World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English DictionariesWait
/weɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event.
"We had to wait for the bus in the rain."
- 1
A period of waiting.
"It was a long wait at the doctor's office."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old Northern French waitier, variant of Old French wachier 'to watch', of Germanic origin.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Wait" is said worldwide
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attendre
Transliteration: attendre
"Je vais attendre ici."
warten
Transliteration: warten
"Ich muss hier warten."
aspettare
Transliteration: aspettare
"Devo aspettare qui."
esperar
Transliteration: esperar
"Tengo que esperar aquí."
esperar
Transliteration: esperar
"Eu preciso esperar aqui."
انتظار کرنا
Transliteration: intezaar karna
"मुझे यहाँ इंतज़ार करना होगा।"
等待
Transliteration: děngdài
"我必须在这里等待。"
기다리다
Transliteration: gidarida
"여기서 기다려야 해요."
待つ
Transliteration: matsu
"ここで待たなければなりません。"
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