"pardon me" meaning in English

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  1. (idiomatic) Sorry; said as an apology. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: pardon, what, say again Related terms: excuse me, pardon Translations (sorry, as an apology): عَفْوًا (ʕafwan) (Arabic), 歹勢 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 歹势 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 毋好勢 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 毋好势 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 對不住 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 对不住 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 對不起 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 对不起 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 失禮 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 失礼 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 對不起 (Chinese Cantonese), 对不起 (deoi³ bat¹ hei²) [formal, literary] (Chinese Cantonese), 對唔住 (Chinese Cantonese), 对唔住 (deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 唔好意思 (m⁴ hou² ji³ si¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 對不起 (Chinese Mandarin), 对不起 (duìbùqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 抱歉 (bàoqiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 不好意思 (bù hǎoyìsi) (Chinese Mandarin), 對不住 (Chinese Mandarin), 对不住 (duìbùzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), pardon (Dutch), suokaa anteeksi (Finnish), excusez-moi (French), perdoe (Galician), Entschuldigung (German), συγγνώμη (syngnómi) (Greek), 敗勢 (Hakka Chinese), 败势 (phài-se) (Hakka Chinese), 斯里麻生 (sṳ̀-li-ma-sén) (Hakka Chinese), 對唔住 (Hakka Chinese), 对唔住 (dui⁴ m² cu⁴) (Hakka Chinese), 失禮 (Hakka Chinese), 失礼 (sṳt-lî) (Hakka Chinese), סְלִיחָה (sliḥá) [feminine] (Hebrew), סְלָח לִי (slaḥ li) [addressee-masculine] (Hebrew), סִלְחִי לִי (silḥí li) [addressee-masculine] (Hebrew), סִלְחוּ לִי (silḥú li) (english: to a group) (Hebrew), bocsánat (Hungarian), pardon (Hungarian), elnézést (Hungarian), scusami (Italian), 御免なさい (gomen nasai) (alt: ごめんなさい) (Japanese), panupaya (Kapampangan), po? (Kapampangan), ne? (Kapampangan), 용서하십시요 (yongseohasipsiyo) (Korean), ignosce mihi (note: said to one person) (Latin), ignoscite mihi (note: said to more than one person) (Latin), wódaj [familiar, singular] (Lower Sorbian), wódajśo [plural, polite] (Lower Sorbian), извинете (izvinete) (Macedonian), простете (prostete) (Macedonian), извини (izvini) [familiar, informal] (Macedonian), unnskyld meg (Norwegian), om forlatelse (Norwegian), pardon (Polish), perdão (Portuguese), desculpe-me (Portuguese), me desculpa (Portuguese), desculpas (Portuguese), desculpa (Portuguese), прости́те (prostíte) (Russian), discúlpeme (Spanish), ursäkta mig (Swedish), 對勿起 (Wu Chinese), 对勿起 (Wu Chinese), 勿好意思 (⁸veq-hau-i-sy) (Wu Chinese)
    Sense id: en-pardon_me-en-phrase-gQMKDVIz Categories (other): English phrasebook, English sentences, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 18 39 42 Disambiguation of English sentences: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 45 42 Disambiguation of 'sorry, as an apology': 96 2 2
  2. (idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. Tags: idiomatic Translations (polite expression used to soften a contradiction): valitettavasti (Finnish), anteeksi vaan [colloquial] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pardon_me-en-phrase-tenCnOaN Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasebook, English sentences, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 5 51 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 49 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 49 39 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 18 39 42 Disambiguation of English sentences: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 45 42 Disambiguation of 'polite expression used to soften a contradiction': 2 83 16
  3. (idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance. Tags: Canada, US, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pardon_me-en-phrase-uf8ekbxa Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook, English sentences, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 5 51 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 49 42 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 18 39 42 Disambiguation of English sentences: 34 26 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 45 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (polite expression to get someone to repeat): come again Translations (polite expression to get someone to repeat): anteeksi (Finnish), wie bitte? (German), ορίστε (Greek), tessék? (Hungarian), pardon (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'polite expression to get someone to repeat': 3 49 48 Disambiguation of 'polite expression to get someone to repeat': 3 49 48

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          "word": "Entschuldigung"
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          "english": "to a group",
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          "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
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          "alt": "ごめんなさい",
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          "word": "御免なさい"
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          "word": "용서하십시요"
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        {
          "text": "Pardon me, but that is not true.",
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        "(idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction."
