English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre, present active infinitive of cambiō (“exchange, barter”), from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos, *(s)kambos (“crooked”).
Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence English wend).
The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe.
Pronunciation[edit]
change (third-person singular simple present changes, present participle changing, simple past and past participle changed)
- (intransitive) To become something different.
The tadpole changed into a frog. Stock prices are constantly changing.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto I, page 1:Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds [...]
2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8835, page 80:Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
The fairy changed the frog into a prince. I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.
- (transitive) To replace.
Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb. After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing. The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
It's your turn to change the baby.
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.
- (archaic) To exchange.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:At the first sight / they have changed eyes. (exchanged looks)
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
- I would give any thing to change a word or two with this person.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
to change a horse
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to become something different
- Afrikaans: wysig (af)
- Arabic: تَغَيَّرَ (ar) (taḡayyara)ƒ
- Moroccan Arabic: تغير (tḡiyyar), تبدل (tbaddal)
- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: փոխվել (hy) (pʿoxvel)
- Aromanian: alãxescu
- Assamese: সলনি হ (xoloni ho), বদল (bodol)
- Asturian: cambiar
- Azerbaijani: dəyişmək (az)
- Basque: aldatu (eu)
- Belarusian: змяня́цца impf (zmjanjácca), змяні́цца pf (zmjanícca)
- Bengali: পরিবর্তন করা (pôribôrtôn kôra), বদল করা (bôdôl kôra)
- Breton: kemm (br)
- Bulgarian: проме́ням се (bg) impf (proménjam se), променя́ се (bg) pf (promenjá se)
- Catalan: canviar (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᎠ (adanetliyva)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 變, 变 (bin3), 變成, 变成 (bin3 sing4)
- Mandarin: 變為 (zh), 变为 (zh) (biànwéi), 成為 (zh), 成为 (zh) (chéngwéi), 變化 (zh), 变化 (zh) (biànhuà), 改變 (zh), 改变 (zh) (gǎibiàn), 改為 (zh), 改为 (zh) (gǎiwéi)
- Chuukese: siwini
- Crimean Tatar: deñişmek
- Czech: měnit se (cs) impf
- Danish: ændre (da) sig, forandre (da) sig
- Dutch: veranderen (nl), zich aanpassen
- Esperanto: ŝanĝiĝi, aliformiĝi, aliiĝi, transformiĝi
- Estonian: muutuma (et)
- Finnish: muuttua (fi)
- French: changer (fr), se transformer (fr), muter (fr) (biology)
- Galician: cambiar (gl), virar (gl), trocar, mudar, chambar, demudar, escambar, baratar
- Georgian: გარდაქმნა (gardakmna), ცვლა (cvla), გარდაიქმნება (gardaikmneba) (infinitive), იცვლება (icvleba) (infinitive)
- German: sich ändern (de), sich verändern (de), sich wandeln (de)
- Greek: αλλάζω (el) (allázo), μεταμορφώνομαι (el) (metamorfónomai)
- Ancient: ἀλλάσσω (allássō), μεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Haitian Creole: chanje
