invite

See also: invité

See also: invité

English

Etymology

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō.

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: ĭnvīt', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪt/
• (noun) enPR: ĭn'vīt, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnvaɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

   We invited our friends round for dinner.

2. (transitive) To request formally.

   I invite you all to be seated.

3. (transitive) To encourage.

   I always invite criticism of my definitions.

   Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

   • 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address

     The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.

4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
   • Milton

     to inveigle and invite the unwary sense

   • Dryden

     shady groves, that easy sleep invite

   • Cowper

     There no delusive hope invites despair.

Synonyms

• (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
• (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
• (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke

Translations

ask for the presence or participation of someone

• Afrikaans: uitnooi
• Albanian: ftoj
• American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp
• Arabic: دعى (daʿā)
• Armenian: հրավիրել (hravirel)
• Asturian: invitar
• Azeri: dəvət etmək, çağırmaq (az)
• Basque: gonbidatu
• Belarusian: запраша́ць impf (zaprašácʹ), запрасі́ць pf (zaprasícʹ)
• Bengali: আমন্ত্রণ করা (amôntrôn kôra)
• Bulgarian: ка́ня (bg) impf (kánja), пока́нвам (bg) pf (pokánvam)
• Burmese: ဖိတ် (my) (hpei')
• Catalan: invitar (ca), convidar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邀請, 邀请 (zh) (yāoqǐng), 請 (zh), 请 (zh) (qǐng), 約請, 约请 (zh) (yuēqǐng)

• Crimean Tatar: çağırmaq, davet etmek
• Czech: zvát impf, pozvat pf
• Danish: invitere, indbyde
• Dutch: uitnodigen (nl)
• Erzya: сергелемс (sergelems)
• Esperanto: inviti
• Estonian: kutsuma
• Finnish: kutsua (fi)
• French: inviter (fr)
• Georgian: მოწვევა (mocveva)
• German: einladen (de)

  Old High German: inladōn

  Middle High German: īnladen

• Greek: προσκαλώ (el) (proskaló)
• Hawaiian: kono
• Hebrew: הזמין (hizmín)
• Hindi: आमंत्रित करना (āmantrit karnā)
• Hungarian: meghív (hu)
• Icelandic: bjóða (is)
• Indonesian: mengundang (id)
• Italian: invitare (it)
• Japanese: 誘う (さそう, sasou), 招待する (ja) (しょうだいする, shōdai suru), 招く (まねく, maneku), 請う (こう, kou)
• Kazakh: шақыру (şaqırw)
• Khmer: អញ្ជើញ (km) (ɑɲcəəɲ)
• Kurdish: vexwendin (ku)

• Kyrgyz: чакыруу (çakıruu)
• Lao: ເຊີນ (sə́ːn)
• Latin: adhibeo (la), invito
• Latvian: aicināt (lv), lūgt (lv)
• Lezgi: теклиф авун (teklif avun)
• Lithuanian: pakviesti (lt)
• Luxembourgish: invitéieren, alueden
• Macedonian: ка́ни impf (káni), по́кани pf (pókani)
• Malay: ajak, menjemput
• Moksha: сергядькшнемс (sergjadʹkšnems)
• Mongolian: урих (urih)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulalika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: invitere (no), innby

• Old English: inlaðian, laðian
• Ossetian: хонын (xonyn)
• Pashto: بلل (ps) (baləl)
• Persian: فراخواندن (fa) (farâxvândan), دعوت كردن (fa) (davat kardan)
• Polish: zapraszać (pl) impf, zaprosić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: convidar (pt)
• Quechua: aypuriy
• Romanian: a invita (ro)
• Russian: приглаша́ть (ru) impf (priglašátʹ), пригласи́ть (ru) pf (priglasítʹ), звать (ru) impf (zvatʹ), позва́ть (ru) pf (pozvátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: звати impf, позвати pf

  Roman: zvati impf, pozvati pf

• Slovak: zvať impf, pozvať pf
• Slovene: vabiti impf, povabiti pf
• Spanish: invitar (es), convidar
• Swedish: invitera (sv), inbjuda (sv)
• Tajik: даъват кардан (daʾvat kardan), ҷеғ задан (jeġ zadan)
• Tatar: чакырырга (tt) (çaqırırga)
• Telugu: ఆహ్వానించు (te) (aahvaanimchu)
• Thai: เชิญ (th) (chern)
• Turkish: davet etmek (tr), çağırmak (tr)
• Turkmen: çagarmak, çagyrmak
• Ukrainian: запро́шувати impf (zapróšuvaty), запроси́ти pf (zaprosýty)
• Uzbek: taklif qilmoq
• Vietnamese: mời (vi)
• Yakut: ынырар (ınırar)
• Yiddish: אײַנלאַדן (einladn)

request formally

• Catalan: invitar (ca), convidar (ca)
• Finnish: kutsua (fi), esittää kutsu (fi)
• Icelandic: bjóða (is)
• Pashto: بلل (ps) (baləl)

• Persian: خواهش کردن (fa) (xvâheš kardan)
• Portuguese: convidar (pt)
• Russian: проси́ть (ru) impf (prosítʹ), попроси́ть (ru) pf (poprosítʹ)
• Telugu: ఆహ్వానించు (te) (aahvaanimchu)

encourage — see encourage

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• Latin: invitō

Noun

invite (plural invites)

1. (informal) An invitation.

Translations

(informal) invitation

• Catalan: invitació
• French: invitation (fr) f
• German: Einladung (de) f
• Hebrew: הזמנה f
• Icelandic: boð (is) n

• Italian: invito (it) m
• Portuguese: convite (pt) m
• Russian: приглашение (ru) n (priglašénije)
• Spanish: invitación (es) f

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Asturian

Verb

invite

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of invitar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar

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French

Verb

invite

1. first-person singular present indicative of inviter
2. third-person singular present indicative of inviter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inviter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of inviter
5. second-person singular imperative of inviter

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Latin

Adjective

invīte

1. vocative masculine singular of invītus

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Spanish

Verb

invite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of invitar.