change

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , present active infinitive of , from , , from , from ,.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced native, from (whence ).

The noun is from, , from , from the verb. See also. Possibly related from the same source is Old English.

Verb

 * 1)  To become something different.
 * 2)  To make something into something else.
 * 3)  To replace.
 * 4)  To replace one's clothing.
 * 5)  To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
 * 6)  To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
 * 7)  To exchange.
 * 8) * 1662, 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.
 * 1)  To change hand while riding (a horse).
 * 1)  To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
 * 2)  To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
 * 3)  To exchange.
 * 4) * 1662, 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.
 * 1)  To change hand while riding (a horse).
 * 1) * 1662, 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.
 * 1)  To change hand while riding (a horse).
 * 1)  To change hand while riding (a horse).

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: ƒ
 * Moroccan Arabic: تغير, تبدل
 * Aragonese:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: alãxescu
 * Assamese: সলনি হ, বদল
 * Asturian: cambiar
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: змяня́цца, змяні́цца
 * Bengali: পরিবর্তন করা, বদল করা
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᎠ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 變, 變成
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Chuukese: siwini
 * Crimean Tatar: deñişmek
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sig,  sig
 * Dutch:, zich aanpassen
 * Esperanto: ŝanĝiĝi, aliformiĝi, aliiĝi, transformiĝi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , , , chambar, demudar, escambar, baratar
 * Georgian: გარდაქმნა, ცვლა, გარდაიქმნება, იცვლება
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀλλάσσω, μεταβάλλω
 * Gujarati: બદલવું
 * Haitian Creole: chanje
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Komi-Permyak: вежсьыны
 * Korean:, ,
 * Krio: chenj
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Ladino: trocar
 * Latin: cambiō, mūtor
 * Latvian: mainīties
 * Ligurian: cangiâ
 * Lithuanian:, mainytis
 * Lombard:
 * Luxembourgish: änneren, veränneren
 * Macedonian: менува, изменува, измени
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kōrure, taka , panoni
 * Marathi: बदलने
 * Middle English: chaungen
 * Mirandese:
 * Norman: changi, changier
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjøre om,
 * Nynorsk: gjere om, gjøre om, endre
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: wendan
 * Ottoman Turkish: دونمك
 * Pashto: اوړېدل,
 * Persian: تغییر کردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùth, atharraich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: променити
 * Latin:
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak: meniť, zmeniť
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sundanese: géséh
 * Swahili: kubadili
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: тағйир кардан
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: འགྱུར, ཆགས
 * Tok Pisin: senis
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: üýtgemek
 * Ukrainian: змі́нюватися, зміни́тися
 * Venetian: canbiar
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: feroarje
 * Yiddish:
 * Zazaki: bedelnayen, vırnayen


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: غير
 * Moroccan Arabic: غير, بدل
 * Aromanian: alãxescu
 * Assamese: সলা, সলনি কৰ, বদলা
 * Asturian: cambiar
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: змяня́ць, змяні́ць
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: харца
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏟᏴᎠ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 改, 轉
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek, trampa etmek
 * Czech:, , proměňovat,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ŝanĝi, aliformi, aliformigi, transformi, aliigi
 * Estonian: muutma
 * Farefare: teem
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: mudâ, gambiâ
 * Galician:, , , demudar
 * Georgian: იცვლება, გარდაიქნება
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀλλάσσω, μεταβάλλω
 * Haitian Creole: chanje
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: cambiar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Komi-Permyak: вежны
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: گۆرین, گۆراندن
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Ladin: muder
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: mainīt
 * Lhao Vo: thud
 * Ligurian: cangiâ
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: verännern,
 * Lü: ᦏᦲᦏᦸ
 * Luxembourgish: änneren, veränneren
 * Macedonian: променува, промени
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maore Comorian: gaudza
 * Maori: whakarerekē, kihirua, whakaumu
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Moore: toeeme
 * Norman: changi, changier
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjøre om,
 * Nynorsk: gjere om, gjøre om, endre
 * Old English: wendan
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian: دگرگون کردن,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùth, atharraich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: изме́нити, измије́нити, промењи́вати, промјењи́вати, проме́нити, промије́нити
 * Roman:, , , , ,
 * Slovak: meniť, zmeniť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili: kubadili
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ibago, bayluhin, bayluhan, bumaylo
 * Tajik: тағйир додан
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྒྱུར, བཟོ་བཅོས་བྱེད
 * Tok Pisin: senisim
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: üýtgetmek
 * Udmurt: воштыны
 * Ukrainian: змі́нювати, міня́ти,зміни́ти
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: משנה זײַן,
 * Zazaki: vıryayen