- Hebrew: הִשְׁתַּנָּה (he) (hishtaná)
- Hindi: बदलना (hi) (badalnā)
- Hungarian: változik (hu), megváltozik (hu), (supernaturally) átváltozik (hu)
- Icelandic: breytast (is)
- Ido: chanjar (io)
- Italian: cambiare (it)
- Japanese: 変わる (ja) (かわる, kawaru), 変化する (ja) (へんかする, henka suru), 化ける (ja) (ばける, bakeru)
- Khmer: ផ្លាស់ (km) (phlah)
- Komi-Permyak: вежсьыны (vežsʹyny)
- Korean: 바뀌다 (ko) (bakkwida), 변화하다 (ko) (byeonhwahada), 변하다 (ko) (byeonhada)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: guherîn (ku)
- Ladino: trocar
- Latin: cambiō, mūtor
- Latvian: mainīties
|
|
- Ligurian: cangiâ
- Lithuanian: keistis (lt), mainytis
- Lombard: mudà
- Luxembourgish: sech änneren, sech veränneren
- Macedonian: се менува impf (se menuva), се изменува impf (se izmenuva), се измени pf (se izmeni)
- Malay: tukar (ms)
- Malayalam: മാറുക (ml) (māṟuka)
- Maori: kōrure (of the wind), taka (of direction), panoni
- Marathi: बदलने (badalne)
- Middle English: chaungen
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: changi (Jersey), changier (Guernsey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gjøre om, endre (no)
- Nynorsk: gjere om, gjøre om, endre
- Occitan: cambiar (oc)
- Old English: wendan
- Pashto: اوړېدل (awṛedəl), بدلېدل (ps) (badledəl)
- Persian: تغییر کردن (tağyir kardan)
- Polish: zmieniać się (pl) impf, zmienić się (pl) pf
- Portuguese: mudar (pt)
- Romanian: schimba (ro), transforma (ro)
- Russian: изменя́ться (ru) impf (izmenjátʹsja), меня́ться (ru) impf (menjátʹsja), измени́ться (ru) pf (izmenítʹsja)
- Scottish Gaelic: mùth, atharraich
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: променити се pf
- Latin: promeniti se (sh) pf
- Sicilian: canciari (scn), cangiari (scn)
- Slovak: meniť sa impf, zmeniť sa pf
- Slovene: spremeniti se (sl) pf
- Somali: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: cambiar (es), demudarse (es)
- Sundanese: géséh
- Swahili: kubadili
- Swedish: ändras (sv), förändras (sv)
- Tagalog: bago (tl)
- Tajik: тағйир кардан (taġyir kardan)
- Tamil: மாறு (ta) (māṟu)
- Telugu: మారు (te) (māru)
- Thai: เปลี่ยน (th) (bplìian), แปลง (th) (bplɛɛng)
- Tok Pisin: senis
- Turkish: değişmek (tr)
- Turkmen: üýtgemek
- Ukrainian: змі́нюватися impf (zmínjuvatysja), зміни́тися pf (zminýtysja)
- Venetian: canbiar
- Vietnamese: thay đổi (vi), đổi (vi)
- Walloon: candjî (wa)
- Welsh: newid (cy)
- West Frisian: feroarje
- Westrobothnian: förvɑl
- Yiddish: ענדערן (yi) (endern)
- Zazaki: bedelnayen, vırnayen
|
to make something into something else
- Afrikaans: wysig (af)
- Arabic: غَيَّرَ (ar) (ḡayyara)
- Egyptian Arabic: غير (ḡayyar)
- Moroccan Arabic: غير (ḡiyyar), بدل (baddal)
- Aromanian: alãxescu
- Assamese: সলা (xola), সলনি কৰ (xoloni kor), বদলা (bodola)
- Asturian: cambiar
- Basque: aldatu (eu)
- Belarusian: змяня́ць impf (zmjanjácʹ), змяні́ць pf (zmjanícʹ)
- Breton: kemmañ (br)
- Bulgarian: изме́ням (bg) impf (izménjam), изменя́ (bg) pf (izmenjá), проме́ням (bg) impf (proménjam), променя́ (bg) pf (promenjá)
- Catalan: canviar (ca), modificar (ca)
- Chechen: харца (xarca)
- Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏟᏴᎠ (ganetliyva)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 改 (goi2), 轉, 转 (zyun2)
- Mandarin: 改變 (zh), 改变 (zh) (gǎibiàn), 轉變 (zh), 转变 (zh) (zhuǎnbiàn)
- Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek, trampa etmek
- Czech: měnit (cs) impf, změnit (cs) pf, proměňovat impf, proměnit (cs) pf
- Danish: ændre (da), forandre (da)
- Dutch: veranderen (nl), aanpassen (nl)
- Esperanto: ŝanĝi, aliformi, aliformigi, transformi, aliigi
- Estonian: muutma
- Farefare: teem
- Finnish: muuttaa (fi)
- French: changer (fr), transformer (fr)
- Friulian: mudâ, gambiâ
- Galician: cambiar (gl), mudar, virar (gl), demudar
- Georgian: იცვლება (icvleba) (infinitive), გარდაიქნება (gardaikneba) (infinitive)
- German: ändern (de), verändern (de), verwandeln (de)
- Greek: αλλάζω (el) (allázo), μεταβάλλω (el) (metavállo)
- Ancient: ἀλλάσσω (allássō), μεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Haitian Creole: chanje
- Hebrew: שינה / שִׁנָּה (he) (shiná)
- Hungarian: változtat (hu), megváltoztat (hu), (supernaturally) átváltoztat (hu)
- Icelandic: breyta (is)
- Ido: chanjar (io)
- Interlingua: cambiar
- Italian: cambiare (it)
- Japanese: 変える (ja) (かえる, kaeru), 変更する (ja) (へんこうする, henkō suru)
- Komi-Permyak: вежны (vežny)
- Korean: 바꾸다 (ko) (bakkuda), 변경하다 (ko) (byeon'gyeonghada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گۆرین (ku) (gorîn), گۆراندن (ku) (gorandin)
- Northern Kurdish: guhartin (ku)
- Ladin: muder
- Latin: mūtō (la)
|
|
- Latvian: mainīt
- Lhao Vo: thud
- Ligurian: cangiâ
- Lithuanian: keisti (lt)
- Low German:
- German Low German: verännern, ännern (nds)
- Luxembourgish: änneren, veränneren
- Lü: ᦏᦲᦏᦸ (ṫhiiṫhoa)
- Macedonian: променува impf (promenuva), промени pf (promeni)
- Malay: tukar (ms)
- Malayalam: മാറ്റുക (ml) (māṟṟuka)
- Maore Comorian: ugaudza
- Maori: whakarerekē, kihirua (one's mind), whakaumu
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өөрчлөх (mn) (öörčlöx)
- Moore: toeeme
- Norman: changi (Jersey), changier (Guernsey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gjøre om, endre (no)
- Nynorsk: gjere om, gjøre om, endre
- Old English: wendan
- Pashto: اړول (ps) (aṛawəl), بدلول (ps) (badlawəl)
- Persian: دگرگون کردن (degargun kardan), تغییر دادن (tağyir dâdan)
- Polish: zmieniać (pl) impf, zmienić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: alterar (pt), mudar (pt)
- Romanian: schimba (ro), modifica (ro)
- Russian: изменя́ть (ru) impf (izmenjátʹ), меня́ть (ru) impf (menjátʹ), измени́ть (ru) pf (izmenítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: mùth, atharraich
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: изме́нити pf, измије́нити pf, промењи́вати impf, промјењи́вати impf, проме́нити pf, промије́нити pf
- Roman: izmeniti (sh) pf, izmijéniti (sh) pf, promenjívati (sh) impf, promjenjívati (sh) impf, proméniti (sh) pf, promijéniti (sh) pf
- Slovak: meniť impf, zmeniť pf
- Slovene: spremeniti (sl) pf
- Spanish: cambiar (es), demudar (es), modificar (es), mudar (es)
- Swahili: kubadili
- Swedish: ändra (sv), förändra (sv)
- Tagalog: ibago, bayluhin m pl, bayluhan, bumaylo
- Tajik: тағйир додан (taġyir dodan)
- Tamil: மாற்று (ta) (māṟṟu)
- Telugu: మార్చు (te) (mārcu)
- Thai: แปลง (th) (bplɛɛng)
- Tok Pisin: senisim
- Turkish: değiştirmek (tr)
- Turkmen: üýtgetmek
- Udmurt: воштыны (voštyny)
- Ukrainian: змі́нювати impf (zmínjuvaty), міня́ти impf (minjáty),зміни́ти pf (zminýty)
- Welsh: newid (cy)
- Yiddish: משנה זײַן (meshane zayn), ענדערן (yi) (endern)
