It doesn't require a scholar to interpret.
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//ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt//
Synonyms for "interpret" (127 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
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More general
14 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
10 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μεταφράζω verb (to act as an interpreter)
- ἑρμηνεύω verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Arabic
2 entries- أَوَّلَ verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- فَسَّرَ verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dilmanclıq etmək verb (to act as an interpreter)
- şifahi tərcümə etmək verb (to act as an interpreter)
Belarusian
3 entries- перакла́сці verb (to act as an interpreter)
- пераклада́ць verb (to act as an interpreter)
- інтэрпрэтава́ць verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- интерпретирам verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- обяснявам verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- превеждам verb (to act as an interpreter)
- тълку́вам verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Catalan
3 entries- interpretar verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretar verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- interpretar verb (to act as an interpreter)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 傳譯 /传译 verb (to act as an interpreter)
- 翻譯 /翻译 verb (to act as an interpreter)
Czech
3 entries- interpretovat verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- tlumočit verb (to act as an interpreter)
- vyložit verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Dutch
3 entries- interpreteren verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- tolken verb (to act as an interpreter)
- vertalen verb (to act as an interpreter)
Esperanto
1 entries- interpreti verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Finnish
4 entries- tulkata verb (to act as an interpreter)
- tulkita verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- tulkita verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- tulkita verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
French
3 entries- interpréter verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- interpréter verb (to act as an interpreter)
- traduire verb (to act as an interpreter)
German
4 entries- dolmetschen verb (to act as an interpreter)
- interpretieren verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretieren verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- übersetzen verb (to act as an interpreter)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Greek
3 entries- διερμηνεύω verb (to act as an interpreter)
- ερμηνεύω verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- ερμηνεύω verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
Hebrew
1 entries- דּוֹבֵב verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Hindi
2 entries- अर्थ लगाना verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- निर्वचन करना verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Hungarian
4 entries- előad verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- fordít verb (to act as an interpreter)
- magyaráz verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- megfejt verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Indonesian
2 entries- menafsirkan verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- mengartikan verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Italian
3 entries- interpretare verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretare verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- interpretare verb (to act as an interpreter)
Japanese
4 entries- 演出する verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- 演奏する verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- 解説する verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- 通訳する verb (to act as an interpreter)
Khmer
1 entries- បកប្រែ verb (to act as an interpreter)
Korean
2 entries- 통역하다 verb (to act as an interpreter)
- 해석하다 verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Latin
2 entries- interpretor verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretor verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
Macedonian
1 entries- протолкува verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Māori
1 entries- whakamāori verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tolke verb (to act as an interpreter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tolke verb (to act as an interpreter)
Polish
2 entries- interpretować verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- zinterpretować verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Portuguese
3 entries- interpretar verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretar verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- traduzir verb (to act as an interpreter)
Romanian
4 entries- interpreta verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpreta verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- interpreta verb (to act as an interpreter)
- traduce verb (to act as an interpreter)
Russian
4 entries- интерпрети́ровать verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- интерпрети́ровать verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- истолкова́ть verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- объясни́ть verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- eadar-mhìnich verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- eadar-mhìnich verb (to act as an interpreter)
Spanish
4 entries- explicar verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- exponer verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretar verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- interpretar verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
Swedish
3 entries- tolka verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- tolka verb (to apprehend and represent by means of art)
- tolka verb (to act as an interpreter)
Thai
2 entries- ตีความ verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- แปล verb (to act as an interpreter)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́тлумачити verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- витлума́чувати verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- тлума́чити verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- інтерпретува́ти verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Vietnamese
2 entries- diễn giải verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
- dịch verb (to act as an interpreter)
Yiddish
1 entries- טײַטשן verb (to explain or tell the meaning of)
Sample sentences
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How do you interpret these sentences?
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How do you interpret this poem?
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Please interpret my strange dreams.
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