From Middle English changen , chaungen , from Old French changier , from Late Latin cambiāre , from Latin cambīre , present active infinitive of cambiō ( “ exchange , barter ” ) , from Gaulish cambion , *kambyom ( “ change ” ) , from Proto-Celtic *kambos ( “ twisted, crooked ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos , *(s)kambos ( “ crooked ” ) .
Cognate with Italian cambiare , Portuguese cambiar , Romanian schimba , Sicilian canciari , Spanish cambiar . Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native Middle English wenden , from Old English wendan ( “ to turn, change ” ) (whence English wend ).
The noun is from Middle English change , chaunge , from Old French change , from the verb changier . See also exchange . Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe .
change (third-person singular simple present changes , present participle changing , simple past and past participle changed )
( intransitive ) To become something different.
The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing .
( transitive , ergative ) To make something into something else.
1590 , Edmund Spenser , “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [John Wolfe ] for William Ponsonbie , →OCLC , page 1 :Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds [...]
2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist [1] , volume 407 , number 8835 , page 80 :Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby , “Focus on Everything ”, in American Scientist :Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. [ …] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.
( transitive ) To replace .
Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
( intransitive ) To replace one's clothing .
You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing . The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
( transitive ) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
It's your turn to change the baby.
( intransitive ) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail , page 66 :After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.
( archaic ) To exchange .
1610–1611 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act I, scene ii] :At the first sight / they have changed eyes. ( exchanged looks )
1662 Thomas Salusbury , Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person.
( transitive ) To change hand while riding (a horse).
to change a horse
to become something different
Afrikaans: wysig (af)
Arabic: تَغَيَّرَ (ar) ( taḡayyara ) ƒ
Moroccan Arabic: تغير ( tḡiyyar ) , تبدل ( tbaddal )
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: փոխվել (hy) ( pʻoxvel )
Aromanian: alãxescu
Assamese: সলনি হ ( xoloni ho ) , বদল ( bodol )
Asturian: cambiar
Azerbaijani: dəyişmək (az)
Basque: aldatu (eu)
Belarusian: змяня́цца impf ( zmjanjácca ) , змяні́цца pf ( zmjanícca )
Bengali: পরিবর্তন করা ( poriborton kora ) , বদল করা ( bodol kora )
Breton: kemm (br)
Bulgarian: проме́ням се (bg) impf ( proménjam se ) , променя́ се (bg) pf ( promenjá se )
Catalan: canviar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᎠ ( adanetliyva )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 變 / 变 ( bin3 ) , 變成 / 变成 ( bin3 sing4 )
Mandarin: 變為 / 变为 (zh) ( biànwéi ) , 成為 / 成为 (zh) ( chéngwéi ) , 變化 / 变化 (zh) ( biànhuà ) , 改變 / 改变 (zh) ( gǎibiàn ) , 改為 / 改为 (zh) ( gǎiwéi )
Chuukese: siwini
Crimean Tatar: deñişmek
Czech: měnit se (cs) impf
Danish: ændre (da) sig, forandre (da) sig
Dutch: veranderen (nl) , zich aanpassen
Esperanto: ŝanĝiĝi , aliformiĝi , aliiĝi , transformiĝi
Estonian: muutuma (et)
Finnish: muuttua (fi)
French: changer (fr) , se transformer (fr) , muter (fr) ( biology )
Galician: cambiar (gl) , virar (gl) , trocar (gl) , mudar (gl) , chambar , demudar , escambar , baratar
Georgian: გარდაქმნა ( gardakmna ) , ცვლა ( cvla ) , გარდაიქმნება ( gardaikmneba ) ( infinitive ) , იცვლება ( icvleba ) ( infinitive )
