approval

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der.

Proto-Italic *proβwos

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *proβwāō

Latin probō

Latin approbōder.

Old French aproverbor.

Middle English aproven

English approve

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

▲

Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English approval

From approve + -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuːvəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹuvəl/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːvəl

Noun

approval (countable and uncountable, plural approvals)

1. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

   I need to get an approval on this purchase order.

2. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

   Words of approval never seem to come from him.

3. (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.

Synonyms

• (expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
• (expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation; See also Thesaurus:praise

Coordinate terms

• authorization (in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval)

Derived terms

• approval voting
• disapproval
• fore-approval
• nonapproval
• postapproval
• preapproval
• pre-approval letter
• reapproval
• sale on approval
• seal of approval
• stamp of approval
• type approval
• unapproval

Related terms

• approve (verb), approved (adjective)

Translations

expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements

• Albanian: miratim (sq) m
• Arabic: قُبُول m (qubūl), قَبُول m (qabūl), مُوَافَقَة f (muwāfaqa), تَصْدِيق (ar) m (taṣdīq)

  Hijazi Arabic: قُبول m (gubūl), مُوافقة f (muwāfaga)

• Belarusian: зацвярджэ́нне n (zacvjardžénnje), адабрэ́нне f (adabrénnje), зго́да f (zhóda), ухва́ла f (uxvála)
• Bulgarian: одобре́ние (bg) n (odobrénie), разреше́ние (bg) n (razrešénie)
• Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贊同 / 赞同 (zh) (zàntóng), 批准 (zh) (pīzhǔn), 贊成 / 赞成 (zh) (zànchéng)

• Czech: souhlas (cs) m, schválení n
• Danish: godkendelse c
• Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f, toestemming (nl) f, instemming (nl) f, permissie (nl) f
• Esperanto: aprobo
• Estonian: heakskiitmine (et)
• Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
• French: agrément (fr) m, approbation (fr) f
• Galician: aprobación (gl) f
• German: Genehmigung (de) f, Billigung (de) f, Erlaubnis (de) f
• Greek: έγκριση (el) f (égkrisi)

  Ancient Greek: ἔγκρισις f (énkrisis), εὐδόκησις f (eudókēsis)

• Hebrew: אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (he) m (ishúr), רְשׁוּת (he) f (r'shút), היתר m (hetér)
• Hungarian: jóváhagyás (hu), hozzájárulás (hu), beleegyezés (hu), helybenhagyás (hu)
• Irish: ceadú m
• Italian: permesso (it) m, approvazione (it) f
• Japanese: 賛成 (ja) (さんせい, sansei), 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
• Korean: 인가(認可) (ko) (in'ga), 승인(承認) (ko) (seung'in), 찬성(贊成) (ko) (chanseong)
• Kyrgyz: уруксат (ky) (uruksat)
• Lithuanian: sutikimas m
• Macedonian: одобрување n (odobruvanje)
• Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) (aṅgīkāraṁ)
• Māori: kupu whakaae
• Persian: تصویب (fa) (tasvib), تحسین (fa) (tahsin), قبول (fa) (qabul)
• Polish: zgoda (pl) f, zatwierdzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
• Romanian: aprobare (ro) f
• Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije), утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одобре́ње n

  Latin: odobrénje (sh) n

• Slovak: súhlas m, schválenie n
• Slovene: odobritev f
• Spanish: aprobación (es) f, venia (es) f, beneplácito (es) m
• Swedish: godkännande (sv) n
• Tajik: тасвиб (tasvib), таҳсин (tahsin), маъкул (ma'kul)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib)

• Ukrainian: затве́рдження n (zatvérdžennja), схва́лення n (sxválennja), зго́да f (zhóda)

expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones

• Bulgarian: одобре́ние (bg) n (odobrénie), съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie)
• Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
• Czech: schválení, akceptování n, souhlas (cs)
• Danish: anerkendelse c
• Dutch: goedkeuring (nl) f
• Esperanto: aprobo
• Finnish: hyväksyminen (fi), hyväksyntä (fi)
• French: approbation (fr) f
• Galician: aprobación (gl) f
• German: Zustimmung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (leikains)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀποδοχή f (apodokhḗ)

• Hebrew: קַבָּלָה (he) f (kabalá)
• Hungarian: elismerés (hu), tetszés (hu), helyeslés (hu)
• Italian: approvazione (it) f, plauso (it) m, appoggio (it) m, consenso (it) m
• Japanese: 承認 (ja) (しょうにん, shōnin)
• Korean: 찬성(贊成) (ko) (chanseong), 승인(承認) (ko) (seung'in)
• Kyrgyz: жактыруу (ky) (jaktıruu), жактыруу (ky) (jaktıruu), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü), макулдук берүү (ky) (makulduk berüü)
• Malayalam: അംഗീകാരം (ml) (aṅgīkāraṁ)
• Polish: aprobata (pl) f
• Portuguese: aprovação (pt) f
• Russian: одобре́ние (ru) n (odobrénije), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije)
• Sanskrit: गूर्ति (sa) f (gūrti)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: تصویب (tasvib), اجابت (icabet)

• Ukrainian: зго́да f (zhóda), схва́лення n (sxválennja)

(chiefly philately) item sent to a collector

• Korean: 시제품(試製品) (sijepum)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aprovim (sq)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 決裁 (ja) (けっさい, kessai)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} approbātiō f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} instämmande (sv), ^{(please verify)} godkännande (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అనుమతి (te) (anumati), ^{(please verify)} సమ్మతి (te) (sammati)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} izin (tr), ^{(please verify)} onay (tr)