wish
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).
Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.
Inflected forms:
form: wishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: wish
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: wish
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: wish
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: wishest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: wishedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: wishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wisheth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: wish
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: wish
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: wish
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: wishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
pos: noun
examples: It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse.
make someone's wish come true
Send this message to six beings of your acquaintance, and your greatest wish shall come true!
gloss: An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
pos: noun
examples: make a wish
LESTER: You believe in wishes? I mean, you believe they come true?
CHESTER: Nah. I believe in wishes, but I don't believe they come true. Not unless it's a real easy wish, like "I wish I was at a birthday party." But you gotta blow out all the candles, or else the wish don't come true. If one candle stays lit, you don't get your wish.
gloss: The thing desired or longed for.
pos: noun
examples: My dearest wish is to see them happily married.
You have my best wishes.
"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.
gloss: A water meadow.
pos: noun
gloss: To desire; to want.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'll come tomorrow, if you wish (it).
I wish it to be known that I wish them all to leave the company.
Anyone who wishes an aisle seat should see an attendant.
Showing the population what we wish them to be is the best way for them to change.
I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you.
Now John the butler must be sent
To learn the road that Phyllis went:
The groom was wished to saddle Crop;
For John must neither light nor stop,
But find her, wheresoe'er she fled,
And bring her back alive or dead.
Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
gloss: To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!
She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
gloss: To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
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."
I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.
I wished (that) it would rain.
gloss: To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: ditransitive
examples: We wish you a merry Christmas.
I would not wish them to a fairer death.
Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
gloss: To request or desire to do an activity.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Anyone who wishes to may leave now.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
gloss: To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
Farewell: yet for the loue I beare my sweet Bianca, if I can by any meanes light on a fit man to teach her that wherein she delights, I will wish him to her father.
Related words: precatory
velleity
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: urim
lang: Arabic
word: أُمْنِيَّة
roman: ʔumniyya
lang: Arabic
word: رَغْبَة
roman: raḡba
lang: Arabic
word: مُنْيَة
roman: munya
lang: Arabic
word: امنية
roman: umnīya
lang: Armenian
word: ցանկություն
roman: cʻankutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: իղձ
roman: iġj
lang: Assamese
word: হেঁপাহ
roman: hẽpah
lang: Assamese
word: ইচ্ছা
roman: issa
lang: Assamese
word: বাঞ্ছা
roman: bañsa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dilək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: istək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: arzu
lang: Baluchi
word: واہگ
lang: Baluchi
word: ارمان
lang: Belarusian
word: жада́нне
roman: žadánnje
lang: Bengali
word: আরজু
roman: arzu
lang: Bengali
word: আরমান
roman: arman
lang: Bengali
