English
Etymology
From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer ), from re- + asseürer ; as if re- + assure .
Pronunciation
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Verb
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( transitive ) To assure anew ; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt .
The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
( transitive ) To reinsure .
Translations
to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: запэ́ўніваць impf ( zapéŭnivacʹ ) , запэ́ўніць pf ( zapéŭnicʹ )
Catalan: tranquil·litzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使……安心 ( shǐ... ān xīn ) , 使……恢复信心 ( shǐ huī fù xìn xīn )
Danish: berolige
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: rauhoittaa (fi) , tyynnytellä (fi)
French: tranquilliser (fr) , rassurer (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: versichern (de) , beruhigen (de)
Italian: rassicurare (it) , tranquillizzare (it)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 안심시키다 (ko) ( ansimsikida )
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Kurdish:
Sorani: دڵ نیا ( dill nya )
Latvian: drošināt
Maori: whakatītina , whakamanawa
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: upewniać impf , upewnić (pl) pf
Portuguese: tranquilizar (pt) , acalmar (pt) , reassegurar
Russian: заверя́ть (ru) impf ( zaverjátʹ ) , заве́рить (ru) pf ( zavéritʹ ) , уверя́ть (ru) impf ( uverjátʹ ) , уве́рить (ru) pf ( uvéritʹ ) , успока́ивать (ru) impf ( uspokáivatʹ ) , успоко́ить (ru) pf ( uspokóitʹ ) , утеша́ть (ru) ( utešátʹ ) , уте́шить (ru) pf ( utéšitʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: obodriti (sh)
Slovak: ubezpečiť , ubezpečovať
Spanish: tranquilizar (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: завіря́ти (uk) ( zavirjáty ) , заспоко́ювати ( zaspokójuvaty ) , заспоко́ювати ( zaspokójuvaty )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
References
“reassure ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“reassure ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
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