German: sich ändern (de) , sich verändern (de) , sich wandeln (de)
Greek: αλλάζω (el) ( allázo ) , μεταμορφώνομαι (el) ( metamorfónomai )
Ancient: ἀλλάσσω ( allássō ) , μεταβάλλω ( metabállō )
Gujarati: બદલવું ( badalvũ )
Haitian Creole: chanje
Hebrew: הִשְׁתַּנָּה (he) ( hishtaná )
Hindi: बदलना (hi) ( badalnā )
Hungarian: változik (hu) , megváltozik (hu) , ( supernaturally ) átváltozik (hu)
Icelandic: breytast (is)
Ido: chanjar (io)
Indonesian: ubah (id) , berubah (id)
Italian: cambiare (it)
Japanese: 変わる (ja) ( かわる, kawaru ) , 変化する (ja) ( へんかする, henka suru ) , 化ける (ja) ( ばける, bakeru )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ (km) ( phlah )
Komi-Permyak: вежсьыны ( vežśyny )
Korean: 바뀌다 (ko) ( bakkwida ) , 변화하다 (ko) ( byeonhwahada ) , 변하다 (ko) ( byeonhada )
Krio: chenj
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: guherîn (ku)
Ladino: trocar
Latin: cambiō , mūtor
Latvian: mainīties
Ligurian: cangiâ
Lithuanian: keistis (lt) , mainytis
Lombard: mudà (lmo)
Luxembourgish: sech änneren , sech veränneren
Macedonian: се менува impf ( se menuva ) , се изменува impf ( se izmenuva ) , се измени pf ( se izmeni )
Malay: tukar (ms)
Malayalam: മാറുക (ml) ( māṟuka )
Maori: kōrure ( of the wind ) , taka ( of direction ) , panoni
Marathi: बदलने ( badalne )
Middle English: chaungen
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Norman: changi ( Jersey ) , changier ( Guernsey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjøre om , endre (no)
Nynorsk: gjere om , gjøre om , endre
Occitan: cambiar (oc)
Old English: wendan
Ottoman Turkish: دونمك ( dönmek )
Pashto: اوړېدل ( awṛedəl ) , بدلېدل (ps) ( badledəl )
Persian: تغییر کردن ( tağyir kardan )
Polish: zmieniać się (pl) impf , zmienić się (pl) pf
Portuguese: mudar (pt)
Romanian: schimba (ro) , transforma (ro)
Russian: изменя́ться (ru) impf ( izmenjátʹsja ) , меня́ться (ru) impf ( menjátʹsja ) , измени́ться (ru) pf ( izmenítʹsja )
Scottish Gaelic: mùth , atharraich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: променити се pf
Latin: promeniti se (sh) pf
Sicilian: canciari (scn) , cangiari (scn)
Slovak: meniť sa impf , zmeniť sa pf
Slovene: spremeniti se (sl) pf
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cambiar (es) , demudarse (es)
Sundanese: géséh
Swahili: kubadili
Swedish: ändras (sv) , förändras (sv)
Tagalog: bago (tl)
Tajik: тағйир кардан ( taġyir kardan )
Tamil: மாறு (ta) ( māṟu )
Telugu: మారు (te) ( māru )
Thai: เปลี่ยน (th) ( bplìian ) , แปลง (th) ( bplɛɛng )
Tibetan: འགྱུར ( 'gyur ) , ཆགས ( chags )
Tok Pisin: senis
Turkish: değişmek (tr)
Turkmen: üýtgemek
Ukrainian: змі́нюватися impf ( zmínjuvatysja ) , зміни́тися pf ( zminýtysja )
Venetian: canbiar
Vietnamese: thay đổi (vi) , đổi (vi)
Walloon: candjî (wa)
Welsh: newid (cy)
West Frisian: feroarje
Yiddish: ענדערן (yi) ( endern )
Zazaki: bedelnayen , vırnayen
to make something into something else
Afrikaans: wysig (af)
Arabic: غَيَّرَ (ar) ( ḡayyara )
Egyptian Arabic: غير ( ḡayyar )
Moroccan Arabic: غير ( ḡiyyar ) , بدل ( baddal )
Aromanian: alãxescu
Assamese: সলা ( xola ) , সলনি কৰ ( xoloni kor ) , বদলা ( bodola )
Asturian: cambiar
Azerbaijani: dəyişdirmək (az)
Basque: aldatu (eu)
Belarusian: змяня́ць impf ( zmjanjácʹ ) , змяні́ць pf ( zmjanícʹ )
Breton: kemmañ (br)
Bulgarian: изме́ням (bg) impf ( izménjam ) , изменя́ (bg) pf ( izmenjá ) , проме́ням (bg) impf ( proménjam ) , променя́ (bg) pf ( promenjá )
Catalan: canviar (ca) , modificar (ca)
Chechen: харца ( xarca )
Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏟᏴᎠ ( ganetliyva )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 改 ( goi2 ) , 轉 / 转 ( zyun2 )
Mandarin: 改變 / 改变 (zh) ( gǎibiàn ) , 轉變 / 转变 (zh) ( zhuǎnbiàn )
Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek , trampa etmek
Czech: měnit (cs) impf , změnit (cs) pf , proměňovat impf , proměnit (cs) pf
Danish: ændre (da) , forandre (da)