word: তামান্না
roman: tamanna
lang: Bengali
word: ইচ্ছা
roman: iccha
lang: Bengali
word: খায়েশ
roman: khaẏeś
lang: Bhojpuri
word: चाह
roman: cāh
lang: Bulgarian
word: жела́ние
roman: želánie
lang: Catalan
word: desig
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 願望 /愿望
roman: yuànwàng
lang: Czech
word: přání
lang: Danish
word: ønske
lang: Dutch
word: wens
lang: Esperanto
word: deziro
lang: Esperanto
word: volo
lang: Estonian
word: soov
lang: Faroese
word: ynski
lang: Finnish
word: toive
lang: French
word: souhait
lang: Old French
word: vuel
lang: West-Frisian
word: winsk
lang: Galician
word: desexo
lang: Georgian
word: სურვილი
roman: survili
lang: German
word: Wunsch
lang: Greek
word: ευχή
roman: efchí
lang: Greek
word: επιθυμία
roman: epithymía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: εὐχή
roman: eukhḗ
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐπιθυμία
roman: epithumía
lang: Hebrew
word: משאלה
roman: mish'alá
lang: Hindi
word: आशा
roman: āśā
lang: Hindi
word: इच्छा
roman: icchā
lang: Hindi
word: अभिलाषा
roman: abhilāṣā
lang: Hindi
word: कामना
roman: kāmnā
lang: Hindi
word: आकांक्षा
roman: ākāṅkṣā
lang: Hindi
word: चाह
roman: cāh
lang: Hindi
word: आरज़ू
roman: ārzū
lang: Hindi
word: आरजू
roman: ārjū
lang: Hindi
word: तमन्ना
roman: tamannā
lang: Hindi
word: चाहत
roman: cāhat
lang: Hindi
word: ख़्वाहिश
roman: xvāhiś
lang: Hindi
word: ख्वाहिश
roman: khvāhiś
lang: Hungarian
word: kívánság
lang: Icelandic
word: ósk
lang: Ingrian
word: iso
lang: Ingrian
word: halu
lang: Ingrian
word: himo
lang: Ingrian
word: ohvotta
lang: Irish
word: mian
lang: Italian
word: desiderio
lang: Italian
word: voglia
lang: Japanese
word: 願い
roman: negai
lang: Japanese
word: 願望
roman: ganbō
lang: Japanese
word: 希望
roman: kibō
lang: Javanese
word: karep
lang: Old Javanese
word: harĕp
lang: Kazakh
word: тілек
roman: tılek
lang: Khmer
word: ចំណង
roman: cɑmnɑɑng
lang: Khmer
word: បំណង
roman: bɑmnɑɑng
lang: Korean
word: 소원
roman: sowon
lang: Korean
word: 희망
roman: huimang
lang: Krymchak
word: акибат
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئارەزوو
roman: arezû
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тилек
roman: tilek
lang: Latgalian
word: gribiejums
lang: Latgalian
word: gryba
lang: Latin
word: desiderium
lang: Latin
word: cupiditas
lang: Latin
word: studium
lang: Latvian
word: vēlme
lang: Latvian
word: vēlēšanās
lang: Lithuanian
word: noras
lang: Macedonian
word: желба
roman: želba
lang: Maranao
word: ilmi
lang: Marathi
word: इच्छा
roman: icchā
lang: Marathi
word: वासना
roman: vāsnā
lang: Mongolian
word: хүсэл
roman: xüsel
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ønske
lang: Old English
word: wūsc
lang: Persian
word: آرزو
roman: ârezu
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Wensch
lang: Polish
word: życzenie
lang: Portuguese
word: desejo
lang: Portuguese
word: pedido
lang: Romanian
word: dorință
lang: Russian
word: жела́ние
roman: želánije
lang: Sanskrit
word: इच्छा
roman: icchā
lang: Sanskrit
word: स्पृहा
roman: spṛhā
lang: Sanskrit
word: काङ्क्षा
roman: kāṅkṣā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: iarr
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: же̏ља
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȅlja
lang: Sicilian
word: disiu
lang: Sidamo
word: hexxo
lang: Slovak
word: prianie
lang: Slovak
word: želanie
lang: Slovene
word: želja
lang: Spanish
word: deseo
lang: Spanish
word: gana
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: winsi
lang: Swedish
word: önskan
lang: Tajik
word: орзу
roman: orzu
lang: Tajik
word: хоҳиш
roman: xohiš
lang: Tajik
word: майл
roman: mayl
lang: Tajik
word: рағбат
roman: raġbat
lang: Tamil
word: ஆசை
roman: ācai
lang: Tamil
word: விருப்பம்
roman: viruppam
lang: Telugu
word: కోరిక
roman: kōrika
lang: Telugu
word: అభిలాష
roman: abhilāṣa
lang: Turkish
word: dilek
lang: Turkish
word: istek
lang: Turkish
word: arzu
lang: Turkmen
word: arzuw
lang: Ukrainian
word: бажа́ння
roman: bažánnja
lang: Uzbek
word: orzu
lang: Uzbek
word: tilak
lang: Uzbek
word: istak
lang: Vietnamese
word: mong muốn
lang: Volapük
word: vip
lang: Zazaki
word: boka
lang: Zazaki
word: waştış
lang: Zazaki
word: maram
lang: Zazaki
word: merem