Etymology
From Old English wȳscan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɪʃ
Noun
wish (plural wishes)
- a will for something to happen.
- Your dearest wish will come true.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
- (Sussex) a water meadow.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "wish"
Translations
a wish
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- Italian: desiderio (it) m
- Japanese: 願い (ja) (ねがい, negai), 願望 (ja) (がんぼう, ganbō), 希望 (ja) (きぼう, kibō)
- Korean: 소원 (ko) (soweon)
- Krymchak: акибат (akibat)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: هیوا
- sanskrit:इच्छाकाम्क्षा,स्पृहा,आग्रहः
- Latin: desiderium (la) n, cupiditas (la) f, studium (la) n
- Macedonian: желба (mk) (žélba) f
- Marathi: इच्छा (ićčā), वासना (vāsnā)
- Persian: آرزو (fa)
- Polish: życzenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: desejo (pt) m, pedido (pt) m
- Russian: желание (ru) (želánije) n
- Sicilian: disiu m
- Spanish: deseo (es) m
- Swedish: önskan (sv)
- Telugu: కోరిక (kOrika), అభిలాష (abhilaasha)
- Turkish: dilek (tr), istek (tr)
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See also
Verb
wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)
- (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
- (transitive, with two objects) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
- We wish you a Merry Christmas.
- (followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
- I wish to complain.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb "wish"
Translations
to hope for an outcome
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: أمل (ar) (ʾámala), imperfect: يأمل (ar) (yaʾmalu), تمنى (ar) (tamannā), imperfect: يتمى (ar) (yatamannā), رجا (ar) (rajā), imperfect: يرجو (ar) (yarjū)
- Armenian: ցանկանալ (hy) (c'ankanal)
- Belarusian: жадаць (be) (žádac’) impf.
- Bulgarian: желая (bg) (želája)
- Catalan: desitjar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 願望 (cmn), 愿望 (cmn) (yuànwàng), 希望 (cmn) (xīwàng), 但願 (cmn), 但愿 (cmn) (dànyuàn)
- Czech: přát si, přát
- Danish: ønske (da)
- Dutch: wensen (nl), willen (nl)
- Estonian: soovima (et)
- Finnish: toivoa (fi)
- French: souhaiter (fr), espérer (fr)
- Georgian: წადილი (ka) (c‘adili), ნდომა (ka) (ndoma), ნატვრა (ka) (natvra)
- German: wünschen (de)
- Greek: εύχομαι (éfkhome)
- Ancient: ἐθέλω (ethelo)
- Hawaiian: makemake
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hindi: चाहना (hi) (cāhnā)
- Hungarian: kíván (hu)
- Icelandic: óska (is)
- Indonesian: harapan, keinginan
- Irish: santaigh
- Italian: volere (it), desiderare (it)
- Japanese: 願う (ja) (ねがう, negau), 祈る (ja) (inoru), 欲する (ja) (hossuru)
- Korean: 빌다 (ko) (bilda), 바라다 (ko) (barada), 원하다 (ko) (won-hada)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani:
- Sorani: خواز (ku) (xwaz)
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- Latin: volō (la), desiderio (la), cupio (la), desidero (la)
- Latvian: vēlēties
- Lithuanian: norėti (lt)
- Lojban: pacna (jbo)
- Macedonian: посакува (mk) (posákuva), посака (mk) (pósaka)
- Maltese: tixtieq (mt)
- Maori: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: хүсэх (mn) (hüseh)
- Old English: willan (ang)
- Persian: خواستن (fa) (xâstán), آرزو داشتن (fa) (ârezu dâštan)
- Polish: życzyć (pl)
- Portuguese: desejar (pt)
- Romanian: dori (ro)
- Russian: желать (ru) (želát’) impf., пожелать (ru) (poželát’) pf.
- Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: жѐљети (sh) (Ijekavian), жѐлети (sh) (Ekavian)
- Roman: žèljeti (sh) (Ijekavian), žèleti (sh) (Ekavian)
- Slovak: priať si (sk), priať (sk)
- Slovene: željo
- Spanish: desear (es)
- Swedish: önska (sv)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: అభిలషించు (abhlashiMchu), కోరు (kOru)
- Thai: ประสงค์ (th) (bprà-sŏng)
- Turkish: istemek (tr)dilemek (tr)
- Ukrainian: бажати (uk) (bažáty), побажати (uk) (pobažáty)
- Urdu: چاہنا (ur) (cāhnā)
- Vietnamese: cầu mong (vi), muốn (vi), mong (vi), hy vọng (vi)
- Welsh: dymuno
- Yiddish: ווינטשן (yi) (vintshn)
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