contribute

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), from con- (“together”) +‎ tribuō (“I bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), dative of trēs (“three”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Italic *trēs, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnt(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪ.bjuːt/
  • (when conjugated as contributing or contributed) IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪ.b(j)ət/

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Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

   to contribute money to a church fund

   to contribute articles to a journal

   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

Synonyms

• add
• assist
• bestow
• bring

• chip in
• impart
• kick in

• lend
• provide
• put up

Related terms

• contribution
• contributor
• contributory

Translations

to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole

• Afrikaans: bydra (af)
• Arabic: سَاهَمَ (sāhama)
• Armenian: նպաստել (hy) (npastel)
• Bulgarian: доприна́сям (bg) (doprinásjam)
• Catalan: contribuir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貢獻／贡献 (zh) (gòngxiàn), 贡献 (zh) (gòngxiàn)

• Czech: přispět (cs)
• Danish: bidrage
• Dutch: bijdragen (nl)
• Esperanto: kontribui (eo)
• Finnish: myötävaikuttaa, olla osallisena
• French: contribuer (fr)
• German: beisteuern (de), beitragen (de)
• Greek: συνεισφέρω (el) (syneisféro)

  Ancient Greek: εἰσφέρω (eisphérō)

• Haitian Creole: kontribye
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: תרם (he) (tarám)
• Hungarian: hozzájárul (hu), közreműködik (hu)
• Italian: contribuire (it)
• Japanese: 貢献する (ja) (こうけんする, kōken suru)
• Kazakh: үлес қосу (üles qosu)
• Latin: cōnferō (la), contribuō
• Luxembourgish: bäidroen (lb), bäisteieren, contribuéieren
• Norwegian: bidra (no)
• Polish: dołożyć się pf, dokładać się (pl) impf, wnosić wkład impf, wnieść wkład pf
• Portuguese: contribuir (pt)
• Russian: де́лать поже́ртвования impf (délatʹ požértvovanija), де́лать взно́сы impf (délatʹ vznósy), вноси́ть вклад impf (vnosítʹ vklad)
• Slovene: prispevati
• Spanish: contribuir (es)
• Swedish: bidra (sv), bidraga (sv)
• Ukrainian: вклада́тися (vkladátysja)
• Vietnamese: contribute (vi)
• Welsh: cyfrannu (cy)

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) contribūte

1. vocative masculine singular of contribūtus