summon

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmən

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Vulgar Latin *summundre, from Latin summonere, itself from sub + monere.

Verb

summon (third-person singular simple present summons, present participle summoning, simple past and past participle summoned) (transitive)

1. To call people together; to convene.
   • 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.

     Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.

2. To ask someone to come; to send for.
3. (law) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.

Derived terms

• summons
• summon up

Translations

to call people together

• Catalan: cridar (ca)
• Czech: svolat (cs)
• Dutch: bijeen roepen (nl), bijeen roepen (nl)
• Finnish: kutsua koolle (fi)
• French: convoquer (fr), convier (fr)
• German: zusammenrufen (de)
• Greek: καλώ (el) (kaló) 
• Hungarian: összehív (hu)
• Italian: chiamare (it) a (it) raccolta (it), raccogliere (it), fare (it) appello (it) a (it)

• Japanese: 召集する (ja) (shōshū suru)
• Latin: vocō (la), arcessō (la)
• Polish: wzywać (pl)
• Portuguese: convocar (pt)
• Russian: сзывать (ru) (szyvát’)  impf., созвать (ru) (sozvat’)  pf., призывать (ru) (prizyvát’)  impf., призвать (ru) (prizvat’)  pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: sazvati (sh)
• Spanish: convocar (es), llamar (es), reunir (es), citar (es)
• Swedish: sammankalla (sv)
• Zulu: -biza (zu)

to ask someone to come

• Dutch: ontbieden (nl)
• Esperanto: voki (eo)
• Finnish: kutsua (fi)
• French: convoquer (fr), convier (fr)
• German: herbeirufen (de), (by means of magic) beschwören (de)
• Hungarian: odahív (hu)
• Italian: chiamare (it), mandare (it) a (it) chiamare (it)
• Japanese: 呼び出す (ja) (yobidasu)

• Latin: vocō (la)
• Norwegian: tilkalle (no)
• Russian: звать (ru) (zvat’)  impf., позвать (ru) (pozvát’)  pf., вызывать (ru) (vyzyvát’)  impf., вызвать (ru) (výzvat’)  pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: dozvati (sh), prizvati (sh)
• Spanish: llamar (es), citar (es)
• Swedish: inbjuda (sv)
• Telugu: రప్పించు (te) (rappinchu)

law: to order someone to appear in court

• Czech: předvolat (cs)
• Finnish: kutsua (fi), haastaa (fi)
• French: convoquer (fr), citer à comparaître (fr) (to order someone to appear in court: citer quelqu’un à comparaître; to order someone to appear in court: citer à comparaître en justice)
• German: vorladen (de)

  Old High German: foraladōn, furiladōn

  Middle High German: vürladen

• Hungarian: beidéz (hu), megidéz (hu)
• Italian: convocare (it), citare (it) in (it) giudizio (it), intimare (it)
• Japanese: 召喚する (ja) (shōkan suru), 出頭を命ずる (ja) (shuttō wo meizuru)
• Latin: convoco (la)
• Russian: вызывать (ru) (vyzyvát’)  impf., вызвать (ru) (výzvat’)  pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: prizvati (sh)
• Spanish: citar (es)

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• Arabic: دعى (ar) (dáʕa)
• Mandarin: 召喚 (cmn), 召唤 (cmn) (zhàohuàn)

• Korean: 소집하다 (ko) (sojiphada)
• Old English: bannan (ang)
• Portuguese: convocar (pt)