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          "sense": "polite expression used to soften a contradiction",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "polite expression used to soften a contradiction",
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          "word": "anteeksi vaan"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Pardon me, I didn't hear you.",
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        "(idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance."
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      "_dis1": "3 49 48",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "anteeksi"
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      "_dis1": "3 49 48",
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      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "wie bitte?"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "ορίστε"
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      "_dis1": "3 49 48",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "tessék?"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "pardon"
    }
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}
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      "word": "excuse me"
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    {
      "word": "pardon"
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        {
          "text": "Pardon me for stepping on your foot.",
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        "(idiomatic) Sorry; said as an apology."
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "Pardon me, but that is not true.",
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        "Polite expression used to soften a contradiction."
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        "(idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction."
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        "Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance."
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        "(idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance."
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      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
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      "word": "pardon"
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    {
      "word": "what"
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      "word": "say again"
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      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕafwan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "عَفْوًا"
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      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "對不起"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "deoi³ bat¹ hei²",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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        "literary"
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      "word": "对不起"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "對唔住"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "deoi³ m⁴ zyu⁶",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "对唔住"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "m⁴ hou² ji³ si¹",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "唔好意思"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "敗勢"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
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      "roman": "phài-se",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "败势"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
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      "roman": "sṳ̀-li-ma-sén",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "斯里麻生"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
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      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "對唔住"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
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      "roman": "dui⁴ m² cu⁴",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "对唔住"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
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      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "失禮"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "sṳt-lî",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "失礼"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "歹勢"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "歹势"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "毋好勢"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "對不住"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
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      "word": "对不住"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
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      "word": "对不起"
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
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    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "對不起"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duìbùqǐ",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "对不起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàoqiàn",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "抱歉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù hǎoyìsi",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "不好意思"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "對不住"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duìbùzhù",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "对不住"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "對勿起"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "对勿起"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁸veq-hau-i-sy",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "勿好意思"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "suokaa anteeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "excusez-moi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "perdoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "Entschuldigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syngnómi",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "συγγνώμη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sliḥá",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סְלִיחָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "slaḥ li",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "סְלָח לִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "silḥí li",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "סִלְחִי לִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "english": "to a group",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "silḥú li",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "סִלְחוּ לִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "bocsánat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "elnézést"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "scusami"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごめんなさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gomen nasai",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "御免なさい"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "panupaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "po?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "ne?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yongseohasipsiyo",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "용서하십시요"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "said to one person",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "ignosce mihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "said to more than one person",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "ignoscite mihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izvinete",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "извинете"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prostete",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "простете"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izvini",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "извини"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "unnskyld meg"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "om forlatelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "perdão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "desculpe-me"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "me desculpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "desculpas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "desculpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prostíte",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "прости́те"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "wódaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "wódajśo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "discúlpeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sorry, as an apology",
      "word": "ursäkta mig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite expression used to soften a contradiction",
      "word": "valitettavasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite expression used to soften a contradiction",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "anteeksi vaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "anteeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "wie bitte?"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "ορίστε"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "tessék?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "polite expression to get someone to repeat",
      "word": "pardon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pardon me"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "pardon me"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "pardon me",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pháiⁿ-sè, phái-sè vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "pardon me"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "pardon me",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": m̄-hó-sè vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "pardon me"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "pardon me",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tùi-put-chū vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "pardon me"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "pardon me",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tùi-put-khí vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "pardon me"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "pardon me",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sit-lé vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "pardon me"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "pardon me",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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