- Zazaki: vıryayen
|
to replace
- Assamese: সালসলনি কৰা (xaloxloni kora)
- Asturian: cambiar
- Azerbaijani: dəyişmək (az), dəyişdirmək (az)
- Basque: aldatu (eu), trukatu
- Belarusian: заме́ньваць impf (zamjénʹvacʹ), замяні́ць pf (zamjanícʹ)
- Bulgarian: сме́ням (bg) impf (sménjam), сменя́ (bg) pf (smenjá), заме́ням impf (zaménjam), заменя́ (bg) pf (zamenjá)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 換 (wun6), 代替 (doi6 tai3), 替代 (tai3 doi6)
- Mandarin: 代替 (zh) (dàitì), 替代 (zh) (tìdài)
- Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek, avuştırmaq
- Czech: vyměňovat (cs) impf, vyměnit (cs) pf
- Danish: skifte, udskifte, ombytte
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: verwisselen (nl), vervangen (nl)
- Extremaduran: mual
- Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
- French: remplacer (fr)
- Galician: cambiar (gl), trocar
- German: wechseln (de), auswechseln (de)
- Greek: αλλάζω (el) (allázo), αντικαθιστώ (el) (antikathistó)
- Hebrew: החליף (hekhlíf)
- Hungarian: cserél (hu), kicserél (hu), vált (hu), átvált (hu)
- Ido: chanjar (io)
- Italian: cambiare (it), rimpiazzare (it)
- Japanese: 代える (ja) (かえる, kaeru), 替える (ja) (かえる, kaeru), 換える (ja) (かえる, kaeru)
- Khmer: ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ (phlah pdou)
- Latin: mūtō (la), permūtō, commūtō (la)
- Latvian: nomainīt, aizstāt
- Ligurian: cangiâ
- Lithuanian: pakeisti (lt)
|
|
- Luxembourgish: wiesselen, changéieren
- Macedonian: заменува impf (zamenuva)
- Malayalam: മാറ്റുക (ml) (māṟṟuka)
- Maori: whakahou (a broken object)
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: erstatte (no), bytte ut
- Nynorsk: erstatte
- Old English: wendan
- Pashto: بدلول (ps) (badlawəl)
- Polish: zamieniać (pl) impf, zamienić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: mudar (pt), trocar (pt)
- Romanian: înlocui (ro), schimba (ro)
- Rumansch: midar
- Russian: заменя́ть (ru) impf (zamenjátʹ), замени́ть (ru) pf (zamenítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: atharraich
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: заменити pf
- Latin: zameniti pf
- Slovak: vymeňovať impf, vymeniť pf
- Slovene: zamenjati pf
- Spanish: reemplazar (es), cambiar (es), recambiar (es)
- Swahili: kubadilisha
- Swedish: byta (sv)
- Tagalog: palit (tl), ipalit, palitan
- Tamil: மாற்று (ta) (māṟṟu)
- Ukrainian: замі́нювати impf (zamínjuvaty), заміни́ти pf (zaminýty)
- Vietnamese: thay (vi)
- Walloon: candjî (wa), discandjî (wa), ricandjî (wa), replaecî
- Welsh: amnewid
- Zazaki: vırnayış
|
to replace one's own clothing
- Assamese: সলোৱা (xolüa), বদলোৱা (bodolüa)
- Azerbaijani: paltar dəyişmək
- Basque: aldatu (eu)
- Belarusian: пераапрана́цца impf (pjeraapranácca), пераапрану́цца pf (pjeraapranúcca)
- Bulgarian: {t+|bg|преобличам|impf|alt=преобли́чам се}}
- Cherokee: ᏓᎿᏩᎢᏴᎠ (dahnawaiyva)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 換衫 (wun6 saam1), 換衫褲, 换衫裤 (wun6 saam1 fu3)
- Mandarin: 換衣, 换衣 (huànyī), 更衣 (zh) (gēngyī), 改裝 (zh), 改装 (zh) (gǎizhuāng)
- Czech: převlékat se impf, převléknout se pf
- Dutch: zich omkleden
- Esperanto: alivestiĝi
- Finnish: vaihtaa vaatteensa
- French: se changer (fr)
- Galician: cambiarse (gl), mudarse
- Georgian: გამოცვლა (gamocvla)
- German: sich umziehen (de), sich umkleiden (de)
- Greek: αλλάζω (el) (allázo)
