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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English listnen, from Old English hlysnan, from Proto-Germanic *hlusinon (compare Low German lüstern, Dutch luisteren and German lauschen), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Akin to Old Irish rochluiniur 'I hear', Latin clueō (“I am famous”), Ancient Greek κλαίω (klaiō, “I make known, famous”), κλέος (kleos, “report, rumor, repute”), Old Armenian լամ (lam, “I cry, weep”), Albanian qaj, qanj (“to cry, weep”), Old Church Slavonic слути (sluti, “to speak clearly”), слѹшати (slušati, “to hear”), Lithuanian klausau 'to hear', Middle Persian (srod, “hearing, sound”), Sanskrit श्रु (śru, “to hear”). More at loud.
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: lĭs'ən, lĭs'n, IPA: /ˈlɪsən/, /ˈlɪsn̩/, SAMPA: /"lIs@n/, /"lIsn=/
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- Rhymes: -ɪsən
- Hyphenation: lis‧ten
listen (third-person singular simple present listens, present participle listening, simple past and past participle listened)
- (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound, to note.
- Please listen carefully as I explain.
- I like to listen to music.
- (intransitive) To wait for a sound, such as a signal.
- You should listen for the starting gun.
- (intransitive) To accept or obey oral instruction.
- Good children listen to their parents.
- (transitive, archaic) To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:
- ‘But, sir, lyars ye have lystened, and that hath caused grete debate betwyxte you and me.’
- 1592, Shakespeare, 1 Hen VI: v 3
- Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.
[edit] Usage notes
In English, listen and hear are two primary verbs relating to audial perception. To hear represents automatic or passive perception of sound, while listen generally represents intentional or purposeful use of the sense of hearing. A similar distinction exists between see and watch in English.
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[edit] Synonyms
- (to pay attention): attend, give ear, hark, hear, heed, list, mind, note, pay attention
- (to wait for a sound): await, anticipate, expect, wait for
- (to accept oral instruction): mind, obey
- (to hear): hear, mind, heed
- See also Wikisaurus:listen
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to pay attention to a sound
- Afrikaans: luister (af)
- Albanian: dëgjoj, ndëgjoj
- Amharic: ማዳመጥ (madamäṭ)
- Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akouō)
- Anglo-Norman: esculter
- Arabic: أصغى (ar) (ʾaṣġā), نصت (ar) (náṣata), استأنس (ar) (istáʾnasa)
- Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel)
- Belarusian: слухаць (be) (slúxac’)
- Breton: selaou (br)
- Bulgarian: слушам (bg) (slúšam) impf., послушвам (bg) (poslúšvam) impf., послушам (bg) (poslúšam) pf.
- Burmese: နားထောင် (my) (na:htaung)
- Catalan: escoltar (ca)
- Cebuano: dungog (pagdungog), pagpamati, paminaw (pagpaminaw)
- Chickasaw: haklo
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聽 (cmn), 听 (cmn) (tīng)
- Czech: poslouchat (cs)
- Danish: lytte (da)
- Dutch: luisteren (nl) naar (nl)
- Egyptian Arabic: سمع (simi3)
- Esperanto: aŭskulti (eo)
- Estonian: kuulama, tähele panema
- Faroese: lurta (fo)
- Finnish: kuunnella (fi)
- French: écouter (fr)
- Old French: escouter
- Galician: atender (gl), escoitar (gl) , oír (gl)
- Georgian: მოსმენა (ka) (mosmena)
- German: hören (de), zuhören (de)
- Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo)
- Hawaiian: lohe
- Hebrew: הקשיב (he) (hikshív), האזין (he) (he'ezín)
- Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian)
- Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā)
- Hungarian: hallgat (hu), figyel (hu)
- Icelandic: hlusta (is) (á (is))
- Indonesian: dengar (id), mendengar (id)
- Interlingua: ascoltar (ia)
- Irish: éist (ga)
- Italian: ascoltare (it)
- Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku)
- Kabyle: ssefled
- Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (km) (sdəp)
- Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutta)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
- Sorani: گوێ دان (ku) (gwê dan)
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- Lao: ຟັງ (lo) (fang)
- Latgalian: klauseitīs
- Latin: auscultō (la), audiō (la), exaudio (la)
- Latvian: klausīties
- Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.)
