his dupe, and fancying, perhaps, that there was more in merely answering his note than it would have amounted to, I said — "That kind of thing mayanswer very well with button-makers, but ladies don't like it.[ …]
1871 ,Alexander J. Ellis ,On Early English Pronunciation [1] , London: Trübner & Co., Part III, Chapter 7, section 1, p. 656, footnote 1:Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would notanswer , but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.
1903 ,Samuel Butler , chapter 41, inThe Way of All Flesh :Theobald spoke as if watches had half-a-dozen purposes besides time-keeping, but he could hardly open his mouth without using one or other of his tags, and "answering every purpose" was one of them.
Itanswers the need.
To beaccountable orresponsible ; to makeamends .Synonym: answer for The man mustanswer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
He has a lot toanswer for.
1599 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Life of Henry the Fift ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act IV, scene viii] ,page90 , column 2:And pleaſe your Maiestie, let his Neckanſwere for it, if there is any Marſhall Law in the World.
( law ) To file a document in response to acomplaint .Tocorrespond to; to be inharmony with; to be inagreement with.1775 ,Richard Brinsley Sheridan ,The Duenna , Dublin: G. Burnetet al. , 1794, Act II, Scene 2, p. 25,[2] Egad, I wish she hadanswer’d her picture as well. 1793 ,Bryan Edwards ,The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies [3] , Dublin: Luke White, Volume II, Book V, Chapter 2, p. 231:The use ofdunder in the making of rum,answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour. 1979 December 29, John Millea, “Media Madness”, inGay Community News , volume 7, number23 , page 5:Before I knew about sex, I knew that the word queer was an insult associated with skiny boys who couldn't throw a football, and since Ianswered this description, I took my share of abuse.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.1786 ,William Gilpin ,Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772: on several parts of England; particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland [4] , London: R. Blamire, Volume II, Section 19, p. 85:The windowsanswering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon through them[ …]
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually withto .c. 1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare , “Measure for Measure ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene i] ,page72 , column 2:[ …] that the time may haue all ſhadow, and ſilence in it: and the placeanſwere to conuenience
c. 1607–1608 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , [George Wilkins ?],The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [William White andThomas Creede ] for Henry Gosson, [ … ] , published1609 ,→OCLC ,[Act V, scene i] :If this butanswer to my just belief, / I’ll well remember you.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift ], “The Emperor ofLilliput , Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. [ … ] ”, inTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [ … ] [ Gulliver’s Travels ] , volume I, London: [ … ] Benj[ amin] Motte , [ … ] ,→OCLC , part I (A Voyage to Lilliput),page36 :[ …] I might carry about me several Weapons, which must needs be dangerous things, if theyanswered the Bulk of so prodigious a Person.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.1671 ,John Milton , “Samson Agonistes, [ … ] ”, inParadise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes , London: [ … ] J[ ohn] M[ acock] for John Starkey [ … ] ,→OCLC :These shifts refuted,answer thy appellant / Though by his blindness maim’d for high attempts, / Who now defies thee thrice to single fight,
1851 ,Thomas Babington Macaulay , chapter XIV, inThe History of England from the Accession of James the Second , volume III, London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ,→OCLC ,page354 :The reasoning was not and could not beanswered .
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.Heanswered my claim upon him.
The servantanswered the bell.
c. 1597 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, [ … ] ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act I, scene iii] :[ …] this proud king[ …] studies day and night / Toanswer all the debts he owes unto you
1764 , John Nourse,Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea , page65 :The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won'tanswer the helm so well.
( obsolete ) To render account to or for.c. 1597 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, [ … ] ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act II, scene iv] :[ …] I will, by to-morrow dinner-time, / Send him toanswer thee, or any man, / For any thing he shall be charged withal:
( obsolete ) To atone for; to be punished for.1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene ii] :[ …] The noble Brutus / Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: / If it were so, it was a grievous fault, / And grievously hath Caesaranswer’d it.
