request

English

Etymology

From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”). Compare to French requetér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkwɛst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: re‧quest

Verb

request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)

1. (transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).

   The corporal requested reinforcements.

   I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.

2. (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

   Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for

   She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.

Translations

to express the need or desire for

• Arabic: طَلَبَ (ar) (ṭalaba)

  Egyptian Arabic: طلب (ṭalab)

• Armenian: խնդրել (hy) (xndrel), հայցել (hy) (haycʻel)
• Belarusian: запы́тваць impf (zapýtvacʹ), запыта́ць pf (zapytácʹ)
• Catalan: demanar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請求／请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú), 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú), 拜托 (zh) (bàituō), 要求 (zh) (yāoqiú)

• Czech: žádat (cs), požádat (cs)
• Dalmatian: precur
• Danish: anmode
• Dutch: verzoeken (nl)
• Egyptian: (dbḥ)
• Esperanto: peti
• Estonian: paluma, soovima
• Finnish: pyytää (fi), anoa (fi)
• French: demander (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: anfordern (de), erwünschen (de), verlangen nach, begehren (de)
• Greek: ζητώ (el) (zitó)

  Ancient: αἰτέω (aitéō)

• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (he) (biqésh)
• Hungarian: kér (hu), igényel (hu), kíván (hu)
• Icelandic: biðja (is)
• Irish: iarr
• Japanese: 要望する (ja) (ようぼうする, yōbō suru), 要請する (ようせいする, yōsei suru), 求める (ja) (もとめる, motomeru), 頼む (ja) (たのむ, tanomu), 頼む (ja) (たのむ, tanomu)
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• Khmer: សុំ (km) (som), សូម (km) (soom)
• Korean: 부탁하다 (ko) (butakhada)
• Latin: petō (la), requīrō (la), poscō
• 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: запра́шивать (ru) impf (zaprášivatʹ), запроси́ть (ru) pf (zaprosítʹ), тре́бовать (ru) impf (trébovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Spanish: pedir (es), solicitar (es)
• Swedish: anhålla om, be (sv), bedja (sv), utbe sig, utbedja sig
• Tagalog: maki-usap
• Thai: ขอ (th) (kɔ̌ɔ)
• Vietnamese: thỉnh cầu (vi) (請求), yêu cầu (vi) (要求)

to ask somebody to do something

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: طلب (ṭalab)

• Armenian: խնդրել (hy) (xndrel)
• Catalan: demanar (ca)
• Czech: žádat (cs), požádat (cs)
• Danish: anmode, henstille (formal)
• Dutch: verzoeken (nl)
• Finnish: pyytää (fi), anoa (fi)
• French: demander (fr), prier (fr)
• German: erbitten (de), ersuchen (de), bitten um
• Greek: ζητώ (el) (zitó)
• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (he) (biqésh)
• Hungarian: kér (hu), megkér (hu), felkér (hu), felhív (hu)
• Icelandic: biðja (is)
• Irish: iarr
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 요청하다 (ko) (yocheonghada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: rogō, petō (la), requīrō (la)
• Latvian: prasīt, lūgt (lv)
• Portuguese: pedir (pt), solicitar (pt)
• Romanian: cere (ro), ruga (ro)
• Russian: проси́ть (ru) impf (prosítʹ), попроси́ть (ru) pf (poprosítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Spanish: pedir (es), solicitar (es)
• Swedish: anmoda (sv), begära (sv), uppmana (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} inroepen (nl)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בקש (he), ^{(please verify)} דרש (he)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chiedere (it)
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• Latin: ^{(please verify)} petere (la), ^{(please verify)} rogare
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} demandar (es), ^{(please verify)} pedir (es), ^{(please verify)} solicitar (es), ^{(please verify)} solicitud (es)

Noun

request (plural requests)

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

   Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     I will marry her, sir, at your request.

   • 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports

     The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.

2. A formal message requesting something.

   Synonyms: petition, postulation

3. Condition of being sought after.

   Synonym: demand

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir W. Temple and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.

4. (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

   The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.

5. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
   • Bible, Psalms cvi. 15

     He gave them their request.

