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Noun

interest (plural interests)

(uncountable, finance) 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. [from earlier 16th c.]
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
(uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
(countable) A business or amorous link or involvement.
I have business interests in South Africa.
(obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:
  How can this infinit beauty, power and goodnes admit any correspondencie or similitude with a thing so base and abject as we are, without extreme interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnesse?

Derived terms

Financial terms

Non-financial terms

Translations

the price of credit

Arabic: فائدة (ar) (faa'ida) f
Basque: interes (eu)
Bulgarian: (literally) лихва (bg) (lihva) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 利息 (cmn) (lìxī)
Czech: úrok (cs) m
Dutch: interest (nl) m, rente (nl) f and m
Esperanto: interezo (eo)
Finnish: korko (fi)
French: intérêt (fr) m
German: Zins (de) m
Greek: τόκος (el) (tókos) m
Hebrew: ריבית (he) (ribít) f
Hindi: सूद (hi) (sood), ब्याज (hi) (byaaj)
Hungarian: kamat (hu)
Japanese: 利子 (ja) (りし, rishi), 利息 (ja) (りそく, risoku)
Korean: 이자 (ko) (ija)

Kurdish: faîz (ku) f, riba (ku) f
Latvian: procenti (lv) pl
Lithuanian: palūkanos (lt) f pl, procentai (lt) pl
Malay: bunga, faedah
Malayalam: പലിശ (ml) (paliSa)
Marathi: (मराठी) व्याज (vyaaj)
Norwegian: rente (no) f
Polish: odsetki (pl) f pl
Portuguese: juros (pt) m
Romanian: dobândă (ro) f
Russian: процент (ru) (procént) m
Serbo-Croatian: kamata (sh) f
Cyrillic: и̏нтере̄с (sh) m

Roman: ȉnterēs (sh) m
Spanish: interés (es) m
Swedish: ränta (sv) c
Telugu: వడ్డీ (te) (vaDDEE)
Turkish: faiz (tr)

great attention and concern from someone

Arabic: اهتمام (ar) ('ihtimaam) m
Bulgarian: интерес (bg) (interés) m
Catalan: interès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 興趣 (cmn), 兴趣 (cmn) (xìngqù)
Czech: zájem (cs) m
Danish: interesse (da)
Dutch: interesse (nl) f
Esperanto: intereso (eo)
Finnish: kiinnostus (fi), mielenkiinto (fi)
French: intérêt (fr) m
German: Interesse (de) n
Greek: ενδιαφέρον (el) (endiaféron) n
Hebrew: עניין (he) (inyán) m
Hindi: स्वारस्य (hi) (swaarasy)
Hungarian: érdeklődés (hu)
Indonesian: bunga (bank) kb, kepentingan kb, keuntungan kb
Interlingua: interesse (ia)
Japanese: 興味 (ja) (きょうみ, kyōmi), 関心 (ja) (かんしん, kanshin)
Korean: 흥미 (ko) (heungmi), 관심 (ko) (gwansim)
Kurdish: mereq (ku) f, balkêşî (ku) f, entres (ku) f

Latvian: interese (lv) f
Lithuanian: interesas (lt) m, domėjimasis (lt) m, susidomėjimas (lt) m
Malay: minat
Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (ml) (thaalparyam)
Manx: foayr (gv) m
Marathi: (मराठी) स्वारस्य (swaarasy)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: interesse (no) m

Nynorsk: interesse (no) f
Polish: zainteresowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: interesse (pt) m
Romanian: interes (ro) n
Russian: интерес (ru) (interés) m
Scottish Gaelic: suim (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏нтере̄с (sh) m

Roman: ȉnterēs (sh) m
Spanish: interés (es) m
Swedish: intresse (sv) n
Telugu: ఆసక్తి (te) (aasakti)
Volapük: nited (vo)

attention that is given to or received from someone or something

Afrikaans: belangstelling (af)
Danish: interessant (da)
Dutch: belangstelling (nl) f, interesse (nl) f
Esperanto: intereso (eo)
Finnish: kiinnostus (fi)
Greek: ενδιαφέρον (el) (endiaféron) n
Hebrew: תשומת לב (he) (t'sómet-lév) f
Japanese: 興味 (ja) (きょうみ, kyōmi), 関心 (ja) (かんしん, kanshin)
Korean: 흥미 (ko) (heungmi), 관심 (ko) (gwansim)
Kurdish: mereq (ku) f, balkêşî (ku) f, entres (ku) f
Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (ml) (thaalparyam)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: interesse (no) m

Nynorsk: interesse (no) f
Portuguese: interesse (pt) m
Romanian: interes (ro) n
Scottish Gaelic: suim (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏нтере̄с (sh) m

Roman: ȉnterēs (sh) m
Spanish: interés (es) m
Swedish: intresse (sv) n

business or amorous link or involvement

Chinese:
Mandarin: 利益 (cmn) (lìyì)
Dutch: belang (nl)
Finnish: omistus (fi), intressi (fi), etu (fi) (business interest)
Greek: συμφέρον (el) (symféron) n (business)
Hebrew: אינטרס (he) (interés) m
Hungarian: érdek (hu)
Japanese: 利益 (ja) (りえき, rieki)
Kurdish: entres (ku) f

Malay: kepentingan
Polish: interesy (pl)
Portuguese: interesse (pt) m
Romanian: interes (ro) n, preocupare (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏нтере̄с (sh) m

Roman: ȉnterēs (sh) m
Spanish: interés (es) m

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Esperanto: intereso (eo), interesulo (eo) (4)

Verb

interest (third-person singular simple present interests, present participle interesting, simple past and past participle interested)

To attract attention or concern.
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Translations

to attract attention or concern

Azeri: maraq (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使...感興趣, 使...感兴趣 (shǐ...gǎn qìngqù)
Czech: zajímat (cs)
Danish: interessere (da)
Dutch: interesseren (nl)
Esperanto: interesi (eo)
Finnish: kiinnostaa (fi)
French: intéresser (fr)
German: interessieren (de)
Japanese: (phrase) 興味を引く (ja) (きょうみをひく, kyōmi-o hiku)
Latvian: interesēt (lv), (reflexive) interesēties (lv)
Lithuanian: dominti (lt), suinteresuoti (lt), (reflexive) domėtis (lt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: interessere (no)

Nynorsk: interessere (no), interessera (no)

Portuguese: interessar (pt)
Romanian: interesa (ro)
Russian: (transitive) интересовать (ru) (interesovát’) impf., заинтересовать (ru) (zainteresovát’) pf.; (intransitive) интересоваться (ru) (interesovát’sja) impf., заинтересоваться (ru) (zainteresovát’sja) pf. (+ instrumental case)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: камата (sh)

Roman: kamata (sh)
Spanish: interesar (es)
Swedish: intressera (sv)
Volapük: nitedön (vo)