request

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Etymology

From Old French requeste (French: requête) < Vulgar Latin *requæsita < Latin requisita, feminine of requisitus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”).

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Noun

request (plural requests)

  1. the act of requesting
  2. a formal message requesting something
  3. the state of being sought after

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Verb

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

  1. to express the need or desire for
  2. to ask somebody to do something

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to express the need or desire for
  • Arabic: طلب ar(ar) (Talaba)
  • Armenian: խնդրել hy(hy) (xndrel), հայցել hy(hy) (hayc’el)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 請求 cmn(cmn), 请求 cmn(cmn) (qǐngqiú), 拜托 cmn(cmn) (bàituō), 要求 cmn(cmn) (yāoqiú)
  • Estonian: paluma et(et), soovima et(et)
  • Finnish: pyytää fi(fi), anoa fi(fi)
  • French: demander fr(fr)
  • German: anfordern
  • Greek: ζητώ el(el) (zitó)
  • Irish: iarr ga(ga)
  • Japanese: 要望する ja(ja) (yōbō-suru), 要請する ja(ja) (yōsei-suru), 求める ja(ja) (motomeru), 頼む ja(ja) (tanomu), 頼む ja(ja) (tanomu)
  • Latvian: prasīt, lūgt
  • Persian: طلب کردن fa(fa) (talab kardan)
  • Romanian: cere ro(ro), ruga ro(ro)
  • Russian: (imperfective) запрашивать ru(ru) (zaprášivat'), (perfective) запросить ru(ru) (zaprosít'), требовать ru(ru) (trébovat')
  • Spanish: pedir es(es)
  • Swahili: maombi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: anhålla om, be, bedja, utbe sig, utbedja sig
to ask somebody to do something
  • Armenian: խնդրել hy(hy) (xndrel)
  • Dutch: verzoeken nl(nl)
  • Finnish: pyytää fi(fi), anoa fi(fi)
  • French: demander fr(fr), prier fr(fr)
  • German: erbitten
  • Greek: ζητώ el(el) (zitó)
  • Irish: iarr ga(ga)
  • Kurdish: داوا کردن
  • Latvian: prasīt, lūgt
  • Portuguese: pedir pt(pt), solicitar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: cere ro(ro), ruga ro(ro)
  • Spanish: pedir es(es)
  • Swahili: maombi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: anmoda, begära, uppmana
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  • Dutch: inroepen
  • Hebrew: בקש, דרש

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