English
Etymology
From Middle English changen , chaungen , borrowed from Old French chaunger , 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 , Spanish cambiar . Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native Middle English wenden , from Old English wendan ( “ to turn, change ” ) (whence English wend ).
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Pronunciation
Verb
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( intransitive ) To become something different.
The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing .
( transitive , ergative ) To make something into something else.
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.)
( archaic ) To exchange .
1610 , The Tempest , by William Shakespeare , act 1 scene 2
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
Synonyms
( to make something different ) : alter , modify
( to make something into something different ) : transform
Derived terms
Translations
to become something different
Arabic: تَغَيَّرَ ( taḡayyara )
Moroccan Arabic: تْبدّل ( tbəddəl )
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: փոխվել (hy) ( pʻoxvel )
Aromanian: alãxescu
Assamese: সলনি হোৱা ( xoloni hüa ) , বদলা ( bodola )
Asturian: cambiar
Azerbaijani: dəyişmək (az)
Basque: aldatu (eu)
Belarusian: змяня́цца impf ( zmjanjácca ) , змяні́цца pf ( zmjanícca )
Breton: kemm (br)
Bulgarian: променям се ( promenjam se )
Catalan: canviar (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 變 / 变 ( bin3 ) , 變成 / 变成 ( bin3 sing4 )
Mandarin: 變為 / 变为 (zh) ( biànwéi ) , 变为 (zh) ( biànwéi ) , 成為 / 成为 (zh) ( chéngwéi ) , 成为 (zh) ( chéngwéi ) , 變化 / 变化 (zh) ( biànhuà ) , 变化 (zh) ( biànhuà ) , 改變 / 改变 (zh) ( gǎibiàn ) , 改变 (zh) ( gǎibiàn ) , 改為 / 改为 (zh) ( gǎiwéi ) , 改为 (zh) ( gǎiwéi )
Chuukese: siwini
Crimean Tatar: deñişmek
Czech: měnit se (cs)
Danish: ændre (da) sig, forandre (da) sig
Dutch: veranderen (nl) , zich aanpassen
Esperanto: ŝanĝiĝi , aliformiĝi , aliiĝi , transformiĝi
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: muuttua (fi)
French: changer (fr) , se transformer (fr) , muter (fr) ( biology )
Galician: cambiar (gl) , virar (gl) , trocar , mudar , 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 )
Haitian Creole: chanje
Hebrew: השתנה (he) ( hishtaná )
Hindi: बदलना (hi) ( badalnā )
Hungarian: változik (hu) , megváltozik (hu)
Icelandic: breytast (is)
Ido: chanjar (io)
Italian: cambiare (it)
Japanese: 変わる (ja) ( kawaru )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ (km) ( plah )
Komi-Permyak: вежсьыны ( vežśyny )
Korean: 바뀌다 (ko) ( bakkwida ) , 변화하다 (ko) ( byeonhwahada ) , 변하다 (ko) ( byeonhada )
Latin: cambire , muto (la)
Latvian: mainīties
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Ligurian: cangiâ
Lithuanian: keistis (lt) , mainytis
Luxembourgish: sech änneren , sech veränneren
Macedonian: се менува ( se menuva ) , се изменува ( se izmenuva )
Malay: tukar (ms)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
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
Pashto: اوړېدل ( awrredël ) , بدلېدل (ps) ( badledël )
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 pf
Sicilian: canciari (scn) , cangiari (scn)
Slovak: meniť sa , zmeniť sa
Slovene: spremeniti se (sl)
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)
Telugu: మారు (te) ( māru )
Thai: เปลี่ยน (th) ( bplìian ) , แปลง (th) ( bplɛɛng )
Tok Pisin: senis
Turkish: değişmek (tr)
Ukrainian: змі́нюватися impf ( zmínjuvatysja ) , зміни́тися pf ( zminýtysja )
Venetian: canbiar
Vietnamese: thay đổi (vi) , đổi (vi)
Walloon: candjî (wa)
Welsh: newid (cy)
West Frisian: feroarje
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Zazaki: bedelnayen , vırnayen
to make something into something different
Arabic: غَيَّرَ ( ḡayyara )
Egyptian Arabic: غير ( ḡayyar )
Moroccan Arabic: بدّل ( bəddəl )
Aromanian: alãxescu
Assamese: সলনি কৰ ( xoloni kor ) , সলোৱা ( xolüa ) , বদলোৱা ( bodolüa )
Asturian: cambiar
Basque: aldatu (eu)
Belarusian: змяня́ць impf ( zmjanjácʹ ) , змяні́ць pf ( zmjanícʹ )
Bulgarian: изменям (bg) ( izmenjam ) , променям (bg) ( promenjam )
Catalan: canviar (ca) , modificar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 改 ( goi2 ) , 轉 / 转 ( zyun2 )
Mandarin: 改變 / 改变 (zh) ( gǎibiàn ) , 改变 (zh) ( gǎibiàn ) , 轉變 / 转变 (zh) ( zhuǎnbiàn ) , 改变 (zh) ( zhuǎnbiàn )
Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek , trampa etmek
