wikipedia|dab=Interest (disambiguation)|Interest
English

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Pronunciation
a|US IPA|/�ɪnt�ɹ�st/
a|RP IPA|/�ɪntr�st/
audio|en-us-interest.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From OF. interesse and interest (French: intérêt) < ML. interesse < L. interesse.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A great attention and concern from someone or something.
2. The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
3. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
4. A business or amorous link or involvement.

#: I have business interests in South Africa.

Translations
trans-top|great attention and concern from someone
Czech: t+|cs|zájem|m
Danish: t-|da|interesse
Dutch: t-|nl|interesse|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|intereso|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: kiinnostus, mielenkiinto
French: t+|fr|intérêt|m
German: t+|de|Interesse|n
Hebrew: ענ��� m
Hindi: स�वारस�य (swaarasy)
Hungarian: t+|hu|érdekl�dés
Indonesian: bunga (bank) kb, penting|kepentingan kb, keuntungan kb
Japanese: Jpan|�� (Jpan|����, ky�mi), Jpan|�� (Jpan|����, kanshin)
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Korean: ko-inline|�미|heungmi, ko-inline|��|gwansim
Kurdish: t+|ku|mereq|f, t+|ku|balkê�î|f, t-|ku|entres|f
Malay: minat
Malayalam: താല�പര�യ� (thaalparyam)
Marathi: (मराठ�) स�वारस�य (swaarasy)
Norwegian: t+|no|interesse|m
Polish: t+|pl|zainteresowanie|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|interesse|m
Romanian: interes n
Serbian: t+|sr|interes|m
Spanish: t-|es|interés|m
Telugu: �స��తి (aasakti)
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trans-top|the price of credit
Czech: t-|cs|úrok|m
Dutch: interest m, rente v
Esperanto: t-|eo|interezo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|korko
French: t+|fr|intérêt|m
German: t+|de|Zins|m
Hebrew: t-|he|ר���ת|f|sc=Hebr
Hindi: स�द (sood); ब�या� (byaaj)
Hungarian: t+|hu|kamat
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Japanese: Jpan|�� (Jpan|��, rishi); Jpan|�� (Jpan|���, risoku)
Korean: ko-inline|��|ija, ko-inline|��|i-ik
Kurdish: t+|ku|faîz|f, t+|ku|riba|f
Malay: bunga, faedah
Malayalam: പലിശ (paliSa)
Marathi: (मराठ�) व�या� (vyaaj)
Norwegian: t-|no|rente|f
Portuguese: juros m
Romanian: dobanda
Serbian: t+|sr|interes|m
Spanish: t-|es|interés|m
Telugu: వడ�డ� (vaDDEE)
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trans-top|attention that is given to or received from someone or something
Dutch: t+|nl|belangstelling|f
Danish: t-|da|interessant
Esperanto: t-|eo|intereso|xs=Esperanto
Hebrew: תש��ת �� f
Kurdish: t+|ku|mereq|f, t+|ku|balkê�î|f, t-|ku|entres|f
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Malayalam: താല�പര�യ� (thaalparyam)
Portuguese: t+|pt|interesse|m
Romanian: interes n
Serbian: t+|sr|interes|m
Spanish: t-|es|interés|m
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trans-top|business or amorous link or involvement
Chinese: ��
Hungarian: érdek
Japanese: �� (���, rieki)
Kurdish: t-|ku|entres|f
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Malay: kepentingan
Portuguese: t+|pt|interesse|m
Romanian: interes n
Serbian: t+|sr|interes|m
Spanish: t-|es|interés|m
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ttbc|Esperanto: intereso or interesulo (4)
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Verb
en-verb

1. To attract attention or concern.

#: It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.

Translations

Azeri: t|az|maraq|xs=Azeri
Dutch: interesseren
Esperanto: t-|eo|interesi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: kiinnostaa
German: t+|de|interessieren
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Portuguese: interessar
Spanish: t-|es|interesar
Danish: interesserer

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Category:English verbs

Latin

Etymology
inflected form of|interesse

Verb
interest

1. Active third-person singular indicative present form of interesse.

Category:Latin verb forms

ar:interest
fa:interest
fr:interest
ko:interest
io:interest
id:interest
it:interest
ku:interest
lt:interest
hu:interest
ja:interest
pt:interest
ru:interest
simple:interest
fi:interest
ta:interest
te:interest
vi:interest
zh:interest

• 2007-12-17 06:54 - Tbot - added t for da, fr, hu, ku, pl, sr, nl

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