 * Assamese: সালসলনি কৰা
 * Asturian: cambiar
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Basque:, trukatu
 * Belarusian: заме́ньваць, замяні́ць
 * Bulgarian:, , заме́ням,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 換, 代替, 替代
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: deñiştirmek, avuştırmaq
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, udskifte, ombytte
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Extremaduran: mual
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Gujarati: બદલવું
 * Hebrew: החליף
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ
 * Latin:, permūtō,
 * Latvian: nomainīt, aizstāt
 * Ligurian: cangiâ
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: wiesselen, changéieren
 * Macedonian: заменува
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whakahou
 * Mirandese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, bytte ut
 * Nynorsk: erstatte
 * Old English: wendan
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Rumansch: midar
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: atharraich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: заменити
 * Latin: zameniti
 * Slovak: vymeňovať, vymeniť
 * Slovene: zamenjati
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: kubadilisha
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, ipalit, palitan
 * Tamil:
 * Ukrainian: замі́нювати, заміни́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, , , replaecî
 * Welsh: amnewid
 * Zazaki: vırnayış


 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: সলোৱা, বদলোৱা
 * Azerbaijani: paltar dəyişmək
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: пераапрана́цца, пераапрану́цца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᏓᎿᏩᎢᏴᎠ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 換衫, 換衫褲
 * Mandarin: 換衣, ,
 * Czech: převlékat, převléknout
 * Dutch: zich omkleden
 * Esperanto: alivestiĝi
 * Finnish: vaihtaa vaatteensa
 * French:
 * Galician:, mudarse
 * Georgian: გამოცვლა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: બદલવું
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: cambiarsi
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Krio: chenj
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: pārģērbties
 * Lithuanian: persirengti
 * Maori: tīni
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skifte
 * Nynorsk: skifte
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:, , przwijać ,
 * Portuguese: trocar-se
 * Romanian: își schimba hainele
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: преобући се, преоблачити се, пресвући се, пресвлачити се
 * Latin: preobući se,, presvući se, presvlačiti se
 * Slovak: prezliekať, prezliecť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish: üstünü değiştirmek
 * Ukrainian: переодяга́тися, переодягну́тися
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: timar kerdış, xo vırnayış


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: vaihtaa vaatteet
 * Hungarian:, tisztába tesz
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Assamese: সলোৱা
 * Belarusian: пераса́джвацца, перасадзі́цца
 * Bulgarian: прекачвам
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 轉車, 轉搭
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: přesedat, přesednout, přestupovat,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: transbordar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, przesiąść
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: (trenul etc.)
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: prestupovať, prestúpiť
 * Spanish: hacer transbordo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: пересіда́ти, пересі́сти


 * Indonesian:, co,
 * Interlingua:, ,
 * Kannada:
 * Korean: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Volapük:

Noun



 * 1)  The process of becoming different.
 * 2)  Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
 * 3)  A replacement.
 * 4)  Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
 * 5)  An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
 * 6)  A transfer between vehicles.
 * 7)  A change-up pitch.
 * 8)  Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
 * 9)  A public house; an alehouse.
 * 10) * 1727-1728,, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
 * They call an alehouse a change.
 * 1)  An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
 * 2)  A transfer between vehicles.
 * 3)  A change-up pitch.
 * 4)  Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
 * 5)  A public house; an alehouse.
 * 6) * 1727-1728,, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
 * They call an alehouse a change.
 * 1)  Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
 * 2)  A public house; an alehouse.
 * 3) * 1727-1728,, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London
 * They call an alehouse a change.
 * They call an alehouse a change.