Dutch: veranderen (nl) , aanpassen (nl)
Esperanto: ŝanĝi , aliformi , aliformigi , transformi , aliigi
Estonian: muutma
Farefare: teem
Finnish: muuttaa (fi)
French: changer (fr) , transformer (fr)
Friulian: mudâ , gambiâ
Galician: cambiar (gl) , mudar (gl) , virar (gl) , demudar
Georgian: იცვლება ( icvleba ) ( infinitive ) , გარდაიქნება ( gardaikneba ) ( infinitive )
German: ändern (de) , verändern (de) , verwandeln (de)
Greek: αλλάζω (el) ( allázo ) , μεταβάλλω (el) ( metavállo )
Ancient: ἀλλάσσω ( allássō ) , μεταβάλλω ( metabállō )
Haitian Creole: chanje
Hebrew: שינה / שִׁנָּה (he) ( shiná )
Hungarian: változtat (hu) , megváltoztat (hu) , ( supernaturally ) átváltoztat (hu)
Icelandic: breyta (is)
Ido: chanjar (io)
Interlingua: cambiar
Italian: cambiare (it) , trasformare (it)
Japanese: 変える (ja) ( かえる, kaeru ) , 変更する (ja) ( へんこうする, henkō suru )
Komi-Permyak: вежны ( vežny )
Korean: 바꾸다 (ko) ( bakkuda ) , 변경하다 (ko) ( byeon'gyeonghada )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆرین ( gorîn ) , گۆراندن ( gorandin )
Northern Kurdish: guherandin (ku) , guhartin (ku)
Ladin: muder
Latin: mūtō (la)
Latvian: mainīt
Lhao Vo: thud
Ligurian: cangiâ
Lithuanian: keisti (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: verännern , ännern (nds)
Lü: ᦏᦲᦏᦸ ( ṫhiiṫhoa )
Luxembourgish: änneren , veränneren
Macedonian: променува impf ( promenuva ) , промени pf ( promeni )
Malay: tukar (ms)
Malayalam: മാറ്റുക (ml) ( māṟṟuka )
Maore Comorian: ugaudza
Maori: whakarerekē , kihirua ( one's mind ) , whakaumu
Middle English: chaungen
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: өөрчлөх (mn) ( öörčlöx )
Moore: toeeme
Norman: changi ( Jersey ) , changier ( Guernsey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjøre om , endre (no)
Nynorsk: gjere om , gjøre om , endre
Old English: wendan
Pashto: اړول (ps) ( aṛawəl ) , بدلول (ps) ( badlawəl )
Persian: دگرگون کردن ( degargun kardan ) , تغییر دادن (fa) ( tağyir dâdan )
Polish: zmieniać (pl) impf , zmienić (pl) pf
Portuguese: alterar (pt) , mudar (pt)
Romanian: schimba (ro) , modifica (ro)
Russian: изменя́ть (ru) impf ( izmenjátʹ ) , меня́ть (ru) impf ( menjátʹ ) , измени́ть (ru) pf ( izmenítʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: mùth , atharraich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изме́нити pf , измије́нити pf , промењи́вати impf , промјењи́вати impf , проме́нити pf , промије́нити pf
Roman: izmeniti (sh) pf , izmijéniti (sh) pf , promenjívati (sh) impf , promjenjívati (sh) impf , proméniti (sh) pf , promijéniti (sh) pf
Slovak: meniť impf , zmeniť pf
Slovene: spremeniti (sl) pf
Spanish: cambiar (es) , demudar (es) , modificar (es) , mudar (es)
Swahili: kubadili
Swedish: ändra (sv) , förändra (sv)
Tagalog: ibago , bayluhin m pl , bayluhan , bumaylo
Tajik: тағйир додан ( taġyir dodan )
Tamil: மாற்று (ta) ( māṟṟu )
Telugu: మార్చు (te) ( mārcu )
Thai: แปลง (th) ( bplɛɛng )
Tibetan: སྒྱུར ( sgyur ) , བཟོ་བཅོས་བྱེད ( bzo bcos byed )
Tok Pisin: senisim
Turkish: değiştirmek (tr)
Turkmen: üýtgetmek
Udmurt: воштыны ( voštyny )
Ukrainian: змі́нювати impf ( zmínjuvaty ) , міня́ти impf ( minjáty ) ,зміни́ти pf ( zminýty )
Welsh: newid (cy)
Yiddish: משנה זײַן ( meshane zayn ) , ענדערן (yi) ( endern )
Zazaki: vıryayen
to replace
Assamese: সালসলনি কৰা ( xaloxloni kora )
Asturian: cambiar
Azerbaijani: dəyişmək (az) , dəyişdirmək (az)
Basque: aldatu (eu) , trukatu
Belarusian: заме́ньваць impf ( zamjénʹvacʹ ) , замяні́ць pf ( zamjanícʹ )
Bulgarian: сме́ням (bg) impf ( sménjam ) , сменя́ (bg) pf ( smenjá ) , заме́ням impf ( zaménjam ) , заменя́ (bg) pf ( zamenjá )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 換 / 换 ( wun6 ) , 代替 ( doi6 tai3 ) , 替代 ( tai3 doi6 )
Mandarin: 代替 (zh) ( dàitì ) , 替代 (zh) ( tìdài )
Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek , avuştırmaq
Czech: vyměňovat (cs) impf , vyměnit (cs) pf
Danish: skifte (da) , udskifte , ombytte