- Hungarian: átöltözik (hu)
- Italian: sostituire (it), cambiare (it)
- Japanese: 着換える (ja) (きがえる, kigaeru, きかえる, kikaeru), 着替える (ja) (きがえる, kigaeru, きかえる, kikaeru)
- Korean: 갈아입다 (ko) (garaipda)
|
|
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: преобући се pf, преоблачити се impf, пресвући се pf, пресвлачити се impf
- Latin: preobući se (sh) pf, preoblačiti se (sh) impf, presvući se (sh) pf, presvlačiti se impf
- Latin: mūtō (la)
- Latvian: pārģērbties
- Lithuanian: persirengti
- Maori: tīni
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skifte
- Nynorsk: skifte
- Pashto: بدلول (ps) (badlawəl)
- Polish: przebierać się (pl) impf, przebrać się (pl) pf, przwijać impf (of a baby's diaper), przewinąć (pl) pf (of a baby's diaper)
- Portuguese: trocar-se
- Romanian: își schimba hainele
- Russian: переодева́ться (ru) impf (pereodevátʹsja), переоде́ться (ru) pf (pereodétʹsja)
- Slovak: prezliekať sa impf, prezliecť sa pf
- Spanish: cambiarse (es)
- Swedish: byta om (sv)
- Tagalog: palit (tl)
- Turkish: üstünü değiştirmek
- Ukrainian: переодяга́тися impf (pereodjahátysja), переодягну́тися pf (pereodjahnútysja)
- Walloon: si discandjî (wa)
- Welsh: newid (cy)
- Zazaki: timar kerdış, xo vırnayış
|
to replace the clothing of (the one wearing it)
to transfer to another vehicle
- Assamese: সলোৱা (xolüa)
- Belarusian: пераса́джвацца impf (pjerasádžvacca), перасадзі́цца pf (pjerasadzícca)
- Bulgarian: прека́чвам се impf (prekáčvam se)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 轉車, 转车 (zyun2 ce1), 轉搭, 转搭 (zyun2 daap3)
- Mandarin: 換車 (zh), 换车 (zh) (huànchē), 換乘 (zh), 换乘 (zh) (huànchéng), 倒車 (zh), 倒车 (zh) (dàochē), 轉車 (zh), 转车 (zh) (zhuǎnchē)
- Czech: přesedat impf, přesednout pf, přestupovat impf, přestoupit (cs) pf
- Dutch: overstappen (nl)
- Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
- French: changer (fr)
- German: umsteigen (de)
- Greek: μετεπιβιβάζομαι (el) (metepivivázomai)
- Hungarian: átszáll (hu)
|
|
|
Translations to be checked
change (countable and uncountable, plural changes)
- (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
2008, Nick Cave (lyrics and music), “Jesus Of The Moon”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:Cause people often talk about being scared of change / But for me I'm more afraid of things staying the same
2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist[2], volume 407, number 8835, page 80:Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
- (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
- (countable) A replacement.
a change of clothes
2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC[3]:After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.
- (uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.
- (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
- (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.
2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 72:It [the Elizabeth Line] will provide a 6tph (trains per hour) service and with a single change at Hayes & Harlington offer services towards Reading.
- (baseball) A change-up pitch.
- (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
- (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
- 1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
- They call an alehouse a change.