Synonyms

 * transition, transformation

Collocations

 * 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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَغْيِير, تَبْدِيل
 * Assamese: সলনি, পৰিৱৰ্তন, বদলি
 * Asturian: cambéu, cambiu
 * Bashkir: үҙгәреш
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: зме́на
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:, kemm moneiz
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ŝanĝo
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ცვლა, ცვლილება, შეცვლა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀλλαγή, μεταβολή
 * Gujarati: ફેરફાર, પરિવર્તન
 * Hebrew:, השתנות
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Interlingua: cambiamento
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada: ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆಮಾಡು
 * Khmer: ការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin: cambiatio, ,
 * Latvian: pārmaiņa, izmaiņa
 * Limburgish:
 * Lithuanian: pokytis, pasikeitimas, permaina
 * Luxembourgish: Ännerung
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: rerekētanga
 * Marathi: बदल
 * Mauritian Creole: sanzman
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: mɓaɗilisho
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: wending
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh, atharrachadh, caochladh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: промена, промјена, измена, измјена
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: zmena
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pagbabago, baylo
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: змі́на
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: ענדערונג
 * Zazaki: vuryayış


 * Arabic: فَكَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: فكة
 * Hijazi Arabic: فكة, باقي
 * Moroccan Arabic: صرف
 * South Levantine Arabic: فراطة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: খুচুৰা
 * Asturian: cambéu
 * Basque: kanbio
 * Belarusian: дро́бныя гро́шы, дро́бныя
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ре́сто, дре́бни пари́
 * Catalan:
 * Chichewa: chinji
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: småpenge, vekselpenge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝanĝmono
 * Estonian: peenraha
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, troco,
 * Georgian: ხურდა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, रेज़गारी, चिल्लर
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: باقی
 * Lao: ເງິນທອນ
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: sīknauda
 * Lithuanian: grąža, smulkūs pinigai
 * Macedonian: кусур, ситно
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tīni
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: задгай мөнгө, бутархай зоос
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: veksel
 * Nynorsk: veksel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: schimb (de bani)
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomlaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, sića, ,
 * Slovak: drobné
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:, växelpengar
 * Tagalog: barya
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: дрібні́ гро́ші, дрібняки́, дрібні́
 * Vietnamese:, tiền nhỏ
 * Yiddish: מינץ, קליינגעלט
 * Zazaki:


 * Bashkir: алмаш
 * Basque:, truke
 * Belarusian: заме́на, зме́на
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Cornish: amendyans
 * Czech:, záměna
 * Danish: ombytning, udskiftning,, omklædning
 * Dutch:, , , andere kleren
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: troco, recambio,
 * Georgian: გამოცვლა, შენაცვლება, ჩანაცვლება
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: החלפה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: замена
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whakakapi
 * Marathi: बदल
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skift
 * Nynorsk: skift
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: за̑мена, за̑мјена
 * Roman: zȃmena,
 * Slovene: zamenjava
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, kapalit
 * Ukrainian: замі́на, змі́на


 * Arabic: بَاقٍ
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: cambéu
 * Basque: kanbio
 * Belarusian: рэ́шта, зда́ча, аста́ча
 * Bulgarian: ре́сто
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 找回的錢,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, troco,
 * Georgian: ხურდა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: uang kembalian
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: លុយអាប់
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao: ເງິນທອນ
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: grąža
 * Luxembourgish: Mënz
 * Macedonian: кусур, ситно, ресто
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tīni, wāwāhinga
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: veksel
 * Nynorsk: veksel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: výdavok
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: para üstü
 * Ukrainian: ре́шта, зда́ча, оста́ча
 * Yiddish: אויסגאָב, רעשט, זדאַטשע
 * Zazaki: serê peran


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, solto
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Belarusian: пераса́дка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: prestup
 * Ukrainian: пере́сідка, переса́дка


 * Finnish: hidastettu syöttö


 * Korean:, Hanja:
 * Norman:

Etymology 1
Deverbal from (corresponding to ). Compare Medieval and Late Latin.

Noun

 * 1) exchange

Etymology
Borrowed from and.

Noun

 * 1)  exchange rate
 * 1)  exchange rate

Etymology
Deverbal of.

Noun

 * 1)  (difference between one state and another)
 * 2) exchange