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: verwisselen (nl) , vervangen (nl)
Extremaduran: mual
Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
French: remplacer (fr)
Galician: cambiar (gl) , trocar (gl)
German: wechseln (de) , auswechseln (de)
Greek: αλλάζω (el) ( allázo ) , αντικαθιστώ (el) ( antikathistó )
Gujarati: બદલવું ( badalvũ )
Hebrew: החליף ( hekhlíf )
Hungarian: cserél (hu) , kicserél (hu) , vált (hu) , átvált (hu)
Ido: chanjar (io)
Italian: cambiare (it) , rimpiazzare (it) , sostituire (it)
Japanese: 代える (ja) ( かえる, kaeru ) , 替える (ja) ( かえる, kaeru ) , 換える (ja) ( かえる, kaeru )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ ( phlah pdou )
Latin: mūtō (la) , permūtō , commūtō (la)
Latvian: nomainīt , aizstāt
Ligurian: cangiâ
Lithuanian: pakeisti (lt)
Luxembourgish: wiesselen , changéieren
Macedonian: заменува impf ( zamenuva )
Malayalam: മാറ്റുക (ml) ( māṟṟuka )
Maori: whakahou ( a broken object )
Middle English: chaungen
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: erstatte (no) , bytte ut
Nynorsk: erstatte
Old English: wendan
Pashto: بدلول (ps) ( badlawəl )
Polish: zamieniać (pl) impf , zamienić (pl) pf
Portuguese: mudar (pt) , trocar (pt)
Romanian: înlocui (ro) , schimba (ro)
Rumansch: midar
Russian: заменя́ть (ru) impf ( zamenjátʹ ) , замени́ть (ru) pf ( zamenítʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: atharraich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заменити pf
Latin: zameniti pf
Slovak: vymeňovať impf , vymeniť pf
Slovene: zamenjati pf
Spanish: reemplazar (es) , cambiar (es) , recambiar (es)
Swahili: kubadilisha
Swedish: byta (sv)
Tagalog: palit (tl) , ipalit , palitan
Tamil: மாற்று (ta) ( māṟṟu )
Ukrainian: замі́нювати impf ( zamínjuvaty ) , заміни́ти pf ( zaminýty )
Vietnamese: thay (vi)
Walloon: candjî (wa) , discandjî (wa) , ricandjî (wa) , replaecî
Welsh: amnewid
Zazaki: vırnayış
to replace one's own clothing
Armenian: փոխվել (hy) ( pʻoxvel )
Assamese: সলোৱা ( xolüa ) , বদলোৱা ( bodolüa )
Azerbaijani: paltar dəyişmək
Basque: aldatu (eu)
Belarusian: пераапрана́цца impf ( pjeraapranácca ) , пераапрану́цца pf ( pjeraapranúcca )
Bulgarian: преобли́чам се (bg) impf ( preoblíčam se )
Cherokee: ᏓᎿᏩᎢᏴᎠ ( dahnawaiyva )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 換衫 / 换衫 ( wun6 saam1 ) , 換衫褲 / 换衫裤 ( wun6 saam1 fu3 )
Mandarin: 換衣 / 换衣 ( huànyī ) , 更衣 (zh) ( gēngyī ) , 改裝 / 改装 (zh) ( gǎizhuāng )
Czech: převlékat se impf , převléknout se pf
Dutch: zich omkleden
Esperanto: alivestiĝi
Finnish: vaihtaa vaatteensa
French: se changer (fr)
Galician: cambiarse (gl) , mudarse
Georgian: გამოცვლა ( gamocvla )
German: sich umziehen (de) , sich umkleiden (de)
Greek: αλλάζω (el) ( allázo )
Gujarati: બદલવું ( badalvũ )
Hungarian: átöltözik (hu)
Italian: cambiarsi
Japanese: 着換える (ja) ( きがえる, kigaeru, きかえる, kikaeru ) , 着替える (ja) ( きがえる, kigaeru, きかえる, kikaeru )
Korean: 갈아입다 (ko) ( garaipda )
Krio: chenj
Latin: mūtō (la)
Latvian: pārģērbties
Lithuanian: persirengti
Maori: tīni
Middle English: chaungen
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skifte
Nynorsk: skifte
Pashto: بدلول (ps) ( badlawəl )
Polish: przebierać się (pl) impf , przebrać się (pl) pf , przwijać impf ( of a baby's diaper ) , przewinąć (pl) pf ( of a baby's diaper )
Portuguese: trocar-se
Romanian: își schimba hainele
Russian: переодева́ться (ru) impf ( pereodevátʹsja ) , переоде́ться (ru) pf ( pereodétʹsja )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преобући се pf , преоблачити се impf , пресвући се pf , пресвлачити се impf
Latin: preobući se pf , preoblačiti se (sh) impf , presvući se pf , presvlačiti se impf
Slovak: prezliekať sa impf , prezliecť sa pf
Spanish: cambiarse (es)
Swedish: byta om (sv)
Tagalog: palit (tl)
Turkish: üstünü değiştirmek
Ukrainian: переодяга́тися impf ( pereodjahátysja ) , переодягну́тися pf ( pereodjahnútysja )
Walloon: si discandjî (wa)
Welsh: newid (cy)