Usage notes[edit]
- Adjectives often applied to "change": big, small, major, minor, dramatic, drastic, rapid, slow, gradual, radical, evolutionary, revolutionary, abrupt, sudden, unexpected, incremental, social, economic, organizational, technological, personal, cultural, political, technical, environmental, institutional, educational, genetic, physical, chemical, industrial, geological, global, local, good, bad, positive, negative, significant, important, structural, strategic, tactical.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the process of becoming different
- Albanian: ndryshim (sq) m
- Arabic: تَغْيِير m (taḡyīr), تَبْدِيل m (tabdīl)
- Assamese: সলনি (xoloni), পৰিৱৰ্তন (poriworton), বদলি (bodoli)
- Asturian: cambéu m, cambiu m
- Bashkir: үҙгәреш (üðgäreş)
- Basque: aldaketa (eu)
- Belarusian: зме́на f (zmjéna)
- Bengali: পরিবর্তন (pôribôrtôn)
- Breton: cheñch (br) m, kemm moneiz m
- Bulgarian: промя́на (bg) f (promjána), измене́ние (bg) n (izmenénie)
- Catalan: canvi (ca) m, canviament (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 變化 (zh), 变化 (zh) (biànhuà)
- Czech: změna (cs) f
- Danish: ændring (da) c, forandring (da) c
- Dutch: verandering (nl) f, aanpassing (nl) f, wijziging (nl) f
- Esperanto: ŝanĝo
- Finnish: muutos (fi)
- French: changement (fr) m, modification (fr) f, mutation (fr) f, évolution (fr) f
- Galician: cambio (gl) m
- Georgian: ცვლა (cvla), ცვლილება (cvlileba), შეცვლა (šecvla)
- German: Änderung (de) f, Veränderung (de) f, Wandel (de) m
- Greek: αλλαγή (el) f (allagí)
- Ancient: ἀλλαγή f (allagḗ), μεταβολή f (metabolḗ)
- Gujarati: ફેરફાર (pherphār), પરિવર્તન (parivartan)
- Hebrew: שִׁנּוּי (he) m (shinui), הִשְׁתַּנּוּת f (hishtanut)
- Hindi: बदलना (hi) m (badalnā), बदलाव (hi) (badlāv), परिवर्तन (hi) (parivartan)
- Hungarian: változás (hu), megváltozás (hu)
- Ido: chanjo (io)
- Indonesian: perubahan (id), pergantian (id), pertukaran (id)
- Interlingua: cambiamento
- Italian: cambio (it) m, cambiamento (it) m, modifica (it) f
- Japanese: 変化 (ja) (へんか, henka), 変更 (ja) (へんこう, henkō)
- Kannada: ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆಮಾಡು (cillaremāḍu)
- Khmer: ការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ (kaa phlah pdou)
- Korean: 변화(變化) (ko) (byeonhwa)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گۆڕان (ku) (gorran)
- Latin: cambiatio f, mutatio (la), permutatio (la)
|
|
- Latvian: pārmaiņa f, izmaiņa f
- Limburgish: verangering (li)
- Lithuanian: pokytis m, pasikeitimas m, permaina f
- Luxembourgish: Ännerung f
- Malayalam: മാറ്റം (ml) (māṟṟaṃ)
- Maori: rerekētanga
- Marathi: बदल n (badal)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: өөрчлөлт (mn) (öörčlölt)
- Ngazidja Comorian: mɓaɗilisho class 3/4
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: endring (no) m or f
- Nynorsk: endring (nn) f
- Occitan: cambiament (oc) m
- Old English: wending f
- Persian: تغییر (fa) (tağyir)
- Polish: zmiana (pl) f
- Portuguese: mudança (pt) f, modificação (pt) f
- Romanian: schimb (ro) n, schimbare (ro) f, modificare (ro) f
- Russian: измене́ние (ru) n (izmenénije), переме́на (ru) f (pereména)
- Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh m, atharrachadh m, caochladh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: промена f, промјена f, измена f, измјена f
- Roman: promena (sh) f, promjena (sh) f, izmena (sh) f, izmjena (sh) f
- Slovak: zmena f
- Slovene: sprememba (sl) f
- Spanish: cambio (es) m, modificación (es) f, mutación (es) f, evolución (es) f
