Excuse me

/ɛksˈkjuːz mi/

Synonyms for "excuse me" (28 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)
absolveapologizeapologybeg pardonbeg your pardon
Phrase(1 words)
come again?

Strong matches (8)

Noun(4 words)
exemptexonerateforgivegrant leave
Verb(1 words)
hold up
Interjection(1 words)
huh
Phrase(2 words)
i beg your pardon?i'm sorry?

Related words (14)

Noun(9 words)
interruption markermisspardonpardon meplease excuse merelievesay sorrysorrywaive
Phrase(4 words)
pardon?say againsay again?sorry?
Pronoun(1 words)
what

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
exclamationinterjectionpolite expressionpolite phrasepolite requestrelieve from obligationsocial gesturespeech acttransitive verb

More specific

14 entries
apology phraseattention getterattention requestbeg your pardonbrief apologyexempt from dutyforgive a faultgrant leaveinterruption phrasepardon a mistakepardon meplease excuse mepolite apologywaive requirement

Collocations

20 entries
attention getterattention requestbeg your pardonbrief apologycommon courtesyexcuse from classexcuse me a momentexcuse me sirgive an excuseinterrupt politelymake excusesoffer an excusepardon meplease excuse mepolite expressionpolite interruption

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

11 entries

Translations

108 translations across 42 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • عَفْوًا! phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • عُذْراً! phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • üzr istəyirəm phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بِبوورە phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 什物？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • 何物？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • 哈？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • 啥物？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 什麼？ /什么？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • 再説一遍 /再说一遍 phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • 哦？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • 請再説一遍 /请再说一遍 phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Czech

1 entries
  • promiňte phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Danish

2 entries
  • hva' phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • hvad sagde du phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Dutch

4 entries
  • pardon phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • wablief phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • wat zeg je phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • wat zegt u phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ha? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Finnish

3 entries
  • anteeksi kuinka? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • anteeksi mitä? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • anteeksi? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

French

4 entries
  • comment phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • hein phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • pardon phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • plaît-il phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბოდიში phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • უკაცრავად phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

German

2 entries
  • Entschuldigung? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • wie bitte? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Greek

1 entries
  • συγγνώμη phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סְלִיחָה phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tessék? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • afsakaðu? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • afsakið? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • fyrirgefðu? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • بِبَخْشید phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • مَعْذِرَت میخواهَم phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Irish

2 entries
  • gabh mo leithscéal phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • gabhaigí mo leithscéal phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Italian

4 entries
  • come? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • prego? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • scusa? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • scusi? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Japanese

4 entries
  • え、何ですか phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • え？ phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • もういちどいってください phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • もう一回 phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Kapampangan

3 entries
  • e? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • na? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • po? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Korean

1 entries
  • 뭐라고요? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Lombard

4 entries
  • el me scusa phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • el me scusi phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • la me scusa phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • la me scusi phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • молам? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Maltese

3 entries
  • skużi? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • x’għidt? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • x’inhu? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • ándagassii phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • hva? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • hæ? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • unnskyld? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • unnskyld? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • gaawiin gigii-noondoosiinoon phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Polish

1 entries
  • proszę? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • como? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • o que? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • oi? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • perdão? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Romanian

2 entries
  • pardon? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • poftim? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Russian

4 entries
  • как-как? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • прошу́ проще́ния phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • что вы сказа́ли? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • что? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • b' àill leat? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • b' àill leibh? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Slovene

1 entries
  • prosim phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Spanish

3 entries
  • mande phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ¿cómo? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ¿perdóname? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Swahili

1 entries
  • samahani rudia phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Swedish

4 entries
  • hur sa? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ursäkta mig? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ursäkta? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • va? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • ano ho? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ano po? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ano ulit? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • ha? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மன்னி phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Turkish

2 entries
  • affedersiniz phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)
  • efendim? phrase (request to repeat — see also come again)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It was so hot I took off my clothes and sat by the window to cool off. Excuse me?

Source: wiktionary

Excuse me? Anna? Is that you? — Oh, yes. I am here!

Source: wiktionary

Excuse me: can I get through please?

Source: wiktionary

Oh, excuse me, I hadn't realized how late it was. I need to get home and make dinner.

Source: wiktionary

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