Derived terms

• discovery request
• request for admission
• request for production

Related terms

• require
• requirement
• requisite

Translations

act of requesting

• Arabic: طَلَب (ar) m (ṭalab)
• Armenian: խնդրանք (hy) (xndrankʻ), խնդիր (hy) (xndir), խնդիրք (hy) (xndirkʻ)
• Azerbaijani: istək (az)
• Belarusian: про́сьба f (prósʹba), за́пыт m (zápyt), зая́ўка f (zajáŭka), хада́йніцтва n (xadájnictva), патрабава́нне n (patrabavánnje), прашэ́нне n (prašénnje)
• Bulgarian: молба (bg) f (molba), зая́вка (bg) f (zajávka), про́сба (bg) f (prósba), проше́ние (bg) n (prošénie)
• Catalan: petició (ca) f, sol·licitud f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請求／请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú), 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú)

• Czech: prosba (cs) f, žádost (cs) f, požadavek (cs) m
• 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 (de) n, Ersuchen n, Gesuch (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: αἴτημα f (aítēma)

• 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: , , , ,

  Sorani: , ,

• Latin: petītum n
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• Latvian: prasīšana f, lūgšana (lv) f
• Macedonian: барање (baranje), молба f (molba)
• Malayalam: അഭ്യർത്ഥന (abhyaṟtthana)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anmodning m or f

• Persian: درخواست (fa) (darxâst)
• Polish: prośba (pl) f, żądanie (pl) n
• 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), проше́ние (ru) n (prošénije)
• Rusyn: просьба f (prosʹba)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: молба f

  Roman: molba (sh) f

• Slovak: prosba f, žiadosť f, požiadavka f
• Slovene: prošnja f, zahteva (sl) f
• Spanish: solicitud (es) f
• Sundanese: suhun
• Swahili: ombi (sw)
• Swedish: begäran (sv), bön (sv) c, önskemål (sv) n, önskan (sv) c
• Tagalog: paki-usap
• Tajik: дархост (tg) (darxost)
• Tamil: வேண்டுகோள் (ta) (vēṇṭukōḷ)
• Turkish: istek (tr)
• Ukrainian: про́сьба f (prósʹba), за́пит m (zápyt), зая́вка (uk) f (zajávka), проха́ння n (proxánnja), вимо́га f (vymóha)
• Yiddish: בקשה f (bakoshe)

formal message requesting something

• Armenian: հարցում (hy) (harcʻum), հարցապնդում (hy) (harcʻapndum)
• Catalan: petició (ca) f, sol·licitud f
• Czech: žádost (cs) f
• Danish: ansøgning (da)
• Dutch: verzoek (nl) n
• Estonian: tellimus
• Finnish: pyyntö (fi)
• French: requête (fr) f
• German: Gesuch (de) n, Ansinnen (de) n, Antrag (de) m, Anfrage (de) f, Eingabe (de) f
• Hungarian: kérvény (hu), kérelem (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

  Sorani: ,

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• Latvian: prasība f, lūgums m
• Polish: wniosek (pl) m
• Portuguese: requisição (pt) f, requerimento (pt)
• Russian: запро́с (ru) m (zaprós)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
• Spanish: petición (es) f, demanda (es) f
• Swahili: ombi (sw)
• Swedish: anhållan (sv) c, anmodan (sv) c, begäran (sv) c
• Tagalog: paki-usap
• Tamil: வேண்டுகோள் (ta) (vēṇṭukōḷ)

condition of being sought after

• Armenian: պահանջարկ (hy) (pahanǰark)
• Danish: efterspørgsel c
• French: demande (fr) f
• German: Nachfrage (de) f
• Hungarian: kereslet (hu), igény (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: баран (baran)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
• Swedish: efterfrågan (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Further reading

• request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “request”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “request”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “request”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• quester

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• requeste, reqweste, rekeyste

Etymology

From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- +‎ quest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈkwɛst(ə)/

Noun

request (plural requestes)

1. A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
2. (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
3. (Late Middle English) A adventure or heroic journey.

Descendants

• English: request
• Scots: request

References

• “request(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.