- Lithuanian: klausyti (lt)
- Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
- Macedonian: слуша (mk) (slúša)
- Malay: dengar (ms)
- Malayalam: ശ്രദ്ധ (Sraddha), ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക (Sréddhikkuka)
- Marathi: ऐकणे (aikaNe)
- Mongolian: сонсох (mn) (sónsoh)
- Nahuatl: caqui
- Neapolitan: sentì, ntennere
- Norwegian: lytte (no)
- Occitan: escotar
- Ojibwe: babaamendam
- Pashto: غوږ نيول (ps) (γwag niwəl)
- Persian: گوش دادن (fa) (guš dâdan), گوش کردن (fa) (guš kardan)
- Polish: słuchać (pl)
- Portuguese: escutar (pt)
- Romanian: asculta (ro)
- Russian: слушать (ru) (slúšat’)
- Scottish Gaelic: èisd (gd), èist (gd)
- Serbo-croatian:
- Cyrillic: слушати (sh) impf., послушати (sh) pf.
- Roman: slušati (sh) impf., poslušati (sh) pf.
- Sinhalese: ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා (si)
- Slovak: počúvať (sk)
- Slovene: poslušati (sl)
- Sotho: mamela (st)
- Spanish: escuchar (es)
- Swahili: sikiza (sw)
- Swedish: lyssna (sv) på (sv)
- Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin (tl)), kinig (tl) (pakinggan (tl))
- Tamil: கேள் (kEL)
- Telugu: ఆలకించు (te) (aalakimcu), వినుట (te) (vinuta)
- Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang)
- Tongan: fanongo
- Turkish: dinlemek (tr)
- Ukrainian: слухати (uk) (slúxaty) impf.
- Urdu: سننا (ur) (sunnā)
- Vietnamese: nghe (vi), lắng nghe (vi)
- Welsh: gwrando (cy)
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to wait for a sound
- Afrikaans: luister (af)
- Albanian: dëgjo, prit
- Arabic: نصت (náʂata)
- Armenian: ականջ դնել (hy) (akanǰ dnel)
- Bikol: dengogen
- Bosnian: slušati (bs) impf., poslušati (bs) pf.
- Bulgarian: ослушвам се (oslúshvam se) impf., ослушам се (oslúsham se) pf., вслушвам се (vslúshvam se) impf., вслушам се (vslúsham se) pf., слушам (slúsham) impf.
- Catalan: escoltar (ca)
- Cebuano: (paminawa)
- Croatian: slušati (hr) impf., poslušati (hr) pf.
- Czech: naslouchat (cs)
- Danish: lytte (da), høre efter (da)
- Dutch: luisteren (nl) naar (nl), wachten (nl) op (nl), opletten (nl)
- Estonian: kuulama, kuulatama
- Faroese: lurta (fo)
- Finnish: kuunnella (fi)
- French: tendre l'oreille (fr), guetter (fr)
- German: lauschen (de)
- Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian)
- Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā)
- Ibanag: maginna
- Icelandic: hlusta (is) (eftir (is))
- Ilocano: agdengngeg, denggen, dumngeg
- Italian: stare (it) in (it) ascolto (it) per (it) sentire (it)
- Ivatan: adngeyen
- Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
- Kabyle: ssefled
- Kapampangan: makiramdam
- Korean: 듣다 (deutta)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
- Sorani: گوێ دان (ku) (gwê dan)
- Latgalian: klauseitīs
- Latin: ausculto (la), exaudio (la)
- Latvian: klausīties (lv)
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to accept oral instruction
- Afrikaans: luister (af)
- Albanian: dëgjoj
- Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akouō), εἰσακούω (eisakouō)
- Arabic: أطَاعَ (’aʈāʕa)
- Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel), ենթարկվել (hy) (ent'arkvel)
- Bosnian: slušati (bs) impf., poslušati (bs) pf.
- Bulgarian: послушвам (poslúshvam) impf., послушам (poslúsham) pf., вслушвам се (vslúshvam se) impf., вслушам се (vslúsham se) pf.