Zazaki: timar kerdış , xo vırnayış
to replace the clothing of (the one wearing it)
to transfer to another vehicle
Assamese: সলোৱা ( xolüa )
Belarusian: пераса́джвацца impf ( pjerasádžvacca ) , перасадзі́цца pf ( pjerasadzícca )
Bulgarian: прека́чвам се impf ( prekáčvam se )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 轉車 / 转车 ( zyun2 ce1 ) , 轉搭 / 转搭 ( zyun2 daap3 )
Mandarin: 換車 / 换车 (zh) ( huànchē ) , 換乘 / 换乘 (zh) ( huànchéng ) , 倒車 / 倒车 (zh) ( dàochē ) , 轉車 / 转车 (zh) ( zhuǎnchē )
Czech: přesedat impf , přesednout pf , přestupovat impf , přestoupit (cs) pf
Dutch: overstappen (nl)
Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
French: changer (fr)
Galician: transbordar
German: umsteigen (de)
Greek: μετεπιβιβάζομαι (el) ( metepivivázomai )
Hungarian: átszáll (hu)
Italian: cambiare (it)
Japanese: 乗り換える (ja) ( のりかえる, norikaeru )
Korean: 갈아타다 (ko) ( garatada )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bytte (no)
Polish: przesiadać się (pl) impf , przesiąść się pf
Portuguese: baldear (pt)
Romanian: schimba (ro) (trenul etc.)
Russian: переса́живаться (ru) impf ( peresáživatʹsja ) , пересе́сть (ru) pf ( pereséstʹ )
Slovak: prestupovať impf , prestúpiť pf
Spanish: hacer transbordo
Swedish: byta (sv)
Tagalog: palit (tl)
Thai: ต่อ (th) ( dtɔ̀ɔ ) ( รถ, เรือ, etc )
Ukrainian: пересіда́ти impf ( peresidáty ) , пересі́сти pf ( peresísty )
Translations to be checked
change (countable and uncountable , plural changes )
Loose change
( countable , uncountable ) The process of becoming different .
2008 , Nick Cave (lyrics and music), “Jesus Of The Moon”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! , performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:Cause people often talk about being scared of change / But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same
2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist [2] , volume 407 , number 8835 , page 80 :Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change , the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
( uncountable ) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Can I get change for this $100 bill, please?
( countable ) A replacement .
a change of clothes
2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC [3] :After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.
( uncountable ) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase .
A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change .
( uncountable ) An amount of cash , usually in the form of coins , but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
( countable ) A transfer between vehicles.
The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.
2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways , page 72 :It [the Elizabeth Line] will provide a 6tph (trains per hour) service and with a single change at Hayes & Harlington offer services towards Reading.
( baseball ) A change-up pitch .
( campanology ) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
1669 , William Holder , Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: [ … ] , London: [ … ] T. N[ ewcomb] for J[ ohn] Martyn printer to the R[ oyal] Society , [ … ] , →OCLC :Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
( Scotland , dated ) A public house ; an alehouse .
1727-1728 , Edward Burt , Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
They call an alehouse a change .
Collocations
Adjectives often applied to "change": big, small, major, minor, dramatic, drastic, rapid, slow, gradual, radical, evolutionary, revolutionary, abrupt, sudden, unexpected, incremental, social, economic, organizational, technological, personal, cultural, political, technical, environmental, institutional, educational, genetic, physical, chemical, industrial, geological, global, local, good, bad, positive, negative, significant, important, structural, strategic, tactical.