- Swahili: mabadiliko (sw)
- Swedish: förändring (sv) c
- Tagalog: pagbabago, baylo
- Tajik: тағйир (tg) (taġyir)
- Tamil: மாற்றம் (ta) (māṟṟam)
- Telugu: మార్పు (te) (mārpu)
- Thai: การแปลง (th)
- Turkish: değişim (tr)
- Ukrainian: змі́на f (zmína)
- Volapük: votükam (vo)
- Walloon: candjmint (wa) m
- Yiddish: ענדערונג f (enderung)
- Zazaki: vuryayış
|
small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination
- Arabic: فَكَّة f (fakka)
- Egyptian Arabic: فكة f (fakka)
- Hijazi Arabic: فكة f (fakka), باقي m (bāgi)
- Moroccan Arabic: صرف m (ṣarf)
- Assamese: খুচুৰা (khusura)
- Asturian: cambéu m
- Basque: kanbio
- Belarusian: дро́бныя гро́шы m pl (dróbnyja hróšy), дро́бныя m pl (dróbnyja)
- Breton: eskemm (br) m
- Bulgarian: ре́сто n (résto), дре́бни пари́ pl (drébni parí)
- Catalan: canvi (ca) m
- Chichewa: chinji
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 零錢 (zh), 零钱 (zh) (língqián), 輔幣 (zh), 辅币 (zh) (fǔbì)
- Czech: drobné (cs) m pl
- Danish: småpenge pl, vekselpenge pl
- Dutch: wisselgeld (nl) n
- Esperanto: ŝanĝmono
- Estonian: peenraha
- Finnish: vaihtoraha (fi)
- French: monnaie (fr) f
- Galician: cambio (gl) m
- Georgian: ხურდა (xurda)
- German: Wechselgeld (de) n
- Greek: ψιλά (el) n pl (psilá)
- Hebrew: עֹדֶף m ('odef)
- Hindi: छुट्टा (hi) (chuṭṭā), रेज़गारी f (rezgārī), चिल्लर m pl (cillar)
- Hungarian: apró (hu), aprópénz (hu), váltópénz (hu)
- Ido: kambio (io)
- Italian: resto (it) m
- Japanese: お釣り (ja) (おつり, o-tsuri), 釣り銭 (ja) (つりせん, tsurisen), 小銭 (ja) (こぜに, kozeni)
- Khmer: លុយ (km) (luy)
- Korean: 잔돈 (ko) (jandon), 거스름돈 (ko) (geoseureumdon)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: باقی (ku) (baqî)
|
|
- Lao: ເງິນທອນ (ngœn thǭn)
- Latin: mutatio (la), permutatio (la)
- Latvian: sīknauda f
- Lithuanian: grąža f, smulkūs pinigai pl
- Macedonian: кусур m (kusur), ситно n (sitno)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Malayalam: ചില്ലറ (ml) (cillaṟa)
- Maori: tīni
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: veksel m
- Nynorsk: veksel m
- Polish: drobne (pl) m pl
- Portuguese: troco (pt) m, trocado (pt) m
- Romanian: schimb (de bani) n
- Russian: ме́лкие де́ньги (ru) f pl (mélkije dénʹgi), ме́лочь (ru) f (méločʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: iomlaid f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: sitnina (sh) f, sića (sh), kusur (sh) m (excess money given when paying cash), sitniš (sh)
- Slovak: drobné m pl
- Slovene: drobiž (sl) m
- Spanish: cambio (es) m, calderilla (es) f (Spain - specifically coins), (Spain - specifically coins) chatarra (es) f, (Northern Mexico) feria (es) f, (Caribbean Islands, Colombian Atlantic Coast, Costa Rica, Southeastern Mexico) menudo (es) m, (Mexico - specifically coins) morralla (es) f, (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Northwestern Argentina, Panama, Peru, Southern and Southeastern Mexico, Venezuela) sencillo (es) m, (Ecuador, Spain, regional usage in Mexico - in full : dinero suelto) suelto (es) m, (Southeastern Mexico) vuelto (es) m
- Swedish: växel (sv) c, växelpengar c
- Tagalog: barya
- Telugu: చిల్లర (te) (cillara)
- Thai: เงินทอน (th) (ngən-tɔɔn)
- Turkish: bozuk (tr) m pl
- Ukrainian: дрібні́ гро́ші m pl (dribní hróši), дрібняки́ m pl (dribnjaký), дрібні́ m pl (dribní)
- Vietnamese: tiền lẻ (vi), tiền nhỏ
- Yiddish: מינץ f (mints), קליינגעלט n (kleyngelt)
- Zazaki: werdi (diq)
|
a replacement
- Bashkir: алмаш (almaş)
- Basque: aldaketa (eu), truke
- Belarusian: заме́на f (zamjéna), зме́на f (zmjéna)
