wish

Etymology
From, , , from , from , from , from.

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Noun

 * 1) A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
 * 2) An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
 * 3) The thing desired or longed for.
 * 4)  A water meadow.
 * 1) An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
 * 2) The thing desired or longed for.
 * 3)  A water meadow.
 * 1) The thing desired or longed for.
 * 2)  A water meadow.
 * 1)  A water meadow.
 * 1)  A water meadow.
 * 1)  A water meadow.

Derived terms

 * /wishlist/wish-list
 * /wishlist/wish-list
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 * /wishlist/wish-list
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Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أُمْنِيَّة, رَغْبَة, مُنْيَة
 * Gulf Arabic: امنية
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: হেঁপাহ, ইচ্ছা, বাঞ্ছা
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Baluchi: واہگ, ارمان
 * Belarusian: жада́нне
 * Bengali:, , , , ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: soov
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: vuel
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სურვილი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: εὐχή, ἐπιθυμία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , आरज़ू, , , , , ख़्वाहिश,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: iso, halu, himo, ohvotta
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: do·futhracair
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh: тілек
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Krymchak: акибат
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latgalian: gribiejums, gryba
 * Latin: desiderium, cupiditas,
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: желба
 * Maranao: ilmi
 * Marathi:, वासना
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: wūsc
 * Old Javanese: harĕp
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Wensch
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: iarr
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: же̏ља
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Sidamo: hexxo
 * Slovak: prianie, želanie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: winsi
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: орзу‍,, , рағбат
 * Telugu: ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * West Frisian: winsk
 * Zazaki: boka, waştış, maram, merem

Verb

 * 1)  To desire; to want.
 * 2)  To hope (+ object clause with  or in present subjunctive).
 * 3) * 1808,, letter, 1 October:
 * She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
 * 1)  To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
 * I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.
 * 1)  To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
 * 2)  To request or desire to do an activity.
 * 3)  To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
 * She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
 * 1)  To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
 * I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.
 * 1)  To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
 * 2)  To request or desire to do an activity.
 * 3)  To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
 * 1)  To request or desire to do an activity.
 * 2)  To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
 * 1)  To request or desire to do an activity.
 * 2)  To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
 * 1)  To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
 * 1)  To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.

Usage notes

 * In sense 4, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَمَنَّى
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: nahi izan
 * Belarusian: жада́ць, пажада́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chickasaw: anhi, imhani
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: deziri
 * Estonian: soovima
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: volê
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: წადილი, ნდომა, ნატვრა
 * German:
 * Silesian: wünschen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐθέλω, θέλω, βούλομαι
 * Hawaiian: makemake
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: toivoa, sallia
 * Irish: santaigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Kazakh: қалау, тілеу
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, , , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خواز
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Latin:, desiderio, cupio, desidero
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: посакува, посака, пожелува, пожели
 * Maltese: tixtieq
 * Maori: hiahia-tia
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Northern Sami: sávvat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English:
 * Old Japanese: 願ふ, 望む
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: प्रकाङ्क्षति, विकाङ्क्षति,
 * Scottish Gaelic: iarr
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жѐлети (Ekavian), жѐљети (Ijekavian)
 * Roman: žèleti (Ekavian), (Ijekavian)
 * Slovak: priať, priať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:, орзу доштан, орзу кардан
 * Tamil:
 * Tày: ái
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: چاہنا
 * Uzbek:, , orzu qilmoq
 * Vietnamese:, , , (希望),  (祝)
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: winskje
 * Yiddish: ווינטשן
 * Zazaki: wasten, arzu kerden


 * Azerbaijani: diləmək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chickasaw: anhi, imanhi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: deziri
 * Faroese: ynskja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សូមជូនពរ
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: посакува, посака
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese: desejar a
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: guidh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tillönska
 * Tày: ái
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: зи́чити,, побажа́ти
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) fish