the process of becoming different
Afrikaans: verandering (af)
Albanian: ndryshim (sq) m
Arabic: تَغْيِير m ( taḡyīr ) , تَبْدِيل m ( tabdīl )
Assamese: সলনি ( xoloni ) , পৰিৱৰ্তন ( poriworton ) , বদলি ( bodoli )
Asturian: cambéu m , cambiu m
Bashkir: үҙгәреш ( üźgəreş )
Basque: aldaketa (eu)
Belarusian: зме́на f ( zmjéna )
Bengali: পরিবর্তন (bn) ( poriborton )
Breton: cheñch (br) m , kemm moneiz m
Bulgarian: промя́на (bg) f ( promjána ) , измене́ние (bg) n ( izmenénie )
Catalan: canvi (ca) m , canviament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 變化 / 变化 (zh) ( biànhuà )
Czech: změna (cs) f
Danish: ændring (da) c , forandring (da) c
Dutch: verandering (nl) f , aanpassing (nl) f , wijziging (nl) f
Esperanto: ŝanĝo
Finnish: muutos (fi)
French: changement (fr) m , modification (fr) f , mutation (fr) f , évolution (fr) f
Galician: cambio (gl) m , mudanza (gl) f
Georgian: ცვლა ( cvla ) , ცვლილება ( cvlileba ) , შეცვლა ( šecvla )
German: Änderung (de) f , Veränderung (de) f , Wandel (de) m
Greek: αλλαγή (el) f ( allagí )
Ancient: ἀλλαγή f ( allagḗ ) , μεταβολή f ( metabolḗ )
Gujarati: ફેરફાર ( pherphār ) , પરિવર્તન ( parivartan )
Hebrew: שִׁנּוּי (he) m ( shinui ) , הִשְׁתַּנּוּת f ( hishtanut )
Hindi: बदलना (hi) m ( badalnā ) , बदलाव (hi) ( badlāv ) , परिवर्तन (hi) ( parivartan )
Hungarian: változás (hu) , megváltozás (hu)
Icelandic: breyting (is) f
Ido: chanjo (io)
Indonesian: perubahan (id) , pergantian (id) , pertukaran (id)
Interlingua: cambiamento
Italian: cambio (it) m , cambiamento (it) m , modifica (it) f
Japanese: 変化 (ja) ( へんか, henka ) , 変更 (ja) ( へんこう, henkō )
Kannada: ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆಮಾಡು ( cillaremāḍu )
Khmer: ការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ ( kaa phlah pdou )
Korean: 변화(變化) (ko) ( byeonhwa )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆڕان (ckb) ( gorran )
Latin: cambiatio f , mutatio (la) , permutatio (la)
Latvian: pārmaiņa f , izmaiņa f
Limburgish: verangering (li)
Lithuanian: pokytis m , pasikeitimas m , permaina f
Luxembourgish: Ännerung f
Malayalam: മാറ്റം (ml) ( māṟṟaṁ )
Maori: rerekētanga
Marathi: बदल n ( badal )
Mauritian Creole: sanzman
Middle English: chaunge
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: өөрчлөлт (mn) ( öörčlölt )
Ngazidja Comorian: mɓaɗilisho class 3 /4
Norwegian:
Bokmål: endring (no) m or f
Nynorsk: endring (nn) f
Occitan: cambiament (oc) m
Old English: wending f
Persian: تغییر (fa) ( tağyir )
Polish: zmiana (pl) f
Portuguese: mudança (pt) f , modificação (pt) f
Romanian: schimb (ro) n , schimbare (ro) f , modificare (ro) f
Russian: измене́ние (ru) n ( izmenénije ) , переме́на (ru) f ( pereména )
Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh m , atharrachadh m , caochladh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: промена f , промјена f , измена f , измјена f
Roman: promena (sh) f , promjena (sh) f , izmena (sh) f , izmjena (sh) f
Slovak: zmena f
Slovene: sprememba (sl) f
Spanish: cambio (es) m , modificación (es) f , mutación (es) f , evolución (es) f
Swahili: mabadiliko (sw)
Swedish: förändring (sv) c
Tagalog: pagbabago , baylo
Tajik: тағйир (tg) ( taġyir )
Tamil: மாற்றம் (ta) ( māṟṟam )
Telugu: మార్పు (te) ( mārpu )
Thai: การแปลง (th)
Turkish: değişim (tr)
Ukrainian: змі́на f ( zmína )
Volapük: votükam (vo)
Walloon: candjmint (wa) m
Yiddish: ענדערונג f ( enderung )
Zazaki: vuryayış
small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination
Arabic: فَكَّة f ( fakka )
Egyptian Arabic: فكة f ( fakka )
Hijazi Arabic: فكة f ( fakka ) , باقي m ( bāgi )
Moroccan Arabic: صرف m ( ṣarf )
South Levantine Arabic: فراطة f ( frāṭa )
Armenian: մանրադրամ (hy) ( manradram )
Assamese: খুচুৰা ( khusura )
Asturian: cambéu m
