elapse

English

Etymology

From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)

1. (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.

   He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

   Several days elapsed before they met again.

Translations

(of time) to pass or move by

• Arabic: مَرَّ‏‎ (ar) (marra), imperfect: يَمُرُّ‏‎ (yamurru)
• Bulgarian: изтичам (bg) (iztíčam), изминавам (bg) (izminávam) (време)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過去 (zh), 过去 (zh) (guòqù), 過 (zh), 过 (zh) (guò)

• Finnish: kulua (fi), vieriä, vierähtää
• French: se passer (fr), s'écouler (fr)
• German: vergehen (de), verrinnen
• Italian: trascorrere (it)

• Japanese: 過ぎる (すぎる, sugiru), 経つ (ja) (たつ, tatsu)
• Korean: 지나가다 (ko) (jinagada)
• Polish: upływać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: passar (pt), transcorrer (pt)
• Russian: проходи́ть (ru) impf (proxodítʹ), пройти́ (ru) pf (projtí), истека́ть (ru) impf (istekátʹ), исте́чь (ru) pf (istéčʹ), минова́ть (ru) impf (minovátʹ), ми́нуть (ru) pf (mínutʹ)
• Spanish: transcurrir (es)
• Swedish: förgå (sv), passera (sv), förlöpa (sv)
• Vietnamese: trôi qua

Anagrams

• asleep, please, sapele

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Latin

Participle

elapse

1. vocative masculine singular of elapsus