elapse

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)

1. (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.

   He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

   Several days elapsed before they met again.

Translations

(of time) to pass or move by

Arabic: مر (ar) (márra), imperfect: يمر (ar) (yamurru) Bulgarian: изтичам (bg) (iztíčam), изминавам (bg) (izminávam) (време) Chinese: Mandarin: 過去 (zh), 过去 (zh) (guòqù), 過 (zh), 过 (zh) (guò) Finnish: kulua (fi), vieriä (fi), vierähtää (fi) French: se passer (fr) German: vergehen (de), verrinnen (de)

Italian: trascorrere (it) Japanese: 過ぎる (ja) (すぎる, sugiru), 経つ (ja) (たつ, tatsu) Korean: 지나가다 (ko) (jinagada) Russian: проходить (ru) (proxodít’) impf., пройти (ru) (projtí) pf., истекать (ru) (istekát’) impf., истечь (ru) (istéč’) pf., миновать (ru) (minovát’) impf., минуть (ru) (mínut’) pf. Vietnamese: trôi qua (vi)

Anagrams

• asleep
• please

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Latin

Participle

elapse

1. vocative masculine singular of elapsus