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Etymology [ edit ]
From Old French requeste (French requête ), from Vulgar Latin *requæsita , from Latin requīsīta , feminine of requīsītus (“ requested, demanded ” ), past participle of requīrō (“ require, ask ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ɹɪˈkwɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst
Hyphenation: re‧quest
request (plural requests )
Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives , and on in their absence).
I will marry her, sir, at your request .
- Shakespeare
The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request .
- The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports , 1839
A formal message requesting something.
Condition of being sought after.
Sir W. Temple
Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.
( obsolete ) That which is asked for or requested.
Bible, Psalms cvi. 15
He gave them their request .
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act of requesting
Arabic: طَلَب m (ṭalab )
Armenian: խնդրանք (hy) (xndrankʿ ), խնդիր (hy) (xndir ), խնդիրք (hy) (xndirkʿ )
Catalan: petició f , sol·licitud f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 請求 (zh) , 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú )
Czech: prosba f , žádost f
Dutch: verzoek (nl) n , vraag (nl) f
Finnish: pyyntö (fi)
French: requête (fr) f
German: Bitte (de) f , Nachfrage (de) f , Wunsch (de) m , Begehren (de) n , Begehr n , Ersuchen n , Gesuch (de) n
Hebrew: בַּקָּשָׁה (he) f (bakashá )
Hindi: निवेदन (hi) m (nivedan )
Hungarian: kérés (hu) , kívánság (hu)
Indonesian: minta (id)
Italian: richiesta (it) f
Japanese: 依頼 (ja) (いらい, irai ), 要求 (ja) (ようきゅう, yōkyū )
Khmer: សំណូម (km) (sɑmnoom ), សំណើ (km) (sɑmnaə )
Korean: 요망 (ko) (yomang ) (要望 (ko) ), 요구 (ko) (yogu ) (要求 (ko) ), 부탁 (ko) (butak ) (付託 (ko) )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: daxwaz (ku) , doz (ku) , dawa (ku) , rica (ku) , tika (ku)
Sorani: داوا (ku) (dAwA ), تکا (tkA ), خواست (ku) (xwast )
Latvian: prasīšana f , lūgšana (lv) f
Macedonian: барање (baranje )
Malayalam: അഭ്യര്ത്ഥന (abhyartthana )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anmodning m , f
Persian: درخواست (fa) (darxâst )
Portuguese: pedido (pt) m , requisição (pt) f , requerimento (pt) m
Romanian: cerere (ro) f
Russian: про́сьба (ru) f (prósʹba ), запро́с (ru) m (zaprós ), зая́вка (ru) f (zajávka ), хода́тайство (ru) n (xodátajstvo ), тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije )
Scottish Gaelic: iarraidh m
Spanish: solicitud (es) f
Sundanese: suhun
Swahili: ombi (sw)
Swedish: begäran (sv) , bön (sv) c , önskemål (sv) n , önskan (sv) c
Turkish: istek (tr)
Yiddish: בקשה f (bakoshe )
state of being sought after
request (third-person singular simple present requests , present participle requesting , simple past and past participle requested )
to express the need or desire for
to ask somebody to do something
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to express the need or desire for
Arabic: طَلَبَ (ṭalaba )
Armenian: խնդրել (hy) (xndrel ), հայցել (hy) (haycʿel )
Belarusian: запы́тваць impf (zapýtvacʹ ), запыта́ць pf (zapytácʹ )
Catalan: demanar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 請求 (zh) , 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú ), 拜托 (zh) (bàituō ), 要求 (zh) (yāoqiú )
Czech: žádat (cs) , požádat (cs)
Dalmatian: precur
Danish: anmode
Dutch: verzoeken (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: paluma , soovima
Finnish: pyytää (fi) , anoa (fi)
French: demander (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: anfordern , erwünschen , verlangen nach , begehren (de)
Greek: ζητώ (el) (zitó )
Irish: iarr
Japanese: 要望する (yōbō-suru ), 要請する (yōsei-suru ), 求める (ja) (motomeru ), 頼む (ja) (tanomu ), 頼む (ja) (tanomu )
Khmer: សុំ (km) (som ), សូម (km) (soom )
Korean: 부탁하다 (ko) (butakhada )
Latvian: prasīt , lūgt (lv)
Macedonian: барање (baranje )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anmode (no)
Persian: درخواست کردن (fa) (darxâst kardan ), طلب کردن (talab kardan ), درخواستن (darxâstan )
Polish: prosić (pl)
Portuguese: requerer (pt)
Quechua: mañay
Romanian: cere (ro) , ruga (ro)
Russian: ( imperfective ) запра́шивать (ru) (zaprášivatʹ ), ( perfective ) запроси́ть (ru) (zaprosítʹ ), тре́бовать (ru) (trébovatʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: iarr
Spanish: pedir (es)
Swahili: maombi (sw)
Swedish: anhålla om , be (sv) , bedja (sv) , utbe sig, utbedja sig
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: thỉnh cầu (vi) (請求 ), yêu cầu (vi) (要求 )
to ask somebody to do something
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