- Bulgarian: смя́на (bg) f (smjána), замя́на (bg) f (zamjána)
- Cornish: amendyans m
- Czech: náhrada (cs) f, záměna f
- Danish: ombytning c, udskiftning c, skift n, omklædning c (change of clothes)
- Dutch: vervanging (nl) f, wijziging (nl) f, wissel (nl) m (change of player in a sports game), andere kleren (change of clothes)
- Finnish: vaihto (fi)
- Galician: troco m, recambio, muda f
- Georgian: გამოცვლა (gamocvla), შენაცვლება (šenacvleba), ჩანაცვლება (čanacvleba)
- Greek: αλλαγή (el) f (allagí)
- Hebrew: הַחְלָפָה f (hakhlafa)
- Hungarian: csere (hu), váltás (hu)
- Italian: cambio (it) m
- Lithuanian: pakeitimas (lt) m
|
|
|
balance returned after a purchase
- Arabic: بَاقٍ m (bāqin)
- Armenian: մանր (hy) (manr)
- Asturian: cambéu m
- Basque: kanbio
- Belarusian: рэ́шта f (réšta), зда́ча f (zdáča), аста́ча f (astáča)
- Bulgarian: ре́сто n (résto)
- Catalan: canvi (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 找回的錢, 找回的钱 (zhǎohuí de qián), 找钱 (zh), 找钱 (zh) (zhǎoqián)
- Dutch: wisselgeld (nl) n
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: vaihtoraha (fi)
- French: monnaie (fr) f
- Galician: cambio (gl) m, troco m, volta (gl) f
- Georgian: ხურდა (xurda)
- German: Rückgeld (de) n
- Greek: ρέστα (el) n pl (résta)
- Hebrew: עֹדֶף m ('odef)
- Hungarian: visszajáró (hu)
- Ido: moneto (io)
- Indonesian: uang kembalian
- Japanese: お釣り (ja) (おつり, otsuri), 釣り銭 (ja) (つりせん, tsurisen), 釣り (ja) (つり, tsuri)
- Korean: 거스름돈 (ko) (geoseureumdon), 잔돈 (ko) (jandon)
- Lao: ເງິນທອນ (ngœn thǭn)
|
|
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: grąža f
- Luxembourgish: Mënz f
- Macedonian: кусур m (kusur), ситно n (sitno), ресто n (resto)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: tīni, wāwāhinga
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: veksel m
- Nynorsk: veksel m
- Polish: reszta (pl) f
- Portuguese: troco (pt) m
- Romanian: rest (ro) n
- Russian: сда́ча (ru) f (sdáča)
- Slovak: výdavok
- Spanish: cambio (es) m, (Colombian regional usage) devueltas (es) f, (Spain) vuelta (es) f, (Colombian standard usage) vueltas (es) f pl, (Latin America except Mexican standard usage) vuelto (es) m
- Swedish: växel (sv) c
- Tagalog: sukli (tl)
- Thai: เงินทอน (th) (ngən-tɔɔn)
- Turkish: para üstü
- Ukrainian: ре́шта n (réšta), зда́ча n (zdáča), оста́ча f (ostáča)
- Yiddish: אויסגאָב m (oysgob), רעשט f (resht), זדאַטשע f (zdatshe)
- Zazaki: serê peran
|
amount of cash
|
|
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: bilon (pl) m
- Russian: ме́лочь (ru) f (méločʹ)
|
a transfer between vehicles
baseball: a change-up pitch
Translations to be checked
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Deverbal from changer (corresponding to Old French change). Compare Medieval and Late Latin cambium.
Pronunciation[edit]
change m (plural changes)
- exchange
Derived terms[edit]
change
- inflection of changer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French change and English change.
change m (plural changes)
- (Jersey) change
- (Jersey, money) exchange rate
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Deverbal of changier.
Pronunciation[edit]
change m (oblique plural changes, nominative singular changes, nominative plural change)
- change (difference between one state and another)
- exchange
late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 368 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, line 289:Fesum bargaine, fesum change- Let's make a bargain, let's make an exchange
Descendants[edit]