Czech: změnit (cs) , proměnit (cs)
Danish: ændre (da) , forandre (da)
Dutch: veranderen (nl) , aanpassen (nl)
Esperanto: ŝanĝi , aliformi , aliformigi , transformi , aliigi
Finnish: muuttaa (fi)
French: changer (fr) , transformer (fr)
Friulian: mudâ , gambiâ
Galician: cambiar (gl) , mudar , 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 (he) ( shiná )
Hungarian: változtat (hu) , megváltoztat (hu)
Icelandic: breyta (is)
Ido: chanjar (io)
Interlingua: cambiar
Italian: cambiare (it)
Japanese: 変える (ja) ( kaeru )
Komi-Permyak: вежны ( vežny )
Korean: 바꾸다 (ko) ( bakkuda )
Kurdish:
Sorani: گۆرین ( gorîn ) , گۆراندن ( gorandin )
Ladin: muder
Latin: mutō (la)
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Latvian: mainīt
Lhao Vo: thud
Ligurian: cangiâ
Lithuanian: keisti (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: verännern , ännern (nds)
Luxembourgish: änneren , veränneren
Lü: ᦏᦲᦏᦸ ( ṫhiiṫhoa )
Malay: tukar (ms)
Maore Comorian: ugaudza
Maori: whakarerekē , kihirua ( one's mind ) , whakaumu
Mongolian: өөрчлөх (mn) ( öörčlöx )
Norman: changi ( Jersey ) , changier ( Guernsey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gjøre om , endre (no)
Nynorsk: gjere om , gjøre om , endre
Old English: wendan
Pashto: اړول (ps) ( arrawəl ) , بدلول (ps) ( badlawəl )
Persian: دگرگون کردن ( degargun kardan )
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:
Latin: promeniti (sh) pf
Slovak: meniť , zmeniť
Slovene: spremeniti (sl)
Spanish: cambiar (es) , demudar (es) , modificar (es) , mudar (es)
Swahili: kubadili
Swedish: ändra (sv) , förändra (sv)
Tagalog: ibago , bayluhin m pl , bayluhan , bumaylo
Telugu: మార్చు (te) ( mārcu )
Thai: แปลง (th) ( bplɛɛng )
Tok Pisin: senisim
Turkish: değiştirmek (tr)
Udmurt: воштыны ( voštyny )
Ukrainian: змі́нювати impf ( zmínjuvaty ) , міня́ти impf ( minjáty ) ,зміни́ти pf ( zminýty )
Welsh: newid (cy)
Yiddish: משנה זײַן ( meshane zayn )
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: сменям (bg) ( smenjam ) , заменям ( zamenjam )
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: vyměnit (cs)
Danish: skifte , udskifte , ombytte
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: verwisselen (nl) , vervangen (nl)
Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
French: remplacer (fr)
Galician: cambiar (gl) , trocar
German: wechseln (de) , auswechseln (de)
Greek: αλλάζω (el) ( allázo ) , αντικαθιστώ (el) ( antikathistó )
Hebrew: החליף ( hekhlíf )
Hungarian: cserél (hu) , kicserél (hu) , vált (hu)
Ido: chanjar (io)
Italian: cambiare (it) , rimpiazzare
Japanese: 代える (ja) ( kaeru ) , 替える (ja) ( kaeru ) , 換える ( kaeru )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ ( plah pdoo )
Latin: muto (la) , permuto , commuto (la)
Latvian: nomainīt , aizstāt
Ligurian: cangiâ
Lithuanian: pakeisti (lt)
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Luxembourgish: wiesselen , changéieren
Macedonian: заменува ( zamenuva )
Maori: whakahou ( a broken object )
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)
Russian: заменя́ть (ru) impf ( zamenjátʹ ) , замени́ть (ru) pf ( zamenítʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: atharraich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заменити pf
Latin: zameniti pf
Slovak: vymeniť
Slovene: zamenjati
Spanish: reemplazar (es) , cambiar (es) , recambiar (es)
Swahili: kubadilisha
Swedish: byta (sv)
Tagalog: palit (tl) , ipalit , palitan
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
Assamese: সলোৱা ( xolüa ) , বদলোৱা ( bodolüa )
Azerbaijani: paltar dəyişmək
Basque: aldatu (eu)
Belarusian: пераапрана́цца impf ( pjeraapranácca ) , пераапрану́цца pf ( pjeraapranúcca )
Bulgarian: преобличам се ( preobličam se )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 換衫 / 换衫 ( wun6 saam1 ) , 換衫褲 / 换衫裤 ( wun6 saam1 fu3 )
Mandarin: 換衣 / 换衣 ( huànyī ) , 换衣 ( huànyī ) , 更衣 (zh) ( gēngyī ) , 改裝 / 改装 (zh) ( gǎizhuāng ) , 改装 (zh) ( gǎizhuāng )
Czech: převléknout
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 )
Italian: sostituire (it) , cambiare (it)
Japanese: 着換える ( きがえる, kigaeru, きかえる, kikaeru ) , 着替える ( きがえる, kigaeru, きかえる, kikaeru )
Korean: 갈아입다 (ko) ( garaipda )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преобући се pf , преоблачити се impf , пресвући се pf , пресвлачити се impf
Latin: preobući se (sh) pf , preoblačiti se (sh) impf , presvući se (sh) pf , presvlačiti se impf
Latin: mūtō (la)