- Catalan: escoltar (ca)
- Cebuano: patalinghugi
- Chickasaw: ihaklo
- Croatian: slušati (hr) impf., poslušati (hr) pf.
- Czech: poslouchat (cs)
- Danish: høre efter (da)
- Dutch: gehoorzamen (nl), luisteren (nl) naar (nl)
- Estonian: kuulama
- Faroese: lurta eftir (fo)
- Finnish: kuunnella (fi), uskoa (fi)
- French: écouter (fr)
- Galician: atender (gl), oír (gl)
- German: hören (de)
- Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo)
- Hawaiian: lohe
- Hebrew: הקשיב (he) (hikshív), האזין (he) (he'ezín)
- Hiligaynon: pamati
- Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā)
- Hungarian: hallgat (hu)
- Icelandic: hlusta (is) (á (is))
- Indonesian: mendengarkan (id)
- Italian: dare (it) ascolto (it)
- Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
- Kabyle: ssefled
- Korean: 듣다 (deutta), 들어주다 (deureojuda)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
- Sorani: گوێ گرتن (ku) (gwê girtin)
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- Latgalian: klauseit
- Latin: auscultō (la), audiō (la)
- Latvian: klausīt
- Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.)
- Lithuanian: klausyti (lt)
- Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
- Malay: dengar (ms)
- Marathi: सांगितलेले ऐकणे (sāngitalele aikaNe)
- Neapolitan: rà n’arecchia a
- Norwegian: lystre (no)
- Occitan: escotar
- Ojibwe: babaamitam
- Pashto: غوږ نيول (ps) (γwag niwəl)
- Polish: usłuchać, słuchać
- Portuguese: ouvir (pt)
- Russian: слушать (ru) (slúšat’), слушаться (ru) (slúšat’s’a)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: слушати (sr) impf., послушати (sr) pf.
- Roman: slušati (sr) impf., poslušati (sr) pf.
- Slovak: poslúchať (sk)
- Slovene: ubogati (sl), poslušati (sl)
- Sotho: mamela (st)
- Spanish: escuchar (es)
- Swahili: sikiza (sw)
- Swedish: lyda (sv)
- Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin (tl)), kinig (tl) (pakinggan (tl), makinig (tl))
- Tamil: கேள் (kEL)
- Telugu: సమ్మతించు (te) (sammatimcu)
- Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang)
- Turkish: dinlemek (tr)
- Ukrainian: слухати (slúxaty) impf., послухати (poslúxaty) pf. , слухатися (slúxatysja) impf. reflexive
- Urdu: سننا (ur) (sunnā)
- Vietnamese: nghe theo, tuân theo, vâng lời
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to hear (something)
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- Latgalian: dzierdēt
- Latin: exaudiō (la), audio (la), ausculto (la)
- Latvian: dzirdēt
- Limburgish: loestere, heure/huuere
- Lithuanian: girdėti (lt)
- Malay: dengar (ms)
- Marathi: ऐकणे (aikaNe)
- Neapolitan: sentì
- Norwegian: høre (no)
- Ojibwe: noondaw, bizindaw
- Pashto: اورول (ps) (awrawəl)
- Persian: شنیدن (šenidan)
- Polish: wysłuchać (pl), słuchać (pl)
- Portuguese: escutar (pt), ouvir (pt)
- Russian: слышать (ru) (slýšat’)
- Scottish Gaelic: cluinn (gd)
- Serbian: чути (sr), čuti (sr)
- Slovak: počuť (sk), slyšať (sk)
- Slovene: slišati (sl)
- Sotho: utlwa (st)
- Spanish: oír (es)
- Swahili: sikiza (sw)
- Swedish: lyssna (sv)
- Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin (tl)), rinig (tl) (narinig (tl))
- Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kEL)
- Telugu: విను (te) (vinu)
- Thai: ยิน (yin)
- Tongan: fanongo
- Turkish: duymak (tr)
- Ukrainian: чути (čúty) pf.
- Urdu: سننا (ur) (sunnā), کان لگانا (ur) (kān lagānā)
- Vietnamese: nghe, để ý đến
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[edit] See also
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Danish
listen
- definite form of liste
listen
- Plural form of list.
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listen (infinitive listar)
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of listar.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of listar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of listar.
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listen
- definite singular of list