Basque: kanbio
Belarusian: дро́бныя гро́шы m pl ( dróbnyja hróšy ) , дро́бныя m pl ( dróbnyja )
Breton: eskemm (br) m
Bulgarian: ре́сто n ( résto ) , дре́бни пари́ pl ( drébni parí )
Catalan: canvi (ca) m
Chichewa: chinji
Chinese:
Mandarin: 零錢 / 零钱 (zh) ( língqián ) , 輔幣 / 辅币 (zh) ( fǔbì )
Czech: drobné (cs) m pl
Danish: småpenge pl , vekselpenge pl
Dutch: wisselgeld (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝanĝmono
Estonian: peenraha
Finnish: vaihtoraha (fi)
French: monnaie (fr) f
Galician: cambio (gl) m , troco m , volta (gl) f
Georgian: ხურდა ( xurda )
German: Wechselgeld (de) n
Greek: ψιλά (el) n pl ( psilá )
Hebrew: עֹדֶף (he) m ( 'odef )
Hindi: छुट्टा (hi) ( chuṭṭā ) , रेज़गारी f ( rezgārī ) , चिल्लर m pl ( cillar )
Hungarian: apró (hu) , aprópénz (hu) , váltópénz (hu)
Ido: kambio (io)
Italian: spiccioli (it) m pl
Japanese: お釣り (ja) ( おつり, o-tsuri ) , 釣り銭 (ja) ( つりせん, tsurisen ) , 小銭 (ja) ( こぜに, kozeni )
Khmer: លុយ (km) ( luy )
Korean: 잔돈 (ko) ( jandon ) , 거스름돈 (ko) ( geoseureumdon )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: باقی ( baqî )
Lao: ເງິນທອນ ( ngœn thǭn )
Latin: mutatio (la) , permutatio (la)
Latvian: sīknauda f
Lithuanian: grąža f , smulkūs pinigai pl
Macedonian: кусур m ( kusur ) , ситно n ( sitno )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: ചില്ലറ (ml) ( cillaṟa )
Maori: tīni
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: задгай мөнгө ( zadgaj möngö ) , бутархай зоос ( butarxaj zoos ) ( China )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: veksel m
Nynorsk: veksel m
Polish: drobne (pl) m pl
Portuguese: troco (pt) m , trocado (pt) m
Romanian: schimb (de bani) n
Russian: ме́лкие де́ньги (ru) f pl ( mélkije dénʹgi ) , ме́лочь (ru) f ( méločʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: iomlaid f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: sitnina (sh) f , sića , kusur (sh) m ( excess money given when paying cash ) , sitniš (sh)
Slovak: drobné m pl
Slovene: drobiž (sl) m
Spanish: cambio (es) m , calderilla (es) f ( Spain - specifically coins ) , ( Spain - specifically coins ) chatarra (es) f , ( Northern Mexico ) feria (es) f , ( Caribbean Islands, Colombian Atlantic Coast, Costa Rica, Southeastern Mexico ) menudo (es) m , ( Mexico - specifically coins ) morralla (es) f , ( Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Northwestern Argentina, Panama, Peru, Southern and Southeastern Mexico, Venezuela ) sencillo (es) m , ( Ecuador, Spain, regional usage in Mexico - in full : dinero suelto ) suelto (es) m , ( Southeastern Mexico ) vuelto (es) m
Swedish: växel (sv) c , växelpengar c
Tagalog: barya
Telugu: చిల్లర (te) ( cillara )
Thai: เงินทอน (th) ( ngən-tɔɔn )
Turkish: bozuk (tr) m pl , bozukluk (tr)
Ukrainian: дрібні́ гро́ші m pl ( dribní hróši ) , дрібняки́ m pl ( dribnjaký ) , дрібні́ m pl ( dribní )
Vietnamese: tiền lẻ (vi) , tiền nhỏ
Yiddish: מינץ f ( mints ) , קליינגעלט n ( kleyngelt )
Zazaki: werdi (diq)
a replacement
Bashkir: алмаш ( almaş )
Basque: aldaketa (eu) , truke
Belarusian: заме́на f ( zamjéna ) , зме́на f ( zmjéna )
Bulgarian: смя́на (bg) f ( smjána ) , замя́на (bg) f ( zamjána )
Cornish: amendyans m
Czech: náhrada (cs) f , záměna f
Danish: ombytning c , udskiftning c , skift (da) n , omklædning c ( change of clothes )
Dutch: vervanging (nl) f , wijziging (nl) f , wissel (nl) m ( change of player in a sports game ) , andere kleren ( change of clothes )
Finnish: vaihto (fi)
Galician: troco m , recambio , muda (gl) f
Georgian: გამოცვლა ( gamocvla ) , შენაცვლება ( šenacvleba ) , ჩანაცვლება ( čanacvleba )
Greek: αλλαγή (el) f ( allagí )
Hebrew: הַחְלָפָה f ( hakhlafa )
Hungarian: csere (hu) , váltás (hu)
Italian: cambio (it) m , ricambio (it) m
Lithuanian: pakeitimas (lt) m