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Latvian: pārģērbties
Lithuanian: persirengti
Maori: tīni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skifte
Nynorsk: skifte
Pashto: بدلول (ps) ( badlawəl )
Polish: przebrać się (pl) , przebierać się (pl)
Portuguese: trocar-se
Russian: переодева́ться (ru) impf ( pereodevátʹsja ) , переоде́ться (ru) pf ( pereodétʹsja )
Slovak: prezliecť sa , prezliekať sa
Spanish: cambiarse (es)
Swedish: byta om
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 transfer to another vehicle
Assamese: সলোৱা ( xolüa )
Belarusian: пераса́джвацца impf ( pjerasádžvacca ) , перасадзі́цца pf ( pjerasadzícca )
Bulgarian: сменям (bg) ( smenjam ) , прекачвам се ( prekačvam se )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 轉車 / 转车 ( zyun2 ce1 ) , 轉搭 / 转搭 ( zyun2 daap3 )
Mandarin: 換車 / 换车 (zh) ( huànchē ) , 换车 (zh) ( huànchē ) , 換乘 / 换乘 (zh) ( huànchéng ) , 换乘 (zh) ( huànchéng ) , 倒車 / 倒车 (zh) , 倒车 (zh) ( dàochē ) , 轉車 / 转车 (zh) ( zhuǎnchē ) , 转车 (zh) ( zhuǎnchē )
Dutch: overstappen (nl)
Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
French: changer (fr)
German: umsteigen (de)
Greek: μετεπιβιβάζομαι (el) ( metepivivázomai )
Hungarian: átszáll (hu)
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Japanese: 乗り換える ( 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)
Russian: переса́живаться (ru) impf ( peresáživatʹsja ) , пересе́сть (ru) pf ( pereséstʹ )
Slovak: prestúpiť , prestupovať
Swedish: byta (sv)
Tagalog: palit (tl)
Ukrainian: пересіда́ти impf ( peresidáty ) , пересі́сти pf ( peresísty )
Translations to be checked
Noun
change (countable and uncountable , plural changes )
Loose change
( countable , uncountable ) The process of becoming different .
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, e.g. 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 ) Usually coins (as opposed to paper money), but sometimes inclusive of paper money
Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
This bus ride requires exact change .
( 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.
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Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
( dated ) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange .
( Scotland , dated ) A public house ; an alehouse .
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They call an alehouse a change .
Usage notes
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.
Synonyms
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Translations
the process of becoming different
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)
Bengali: পরিবর্তন ( poriborton )
Breton: cheñch (br) m , kemm moneiz m
Bulgarian: промя́на (bg) f ( promjána ) , измене́ние (bg) n ( izmenénie )
Catalan: canvi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 變化 / 变化 (zh) ( biànhuà ) , 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
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)
Ido: chanjo (io)
Indonesian: perubahan (id) , pergantian (id) , pertukaran (id)
Interlingua: cambiamento
Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
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 plah pdoo )
Korean: 변화 (ko) ( byeonhwa ) (變化 (ko) )
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Kurdish:
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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 )
Mongolian: өөрчлөлт (mn) ( öörčlölt )
Ngazidja Comorian: mɓaɗilisho class 3 /4
Norwegian:
Bokmål: endring (no) m or f
Nynorsk: endring (nn) f
Occitan: cambiament (oc) m
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
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 )
Turkish: değişmek (tr) , değişim (tr)
Volapük: votükam (vo)
Walloon: candjmint (wa) m
small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination
Arabic: فَكَّة f ( fakka )
Egyptian Arabic: فكة f ( fakka )
Assamese: খুচুৰা ( khusura )
Asturian: cambéu m
Basque: kanbio
Breton: eskemm (br) m
Bulgarian: ресто n ( resto )
Catalan: canvi (ca) m
Chichewa: chinji
Chinese:
Mandarin: 零錢 / 零钱 (zh) ( língqián ) , 零钱 (zh) ( língqián ) , 輔幣 / 辅币 (zh) ( fǔbì ) , 辅币 (zh) ( fǔbì )
Czech: drobné (cs)
Danish: småpenge pl , vekselpenge pl
Dutch: wisselgeld (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝanĝmono
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vaihtoraha (fi)
French: monnaie (fr) f
Galician: cambio (gl) m