( obsolete ) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.Terms derived fromanswer (verb)
to make a reply or response to
Afrikaans:antwoord (af) Albanian:përgjigjem (sq) Arabic:أَجَابَ ( ʔajāba ) ,رَدَّ (ar) ( radda ) ,جَاوَبَ ( jāwaba ) Egyptian Arabic:رد ( radd ) Hijazi Arabic:رَد ( radd ) ,جَاوَب ( jāwab ) Armenian:պատասխանել (hy) ( patasxanel ) Aromanian:apãndisescu ,apocrisescu Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܓ݂ܵܝܹܒ݂ ( ḡāyēw ) ,ܓܵܐܹܒ݂ ( gāˀēḇ ) Asturian:responder ,contestar Azerbaijani:cavab vermək ,cavablandırmaq ( transitive ) Basque:erantzun Belarusian:адка́зваць impf ( adkázvacʹ ) ,адказа́ць pf ( adkazácʹ ) ,адпавяда́ць impf ( adpavjadácʹ ) Bengali:উত্তর দেওয়া ( uttor deōẇa ) Bulgarian:отгова́рям (bg) impf ( otgovárjam ) ,отгово́ря pf ( otgovórja ) ,отвръ́щам (bg) impf ( otvrǎ́štam ) ,отвъ́рна pf ( otvǎ́rna ) Burmese:ပြန်ကြား (my) ( prankra: ) ,ဖြေ (my) ( hpre ) Catalan:respondre (ca) Cherokee:ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᎠ ( gawohiliyva ) Chichewa:-yankha Chinese:Mandarin:回答 (zh) ( huídá ) ,答應 / 答应 (zh) ( dāying ) ,答覆 (zh) ( dáfù ) Cornish:gorthebi Czech:odpovídat (cs) impf ,odpovědět (cs) pf Danish:svare (da) Dutch:antwoorden (nl) Erzya:меремс каршо ( merems karšo ) Esperanto:respondi (eo) Estonian:vastama Farefare:lerge Faroese:svara Finnish:vastata (fi) French:répondre (fr) Friulian:rispuindi Galician:responder (gl) ,contestar (gl) Georgian:პასუხობს ( ṗasuxobs ) German:antworten (de) Gothic:𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( andwaurdjan ) Greek:απαντώ (el) ( apantó ) ,αποκρίνομαι (el) ( apokrínomai ) Ancient:ἀποκρίνομαι ( apokrínomai ) Guaraní:mbohovái Haitian Creole:reponn Hawaiian:pane Hebrew:עָנָה (he) ( ana ) Hindi:जवाब देना ( javāb denā ) ,उत्तर देना ( uttar denā ) Hungarian:válaszol (hu) Icelandic:svara (is) ,ansa (is) Ido:respondar (io) Indonesian:menjawab (id) Ingrian:vassata Interlingua:responder Irish:freagair Italian:rispondere (it) Japanese:答える (ja) ( こたえる, kotaeru ) ,返事する (ja) ( へんじする, henji suru ) Kazakh:жауап беру ( jauap beru ) Khmer:ឆ្លើយ (km) ( chlaəy ) Korean:대답(對答)하다 (ko) ( daedaphada ) ,회답(回答)하다 ( hoedaphada ) ,회신(回信)하다 ( hoesinhada ) ,응답(應答)하다 (ko) ( eungdaphada ) ,답변(答辯)하다 (ko) ( dapbyeonhada ) ,답(答)하다 (ko) ( daphada ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:وەڵام ( wellam ) Kyrgyz:жооп берүү (ky) ( joop berüü ) Laboya:baleha Ladin:respuender Lao:ຕອບ ( tǭp ) Latin:respondeō ,resequor ,referō (la) Latvian:atbildēt Lithuanian:atsakyti (lt) Luxembourgish:äntweren Macedonian:одговара impf ( odgovara ) ,одговори pf ( odgovori ) Malay:jawab (ms) Malayalam:ഉത്തരം നൽകുക ( uttaraṁ nalkuka ) Mbyá Guaraní:mbovai Mongolian:Cyrillic:хариулах (mn) ( xariulax ) Nahuatl:nanquilia Neapolitan:risponne