Macedonian: замена f ( zamena )
Malayalam: മാറ്റം (ml) ( māṟṟaṁ )
Maori: whakakapi
Marathi: बदल n ( badal )
Middle English: chaunge
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skift n
Nynorsk: skift n
Polish: zmiana (pl) f , zamiana (pl) f
Portuguese: troca (pt) f , mudança (pt) f
Russian: заме́на (ru) f ( zaména ) , сме́на (ru) f ( sména )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за̑мена f , за̑мјена f
Roman: zȃmena f , zȃmjena (sh) f
Slovene: zamenjava f
Spanish: cambio (es) m , reemplazo (es) f
Swahili: mabadiliko (sw)
Swedish: ombyte (sv) n ( change of clothes )
Tagalog: palit (tl) , kapalit
Ukrainian: замі́на f ( zamína ) , змі́на f ( zmína )
balance returned after a purchase
Arabic: بَاقٍ m ( bāqin )
Armenian: մանր (hy) ( manr )
Asturian: cambéu m
Basque: kanbio
Belarusian: рэ́шта f ( réšta ) , зда́ча f ( zdáča ) , аста́ча f ( astáča )
Bulgarian: ре́сто n ( résto )
Catalan: canvi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 找回 的錢 / 找回 的钱 ( zhǎohuí de qián ) , 找钱 (zh) ( zhǎoqián )
Czech: drobné (cs) m
Dutch: wisselgeld (nl) n
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vaihtoraha (fi)
French: monnaie (fr) f
Galician: cambio (gl) m , troco m , volta (gl) f
Georgian: ხურდა ( xurda )
German: Rückgeld (de) n
Greek: ρέστα (el) n pl ( résta )
Hebrew: עֹדֶף (he) m ( 'odef )
Hungarian: visszajáró (hu)
Ido: moneto (io)
Indonesian: uang kembalian
Italian: resto (it) m
Japanese: お釣り (ja) ( おつり, otsuri ) , 釣り銭 (ja) ( つりせん, tsurisen ) , 釣り (ja) ( つり, tsuri )
Khmer: លុយអាប់ ( luy ʼap )
Korean: 거스름돈 (ko) ( geoseureumdon ) , 잔돈 (ko) ( jandon )
Lao: ເງິນທອນ ( ngœn thǭn )
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: grąža f
Luxembourgish: Mënz f
Macedonian: кусур m ( kusur ) , ситно n ( sitno ) , ресто n ( resto )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tīni , wāwāhinga
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: veksel m
Nynorsk: veksel m
Polish: reszta (pl) f
Portuguese: troco (pt) m
Romanian: rest (ro) n
Russian: сда́ча (ru) f ( sdáča )
Serbo-Croatian: kusur (sh) m
Slovak: výdavok
Spanish: cambio (es) m , ( Colombian regional usage ) devueltas (es) f , ( Spain ) vuelta (es) f , ( Colombian standard usage ) vueltas (es) f pl , ( Latin America except Mexican standard usage ) vuelto (es) m
Swedish: växel (sv) c
Tagalog: sukli (tl)
Thai: เงินทอน (th) ( ngən-tɔɔn )
Turkish: para üstü
Ukrainian: ре́шта f ( réšta ) , зда́ча f ( zdáča ) , оста́ча f ( ostáča )
Yiddish: אויסגאָב m ( oysgob ) , רעשט f ( resht ) , זדאַטשע f ( zdatshe )
Zazaki: serê peran
a transfer between vehicles
baseball: a change-up pitch
Translations to be checked
Deverbal from changer (corresponding to Old French change ). Compare Medieval and Late Latin cambium .
change m (usually uncountable , plural changes )
exchange
bureau de change ― currency exchange
taux de change ― exchange rate
agent de change ― foreign exchange dealer, foreign exchange broker
lettre de change ― bill of exchange
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
change
inflection of changer :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
change
Alternative form of chaunge
change
Alternative form of chaungen
Borrowed from French change and English change .
change m (plural changes )
( Jersey ) change
( Jersey , money ) exchange rate
Deverbal of changier .
change oblique singular , m (oblique plural changes , nominative singular changes , nominative plural change )
change (difference between one state and another)
exchange
late 12th century , anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan , Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN , page 368 , line 289 :Fesum bargaine, fesum change Let's make a bargain, let's make an exchange