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: مر (ar) (márra), imperfect: يمر (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)
• Russian: проходить (ru) impf (proxodít’), пройти (ru) pf (projtí), истекать (ru) impf (istekát’), истечь (ru) pf (istéč’), миновать (ru) impf (minovát’), минуть (ru) pf (mínut’)
• Vietnamese: trôi qua

Anagrams

• asleep
• please

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Latin

Participle

elapse

1. vocative masculine singular of elapsus