reply

Etymology
From, , borrowed from , from the (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from  + ; the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of and.

Verb

 * 1)  To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
 * Please reply to my letter.
 * "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
 * He replied that he was not sure.
 * 1)  To act or gesture in response.
 * Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
 * 1)  To repeat something back; to echo.
 * 1)  To repeat something back; to echo.
 * 1)  To repeat something back; to echo.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَجَابَ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: رد
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: cavab vermək, cavablandırmaq
 * Bengali: জবাব দেওয়া, উত্তর দেওয়া
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᎠ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, odepsat
 * Danish:, besvare
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: rispuindi
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποκρίνομαι
 * Hindi:, जवाब देना, उत्तर देना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: vassata
 * Irish: freagair
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: وەڵام دان
 * Ladin: respuender
 * Latin: respondeō, resequor
 * Macedonian: одговара
 * Malayalam: മറുപടി നൽകുക,
 * Manx: freggyr
 * Maori: urupare
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: rêpondre
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, پاسخانیدن
 * Plautdietsch: auntwuate
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: freagair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Somali: jawaabid
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: bekim tok
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: جواب دینا
 * Vietnamese:, hồi đáp,
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: cewab


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:, genmæle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Ingrian: vassata
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: وەڵام دان
 * Macedonian: одговара
 * Malayalam: മറുപടി നൽകുക
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: freagair
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam: മറുപടി നൽകുക
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tok Pisin: bekim tok


 * Dutch:
 * Korean:
 * Old English:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
 * 2) Something given in reply.
 * 3) A counterattack.
 * 4)  The answer of a figure.
 * 5)  A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: إِجَابَة, جَوَاب,
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: rempuesta, rimpuesta, resposta, respuesta
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: яуап
 * Belarusian: адка́з
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 回答
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, besvarelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Erzya: каршовал
 * Estonian: vastus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: response
 * Georgian: პასუხი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑπόκρισις
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: vassus
 * Irish: freagairt
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , , , リプライ, リプ
 * Kazakh: жауап
 * Khmer: ពាក្យឆ្លើយ
 * Korean:, , 회답(回答)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: وەڵام
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: responsum
 * Latvian: atbilde
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: одговор
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Manx: freggyrt
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: вашмут
 * Norman: rêponse
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: svar
 * Old English: ġeġncwide
 * Ottoman Turkish: جواب, اجابت
 * Persian:
 * Dari: ,
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: freagairt
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̏дгово̄р
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: odpoveď
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sagot, buwelta
 * Tajik: жавоб, посух
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جَواب
 * Uyghur: جاۋاب
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: cewab


 * Armenian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ingrian: vassus
 * Japanese: お返し
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: وەڵام
 * Macedonian: одговор
 * Malayalam:
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: вашмут
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: