He tried to wean his son from his bad habit.
Source: tatoeba (300952)
Wean
/wiːn/
Synonyms for "wean" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
7 entriesbottle weanbreast weancaffeine weancalf weaninglamb weaningnicotine weanpiglet weaning
Collocations
6 entriescalf weaningpiglet weaningweaning ageweaning dietweaning processweaning schedule
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِنْفَطَمَ verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
- فَطَمَ verb (to cease giving milk)
Belarusian
4 entries- адлучаць ад грудзей verb (to cease giving milk)
- адлучыць ад грудзей verb (to cease giving milk)
- адняць ад грудзей verb (to cease giving milk)
- аднімаць ад грудзей verb (to cease giving milk)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отбивам verb (to cease giving milk)
Catalan
2 entries- deslletar verb (to cease giving milk)
- desmamar verb (to cease giving milk)
Czech
4 entries- odnaučit se verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
- odstavit verb (to cease giving milk)
- odvyknout verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
- přestat kojit verb (to cease giving milk)
Danish
1 entries- afvænne verb (to cease giving milk)
Dutch
2 entries- afnemen verb (to cease giving milk)
- spenen verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
Finnish
2 entries- vieroittaa verb (to cease giving milk)
- vieroittua verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
French
1 entries- sevrer verb (to cease giving milk)
German
2 entries- abstillen verb (to cease giving milk)
- entwöhnen verb (to cease giving milk)
Greek
2 entries- απογαλακτίζομαι verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
- απογαλακτίζω verb (to cease giving milk)
Hebrew
1 entries- גמל verb (to cease giving milk)
Hungarian
1 entries- elválaszt verb (to cease giving milk)
Ido
1 entries- ablaktar verb (to cease giving milk)
Irish
1 entries- scoith verb (to cease giving milk)
Italian
1 entries- svezzare verb (to cease giving milk)
Japanese
1 entries- 乳離れさせる verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
Ladino
1 entries- destetar verb (to cease giving milk)
Macedonian
1 entries- одвикнува verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
Māori
2 entries- whakamakere ū verb (to cease giving milk)
- whakamutu i te kai waiū verb (to cease giving milk)
Polish
2 entries- odstawiać od piersi verb (to cease giving milk)
- odstawić od piersi verb (to cease giving milk)
Portuguese
1 entries- desmamar verb (to cease giving milk)
Quechua
1 entries- hanuk'ay verb (to cease giving milk)
Romanian
1 entries- înțărca verb (to cease giving milk)
Russian
4 entries- отлуча́ть verb (to cease giving milk)
- отлучи́ть verb (to cease giving milk)
- отнима́ть от груди́ verb (to cease giving milk)
- отня́ть от груди́ verb (to cease giving milk)
Spanish
4 entries- desmamar verb (to cease giving milk)
- desmamarse verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
- destetar verb (to cease giving milk)
- destetarse verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
Swedish
1 entries- avvänja verb (to cease giving milk)
Thai
1 entries- หย่านม verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
Turkish
2 entries- sütten kesilmek verb (to cease to depend on the mother for nourishment)
- sütten kesmek verb (to cease giving milk)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відлучати від грудей verb (to cease giving milk)
- відлучити від грудей verb (to cease giving milk)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cai sữa verb (to cease giving milk)
- dứt sữa verb (to cease giving milk)
Welsh
1 entries- diddyfnu verb (to cease giving milk)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַנטװײנען verb (to cease giving milk)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
When do giraffe calves wean?
Source: tatoeba (8556980)
Her mother tried to wean him.
Source: tatoeba (10078455)
Ziri wanted to wean the lambs from the ewe.
Source: tatoeba (11169659)
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