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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-pardon me.ogg|a=AU}}

===Phrase===
{{head|en|phrase}}

# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} [[sorry|Sorry]]; said as an apology.
#: {{ux|en|'''Pardon me''' for stepping on your foot.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} {{n-g|Polite expression used to soften a contradiction.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Pardon me''', but that is not true.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic|North America}} {{n-g|Polite expression to ask someone to [[repeat]] an utterance.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Pardon me?''', I didn't hear you.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|polite expression to get someone to repeat}} {{l|en|come again}}, {{l|en|pardon}}, {{l|en|what}}; see also [[Thesaurus:say again]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|excuse me}}
* {{l|en|pardon}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|sorry, as an apology}}
* American Sign Language: {{t|ase|BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عَفْوًا}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|對不起|tr=deoi3 bat1 hei2}} {{q|formal and written}}, {{t+|yue|對唔住|tr=deoi3 m4 zyu6}}, {{t|yue|唔好意思|tr=m4 hou2 ji3 si1}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|敗勢|tr=phài-se}}, {{t|hak|斯里麻生|tr=sṳ̀-li-ma-sén}}, {{t|hak|對唔住|tr=dui4 m2 cu4}}, {{t|hak|失禮|tr=sṳt-lî}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|歹勢|tr=pháiⁿ-sè, phái-sè}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|毋好勢|tr=m̄-hó-sè}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|對不住|tr=tùi-put-chū}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|對不起|tr=tùi-put-khí}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|失禮|tr=sit-lé}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|對不起|tr=duìbùqǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|抱歉|tr=bàoqiàn}}, {{t+|cmn|不好意思|tr=bù hǎoyìsi}}, {{t+|cmn|對不住|tr=duìbùzhù}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|對勿起}}, {{t|wuu|勿好意思}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pardon}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|suokaa anteeksi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|excusez-moi}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|perdoe}}
* German: {{t+|de|Entschuldigung}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συγγνώμη|}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סְלִיחָה|f|tr=sliḥá}}, {{t|he|סְלָח לִי|tr=slaḥ li}} {{qualifier|to a male}}, {{t|he|סִלְחִי לִי|tr=silḥí li}} {{qualifier|to a female}}, {{t|he|סִלְחוּ לִי|tr=silḥú li}} {{qualifier|to a group}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bocsánat}}, {{t+|hu|pardon}}, {{t+|hu|elnézést}}
* Italian: {{t|it|scusami}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|御免なさい|tr=ごめんなさい, gomen nasai}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|panupaya}}, {{t|pam|po?}}, {{t|pam|ne?}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|용서하십시요}}
* Latin: {{q|said to one person}} {{t|la|[[ignosce]] [[mihi]]}}, {{q|said to more than one person}} {{t|la|[[ignoscite]] [[mihi]]}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|извинете}}, {{t|mk|простете}}, {{t|mk|извини}} {{q|familiar|informal}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|unnskyld meg}}, {{t|no|om forlatelse}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pardon}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|perdão}}, {{t|pt|[[desculpe]]-[[me]]}}, {{t|pt|[[me]] [[desculpa]]}}, {{t+|pt|desculpas}}, {{t+|pt|desculpa}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прости́те}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|wódaj}} {{qualifier|singular familiar}}, {{t|dsb|wódajśo}} {{qualifier|plural|polite}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|discúlpeme}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|ursäkta mig}}
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{{trans-top|polite expression used to soften a contradiction}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|valitettavasti}}, {{t|fi|anteeksi vaan}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* French: {{t-needed|fr}}
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{{trans-top|polite expression to get someone to repeat}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|anteeksi}}
* German: {{t+|de|wie bitte?}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ορίστε|alt=ορίστε;}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tessék?}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pardon}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ademnopr|name drop|name-drop|namedrop|pomander}}

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