Norwegian:Bokmål:svare (no) ,svar (no) Occitan:respónder ,respondre (oc) Old Church Slavonic:отъвѣщавати ( otŭvěštavati ) Old English:andwyrdan ,andswarian Old Norse:svara Oromo:deebisuu Papiamentu:respondé Persian:پاسُخ دادَن (fa) ( pâsox dâdan ) ,جَواب دادَن (fa) ( javâb dâdan ) Plautdietsch:auntwuate Polish:odpowiadać (pl) impf ,odpowiedzieć (pl) pf Portuguese:responder (pt) Quechua:kutichiy Romanian:răspunde (ro) Romansch:respunder ,rispunder ,raspunder ,respuonder ,rasponder Russian:отвеча́ть (ru) impf ( otvečátʹ ) ,отве́тить (ru) pf ( otvétitʹ ) Sardinian:respúndiri ,arraspundi ,rispòndhere ,rispònnere Scottish Gaelic:freagair Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:одгово́рити pf Roman:odgovóriti (sh) pf Slovak:odpovedať impf or pf ,reagovať impf Slovene:odgovarjati impf ,odgovorīti (sl) pf Spanish:responder (es) ,contestar (es) Swahili:-jibu (sw) Swedish:svara (sv) Tagalog:-sagutan Tajik:ҷавоб додан (tg) ( javob dodan ) ,посух додан ( posux dodan ) Thai:ตอบ (th) ( dtɔ̀ɔp ) Tok Pisin:bekim tok Turkish:cevap vermek (tr) Turkmen:jogap bermek Ukrainian:відповіда́ти (uk) impf ( vidpovidáty ) ,відповісти́ (uk) pf ( vidpovistý ) Urdu:جَواب دینا ( javāb denā ) Uyghur:جاۋاب بەرمەك ( jawab bermek ) Uzbek:javob bermoq Venetan:responder ,risponder Vietnamese:trả lời (vi) Welsh:ateb (cy) Yiddish:ענטפֿערן ( entfern ) Zazaki:cewab dayen
to respond to a call
Arabic:Gulf Arabic:رَدّ ( rəd, rədd ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܓ݂ܵܝܹܒ݂ ( ḡāyēw ) ,ܓܵܐܹܒ݂ ( gāˀēḇ ) Bengali:সাড়া দেওয়া ( śaṛa deōẇa ) Bulgarian:отгова́рям (bg) impf ( otgovárjam ) ,отгово́ря pf ( otgovórja ) Burmese:ထူး (my) ( htu: ) Dutch:beantwoorden (nl) Finnish:vastata (fi) ,avata (fi) ( door ) Greek:απαντώ (el) ( apantó ) Hungarian:reagál (hu) ,( telephone ) : felvesz (hu) ,( door, ’open’ ) : kinyit (hu) Icelandic:svara (is) Ido:respondar (io) Irish:freagair Italian:rispondere (it) Korean:전화(電話) 를 받다 ( jeonhwa-reul batda ) ( a phone call ) ,응(應)하다 ( eunghada ) Macedonian:одговара impf ( odgovara ) ,одговори pf ( odgovori ) Malayalam:എടുക്കുക (ml) ( eṭukkuka ) Maori:whakaō Ngazidja Comorian:uviia ( a phone call ) Polish:odpowiedzieć (pl) Portuguese:atender (pt) Romanian:răspunde (ro) Russian:отвеча́ть (ru) impf ( otvečátʹ ) ,отве́тить (ru) pf ( otvétitʹ ) Scottish Gaelic:freagair Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ја́вити pf Roman:jáviti (sh) pf Spanish:contestar (es) Tok Pisin:bekim tok Turkish:cevaplamak (tr) ,yanıtlamak (tr) ,bakmak (tr) ,açmak (tr) Ukrainian:відповіда́ти (uk) impf ( vidpovidáty ) ,відповісти́ (uk) pf ( vidpovistý ) Vietnamese:đáp lời ,trả lời (vi)
to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
law: to file a response to a complaint
Translations to be checked
answer
Alternative form ofanswere