Georgian: ხურდა ( xurda )
German: Wechselgeld (de) n
Greek: ψιλά (el) n pl ( psilá )
Hebrew: עֹדֶף m ( 'odef )
Hindi: छुट्टा (hi) ( chuṭṭā ) , रेज़गारी f ( rezgārī ) , चिल्लर m pl ( cillar )
Ido: kambio (io)
Italian: resto (it) m
Japanese: お釣り (ja) ( おつり, o-tsuri ) , つり銭 ( つりせん, tsurisen ) , 小銭 (ja) ( こぜに, kozeni )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 잔돈 (ko) ( jandon ) , 거스름돈 (ko) ( geoseureumdon )
Kurdish:
Sorani: باقی ( baqî )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
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Latin: mutatio (la) , permutatio (la)
Latvian: sīknauda f
Lithuanian: grąža f , smulkūs pinigai pl
Macedonian: ку́сур m ( kúsur ) , си́тно n ( sítno )
Malayalam: ചില്ലറ (ml) ( cillaṟa )
Maori: tīni
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
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: мелкие деньги (ru) f ( melkije denʹgi ) , ме́лочь (ru) f ( méločʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: iomlaid f
Serbo-Croatian: sitnina (sh) f , sića (sh) , kusur (sh) m ( excess money given when paying cash ) , sitniš (sh)
Slovak: drobné n
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 ( ngən-tɔɔn )
Turkish: bozuk (tr) m pl
Ukrainian: дрібні́ гро́ші n ( dribní hróši )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: מינץ f ( mints ) , קליינגעלט n ( kleyngelt )
a replacement
Bashkir: алмаш ( almaş )
Basque: aldaketa (eu) , truke
Bulgarian: смя́на (bg) f ( smjána ) , замя́на (bg) f ( zamjána )
Czech: náhrada (cs) f , záměna f
Danish: ombytning c , udskiftning c , skift 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
Georgian: გამოცვლა ( gamocvla ) , შენაცვლება ( šenacvleba ) , ჩანაცვლება ( čanacvleba )
Greek: αλλαγή (el) f ( allagí )
Hebrew: הַחְלָפָה f ( hakhlafa )
Hungarian: csere (hu)
Italian: cambio (it) m
Lithuanian: pakeitimas (lt) m
Macedonian: за́мена f ( zámena )
Maori: whakakapi
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Marathi: बदल n ( badal )
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 )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: замена f
Roman: zamena 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
balance returned after a purchase
Armenian: մանր (hy) ( manr )
Asturian: cambéu m
Basque: kanbio
Bulgarian: ресто n ( resto )
Catalan: canvi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 找回 的錢 / 找回 的钱 , 找回 的钱 ( zhǎohuí de qián ) , 找钱 (zh) ( zhǎoqián ) , 找钱 (zh) ( zhǎoqián )
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 m ( 'odef )
Hungarian: visszajáró (hu)
Ido: moneto (io)
Japanese: お釣り (ja) ( おつり , otsuri) , 釣り銭 (ja) ( つりせん, tsurisen ) , 釣り (ja) ( つり, tsuri )
Korean: 거스름돈 (ko) ( geoseureumdon ) , 잔돈 (ko) ( jandon )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
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Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: grąža f
Luxembourgish: Mënz f
Macedonian: ку́сур m ( kúsur ) , си́тно n ( sítno )
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: please add this translation if you can
Russian: сда́ча (ru) f ( sdáča )
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 ( ngən-tɔɔn )
Turkish: para üstü
Ukrainian: ре́шта n ( réšta ) , зда́ча n ( zdáča )
Yiddish: אויסגאָב m ( oysgob ) , רעשט f ( resht ) , זדאַטשע f ( zdatshe )
a transfer between vehicles
baseball: a change-up pitch
Translations to be checked
See also
References
French
Etymology
Deverbal from changer (corresponding to (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French change ). Compare Medieval and Late Latin cambium .
Pronunciation
Noun
change m (plural changes )
exchange
Verb
change
first-person singular present indicative of changer
third-person singular present indicative of changer
first-person singular present subjunctive of changer
third-person singular present subjunctive of changer
second-person singular imperative of changer
Further reading
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French change and English change .
Noun
change m (plural changes )
( Jersey ) change
( Jersey , money ) exchange rate
Old French
Etymology
Deverbal of changier .
Pronunciation
Noun
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 , page 368 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan , →ISBN , line 289:Fesum bargaine, fesum change Let's make a bargain, let's make an exchange
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